2012 February 10 | Beneath My Heart

Do you remember my back patio at my previous home? (click on picture to view post)

Oh, how I miss it. Sad smile

We worked so hard to create this space, and we made a lot of great memories there. It will be a few years before we are able to create a wonderful back patio area for our new home, but I cannot wait until we do.

I shared this picture with you, because I thought you might be like me.

You might have patio furniture that you need to protect from the harsh conditions of winter.

Let’s face it, patio furniture can be expensive, so it is important to protect and take care of it to get our money’s worth, right?!

We are deep in the middle of the winter season, and if you haven’t any covers for your patio furniture, this is the giveaway for you!

Have you heard of Empire Patio Covers?

It is a great online store where you can purchase quality made patio furniture covers.

And they are giving away a

$100 Gift Certificate to their online store

to one lucky Beneath My Heart reader!

Click on “read more” to enter this great giveaway!

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Happy Friday, friends!

I wanted to share a few things with you today.

A couple of weeks ago, my friend, Layla, shared a video of my 12 year old son, Jonathan, singing for her This Little Word of Mine” linky party.

Jonathan was overwhelmed by all of your sweet comments! He absolutely loves to sing and has been singing literally since birth. He first sang in front of our church at age 2 1/2. He sang “Victory in Jesus” a cappella. It was so stinking cute. If I can find the tape, I will try to show it to you sometime.

Jonathan has never had voice lessons, but since music is such a passion of his, we may look into it in the next year. He also has never competed in any competitions. But because of all of your encouragement, he will be competing in his first talent search at the Kentucky Opry this Saturday (the 11th) night.

The Kentucky Opry is in Draffenville, Ky, which is way down in Western, Ky by Paducah!

Jonathan will be competing in the junior division. They choose a weekly winner in each age category now through April. If you are a weekly winner, you will compete in the semi-finals in April.

So we will see how it goes. We think this will be great practice for him. Smile

If anyone lives near the Kentucky Opry, please come on by and see Jonathan sing. But be sure you come up and introduce yourself to us first! We would love to meet you!

When Jonathan sang on Layla’s blog, many of you also asked me to share him singing again. So, I wanted to share a song that he sang at church recently.

It’s called “Someone Worth Dying For” by Mikeschair.

(I’m very sorry for the bad camera work in the beginning. There was no one sitting in front of me when I sat my video camera up, but right before Jonathan sang, my pastor sat right in front of me! That stinker! Smile )

I also wanted you to know that Jonathan has his own youtube channel, JHUTCHBOY, which he is VERY excited about. So if you want to subscribe to it, here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/user/jhutchboy?feature=mhee

We will be posting future videos of him singing.

Another thing I wanted to share today is that I am guest posting over at Homemaker on a Dime for her Blogging for Dollars series.