Baby Due TODAY ... So I'm Hiking!!!

All right, Lindsay, we're getting closer to the falls. It's getting noisy out here. Are you going to make it up this little tiny, tweensy, eeny, beeny, weensy, weensy mountain? Oh yeah, I'm going to make it. All right, here we go. Okay. Uh, Hey folks. Welcome back to the vlog. My name is Bracken. I'm Lindsay, and this is tiny notes from home. We hope to challenge, encourage, and inspire you on your journey with Jesus. And on our journey this week, we have three exciting things happening. The first of which is. Today, I'm 40 weeks pregnant, which means that it's my due date. Today is Lindsay's due date. So we're going to do something extreme and exciting with the boys. Let's find out what it is. Today, we're going to go on a short family adventure to a huge waterfall to scout out a location for a future music video. And we're going to see if mom can make it to the top of the waterfall without going to labor. Or maybe she will. And along the way, we're going to share some of our new favorite music for you to enjoy. It's going to be nice to get out today. We've it's going to be really nice to get out today. We've had a lot of time inside this winter with colder weather, snow. And most recently, um, the boys have been working on our latest music video. The song that they recorded is pass me not a gentle savior, and they did such a good job. Even little Silas, who's four years old has a solo and he sang his heart out. So if you've not seen the music video yet, we'll leave links everywhere. So be sure to check it out. This may be one of our last family outings before the baby comes. Although all of our babies have been at least a week overdue. So we'll see, but it's no, it doesn't hurt to get out and get some exercise and have fun as a family. So here we go. All right. And I have one other quick announcement for you in the past. We've had an Amazon shopping link in the description of all of our videos. If you shop through that link, Amazon will actually give us a small, small commission on each of the sales at no cost to you. So for the past month, that link has not been available, but it is available now on all of our videos. If you ever shop on Amazon and want to support our channel, be sure to check out that link. So our goal is to make it to the waterfall and back without Lindsey going into labor or having any major contractions, you guys think we can make it? Children are always joyful, always obedient, and always speak in unison together. Right, right. Lindsey, we're in the woods now. We made it. It's beautiful. I understand it's a huge, giant waterfall. Yeah, it's a good one. And we have a short journey to get there with all the kids, a small mountain to climb. Very small, maybe like a hill, tiny little hill, like an incline, but we have to overcome it. So we're going on a journey to overcome the obstacles that lay before us. But first boys, we need to get a walking stick for your mama. Can you guys help us find one? Mama, why don't you try out all these walking sticks and see which one's going to be best. No, this one's a little wobbly. I can get a better one. You need a sturdy one. This one's a little short. Noah, do you have one? This one's a little dirty. We're going to start the short little hike here. And while we go, I'm going to share with you five of our favorite music artists. Uh, so far this year, we're always adding new music that we enjoy and we want to be sure to share these artists with you guys. Cause we think you'll be blessed by them too. Our first favorite artist is our friends, the Carl Gessler Band. You have probably seen the Carl Gessler Band on our channel before. We featured them here a number of times, and I'm really excited to share with you that Carl and his family have started their own YouTube channel doing music together as a family. They're also vlogging their journey as well. So we have a lot in common with them and we know that you guys will be blessed by it. So be sure to check out the Carl Gessler Band. Uh, we'll leave the links for Carl and all the other artists today in the description below, so be sure to check them out and tell them that we sent you. Our next favorite artist is a singer-songwriter, Nathan Bateman. That's right. So Nathan Bateman is a singer-songwriter that we met on our nationwide music tour last year. And when we first started our Pilgrim Road Studio, he reached out to be one of our first featured artists. So we were happy to work with Nathan over the new year and record an album for him. And I would call his musical style like a theology-rich and scripture-dense folk music. He really has a heart for leading people on the narrow path that leads toward the cross. And his songs do that very well. So we'll be sure to link Nathan in the description below, or you can download his music or purchase a CD. And we think you'll be blessed by that as well. Shake off the guilty fears, the bleeding sacrifice, on thy behalf appear, before the throne my surety stands, before the throne my surety stands. Looks like you got some flowers. I did. How's your walking stick working out? Oh, it's just perfect. I'm glad you're enjoying it. Yeah. I'm enjoying this walk. Our next favorite artist is the Johnson Bentley Band. We recorded an album for them in the past, and they were our first client in our new Pilgrim Road Studio this year, last year, whenever it was. They're a family-style bluegrass band, and they incorporate their children mostly in the music. They have a son that plays banjo and guitar, and their daughter plays the fiddle, and most of their children are singing on the album. It is just a blessing, and we have really enjoyed working with them. They're also our good friends, and they're very talented, and we know that you'll be blessed by their music. So be sure to check out the link for their new album. Give them some support. They will be blessed as well. Well, there's a dark and a troubled side of life. There's a bright and a sunny side, too. But if we meet with the darkness and strife, the sunny side we also may view. Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side. Keep on the sunny side of life. OK, we're almost to the little mountainous part, and the next musical artist we want to share with you, as we say in English, is Shiloh Bin Hod, or in Hebrew, it would be Shiloh. This is an artist that we're really excited about. He is a worship leader in Israel, and all of his songs are in Hebrew. So it has a very rich, kind of ancient sound to it, but with kind of a modern, contemporary sensibility to it. It's the kind of songs that'll get you moving. Good to work around the house, too, with the boys. And actually, right now, Shiloh is going to be recording a new album entirely in English. I'm going to link his music and a fundraising campaign below. If you're interested at all in music from the Holy Land, be sure to check out Shiloh's campaign to see how you can support his newest album. We think you'll be blessed by it. Our last favorite new artist is our new friend, Eric Kilgore. Eric has been writing songs for a number of years, and he just recently started releasing videos on a YouTube channel. I really, really appreciate his heart and his music. And the passion with which he sings. He has a wonderfully powerful voice. And we actually might be working with him in our studio here this year. So be sure to go check out Eric's music. He's just getting started. Show him some love. Let him know that we sent you. And let's continue the hike. We're almost to the top. Christ, Jesus, son of God, Christ, Jesus, coming Messiah, oh, and oh, the Lamb of God, Emmanuel, and oh, the Word became flesh and dwells among us. Lindsay, we made it to the waterfall. How are you feeling? I'm feeling good. I love the moist air. It's so refreshing. Is it going to help that baby to come anytime soon? Oh, I don't know. But it sure does feel good to be out in the fresh air. Oh, I need you, every hour, I need you, how I defend our righteousness, hear our humble cry. All right, so far, our time at the waterfall has been a blessing. It's good to get out of the house. We are going to head back to the house now. Our journey is not quite over. We still have to see what happens to Lindsay here in just a moment. Oh, my, what's going to happen? What's going to happen? We don't really know. Maybe nothing. All right, Lindsay, so we made it home. How did you feel about the hike? I enjoyed it quite a bit. I enjoyed it. If you've been following our vlog, you know that two years ago, we tried all kinds of things to get Noah to be born. But that's right. We try to come when they're ready. And we tried the spicy peppers and all that kind of stuff. So it's mostly to entertain ourselves. We just get to that point, you know, you're like, OK, well, baby's going to come and then doesn't come. And just kind of got to have a little fun. So we will let you know as soon as the baby is here. It will actually send you over to our music channel. You can click on this video right here where the boys sing. Our little four year old Silas has a solo in the song and we think you'll be blessed by it tremendously. So I'll leave it right here. Just go ahead.