The Official Wish List of Anna, Jed, Ali, Josiah, and Abi

Anna- 2011

2011-11-21T22:20:00.000-08:00

Books;
101 Things You Should Do Before Your Kids Leave Home by David Bordon
Sew Liberated by Meg McElwee

Growing Up Sew Liberated by Meg McElwee

Cooks Illustrated Cookbook (the Oct. 2011 edition)
Collette Sewing Handbook by Sarai Mitnick
50 Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Child Do) by Gever Tulley
Sewing for Boys by Karen LePage
Make Stuff Together: 24 Simple Projects to Create as a Family by Kathie Sever
Fabric by Fabric One Yard Wonders

Other Stuff:
Staple Gun
Silhouette CAMEO
Harry Potter 6 and 7.1 and 7.2 on DVD
ipad 2
kindle fire
digital scale for kitchen

Gift Cards to Starbucks, Target, Amazon

Abi-2011

2011-11-15T19:06:00.000-08:00

Abi doesn't need much., but she likes:

Baby dolls (especially ones that have eyes that open and close)
Footie PJs (12 month and bigger)
Music makers
Things she open and close and fill and empty
Cheese Sticks!

Josiah-2011

2011-11-15T19:02:00.000-08:00

Books:
VeggieTale books
A pocket Bible (like the ones the Gideon's hand out)

Other things:
A guitar
Drumsticks
Trains
Dress pants (esp. black ones) in 3T
My First Dollhouse Accessories (like the ones here)

Ali- 2011

2011-11-15T18:55:00.000-08:00

Books:
Any of the Elephant and Piggie Series by Mo Willems
Yo Vikings by Judith Bryon Schachner

Other things
Craft supplies, especially beads, jewels and glittery things
Polly Pockets or the small princess dolls (Polly Pocket sized)

Jed's 2010 Christmas List

2010-10-04T10:49:00.000-07:00

Books:

Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality by Scott Belsky

Aftershock: The Next Economy and

America

's Future by Robert B. Reich

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis

The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents--The Definitive Edition (The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek, Volume 2) by F. A. Hayek, Bruce Caldwell

The Art Of War by Sun Tzu

The Radical Reformission: Reaching Out without Selling Out by Mark Driscoll

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by: Nicholas Carr

Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives by: Michael Specter

Sonic Boom: Globalization at Mach Speed by: Gregg Easterbrook

The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education by: Craig M. Mullaney

WAR by: Sebastian Junger

The Coming Population Crash: and Our Planet's Surprising Future by: Fred Pearce

No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller by: Harry Markopolos

Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy: The Secret World of Corporate Espionage by: Eamon Javers

The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It by: Scott Patterson

The Checklist Manifesto by: Atul Gawande

The Mission, The Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander by Pete Blaber

Lost and Found: The Younger Unchurched and the Churches that Reach Them by Ed Stetzer

Essential Church?: Reclaiming a Generation of Dropouts by Thom S. Rainer

Big dreams in small places: Church planting in smaller communities by Thomas P Nebel

The Trellis and the Vine: The Ministry Mind-Shift That Changes Everything by Colin Marshall

Good Christians Good Husbands?: Leaving a Legacy in Marriage and Ministry by Doreen Moore

On Thinking Institutionally (On Politics) by Hugh Heclo

Can Our Church Live? by Alice Mann

The Human Side of Enterprise, Annotated Edition by Douglas McGregor

Non-Books:

Mountain Biking Shorts (something like this, or this, not the tight ones)

Mountain Biking Shoes (these would be nice...)

Shock Pump (something like this)

A backlit/illuminated keyboard (like this)

Gift cards to Ikea, Starbucks, Home Depot, Lowes, Performance Bike Shops, REI

Anna-2010

2010-09-14T16:13:00.000-07:00

Books:

Sewing: 2011 Day-to-Day Calendar

Amy Butler's Style Stitches

Hunger Games Trilogy

DVDs

Glee, Season 1

Toy Story 3

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Other:

Dutch Oven

Gift Cards to Joanns or other fabric/craft stores, Starbucks, Panera Bread,

A Silhouette SD

Josiah-2010

2010-09-14T16:11:00.000-07:00

Duplos

Drums

Keyboards

Small Slide

Basketball Hoop

Play Doh

Josiah loves:

Musical Instruments

Dogs

Balls

Blocks

Movies:

Sid the Science Kid

Signing Time

Ali--2010

2010-09-14T16:03:00.000-07:00

Barbies (or the Princess dolls that are Barbie sized)

Craft Supplies: paper, paint, glue, glitter, foam sheets, markers, pencils...the list goes on and on)

Accessories for Curly (her Bitty Baby)--American girl link HERE

Puzzles (24 piece or bigger)

"Little" Legos--the regular size, not Duplos

Things she loves:

Hello Kitty

Princess

Tinkerbell

Movies:

Sid the Science Kid (any)

Signing Time (any)

Josiah's Wish List 2009

2009-10-13T10:12:00.000-07:00

Clothing--size 12 month and up
blocks
musical instruments
Balls
Sand and Water table (he would even share this with Ali)

Ali's Wish List 2009

2009-10-13T10:10:00.001-07:00

Play food and cooking utensils
Craft supplies
Barbies
Coloring books
Stickers
Anything and everything Princess and Tinkerbell
Workbooks
Chutes and Ladders
Memory

Anna's Wish List 2009

2009-10-13T10:09:00.002-07:00

A new sewing machine (see me for details)
A serger
Wii Active
Wii Rock Band Beatles (the bundle pack)

Books:
One Yard Wonders by Rebecca Yaker and Patricia Hoskins
Design it Yourself Clothes by Cal Patch
Make it Fast, Cook it Slow by Stephanie O'Dea
Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg
Sew What Fleece
Sew What Bags
The Guniea Pig Diaries by A.J. Jacobs
The Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Sewing Patterns:
Multi-Tasker Tote by Anna Maria Horner

By Amy Butler:
Sweet Harmony Handbag
Amy Butler Softwares CD

Sew Liberated Reading Pillow

ModKids
Ava
Julia
Nina
Sophie
Kyoko
Emma

Jed's Wish List 2009

2009-10-13T10:09:00.001-07:00

Workbench
Mountain Biking Shoes
Mountain Biking Gloves
Bike Rack for my car (hitch rack)
Dark Blue Jeans

DVDs
Star Trek (the new one)
GI Joe
Transformers 2
District 9

Books
SuperFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
The Wilderness Warrior by Douglas Brinkley
In the President's Secret Service by Ronald Kessler
The Myth of the Rational Market by Justin Fox
Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Hundred Percenters by Mark Murphy
Hella Nation by Evan Wright
Harvard Business Essentials Manager’s Toolkit
Got Fight by Forrest Griffin
The New Dare to Discipline by James Dobson
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Jed's Wish List 2008

2008-11-24T19:54:00.000-08:00

Books:

Why We Hate Us: American Discontent in the New Millennium by Dick Meyer
The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart by Bill Bishop
The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder
First Things First by Stephen Covey
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
The War Between the State: Northern California vs. Southern California by Jon Winokur
It Happened in Northern California by Erin H Turner
Family Driven Faith: Doing What It Takes to Raise Sons and Daughters Who Walk with God by Voddie T. Jr. Baucham
The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
Simple Church: Returning to God's Process for Making Disciples by Thom S. Rainer
Total Church: A Radical Reshaping around Gospel and Community by Tim Chester
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick M. Lencioni
Advanced Strategic Planning: A New Model for Church and Ministry Leaders by Aubrey Malphurs
On Church Leadership (A Book You'll Actually Read) by Mark Driscoll
More Information Than You Require by John Hodgman
The Areas of My Expertise by John Hodgman
The New Influencers: A Marketer's Guide to the New Social Media by Paul Gillin

Non-bookish items:

T-shirts, shirts by Jedidiah clothing company

Gift Certificates to The Gap so I can buy some jeans, or Home Depot so I can buy some tools which I need now that I own a small portion of my home.

New Desk Chair

Fire Pit for the backyard

Golf Clubs

Jed's Christmas List for 2007

2007-10-22T20:18:00.001-07:00

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
What's So Great About Christianity
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Bowerman and the Men of Oregon: The Story of Oregon's Legendary Coach and Nike's Co-founder
Silence by Shusaku Endo

Transformers DVD
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix DVD

Gloves for mountain biking
New Desk Chair

Jed's Christmas 2006 Wish List

2006-11-25T18:43:00.000-08:00

Christmas List 2006:
Black Clergy shirts.
Argyle socks-black, gray, blue, green
Chai Latte mix
Jedidiah Clothing (www.jedidiahusa.com)
Packers clothing in 6-18 month size, or other appropriate sports or camouflage apparel.
Hacksaw

Books:
"The Education of a Coach" by David Halberstam
Emotional Design: Why We Love (Or Hate) Everyday Things - Donald A. Norman
Jewish Sources In Early Christianity by David Fleusser
The Five Books Of Moses : Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy (The Schocken Bible Volume 1) by Everett Fox
Velvet Elvis - Rob Bell
Following Jesus : Biblical Reflections On Discipleship ( N.T. Wright )
For All God's Worth : True Worship And The Calling Of The Church ( N.T. Wright )
The Jews In The Time Of Jesus : An Introduction ( Stephen Wylen )
"Season of Life: a football star, a boy, a journey to manhood" by Jeffrey Marx
"Flyboys" by James Bradley
Michael Polanyi-"Tacit Knowledge"
"How to read a book" by Mortimer J. Adler
"Pure Desire"-Ted Roberts
"Sometimes a great Notion" by Ken Kesey
"The Pastor's Guide to Psychological Disorders & Treatments" by W. Brad Johnson & William Johnson
"Unstoppable Force" - Erwin McManus
Blue Like Jazz - Donald Miller

DVDs
Transformers - The Movie
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950, NOT the new one)
Belles on Their Toes (1952)
Oh God
Oh God, You Devil
The Gods Must Be Crazy