Family Makeover 2007

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Meet the Robinettes

For the past three years, our Family Style Makeover Contest has been a blast for each lucky family and for us. This year was no exception. The process began with more than 700 entries that poured in from across the country and continued with days spent reading your delightful essays, with many oohs and aahs as we passed around your terrific photos.

This year we chose the Robinette family from Westminster, Maryland, as our winners. Elizabeth Robinette, 40, works part-time as a speech pathologist for a special education elementary school, while her husband of almost 18 years, Reid, 41, is the pastor of a nondenominational church. Together they train for and participate in triathlons. Basketball player Taylor, 14, and cheerleader Rebecca, 10, round out the pack.

As a regular Ladies' Home Journal reader, Elizabeth especially enjoys Rick Warren's Purpose column and "Can This Marriage Be Saved?" Though Elizabeth admits she's never been inclined to enter a contest before, the Family Style Makeover appealed to her "one freezing day last February." While soaking in the tub reading Ladies' Home Journal, Elizabeth came across the entry form. "I just felt drawn to enter," she said. Lucky for her that she did!

Check out their "Before" shot

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