Welcome to HOD!
We've had a wonderful year with LHFHG!! I'm sure that it will bless your family, too.
We used the Family-Time Bible with LHFHG. I really liked choosing one that HOD has scheduled in the guide because the page numbers are right there and I don't have to guess which story I was supposed to read to correlate with the rest of the day's lessons. Carrie does list the actual scripture verses from the Bible if you don't wish to use a story Bible. My kids have loved using the story Bible during school though.
We're happily finishing The Reading Lesson. I love the simplicity of the book & program. I know that there are a TON of great phonics programs out there (and my oldest started with a different one - we tried 100 ez lessons and he used Saxon Phonics), but we have found The Reading Lessson to be a great fit for us! It's inexpensive and super-easy to use. We use the CD on the computer with it, and my daughter has learned to read and loves it!
We've enjoyed A Reason for Handwriting because I really like that it has my kids copying a Bible verse that they can share at the end of the week. (Now the K level has them working on letter formation and coloring a picture to go with it. Which I found really helped my little writer - because she hadn't done much practice on lines.

) If you prefer Italic, I'm sure that option is great, too. I know this is an area of personal preference.

Kathleen
I forgot to add: If you click on the link that Jenn gave you above, you'll notice a lightbulb near the top of the page that says How To Order...and it lays it out step-by-step for you!
