Hey friends! Ben fussed at me Saturday night for not posting in so long. I really meant to do better through the holiday, but my goodness we were just having so much fun that I never stopped!
We had our very sweet friends from New York, Brandon and Katie, and their four sweet babies, staying in our home through Thanksgiving. We had such a good time! Their kids, who usually don't get to play outside because they live in the city, LOVED staying on a farm for a week! It was so much fun to see them playing with the animals and in the good ole southern mud for the first time. They would literally roll out of bed every morning, put boots on over their footie PJ's, and head out the door to see the "sheep" (Our goats!). My kids loved teaching them how to get dirty, and showing off their animals. It's so cute how proud of their animals they are. I got to sit in my chair, catch up with close friends, and collect kisses from the seven kids that kept this house full of giggles for an entire week....it really doesn't get much better than that, does it?
We had our very sweet friends from New York, Brandon and Katie, and their four sweet babies, staying in our home through Thanksgiving. We had such a good time! Their kids, who usually don't get to play outside because they live in the city, LOVED staying on a farm for a week! It was so much fun to see them playing with the animals and in the good ole southern mud for the first time. They would literally roll out of bed every morning, put boots on over their footie PJ's, and head out the door to see the "sheep" (Our goats!). My kids loved teaching them how to get dirty, and showing off their animals. It's so cute how proud of their animals they are. I got to sit in my chair, catch up with close friends, and collect kisses from the seven kids that kept this house full of giggles for an entire week....it really doesn't get much better than that, does it?
Now I guess I should get to the title of the post! A Thankful Giveaway! Guys, I am so grateful that you all come here and bless my family with your kind comments, prayers, and support. I'm not always good at answering every question or participating in every blog game, but you all love me anyway and keep coming back! I am so thankful for all of you, my blog friends! To show my appreciation I want to do a little giveaway! You will have the chance to win the pattern of your choice, and for every ten comments I'm going to pick one winner (pretty good odds!). All you have to do is leave a comment telling me what you did over the Thanksgiving holiday, or your favorite part of Thanksgiving, and be sure and leave me your email address so that I can get back to you. I will leave the comments open until Wednesday evening (probably around 5 PM).
I hope you all had a wonderful holiday! I can't wait to read all of the comments! xo, Sam
Comments
rebekahricker at yahoo dot com
Thanksgiving is my husbands favorite holiday. He loves the food and spending the day with family. Well back in 2007 I had just had a baby in Oct and being in no mood to spend the day cooking discovered that you could order an entire dinner from our local Whole Foods. I grew up in small towns so this was a shock to me and I went for it. The food was great and I wanted to make it a tradition. I like cooking but not spending all day cooking.
Well my husband did not want to make that a tradition as he liked the day of cooking that he really didn't help much with. So now my husband cooks us a fancy meal every thanksgiving. I did make the brussel sprouts this year and picked up all the ingredients but then went for a long run and played with the kids.
Stephanie slhorman @ gmail . com
I hosted Thanksgiving dinner for my immediate family, my sister and her family, my mother, and 2 dear friends. I love pulling out my grandmother's china and silver and setting a pretty table, and filling it with heaping plates of good local veggies, so it was fun for me.
jifeeyore(at) yahoo.com
Our Thanksgiving holiday was amazing because we had a good 3 weeks together. Why so long? We had our 7th baby on the 9th! My parents were here for a little while too, making it extra special.
Glad to hear you had a nice relaxing time with friends. :)
Stephanie (ineedchallenge@yahoo.com)
Chas
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julie@littledarlingdesigns.com
Her birth changed the way I look at Thanksgiving forever.
tkingrn @ gmail . com
Then on Fri., my daughter and I took my grands, Cayden - 5, and Shelby - 3, to ride the Polar Express. We did that last year, and it is so much fun. I will be posting pics on my blog soon. Thanks for a great giveaway.
clarkclay@bellsouth.net
sarasaki3 AT gmail DOT com
(I believe there is a link to my email in my profile.)
Glad you had a good time with the friends and the kiddos. That is what holidays are for!
Tanks for the giveaway!
candy at fiber dot net :)
For Thanksgiving this year, our family played some "Minute to Win It" games. We had a great time with it and also enjoyed decorating gingerbread houses. Thanks for the great give away- I love your Miss Mary pattern.
Sounds like you had a wonderful time with your friends!
Hope you are going well
God bless
Renata:)
renataatsunnyside@gmail.com
leslietrontvet @ yahoo.com
hawkins.julie1@yahoo.com
Then I did some sewing on a baby quilt I needed to get completed.
Laurie
l@jandle.com
Thanks for hosting the giveaway. We spent the Thanksgiving Day with friends and neighbors as our families live 2 states away and we are unable to get together for all holidays. We spent Saturday with cousins and aunts/uncles at another noon gathering. Wonderful memories of food, fellowship and of course, football, for the young men!
I enjoy your blog and wish you a blessed pregnacy!
juneil1992 at gmail.com
karlene at srointernet.com
cryshamilton@gmail.com
I did a little sewing on some Jesse tree ornaments (no time like the present since Advent started yesterday!).
kjlschneider (at) comcast (dot) net
i was blessed to have my sister visiting from Cali with her hubby and kids! WE stayed up late and talked and ate tons of food. Mostly I was glad we were together!
daryllyn (at) gmail dot com
My 4 children and mysisters children had so much fun doing anything they wanted, while us bigger kids/adults talked so much! LOL
We drove to MI from SC to spend time with my family. There were twelve of us under the same roof almost the whole week, and it was LOVELY. We only get to head that way once or twice a year, and it was a real treat.
list2 at yorkteachingstudio dot com
ruthannaseger at yahoo dot com
Thanksgiving day was spent with my in-laws (18 of them + 4 in my family). Then we drove five hours to spend the weekend in a cabin on lake Superior.
jmclean at mts dot net
tone at hultmann.no
My sister and her family are here now and will stay until the end of the week. She will be helping take care of Mom for a little bit as she is recovering from surgery. God is good and having our family together is his gift to us.
Charlsie
haller27044 at hotmail dot com
jc184304 (at) ohio (dot) edu
Thank you for the giveaway!
Rachel
jonahbrooke225 (at) gmail.com
Thanks for the giveaway, vintagereader@acd.net!
brendadeibel@hotmail.com
vintagereader@acd.net
daisyhope10204@bellsouth.net
~Life is good~!
Then my Love stood and read about the beginnings of Thanksgiving and when it was nationalized and what brought about Abraham Lincoln's salvation. That choked my honey up and me, too! Then we enjoyed a beautiful dinner, and ended the day playing Rummy with my 81 yr. old mom...
Thanks so much for your generous offer!
I hope I win so I can make my three granddaughters dresses~
Blessings.
jeflovesdaune at yahoo dot com
ashley(at)oneordinaryday(dot)com
~Katrina
dollbabybowtique@gmail.com
alexsanna at yahoo dot com
For Thanksgiving, we had a quiet day with just our immediate family. My husband is a priest and we have a service on Thanksgiving, so we couldn't travel and none of our family could make it down here, but I still fixed the whole huge meal and we loved it!
becky
bpbajona at maltanet dot net
kinda missed ya and your bump!
becky
bpbajona at maltanet dot net