First of all…the moment you’ve all been waiting for. Well, maybe not THE moment, and maybe not all of you, but if you’ve been sitting on pins and needles waiting for us to announce the winner of the iPad.
So we entered the numbers into the handy dandy random number generator and this is what we got:
and this is what #199 said:
Janeen has been contacted and responded–congratulations, girl!
So with that done, we’ve got another exciting giveaway! We’re giving away a copy of our new book that’s hitting stores on September 12!
Check out this post to get all the details on our new book. Wanna know something else that’s cool? With our last book, if you didn’t live in the Western US (and not even all of the Western US), you pretty much had to get the book from Deseret Book, Amazon, or special order it from your favorite book store. Well, this time around, our book will be available in every Walmart in the US and every Sam’s Club that sells cookbooks. That means that even in my tiny little corner of Louisiana, I’ll be able to find my book! I can’t wait!
So to win, tell us what your favorite holiday (any holiday!) tradition is! The giveaway runs from now until next Thursday, August 30. We’ll announce the winner on or after Friday, August 31. Please be sure to leave a comment on this post and not send a response through email or on Facebook or Twitter.
I love decorating the Christmas tree!
I love the holiday season- and this time of year marks the start for me! My wedding anniversary is in August, September is my birthday month, and October means Halloween and then we high tail it into Thanksgiving and Christmas. My favorite tradition during the holidays is Christmas Eve- dinner at our favorite Italian restaurant with close family and then dessert and a cheesy Christmas movie in our Christmas PJ’s. I buy new and special PJ’s every year for Christmas Eve! This year will be different and such a blessing- my sweet twin baby girls are due around the first week in December:)
We love watching “Taking Chance” on Memorial Day. I’m not super big into the major holidays, so this is my favorite tradition.
A few years ago we started a tradition of ordering take out Chinese on Christmas Eve so we can prepare our Christmas morning breakfast and Christmas Day feast. We love it. Would love your new cookbook!
Every year growing up, my parents and grandparents each gave me a Christmas ornament. By the time I moved out, I had well over 60 ornaments of my very own, and they all mean something to me. (Since my birthday is Christmas Day I got a lot of extras from well meaning friends who didn’t know what else to get me…) My tree isn’t all matchy-themed, but it is very special. I’m carrying on the tradition with my own little ones too.
I LOVE holiday traditions, so it’s hard to pick just one, but I would have to say making & decorating sugar cookies at Christmas!
I love looking at Christmas lights with my family!
My favorite holiday tradition at Thanksgiving is to let my mom cook! 🙂 I’ll never beat her Thanksgiving dinner. But with your cookbook, maybe I can at least try!!! 🙂
Christmas Morning before we head over to the in-laws and my parents. Our little family sits in front of the tree, reads the bible, and opens our few small gifts for each other.
Favorite holiday tradition before kids was Memorial Weekend, because for many years, it was a solo weekend for me. My husband would go with friends to the Indy 500 and I would get to enjoy and savor my much loved alone time. Not your typical holiday favorite, but one I adored!
I love that my whole family meets at the same pumpkin patch every year. the little cousins have tons of fun together and so do the adults!
My mom is Danish so we have the tradition of having rice pudding for dessert on Christmas Eve. Most people don’t lke it that much (though I do) but everyone takes a good sized helping because hidden in the bowl is one full almond and the person who gets the almond wins a prize. My uncles have been known to sneak in extra almonds, cashews, etc to pretend they’re the winners, but it’s always fun to see who will come out the winner and how they serve up themselves.
Holiday traditions are the BEST! How to choose just one? I like advents: Halloween scary story advent, Thanksgiving family tree advent, Christmas activities/service advent and Christmas children’s book advent. So wonderful!
Making Christmas cookies with my kids (who are now 15 and 20).
I have a “newish” tradition that I love. My dad was diagnosed with celiac about 5-7 years ago and I’ve gotten interested in gluten free cooking and baking since then! For thanksgiving the past few years we have had my family come to our home and done a completely gluten free thanksgiving meal. No one has complained and my favorite dish is my “surprise” stuffing made from… wait for it… tortilla chips!!!
Every year for labor day, my parents have bunch of people over to watch the local parade that goes by their house, have lunch (usually sloppy joes and all the other great potluck/picnic type foods), and check out the local festival. It’s been every year since before I can remember and the best part is that it’s an extremely low stress time with a variety of good people
I have a “newish” tradition that I love. My dad was diagnosed with celiac about 5-7 years ago and I’ve gotten interested in gluten freee cooking and baking since then! For thanksgiving the past few years we have had my family come to our home and done a completely gluten free thanksgiving meal. Noone has complained and my favorite dish is my “surprise” stuffing made from… wait for it… tortilla chips!!!
I am already counting down the days until Christmas! 124 days to go, if you were curious 🙂 I love the month before Christmas. I make so many Christmas cookies and I give them as gifts. Many of them are traditional ones that my mother made when I was little. I love making them and sharing them with people. I can’t wait!
When my family gets together at the holidays we have a cooking contest-fun and delicious!
I love being with family for Christmas. It seems the only time of the year when everyone really really tries their hardest to get together!
I love decorating the Christmas tree with the kids and then giving each of them their new ornament for the year.
I love Easter because it is a really spiritual holiday. I love going to church on that day and then later driving to my parents house and having a nice dinner.
Lightng the Hanukkah candles!
Green Spaghetti on Halloween is one of my favorites now that I have kids.
I love making sweet treats at Christmastime. Growing up – we always made peanut butter blossoms and chocolate chip cookies. Now that I’m married, I added my in laws’ tradition of buckeyes and potato candy too 🙂
My favorite Christmas tradition is lining up from youngest to oldest and walking down the stairs to see our presents.
My favorite holiday tradition is making a big traditional Thanksgiving dinner with my favorite aunt and sitting down for a wonderful meal with my favorite people in the world!
My favorite holiday tradition is delivering the cakes my mom makes. She makes tons of cakes every Christmas for friends and neighbors.
My favourite holiday tradition is spending Christmas Eve with my family at the beach. In Australia it is hot in December and the beach is a great place to watch the sun go down and prepare for the next days excitement.
Our family isn’t Hispanic, but we live in TX, so tamales on Christmas Eve is one of my favorites! Or making cut out sugar cookies & decorating!