Ladies! I think a Friday afternoon deserves a celebration. We’ve almost made it through the entire work week! Woo hoo! We can see the light at the end of the tunnel. This is always the hardest part of the giveaway because we’d love to gift all 3,911 of you, but alas, we cannot, which I guess is what makes a giveaway so fun. With that said, join me in celebrating our SIX beloved winners for this fabulous giveaway. Believe me when I say we here at the office are coveting each of the gifts and almost threw a fit when we realized we couldn’t enter the giveaway ourselves. We love fun stuff like this just as much as you do!
So, without further ado, congratulations to…
Grand Prize Winner: Cara Koski
Second Prize Winner: Ansley DuRant
Gift number 3: Victoria Gelberg
Gift number 4: Kim Tipton
Gift number 5: Anne Dailey
Gift number 6: Leslie Wood
If y’all would please email me (Lindsee) at [email protected] with your mailing address we willl get these prizes to you ASAP. We love y’all so very, very much. Thanks for playing along. Hope you each have a beautiful, fall weekend!
DEAR SIESTAS! THE MERE THOUGHT OF YOU IS MAKING ME GO ALL-CAPSY.
It has been FOREVER and then some but I have been thinking about you. I know I haven’t been in this here blog-space much recently but I can assure you that I’m still at LPM. My days are full since I’m working and going to school part-time. AGAIN. Yes, again. Somehow even when I vow to walk away for good, I end up right back in the classroom in some capacity. This time around I’m working slowly on a M.A. in Biblical Languages at Houston Baptist University. When I’m not researching something for a project at LPM, I’m taking a Greek class in the Septuagint and a Hebrew readings class in the Joseph narrative. Oh, and how could I forget to mention Winston Jeffrey Fitzpatrick?! A little over a year ago Colin brought home a baby rottweiler and our life has never been the same since (even when I desperately want it to be!). Winnie is SO, SO bad but we love him madly.
Here is W posing in my dining room. Or demanding a filet mignon cooked over medium, I’m not really sure.
Here he is again furious about having to wear his birthday hat:
But really, enough about us.
I want to talk about YOU and a fall giveaway we are doing because we love you and appreciate you.
Now, I should mention at this point that if you are one of those people who is SO OVER all the talk about pumpkin-flavored anything, then you will want to run for your life.
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE.
Do I have a faithful fall remnant?
This weekend we had our first legit “cold-front” here in Houston. It was even down in the forties one night. Glory be! The crisp cold air in my lungs got to me in the best way possible and, of all things, I wanted to cook. There’s just something about fall that always brings me back to the kitchen. Nothing better than listening to a little Norah Jones or The Civil Wars with the windows cracked open, cool breeze dancing through the house, while a chili or stew simmers on the stove. I thought just maybe fall might do the same for some of you so the grand prize winner will get a red Le Creuset signature round dutch oven (red not orange like the one on the box).
I love it passionately and do not want to let it go. I even enjoy posing with the beloved dutch oven:
The second prize to be claimed is a $100 gift card to Pottery Barn because, let’s be honest, Pottery Barn during the fall season is heaven on earth:
Gift number 3 includes an amazing decorative pillow, fall flower arrangement, and Hill Country Home candle.
Gift number 4 includes a fun little clutch from Anthro, a scarf, several pairs of boot socks, and some gorgeous MAC makeup in fallish colors.
Here is Lindsee modeling the scarf. Love her and she can work a scarf better than anyone I know:
This MAC stuff is tough to photograph but fantastic (includes three eye shadow kits and two lipsticks in shades of Russian Red and Viva Glam III).
Gift number 5 has a bunch of fun stuff: Cook’s Illustrated Fall Entertaining magazine, kitchen towels, mulling spices, Hill Country Home candle (again this is one of my faves!), autumn cupcake decorating set, beautiful engraved silver dish, Trader Joe’s Pumpkin bread mix, and more.
Gift number 6 comes with a fun autumn welcome mat, potpourri, decorative kitchen towel, and my favorite ever mulled apple cider candle. DIVINE.
Here is Mom sorting out all the gifts. Isn’t she cute?
So dear friend, for a chance to win one of the six prizes, please leave a comment with your first and last name and tell us something you love about fall.
We love you so much,
Melissa
(Lindsee not pictured here ONLY because she was out of the office when we snapped this photo)
My favorite fall thing use to be the time my mom, my daughter and I would spend out running errands & driving to some of the most beautiful places to look at the changing colors. We, however, had to lay my mother (age 60) to rest this past Saturday so my family plans to at least do some driving around and praising God for keeping our mother with Him now.
God’s beautiful masterpiece of colors in the landscape especially here in Northern California, scent of cinnamon, apple trees, bonfires on the beach, large pinecones and extra large maple leaves make for great centerpieces and collage…..time to put on the “egg-noggin” tea bag and turn on Christmas Christian praise and SCRAP!
I live in deep South Texas so I cannot say I love the fall for cool weather or colorful leaves or being able to use the fire place . . . because that stuff does not happen here! But I love fall because when the temperature does finally drop below 70 degrees, everyone here pulls out their sweaters and scarves and pretends like it is fall. 🙂 Love you Beth and Melissa! I’m doing the James study now. Melissa, I love your hair dark! 🙂
Although fall means the end of summer and the coming of the cold harsh Canadian winters, it means new life to me. My two beautiful baby girls were born in the fall – one turned 11 yesterday (Jessica) and one turns 7 tomorrow (Rebekah)!! With just one day between those birthdays, fall also means this Mommy is busy, busy, busy buying birthday gifts and planning parties! However, I do not mind at all – in fact I wouldn’t have it any other way!! Their brother, however (Riley – 8), feels it’s very unfair that he has to wait until February to celebrate his! So thankful for my precious little pumpkins!!
oh and one more warm and fuzzy….Fall gets us closer to starting Beth’s study on JAMES!!!!
yes yes yes, so giddy!
Lauri
Fall to me is the most beautiful time of the year. Growing up in Michigan, Fall represents wonderful memories, crisp weather, breathtaking colors. After living in Mexico and south Texas for the past 28 years, thinking of my childhood Fall fills my heart with joy and thankfulness to my Lord and Saviour.
I love Fall…..yankee candles, football, leaves changing color, festivals, getting the first Starbucks in a Christmas themed cup, and my perfect boots!! Bliss…..
I love the crisp freshness of the air and the crunch of the leaves under my feet.
The Fall is my most favorite time of the year, I grew up in New Hampshire and now live in Kentucky and both locations have the most beautiful Autumns. The colors of the leaves in the trees with the gold and red and green and rust, some looking like they have the sun right in the middle of those gorgeous trees. I love the cool breezes that blow across my face and that of my grandchildren when we are out taking nature walks, I love the aromas at this time of year with the pumpkins muffins, the candy corn crunch and those wonderful cups of hot mulled apple cider!!
I love to go to the farm markets with my husband and my babies! ( I have a 4yr old and a 2 yr old) To try to see though their eyes for a moment and how excieted they get at a chance to ride a hay wagon or pick their favorite pumpkin! Not to mention the yummy food hot caramel apples and kettle corn…they had me at hot caramel! Anyways that’s one of my favs …thanks for the chance to share!
What I love the most about the fall season are the leaves. The vibrant colors of the leaves on the trees. Once they drift to the ground, the crunching sound as I walk on the leaves, the sound of dry leaves skittering across the sidewalk with the littlest breeze, and the smell of a big pile of leaves that are just waiting for someone to jump into them.
Fall is my favorite season. It’s the gentle transition between the hot Summer & cold Winter. I have come to love a particular color when the leaves turn color – a bright fiery color – a mixture of pink, yellow, & orange – so beautiful that only God could create it. The color is created when the leaves are in the process of dying, & it reminds me that even in our brokenness God’s glory can shine through us!
I love getting to wear fall clothes and Friday night football games.
I love to see all the beautifully colored leaves, the bright reds, yellows and oranges.
I love that fall is great soup weather! Love me some crockpot chicken tortilla soup.
I LOVE FALL!!! Really, I love Thanksgiving Day. My most favorite holiday! There’s no hype, no busyness, no long lines, just family, food, and the most heavenly scents in the whole world!
I love the sunshine, the blue skies, the crisp air, and that the world looks as if God has taken a paint brush and splattered bright colors over the mountains and hills.
Jewel Childers
Cooler weather, evenings spent with family, trying out new recipes and focusing on GOD’S goodness together.
I love Starbucks in the Fall… pumpkin spice lattes! Also love pumpkin choc chip muffins!
Thank you for the sweet giveaway!
Fall makes me want to get outside and take walks in the woods and enjoy nature that our heavenly Father has given us. Standing by a fire makes me think of the Isralites in the wilderness.
I love pumpkin and scarves and soup!
I love the excuse to drink more hot drinks…coffee, hot chocolate, etc.!!!
I, too, just love fall…the cooler temperatures, rustling leaves, baking, football, pulling out my boots and sweaters…all of it!
What’s not to love about fall? The colors fascinate me, the smells intrigue me and it seems everything tastes better in the fall. Nothing better than baked goods and comfort food when the weather gets cooler! Just makes you want to wrap up in a big old sweater and snuggle. God is so good to share His seasons with us!
How fun! I love everything about fall…well, not raking the thousands and thousands of leaves in the yard but everything else! The colors, using the fireplace, scarves, cute hats, boots, the cool temps, and my littles were both born in October!
We spend Fall enjoying the blessing of the harvest from our garden.
The canning is finished and I enjoy having a pantry filled with food we’ve grown.
I love crisp, cool days, homemade soups, and warm fires to gather around with family and friends.
The best fun is attending my son’s football games at our local High School.
Every fall, I love frying dozens of doughnuts and mulling gallons of hot apple cider and having about 40 neighbors, friends & family over to share the celebration of God’s amazing blessings!
I love all things fall! It’s definitely one of my favorite times of year!!
So thankful for this opportunity, all the prizes look amazing!
I love Fall because of the cool crisp days, the bright colorful leaves wisping through the air as though they are dancing before the Lord! Life seems to slow down a bit although not much. I am away from my home church alot in the summer so by Fall I get to reconvene with my church family and settle in the community I love dearly and reconnect. I love the fall food especially anything pumpkin!!! It’s time to get the crock pot out and cook up some good old fashioned soups. It’s also a time for family as aunts, uncles, cousins, brothers, sisters, etc all gather for a HUGE family hayride and pumpkin patch!!!!
I love the cooler temperatures…the sweet times of long walks on a cool evening and Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks
I love fall because of the family time, the holidays, the recipes, the snuggling with my children. I could go on and on 😉
I love that this time of year gets one of my sons excited to cook with me…anything pumpkin!! He can’t wait to help me cook Thanksgiving day-and knowing he’s a teenager and how fast time flies, I’m eating every bit of it up!! We’ve done pumpkin pie bars, pumpkin shakes, pumpkin sausage penne pasta….any other suggestions? 🙂
Brandi
I first loved fall as a child – the sounds from the local cotton gins, football, and because our family would always go to the State Fair of Texas. Now I love it because our wedding anniversary is in October.
I LOVE pumpkin! I love everything pumpkin!! I love fall colors, I love the crispness in the air that fall brings, and I LOVE,LOVE, Thanksgiving. Something about the fall gives me more of a sense of renewal than the new year or even spring. Thanks so much to everyone at LPM. This ministry has blessed me so!
Gotta love the smell of a cotton gin in full swing down a turnrow of tractors breaking ground to be ready for spring planting amid dust swirling everywhere! It helps if you are born and raised in the Delta.
I love everything about the fall!!!! the colors, the weather, the food, oh wait… AND FOOTBALL!!
How much fun!! I think I love your dog more than all the gifts! My goodness he’s cute! My favorite thing about fall is taking walks in the cooler weather and seeing the gorgeous fall trees on the hills we have here. I also love Thanksgiving with my huge family. We have a big dance called the Turkey Trot and its the most fun thing ever!!! Happy fall y’all!! Many blessings!
Heather Lane
Live in IN and I love the fact that we have leaves that turn all different colors and we have apple orchards and pumpkin patches and football games. The weather changes are also great after a very hot and dry summer. I love the fact that in October our church had a work day for our community(even though we didn’t participate this year) and that Wow!! I could keep going on and on…
I love the combination of listening to “this is my Father’s World” with
The vivid colors of fall leaves all around me! Joy!
Thank you for the chance to win. I like autumn because it’s soup season, comfort of a warm quilt, tamarack groves in the Rocky Mountains, flocking birds.
I love the fall when you can look out over the river valley and see the canopies of the trees, in all the reds, yellows and oranges of the season. Nice to have some color before all the white stuff hits us!
I love snuggling in quilts and my favorite massive mug filled with hot cider…mm;)
I love the cooler weather, even if south Louisiana doesn’t offer much of it.
Pumpkin muffins and our tradition of family day at the Pumpkin Patch. Love it, even though we were hot there this year!
I LOVE fall because it is when I met my amazing husband, now fifteen years ago, yesterday! We also just celebrated our twelve year wedding anniversary Sunday! For these reasons, I couldn’t love another season more than I LOVE fall!!
Olivia Hinojosa
Fall is the best season ever! My favorite! I love the cool temperatures, the gorgeous leaves, getting to wear sweaters again, and my birthday is in the fall! 🙂 Thanks for the great giveaway!! 🙂
What do I love about fall? I love the crisp days of indian summer, when your feet crunch the leaves that have fallen, and the leaves that are left are beautifully colourful. However, what we’ve got up in Alberta is snow and I don’t think I’ve seen the sun in 3 weeks! Oh well, it’s supposed to warm up this weekend and the sun will come out. I’m thankful that I have a roof over my head and a God that loves me, no matter what the weather is like!
I love fall here in western Oregon. The changing trees, the hungry birds at my feeders, cuddling with grand kids, and eating my husband’s homemade apple pies are all wonderful parts of fall.
Thanks for doing such a wonderful give away! BTW, I’m currently teaching through “Jesus The One and Only” in the two Bible studies I lead each week as Women’s Ministry Director in my church. We are all drinking deeply in that study!
This is why I enjoy the wonderful season of fall! 🙂
1. I get to pray with my family over our Thanksging meal.
2. Always trying new recipes with pumpkin in them, tonight was pumpkin chilly. Thanks to my dear client Shannon.
3. I am an all season runner but fall is the best, I can actually breath when the air hits my lungs! In the summer the sun shrinks my lungs and in the winter air way just freezes on me. Now, fall is totally awesome, breath easy, enjoy the beautiful colores leaves.
4. With that said I am in the best shape in the fall, lose a few. We always like that.. Right?
5. My slower season comes around this time, so I really dig into Gods word! I mature in the fall, does that make sense to you? If not I think God knows what I mean? Lol.
I’ll leave you with those 5. So many more but they are my main 5. In prayer right now for the scarf & Mac makeup so I can wear it on Thanksgiving! I know Jesus hears my heart. With the slow season, I cut back on shopping.
Fall is a great season.. But in all honesty.. every new season brings joy to my life. . .
I love you all so much!! I wish I could have gotten a pic with the two of you at the Reading conference. I sure did try but your body guard said no. It was such a blessing to see you live.
Love and prayers!
Mallery Schaffer
The smell of apple harvest on my parents farm: crisp air, ripe sweet fruit, and tractor diesel.