Happy Thanksgiving from Our Family to Yours

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! I hope that you are enjoying your day with family and friends today. From our family to yours we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.

This year I am thankful for my God, who always provides. This year his provision and keeping of my family has been amazing to see HIM work. 

I am thankful for my Husband who is a great leader, father, husband and friend.

Thankful for my children Ava and baby Worley. We're excited for you to come baby brother. 

I am also thankful for my parents, siblings, grandparents and extended family. Family is one of the biggest blessings ever. 

This year we are blessed beyond measure by so many things.

What are you thankful for this year? I'd love to hear your list. 

Have a wonderful day! 

Holiday Hostess Gifts with World Market + A Giveaway!

The Holidays are upon us can you believe that Thanksgiving is just two days away! Today I'm excited to share with you a Holiday Hostess guide in partnership with one of my favorite stores World Market! World Market is easily one of my faves because of their wide range of selection anything from food to home decor and furniture. I'm always instantly inspired when I walk into the store, and can easily always find a few things "I just can't live without."

I was just in there a couple days ago and I'm loving all their new Christmas ornaments, table decor and even some new furniture pieces that I've got my eye on for the new casa!

Today, I put together a little holiday hostess gift guide. I think hostess gifts are such a nice gesture and a nice way to say thank you to any host. I think they are a lost art form actually and such a small gesture can go along way in making your host feel special. With the holidays quickly upon us I think it's so important to make these gestures for all those holiday parties, events and dinners you'll be attending.

We're spending Thanksgiving with some friends again this year, and I always like to bring our host something. They've opened their home to us, cooked an amazing meal and it's something I can easily do to say Thank you for all of that. Plus, I really love giving gifts, shopping for them and packaging them just so.

Hostess gifts don't have to be grand or expensive. You can do something small, write a little note with it and present it to your hosts. I personally don't like to bring flowers as a hostess gift. They are so pretty, but more often than not you give them to your host and she lays them down to finish preparing the meal or say hello to other guests and before the night is over they are wilted and dead. I like to give tangible gifts that they can open later and enjoy.

Today I've rounded up some lovely finds with the help of World Market that range in pricing from $2.50-$30. Perfect for any budget, c'mon let's see what I've found.

Holiday Hostess Guide by worleyhouse on Polyvore

1. Ikat Bowl Set- I love these small bowls. They come in a set of two, perfect for holding jewelry or using as part of your home decor.
2. Holiday House Kit- This is a fun gift the whole family can enjoy putting together!
3. 6 Bud Vases in Holder- I love this little bud vase caddy. So perfect and cute, would be fun in the kitchen with flowers.
4. Good Morning Mug Set- Who doesn't love a cute mug filled with hot cocoa?! These are adorable and say "good morning."
5. Snowflake Cupcake Kit- Another fun foodie item to give to a baker or to a family.
6. Glass Pitcher- I'm a firm believer that every woman should own a nice glass water pitcher for serving, and I love the shape of this one.
7. White Glitter Trees- the perfect holiday decor gift, white trees go with any decor and they have glitter on them, what could be better?!?
8. Cute Napkins- You can mix & match patterns so fun to give an assortment away to your host.
9. Mason Jar Beverage Dispenser- an adorable way to serve up that holiday punch!

What a fun round up right?! I'd gladly love to have any of these, wouldn't you? That's not all friends World Market has some great Black Friday deals going on for you right now to take advantage of, along with the Life of Pi Movie Sweepstakes. See below for your chance to enter and win!

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The first 100 customers to shop in-store on 11/23(Black Friday) will receive a FREE Limited Edition Life of Pi ornament and a FREE Life of Pi movie ticket. The first 100 customers to shop in-store on Saturday, 11/24 & Sunday, 11/25 will receive a FREE Limited Edition Life of Pi Tote Bag and a movie ticket.

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• Grand Prize package includes: a dream trip for 2 to India and a $1,000 World Market Gift card.
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{Free} Thanksgiving Printables

I shared this post last week on Mom Endeavors during her Cornucopia of Creativity Series, but I wanted to share here as well.

Thanksgiving is just a week away, can you believe it? I love the holiday season so much. Thanksgiving kicks everything off.

I've created three free print ables for you to enjoy during the Thanksgiving holiday season in your home or office space or really where ever you'd like to enjoy them at. These would also be fun additions to your holiday decor or tablescapes. You can print them off at home on your printer or down load the files and have them printed for you at Office Max, Kinkos, Staples, etc.

Each print is sized to an 8x10 print and can be down loaded in PDF format. Click each link below to down load them and print them off. (please don't right click & save the images, these images have been reduced in size and won't print to scale if you do that.)

A traditional Happy Thanksgiving print

click here to down load

1 Thess 5:18 Scripture Print

click here to down load

Thankful Heart Print

click here to down load

What are you plans for Thanksgiving? Do you host it in your home or go somewhere else? I'd love to hear your favorite Thanksgiving traditions. Leave them in the comments below, ready set go!

Have a great week!

My Stuffing Recipe

I didn't cook at all for Thanksgiving, since we went to a friend's house for dinner. But, a couple days after Thanksgiving my Husband requested that I make my stuffing recipe. I had most of the ingredients on hand, but quickly ran to the store to get the rest. I make it now from memory, so I had to stop myself to write down all the measurements to share with you.

It's the best, hands down! We love it so much in our home, it's the perfect "comfort" food I thought I needed to share it with you too!

Here's what you need:

1 lb. pork sausage

1 yellow onion chopped

4 stalks of celery chopped

2 cans chicken stock

1 bag Pepper ridge Farm Seasoned Stuffing

Here's what you do:

Brown the sausage in a large stock pan, adding the onion and celery as well. Stir until meat is completely browned and done. Next add in the chicken stock and stir ingredients. Add pepper to taste, I don't add any salt since the sausage already is salty enough.

Next stir in your Pepper ridge Farm bread crumbs till they are evenly coated with the liquid mixture. Spread into a 9x12 baking dish, cook at 350 degrees for 30-45 minutes. Top should be slightly brown and crispy.

Take out, and serve.

That's it, so simple and good! You'll probably want to make this any time of the year, it's that good.

psst....want more cooking today? I'm sharing one of my fave cookie recipes today over at The Small Things Blog with Kate! Check it out here.