Now most of you know that Friday is my last day........that is a good reason for a celebration....don't you think? I have been thinking for some time to do this, but kept it a secret.
YOU CAN WIN ONE JUST LIKE HIM!!
When I bought my "Rooster Guy" some time back to put up on Willow, Twig and Leaf's fence, I bought another one..... just for this fun occasion of being off work for the summer party. As most of you know my HEART is my HOME and it always has been, but we had to do what we had to do to survive on our farm. We prayed, we knew that many have been having a hard time finding one job, much less 4 at the same place. WE asked the Lord. The Lord opened the door for myself, my sweet man and our girls..... to work during the winter at the college.........TOGETHER! He answered our hearts desire....we have seen His hand all over it and we have been thankful. Sharing Jesus with anyone is what we have always loved to do! Now He is using us with 400 plus kids!!!!!! Tomorrow will be our last day until August! I have been so tickled this last week knowing we were coming back home for the summer. You will find me doing a little happy dance when I think nobody is looking! Heehee! I do have to say saying goodbye to some of my precious kids there was hard. I even got a card from a sweet girl who had to do time in the kitchen......I got to love on her and we cried today when we said goodbye. God used them in my life big time!
Let the Party begin!!!!!
COMING HOME PARTY!!!!
Starting now and ending on this
May 12th
SATURDAY at NOON!
So here is what we are going to do.
All you have to do is tell me..... if you came to Prairie Flower Farm and we had a "basket dinner".....what would you bring?
Easy enough?
I love you sweet ladies, you have listened to my needed prayers all this last school year and I am so thankful for each of you. You have told me you were praying for our family, for the days I was down and I just wanted Home......you were there......you are such a precious precious Prairie Flower Farm family.
Oh and one more thing......everyone from "anywhere" (overseas, Canada) is invited to this party. If you don't have a blog please leave me an email at prairie flower farm at g mail dot com put Coming Home in the subject line. Or if you leave an anonymous on my blog's comment........ you must leave me your email there to enter. Hope I made this simple enough.
I will have fun while at work on my breaks seeing who is signing up to the party and what you are bringing!!!!!!
Hugs from my farm to your HOME!
Linda
P.S. Told some I would show what my little baby chick looked like after it hatched today. Here it is!
This was what I saw when I got home.
This baby chick is so so tiny, never had one so small.......ever!
It has a real bad hair day right now......but soon it will be fluffy!
I don't have a blog, but I would bring my sister Beverly's Sheeth Cake.Such a funny , old fashioned name, but I have read it on different blogs as Texas Sheet Cake.
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Hi Linda! I love that rooster guy you bought and of course, all your real chickies!! If I were coming to the basket dinner I think I would bring a home baked apple pie.
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I am in LOVE with that chicken! I'd sure like to be entered into your celebration drawing! If I came a'calling to the Prairie Flower Farm, I'd bring a basket full of my yummy fried chicken, some potato salad, fruit, gooey brownies for dessert and lemony ice tea for drinkin'.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great giveaway!
I don't have a blog yet! I would bring one of my picnic baskets filled with homemade bread, fried chicken, baked beans & corn on the cob. Some of my favorite food.
ReplyDeleteOh! If I was invited to your farm for a picnic I would love to bring a big fruit salad, some corn muffins, and my favorite lemon cake, even though I eat way too much of this cake when I make it! I am so excited for you! One more day! I love that chicken, my grandchildren would go crazy! Think I would have to put it between our homes near their chicken coops! That would be so fun! That would realy make for a fun walk! Like the windmill in your last post, is it a working one for you?
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your last day tomorrow, exciting but bittersweet as well for you.
Sweet dreams
God bless
oops I forgot to leave my e-mail!
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Oh I would bring my dessert named "Dirt" It is so good everyone always loves it. I would bring a main dish too if needed....
ReplyDeleteOh my, I love the rooster guy!! To your basket dinner i would bring Roastin ears,strawberry shortcake and sweet tea!!! I would soo love to really be able to do this!!! <3
ReplyDeleteKandy ;)
I would bring chicken salad sandwiches on wheat bread, deviled eggs, cherry pizza, and some raw veggies with dip. Oh, and lemonade to drink! (Oh, and btw, I think your new little chick is so sweet!).
ReplyDeleteI would bring chicken salad sandwiches on homemade crossiants, a cold fruit salad, and of course sweet teas. I love all the farms pics! mkk10@gmx.com
ReplyDeleteI don't have a blog but I sure do enjoy reading yours. If (and actually wish I could) come to your basket party I think I would bring a pasta salad. Love them. Have I told you we have purchased 6 babie chicks. I don't know if I can send you a picture but they are so cute. My husband built their coop. Precious. Have a wonderful summer!
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Love those baby farm animals ~ I used to love to watch those little chicks peck their way out of their eggs, little by little, when I was a kid. God is SO good to give them such amazing instincts.
ReplyDeleteWell ... since so many ladies are bringing chicken, I suppose I would have to bring my homemade pico de galo/salsa & tortilla chips. Everyone enjoys the "snackie stuff" between helpings at a picnic. I hope you like cilantro, b/c I love it & put a lot into my salsa.
Thanks for the opportunity to win "Rooster Guy"!
Enjoy your last day before vacation.
Blessings from Ohio...Kim<><
Oh my goodness I would bring macaroni salad like my moms and my special sloppy jos and top it off with peanut butter pie . I am so glad to see baby chicks they r super cute. Also would love to win this cute chicken .
ReplyDeleteMr. Rooster guy is pretty handsome standing gaurd over your barnyard families. Whenever our family had a picnic I always had to make fried chicken, potato salad, southern bisquits and homemade jam and applesauce cake. I'm feeling like picnic! It would be a wonderful pleasure to visit your farm and your family and meet each and every one.
ReplyDeleteHave a blessed Mother's Day, Linda.
Hugs to you, Vicky
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Love Mr. Rooster! So happy tomorrow is the last day of work for you this spring! I love the teeny, tiny baby chick. It is having a bad hair day. Hee hee. I would bring baked pineapple to the picnic. I take it to potluck and everyone loves it! Have a wonderful Mother's Day and sleep in on Monday if you want to just because you can. :D Donna
ReplyDeleteHi Linda! Yeah! Summer picnics are so much fun. I would bring a red and white checked tablecloth, a butterscotch pound cake, fresh brewed iced tea, potato salad and crispy fried chicken and we would make home made ice cream.
ReplyDeleteWhen you first posted Rooster Guy, I fell in love! I filed the pic so I can look at it often.
Thank you for this opportunity, you have such a giving/sharing spirit. God bless!
Cindy
peacecindy@sbcglobal.net
Rooster guy would sure be an awesome birthday gift since my birthday is May 11th!
What a cute Rooster! I would love to have such a cute Rooster! :) Such a itsy, bitsy chick! I've never seen one that small or as adorable as that one. In my basket I would bring some homemade Sunday dinner rolls. They are my family's favorite and they could be your favorite, too. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm a first time visitor to the farm, but I think I will bring strawberry pizza. It is a dessert and filled with cream cheese, cool whip and of course strawberries.
ReplyDeleteI am happy for you, it is a happy feeling to finally come again.
Blessings,
Gayle from Behind the Gate
wow I started my very first garden this year and so far so good and Id love to have that little chucken to watch over my garden.
ReplyDeleteI think I would make this fabulous squash cassarole to our picknick it is so good.
I pray you have a very blessed summer.
I would bring my famous potato salad. It's one I've made for years, by taste, like my momma made. Everybody loves it! Have a fun summer and am looking forward to more of your posts. My daughter and I just love the little chick, so cute!
ReplyDeleteI don't have a blog but it would definitly be my banana pudding. Everyone loves it and it is so good! I use as payment when the neighbors help me do something and it is their favorite!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful day! When I arrived home today from visiting my mom, on the table was a package from Prairie Flower Farm! I loved the wrapping, ribbon and card, of course, but my-o-my the apron is so adorable I've been wearing it all evening! I love how it looks with my blue jeans. Love the pockets and little details. Thank you so much for the apron and the cookbook and for writing a special note inside. I can't wait to start making the Gooseberry patch recipes. God bless you!
ReplyDeleteHi, Linda - Rejoicing with you that you get to stay HOME for the summer! Now let's see . . . for our basket dinner I would bring a batch of my Mom's Chicken Crescents (chicken, seasoning, & cream cheese in a crescent roll crust), Chocolate Pound Cake topped with fresh strawberries, and some Peach Tea to drink!
ReplyDeleteYippee!! You only have one more day until SUMMER!!! I am so pleased for you my friend! :)
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Camille
yea happy last day of work. If we were having a picnic I would bring a tuna macaroni salad and then for dessert a strawberry cake since it is getting close to strawberry season. Wouldn't that be fun to sit on your farm and have a picnic while watching all your baby animals. Enjoy your last day and then home for summer vacation!
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Congratulations!!! That is a wonderful story to hear. That is the cutest peep. If I were to come to your party, I believe I would bring an American Pie with blueberries and cherries. MMM. My email is i4sashahunter@aol.com
ReplyDeleteJust had to pop in and say "YOU LADIES ARE THE SWEETEST"!!!!!!!! I would love a party with you. We could fix up the Potter's Shed and you would come and we would set the table and you would place everything on the table and we would sit and talk the day away! I would turn the CHRISTmas lights on when it started to get dark and we would watch the stars bust out of the sky and we could talk and pray and.........I am getting a little carried away here, but I know the Lord would bless us with the precious gift of friendship. Do you ladies realize just the comments you all just sent me.......that is what happened? Friendship among us! You told me what we could do at a party here on the farm.........PRECIOUSNESS! What a sweet way to start my last day of work out. Thank you for coming to the party! I would love for you ALL to really come to my farm! Off to finish my last day! Hugs from the farm! me
ReplyDeleteWell, by the sounds of all the food listed here I am definitely coming to this basket party! I would have to fill a basket of sticky cinnamon buns to share with everyone!
ReplyDeleteI would bring something from New England - how about baked beans and brown bread? A Saturday night staple around here!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Linda!
ReplyDeleteIt's been a long time since I last posted a comment on your blog! What a great day to "see" you again! I am so excited for you and for the summer you will have. What fun it will be to stay home and do all the great farm and home stuff you do.
We are now in Italy for our mission trip until June. Soooo, if I could come to your basket dinner, I would bring fresh Italian bread and a cool pasta salad. I would love to be able to do that!
I have added a new blog that is more "everyday" thoughts. Please come by and visit me soon! www.gracemercyandprayer.blogspot.com
Again, Congratulations!
- Anna
I would bring Homemade Chicken Salad on Croissants with fruit on the side with some homemade fruit dip, oh and I can't forget the sweet Iced tea! Thank would be my Basket Dinner!
ReplyDeleteGods Blessings to you :)
I do not have a blog but I sure enjoy your. My fave dish would be Chicken and Dumplings. Southern Ice Tea I am a Kentucky girl gotta have my tea.
ReplyDeleteLinda, I would have to bring one of my strawberry rhubarb pies with for the basket party. Thanks for the chance at the giveaway, I admire the rooster and would promise to give him a good home on our little farm here. :)
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LazyAranch@centurytel.net
I would bring a homemade apple pie and some Blue Bell ice cream!
ReplyDeleteI'm happy for you, that you will have months to be at home on your farm. You will have a wonderful summer, I'm sure.
I wish there really was going to be a party down on the farm!
nancyr
Oh Linda, I love the cute rooster! If I came to your house, I would make my famous potato salad! What fun we would have! Blessings for your last day! I know you are very happy!
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I don't have a blog either, but I would bring fried chicken,potato salad,baked beans and peach pie! lizajane614@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, what a wonderful idea, "a basket party". And, of course, I love chickens/roosters, have them all over my kitchen/dining room. I would bring cheese/herb biscuits and lots of chocolate chip cookies. Love your blog, your words soothe my soul every day. "What a Wonderful Savior". Hugs, Sue
ReplyDeleteA basket party sounds fun! I'll bring some fried chicken and a peach pie.And a pitcher of sweet tea to share.Warm Blessings!~Amy
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to enjoy the Basket Party!! I'll be bringing my family favorite fruit salad. I know you will love it and have to make it for your family. Hugs and Welcome Home!
ReplyDeleteRegina
I would bring a jug of peach iced tea, some potato salad, some chicken salad sandwiches, and a big fruit salad (in a jar with vanilla lime dressing). Wouldn't it be so much fun if we could really do this?
ReplyDeletecoming home basket party would consist of picnic type party. chicken / potato salad, maybe even smore's
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I would bring a red checked tablecloth. I also would bring butterscotch pound cake, potato salad, crispy fried chicken and iced tea. I have been in love with Rooster Guy since the day you posted his pic! =) Today is my birthday and he would be an awesome gift!!
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I don't what I would bring but I wouldn't come empty handed.....it would be a surprise....love the rooster and the baby chics.
ReplyDeleteI would bring my Homemade Bread as there is nothing like warm bread to bring family and friends together. It is the smell, then the stories every wants to tell about their Grandmother or Mother and helping them to make bread for the family.
ReplyDeleteI would love to win this little chicken and it would fit right in my country kitchen, the Heart of My Home.
Thank you for yet another great "Party."
I would bring my Lazy Rosy Rhubarb recipe. You layer cake type ingredients with rhubarb sauce on top and when it is done baking the rhubarb sauce is on the bottom with the cake at the top.
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Oh, my what a cute rooster guy!! I would love to have him. What would I bring to Prairie Flower Farm? I would bring some fresh shrimp and raw oysters!! We would peel the shrimp, devein them, dip 'em in some egg then flour, and we would fry them up in a pot full of hot corn oil! When we were done with those, we would fire up the grill, and I will show you how to fix the absolutely best chargrilled oysters in the world!! Lots of butter, garlic and grill!!! What a treat for all of us that would be! In everything, give thanks, GrandmaSoucie
ReplyDeleteI enjoy baking breads, so I would bring a basket full of breads (rolls, sweet breads, quick breads) and the fixings (cheese, butters, spread, meats, etc.)
ReplyDeleteCrystal Jo
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Hi Linda, What a fantastic giveaway. So glad you will be home for the summer. I would bring some of my fried chicken, potato salad. And my lemon dessert....ciao4now64 at yahoo dot com.
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ReplyDeletei would soooo love that rooster! He would keep my chicken company!
If i have to bring, my famous potatoe salad! Baked beans, pasta salad..on and on!
Hi Linda! Winning that adorable chicken would be a wonderful birthday present to me (since my birthday is on the 12th). :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that you will be home for the summer. How kind of God to work things out as only He could do. Joining you for a basket party would be so fun! I so wish I lived closer because I would totally invite myself over. I would bring some homemade egg and chicken salad sandwiches, cucumber and tomato salad, a loaf of honey oatmeal bread, and some pineapple upside down cupcakes. Oh, can't forget the iced tea.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Love, ~Teresa from Lancaster, PA
(TheBakers4Him@gmail.com)
Hi Linda, I don't have a blog either but I LOVE being a part of yours! Wouldn't it be awesome if we could all get together for real at your farm and have a Basket lunch??? Wow, certainly something to dream about!
ReplyDeleteIn my basket lunch, I would bring chicken salad with grapes sandwiches on croissants, fruit salad, homemade banana pudding, and sweet iced tea! MMMM, makes me ready for a picnic now!
Sure hope I win the rooster - love it!
Laura
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Oh, a basket lunch on the farm sounds like so much fun! I would bring chicken salad (my mom's recipe), pasta salad, homeade oatmeal raisin cookies and unsweet tea. Love the rooster! tate0075 at bellsouth dot com.
ReplyDeleteI would love to come visit ya'll, and would bring bring my potato salad with homemade mayo, and peppermint/lemon balm tea. That rooster would look good anywhere around our farm!:D bapblessed@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteWhen I was teaching school I had the same happy dance on the last day... along with all my students. Now that I work year round at the same job, I don't have that opportunity, but I do a happy dance on the first day in the garden. If I was going on a picnic I would pack some egg salad sandwichs, maybe potatoe salad and watermelon. All my favorites and also maybe some oreos. Mmmmm maybe I'll do that this weekend and have a picnic with my sweetie.
ReplyDeleteI would really like this little rooster guy... he'd look pretty cute on my "eggs for sale" box.
Thank you.
rem1752nh at gmail dot com
or greentwiggy.blogspot.com
I would ng my fried chicken, deviled eggs & yummy brownies! We would have a wonderful basket lunch & plenty of chatting also!! You are such a dear! So glad that summer is here for you!!
ReplyDeleteI would love to come visit your farm. I would bring my fruited wild rice salad and an oreo cake! Perfect for a summer picnic! So glad you'll be home for summer.
ReplyDeleteWHat a handsome fellow that rooster is! I'd love to have him to wake up to each day! :)
ReplyDeleteI'd bring egg salad sandwiches and olives. Maybe some iced tea too!
If I had the pleasure to visit your farm I would bring some biscuits and chicken salad . Enjoy your summer at home . Hugs Sheila
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite basket meal is cheese, deli meats and crusty bread along with fruit (melons and berries and grapes). Oh, yes, and a lovely jar of sweet tea. This lunch must be under a tree. Listening to the birds sing and enjoying good company on a lovely afternoon.
ReplyDeleteThat is heaven!
rebeccaguy@hotmail.com
I would bring either my broccoli salad or my easy peasy monster cookies.
ReplyDeleteLove the rooster guy! Welcome home Linda and family!
The little one is adorable even w/ a bad hair day. A basket full of homemade bread, jams & cookies to share. As well as praise for gathering friends together as a blessing for all. My email is nanasway63@yahoo.com. Thanks for brightening my days with your posts. Teresa
ReplyDeleteI would bring Frosted Banana Bars, it is made in a sheet cake pan, so lots to share. So glad you are home for summer. I baby sit one Grand, his Momma is a teacher, school is out the 18th & then she has a work day 21st. I too look forward to being home everyday.
ReplyDeleteI would bring fried chicken and my homemade potato salad. Whole wheat fudge brownies would also be included! Thanks for the fun give-a-way!
ReplyDeleteCindi
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Looks like there will be plenty of chicken to eat so I think I would bring a homemade chocolate pie and homemade choc. oatmeal cookies for the dessert.
ReplyDeleteWow, how much fun is this? You just don't know how much I wish this could really happen. I know so many live so far away. If I was rich I would give you all airplane tickets for your whole family to come to our farm. It would be so so fun! I guess I never said what I would bring. It would be my cottage cheese rolls made in flat rounds, cut meats, cheese, lettuce, green peppers, tomatoes, sliced onions fresh from the garden, fresh fruit salad with every kind of fruit, rhubarb and strawberry small farm pies and sweet tea made from my spearmint in my garden.....oh and I would have a bouquet of flowers for each of you! Thank you ladies for each of your contributions.....you made me feel like it really could happen someday! We would have to have a small time sharing when you came to CHRIST......I always love to hear that! Maybe that will be one of our fun things to do on my post when I am Home this summer! Hugs to your day sweet ladies, Linda
ReplyDeleteOh, I missed this! :( I have had a terrible week. I am gad it is behind me but I can not shake it!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! You can always make me smile here!