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**GIVEAWAY CLOSED**

I have a new happy little spot in my house. It makes me smile every time I see it.

This is my absolute favorite picture of Levi…at least for now. I love his expression of pure joy. I love that he is all wet…drops of water on his face and all. And I love that cute baby tooth smile. When Canvas Press contacted me about doing a canvas review, I said YES! I knew right away that this was the picture I would choose.

Mine is a 16×20 .75″ canvas. I went with the .75″ depth so that I wouldn’t lose as much of Levi’s face as it wrapped around the edges.

The sawtooth hanger on the back makes it easy to hang your canvas photo print right when it arrives. Mine is just propped up on the dresser for now.

Β This is the first canvas print that I have owned. I LOVE it. The picture quality is awesome…so clear! And the quality is great too.

I couldn’t be happier with my canvas print and I definitely would use Canvas Press again. I am already dreaming about the next picture I want to get printed as a canvas. And guess what? I get to give away a canvas print to one of you! Here is how you can enter to win:
Giveaway Details:
1 16×20 1.5″ canvas print
ONE winner chosen at random
One entry per person
Giveaway ends Monday, August 6th at 9pm (CST)
To enter visit Canvas Press
then come back to this post andΒ leave a comment
telling me what picture you would have made into a canvas…and what size of canvas you would choose.
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And if you can’t wait to see if you’ve won, Canvas Press is offering a 15% discount to my readers. The 15% off can be used through October 31st. To get your discount enter promo code: themacs15
Have a great weekend!
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  • Tracy W. - I would get a 16×24 of my sweet nephews! They are near the ages of your boys and I can’t help but nod and laugh when you post about the things your sweeties do because I am certain my sister says the same things!ReplyCancel

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  • Amy F. - I love the look of canvas prints, but I don’t own one (yet)! I would love to have a picture of my daughter, on the beach this summer, made into a 16×20 canvas!ReplyCancel

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  • Sarah R. - I would get a 16×24 of my 3 littles. I would love a big canvas print of them on our wall. Love this pic of Levi.ReplyCancel

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  • Julie S. - I would get a 16 by 20 print of my kids! I love canvas prints!ReplyCancel

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  • tracy fisher - I would get this picture: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=622795046883&l=434b690eda

    from my twin’s Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep photo shoot. It’s the only quality photo I have of my two girls together.
    and if I had the money I’d get it as HUGE as possible 24″x16″!ReplyCancel

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  • melissa - We’re getting family photos done tomorrow, so hopefully we’ll have a few good ones to hang in our house. I would love a huge canvas, maybe 16×24?ReplyCancel

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  • Kayla - I just got family pictures, I would do a 16X24 in canvas of our family!ReplyCancel

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  • Lynda - We are headed to the beach in a week and I have hopes of getting a great picture of my four kids. I would love a 16×20 canvas (possibly in a sepia tone) for my wall. Thank you.ReplyCancel

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  • Alicia - I would do a 16×24 of an older picture. My grandma recently passed and there is an old picture of her and her 8 grandchildren. It would look amazing in my office πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Kimberly Oyler - I would get a picture of me and my BFF in a 16×20!ReplyCancel

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  • Angela Williams - I would get the biggest one I could afford (they are so eye catching big). And I would use it on my baby boy (7 months). He is the last of 4 and I don’t have many pictures of him up in my house, so I need to start even things out and get him represented.ReplyCancel

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  • Tara Taylor - This is a wonderful giveaway. I would love a 16×20 of my family from a beach picture we had taken in June while on vacation.ReplyCancel

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  • Shannon - Love the fun bright spot where you put your canvas and that picture of your little man is so adorable!

    I would of course have to get a canvas made of my two girls, picking my favorite one might be hard but I’m sure I could find one!!ReplyCancel

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  • Andrea - i would most defiantly get a canvas of my new little man!ReplyCancel

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  • Kim - I would have one made with a picture of my family, we don’t have a current picture of us. I would probably do the 16×24 so it could sit on our piano!!!!ReplyCancel

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  • April - Woohoo! Either a family pic or of my two sweet baby girls would be my pick! 16 x 20 would do just fine!ReplyCancel

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  • Kathy T. - I would get one of my son’s 18 month pictures printed in the 16×24 size. Love the pic of Levi!ReplyCancel

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  • Mary Moon - Oh. My. Gosh. LOVE IT! I have a family picture with all 6 of us that I would love to see on a 16×20 canvas.ReplyCancel

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  • Joanna - I’d get a 16×24 of our maternity session and hang it in the nursery before the baby gets here! πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Suzanne V. - I would love a 16″x20″ of my two kids!!ReplyCancel

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  • Hannah Gaz - I would put a picture I took while I was studying in Chile on a canvas that is 13 by 13ReplyCancel

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  • Megan J - a canvas print of my family-just the 4 of us:) 16×20 is a good size- your pic of Levi looks great!ReplyCancel

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  • tami - Not sure what size I would get but I would love one of my kiddos or use a pic of my bro’s family for a present! Love the canvas prints…..I’ve always wanted one!ReplyCancel

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  • Katie - I would love to have one of me and my hubs on our wedding day in a 16×20!!ReplyCancel

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  • Gina - It would be such a blessing to have a 16×20 canvas of my 19 month old daughter in the rocking chair my Mom had made for me when I was a little girl. We lost my mom 14 years ago so having this photo would be very special. God Bless!ReplyCancel

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  • Kim walker - I would love a picture of my two boys on the beach. I would like a 16×20 size.ReplyCancel

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  • Anne Griffin - It would be a toss up between a picture of my sweet boys or a picture from my recent trip to Europe! The 16 X 20 size would be perfect!ReplyCancel

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  • JD - I would order the 16 x 20 canvas print of a photo of one of our wonderful travels..I have been wanting a canvas print but have been too frugal to buy myself one!!ReplyCancel

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  • Debby Graber - I LOVE that! Maybe we should do canvas in the nursery hallway! Although maybe that would be a little pricey. I would love to have a canvas of our family now that Claire has arrived. We have the photos Andrea took last year, but now there is a 5th grandchild! A 16 x 20 would be awesome wouldn’t it?ReplyCancel

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  • Lane - There are so many pictures that I’d love to have made into a canvas! I’d probably get one of both of my boys!ReplyCancel

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  • Jennie Martinez - ohh that looks so good! i would love a canvas print! i would choose a picture of my two daughters laying together that i took shortly after my youngest got of the nicu. its one of my favorites:)ReplyCancel

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  • Carla - I would get our newest family pic.ReplyCancel

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  • Whittney C - I just recently got married so I would get one of our wedding pictures enlarged to a 16×20. I love canvas prints!!!ReplyCancel

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  • courtney stephenson - I would get a 16 by 24 of my 2 little loves. This is the perfect giveaway πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Ashley - We are expecting our first baby in 4 weeks. I would love to get a picture of her made into a canvas print. I think a 24 X 24 would be a really cute size.ReplyCancel

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  • Beth K. - I would get a canvas for my four children (I have a Griffin too!). I would put it in my study above my desk so I could look at them all day. Though I probably should get an updated photo – last one was taken in December of all four them together that was “posed”. πŸ™‚ Love the picture of Levi and how you decorated all around it.ReplyCancel

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  • Elizabeth - I would get a 16×24 of our entire family pictures we just had made in July or a picture I took at the beach of my hubs and one daughter!ReplyCancel

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  • Alisha W - I would have a 16×24 canvas in black and white made with our family picture πŸ™‚ it would look great in our living room about our fireplace!ReplyCancel

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  • Jessica - 16×24 of my sweet Madison, one that was taken during her 1-year photo shoot. She is already growing so fast that I’d love to capture the image and put it on display in our living room. This too, would be my first canvas image! Levi’s is adorable!ReplyCancel

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  • Alexandra Wade - I would choose the picture of my husband, myself, and our fur-baby, Lucy. We are a new little family and it would be our first family picture.. I would choose a 16 x 24 canvas!ReplyCancel

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  • Emilee - Oh wow!!!! Awesome giveaway!!! I would order a 16×20 of our first family pic we finally had taken in may!!! Our baby girl is 7 months now and has changed so much since that picture was taken…but I really want one for over our fireplace in our new house!!!ReplyCancel

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  • Nicole - My husband and I still have not printed our wedding photos (married May 2011) I would get our favorite wedding photo on the canvas!!!ReplyCancel

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  • Macie H - Absolutely LOVE canvas prints! I would do a 16×24 in the .75 as you recommended with a picture of my parents from Hawaii for their anniversary which is in a few weeks!ReplyCancel

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  • Melissa @jonahbonah - I have a super sassy picture of McKinley I’d like on canvas….and BIG!ReplyCancel

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  • Janie - My daughter just called me this evening to announce her engagement – so exciting!!! So I would have a picture taken of the happy couple (with my daughter wearing her gorgeous diamond of course) and have that made into a 16×24 canvas which they can display in their future home.ReplyCancel

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  • AnnKC - I have a wonderful photo of my sweet girl that was taken by a photographer friend in March! I have been waiting until to print it because it’s so expensive! I so hope I win this, it’s a lovely photo so it needs to be quite big! πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Kathleen - I just recently took a picture of my two kiddos riding a trike together (one pedaling and one on the back). I would love to have a 16×24 of it to hand in the playroom.ReplyCancel

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  • Amy R - I would choose a 16×20 of my precious girls!ReplyCancel

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  • Kate - Like you, I love the .75 depth, so as much of the picture is visible as possible! I might even take a fresh family photo of the 5 of us, or at least my 3 kids, for the occasion — it’s been a while since we’ve had a good group shot. I tend to take individuals, but I couldn’t choose one of my 3 children over the other! πŸ™‚ THANKS for the giveaway!!!ReplyCancel

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  • Lynn Barton - If I could hold on to it til October I would use a picture of our newly adopted daughter who we will bring home from China that month.ReplyCancel

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  • Tanya S - I have a photo taken of my 4 year old grandson and husband at twilight, skipping stones at the lake. It was an unplanned, uncomposed, totally random photo that captures their spirit, Just like your sweet Levi, just seeing it makes me smile. I would have it as an 16 x 20 size.ReplyCancel

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  • Megan - I would get a 16 x 20 of my three kids as a gift to my parents. We just had a new baby and they don’t yet have any pictures of the three of them in their house.ReplyCancel

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  • lindsaywillman - I always go for large canvas prints (24×30), because we have such large, blank wallspaces to fill up. I’d have to say that I’d get something from our last family photo session blown up. I haven’t made any prints except for the ones I gave to my grandmother just before she passed away. I’d love to have another family session done because the last one was 16 months ago when my son was a newborn and now we’re expanding again! Everyone has changed so much since then.ReplyCancel

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  • Jen E. - I would LOVE a canvas with our little family of four on it. Our actual first family pictures since Jax joined our family! Love that picture of Levi too!ReplyCancel

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  • Carolyn - A 24×16 – and probably a cityscape photo of some of my latest travels to Hong Kong!ReplyCancel

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  • Katie K - What a great picture of Levi! I have been wanting to start my collection of canvas prints for awhile now! I would LOVE to get a 16 x 20 of my 2 1/2 year old daughter and my 4 week old son (Levi!) together. Thanks for the opportunity!ReplyCancel

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  • Erin C. - I would love to have the 16×20 canvas to display a photo of my son’s perfect little smile!ReplyCancel

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  • Whitney Lemos - Id get the 16×20 just like yours for my Sis in law and bro, her two babies (my nieces) are the cutest!ReplyCancel

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  • Misty burton - I would get the biggest one I could afford for a picture of my three boys! Would love to have a gallery wall one day!ReplyCancel

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  • Evelyn - I would get a canvas picture of a candid shot of my entire family celebrating my son’s wedding last year. It included both sides of the family.ReplyCancel

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  • Cheryl Burdick - I would get the 16×20 canvas of my neice and nephew and give it to my mom and dad.ReplyCancel

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  • Hailey L. - I would love to put a picture of my two girl in a wheat field on a canvas. A 16×20 would be the perfect for the space πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Aly - I would love a 16×24 of my hubs and I on vacation this summer in Cabo!ReplyCancel

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  • Leah - Me! Me! Me! I love the idea of my sweet girls on a 16×20 canvas. I have the perfect space!ReplyCancel

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  • Sarah Marie - I would do a close up of my daughter on her 13th birthday on 16×24 canvas.. The party is tomorrow so I am hoping to get a great shot!ReplyCancel

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  • Leah S. - I would get a 16×20 of the three kiddos together! Precious kids somehow look even more precious blown up on canvas! πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • kyndra hartzler - 16X20 of our whole family.ReplyCancel

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  • Sadie - This is hard b/c I have no idea what size I would get…probably your size and I would get the one I have of my boy kissing his sister. <3 The one in this link to my blog:
    http://wheretheroadbegins.blogspot.com/2012/03/been-while.htmlReplyCancel

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  • Kelli Kelly - I would get a 16×24 of a family photo we just had taken! It’s myself, my husband, and my son, Levi. Our first family photo.ReplyCancel

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  • kim york - I would love the 16X24 of my two babies..ages 22 years old and 4 years old ;0) while she still lives at home. Love Love your picture of Levi..but I really love your picture of Levi and baby Griffin πŸ˜‰ReplyCancel

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  • Linda Totman - I would want to pick a picture of my granddaughters from our vacation earlier this summer in a 16 x 20.ReplyCancel

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  • Jenni - A 16×24 family pictureReplyCancel

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  • Anna Schofield - Thanks for hosting all of these great giveaways!

    We have a small canvas print in our home (my first mother’s day gift while I was pregnant with my oldest), and I would love to give one to my parents. I have a precious picture of my youngest, Parker, and I at this past year’s Relay for Life event in Ohio. I am dressed up as a clown and Parker is wearing a “I walk for my Poppy” shirt that I made him. I know my Dad (“Poppy”) would love it in a 16 x 20!ReplyCancel

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  • katherine - I would get a 16×24 of my family to hang above the fireplace!ReplyCancel

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  • Marah - I would love the 16×20 of my two little boys! I know exactly where I would put it, in my bedroom that is being redone! πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Tiffany Mafima- Coleman - I would get a 16 x 24 canvas of my sweet little family of 5 to proudly hang on the wall of our living room wall as a reminder to ourselves and those who visit that God is faithful! πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Stephanie - That really is a picture of pure joy πŸ™‚

    I would get a 16″x20″ (I don’t actually know how to figure out proportions..!! :S) of my best friends and I doing silly faces at our high school prom.. a memorable photo I will treasure forever!ReplyCancel

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  • Mama J - I would love a 16×20 of my 2 year old– we’ve had some family pics done and I have yet to get them printed and framed!ReplyCancel

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  • Sheila H. - I LOVE canvas prints. Have 4 in my house, all snapshots that I have taken but I am wanting a new one above the fireplace of my 3 kids sitting on a dock that was recently taken by a photographer in a 24 x 36. I would love to win!!!ReplyCancel

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  • Lucy - I would love to celebrate the wonderful 13 years I’ve enjoyed being married to the love of my life. A 16×20 canvas of our wedding would be a perfect addition in our bedroom.ReplyCancel

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  • Dawn Eshnaur - I would pick a 16 x 20 of my three sons. I have a big picture of them when they were little. I would love one now of them as handsome young men!!ReplyCancel

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  • Jenny - A 24 X 24 canvas print of a beautiful sunset at Mt Mc.Kinnley would remind me of God’s majestic work.ReplyCancel

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  • Megg - I would get a smaller one…an 8×10 print of one of the couple’s pictures we took this year! I have a big canvas hanging over our bed (LOVE it!) and would love to have another smaller one on either side!ReplyCancel

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  • Meghan McGuire - Oh, I love this! I would probably go with either

    1.) A 16×20 of my little sister and I (from when we were little!) and give it to my mom

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    2.) A 16×20 of my best friend and I, as we just got back from a girls trip and she is about to head off to college…SO i would give it to her OR keep it for me :o)ReplyCancel

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  • kimberley - I would love a 16×20 print of my 3 boys!ReplyCancel

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  • Jenny L - I would get a 16×20 print of all 3 of my kids at Disney with Mickey & Minnie; such a fun memory for all of us!ReplyCancel

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  • Alice N. - I would get a size like yours with a picture of my family. It doesn’t have me in it but I love it because it has the four people that been there the most for me. And that I love so much! Thanks for doing the give away!ReplyCancel

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  • mackenzie - I would love a 16Γ—20 canvas of my 3 kiddos.ReplyCancel

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  • christy - I would chose at least a 16X20, maybe a little bigger, of my three children on their horses.ReplyCancel

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  • Sarah P - I would love to have a print of my 2 daughters laying on their backs looking up at the camera. I would have it in the 16 x20.ReplyCancel

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  • Mary - I just got married and need wedding pictures on canvases! I would get a 16×20 of our entire wedding party!ReplyCancel

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  • Kara - I would choose a 16×20 of my kids on the beach or in front of the lake!, hard choice!ReplyCancel

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  • Melissa Moore - I would love to have a 16×24 photo from my wedding a little over 4 years ago. Shortly after my wedding, my mom was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and passed away in less than a month and I have just never had the time to get any pictures from my wedding blown up to hang on my wall.ReplyCancel

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  • Mandy Anderson - I would love a 16×24 of my boys on an old truck at the pumpkin patch…did I say LOVE!?!ReplyCancel

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  • Aspen - I would definitely do a 16×20 with a family picture we just had taken.ReplyCancel

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  • Suzanne - I would get a 16×24 of my 2 girls. I have been wanting a canvas print, and your little happy spot is inspiring some creative juices!ReplyCancel

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  • CassM - Which size to choose indeed! Though I know I would order one of my beach photos of my boy … in fact a wet, windy beach day. But, oh, he has such a big smile!ReplyCancel

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  • Danielle - I would get a 16×20 of my baby girl she is 10 months πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Danielle Foster - I would get a 16×24 of my 3 little ones unless I hold off a bit and get a good picture of the 3 with their new brother/sister due the beginning of October! Love the pictures of your boys!ReplyCancel

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  • Jennifer - This is such a great giveaway! I just had my second son and I would get a 16X24 to match my oldest sons’ picture.ReplyCancel

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  • Jessica - 24 x 16 with a depth of 1.5 inches. We had family pictures taken a few months ago, I would choose one of those.ReplyCancel

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  • kim z. - I’ve been wanting to make a wall of canvas print pictures in our guest room for so long but can’t justify the cost right now. This FREE one would be a great start! πŸ˜‰ I know exactly the print I would start with – a picture of our family that a certain somebody took of us on the coast of Maine during last year’s vacation. πŸ™‚ As for the size, no idea – I’m not the best with sizes and dimensions of things and what would look right but I’m sure I would need a couple different sizes for a picture wall. Thanks for the fun giveaway. Love your print!ReplyCancel

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  • Rachel Sjaarda - I would get a 16×24 canvas of my little family, I would love to see my babies’ sweet faces on a canvas!ReplyCancel

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  • Brooke McCorkle - We just had my son’s one year pictures made and will be getting them next week. I would love to have a 16 x 20 canvas of one of his new pics!!ReplyCancel

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  • Savanna - I would get a 16×20 of my kiddos! Love canvases!ReplyCancel

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  • Tammye K. - I would get a canvas of my first grandbaby. I would love to have it be with baby k’s sweet mama and daddy! The canvas would have a special place in our home where family and friends would be able to share in the pure joy and miracle of new life. October 2nd can’t come soon enough!ReplyCancel

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  • Jennifer - I would get a 16X20 of a picture of my children in Colombia. We just returned from there and they miss it very much.ReplyCancel

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  • Tara - I would love a canvas of a picture of me and my little girl when she was 6 months old. πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • krystal holt - I need another canvas of my middle son, Walker. I’ve been about to get one of each of my other children so it would be nice to win won for his picture. OR I’d do a huge family photo!! Decisions, decisions!!ReplyCancel

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  • Elizabeth - I would get a 16×20 picture of my husband and I – probably one of our wedding pictures that is a close-up of our happy faces!ReplyCancel

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  • Kayla Maas - I love the look of them! I would get a 16×20 of a picture of my parents to give to them as a present πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • jerusalem - I would pick a 16 x 20 and it would be a family picture of my little crew, complete with dog and chickens.ReplyCancel

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  • Jen Mc - love it, I would do one of all the kids…. I Think πŸ˜‰ Might need to wait till baby joins us in Nov!ReplyCancel

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  • Samantha Lund - My son will be having his two year pictures taken soon and so I’d canvas one of those in a 16×20.ReplyCancel

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  • Beth Ann - I think I would get a 16×20 and I would get it of a 9 month photo I took of my little man with his big smile and scrunched up nose! πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Corrie Holt - I would probably get the same size as you did. I have the cutested picture of my two girls and their daddy and I would love to make it into a canvas print and put it on our hutch in the Dining room for everyone to see when they come enjoy a meal with us!!

    Love the picture of Levi – so stinkin cute!!
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  • Sara G. - I have the perfect spot for a 16×24 of my 2 boys. My friend took a picture of them throwing rocks into the river (very, very low, sadly…we need rain!).ReplyCancel

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  • JenniferLO - How cool! I would use my favorite picture of my nieces and then give it to my parents! I’d probably go with the .75″ width also because the picture I have is a fairly close shot!ReplyCancel

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  • Becca P - Levi is precious! I would love love to get a canvas print of my son Thomas from the photo booth at my daughter’s wedding. He is a quiet guy, but he totally rocked the photo booth surprising us all.ReplyCancel

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  • Ellen Johnson - I love these! We just had some family pictures taken this summer and I would love to make one of the three of us a 16×20! So fun, thanks for the giveaway!!

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  • Robin C. - I would get a 16×20 of my granddaughter, Annie. There are so many cute ones of her to choose from, but I think the one of her eating strawberries in her PawPaw’s garden!ReplyCancel

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  • Jessica - I would get a 16×20 of my baby boy James. My favorite picture is of him in his daddy’s camo blouse holding his dog tags. That is the one I would get!ReplyCancel

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  • Jodi Walker - I would get the 16×20 print of an older favorite photos of my kids when they were playing in the mud!!! I love it, and I love
    canvas prints!ReplyCancel

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  • Kristina M. - I would get a 16×20 of my 3 week old son!ReplyCancel

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  • Marisa F. - Hi Jess. I found your blog a couple months ago and read it from start to finish in 1 night. Your family is SO sweet and I hope to have a cute little family like yours one day. Your blog is amazing. I love th picture you chose of Levi and I must say I love the Cora doll in front of it as well as the Pennant Banner at the top of the dresser. Not to mention, I LOVE pink and green. Did you make it yourself? Anyways, this is my first giveaway I am entering. πŸ™‚ I would get a 16 x 20 of myself, my sister and my parents of me at my college graduation in Decemeber.ReplyCancel

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  • eliza joy capps - I would get a 16×20 of a beach pic of my little girl!ReplyCancel

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  • kasey - I would order a 16 x 20 of my three kiddos. I have always wanted a canvas but haven’t gotten one yet. How fun!ReplyCancel

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  • Carol - I would love to get a 16×20 canvas of my three grandchildren!!
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  • Anne - I would love a 16×24 of my two sweet boys hugging together at Christmastime – they are 4 and 2-1/2 yrs old, and they light up my life!ReplyCancel

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  • Kelly - I would get the same size you did of my favorite sunset picture I took in AustraliaReplyCancel

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  • Katie - I would love a 16 x 20 and I would use this great picture I took of my son and his daddy in the background blurred out. So cute! Thanks for organizing such a great giveaway!ReplyCancel

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  • Angie C - I’d do a 16×24 of this gorgeous pic of my girls running across the beach, sand buckets in hand, with the Disney Dream cruise ship in the background. It was taken from the beach of our private Cabana on Disney’s island and it’s amazing. Pick me pick me! πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Kristi Rediske - I would make a print of my grandkids -they are so special to me-well maybe my kids, spouses and grandkids, don’t know for sure but I hope, then I will make the decision! HA! Your pic is adorable!ReplyCancel

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  • jennifer allen - I would take a new one of our family together and od 40 x 40 or bigger and do it in Sephia!ReplyCancel

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  • Stacy - I would love a 16 x 20 canvas of our 2 boys! Super cuteReplyCancel

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  • Kirsten - I would get a canvas of me and my favorite little girls-they aren’t related to my by blood, but through love.

    Their family “adopted” my when I was at college, and I became the little girls babysitter and friend.

    I’ve moved away now, but we are now pen pals and talk on the phone regularly.

    They make me happier then just about anything.

    I’m not sure what size I would get…I’m moving soon so I would need to see what wall space I have available-probably the same size you did.ReplyCancel

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  • Susan - I would love a 16×24 of my family. Love your giveaways!ReplyCancel

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  • kristin - i would get a 16×24. my baby is turning 1 tomorrow…i would make a canvas of him eating his cake! thanks so much for this giveaway!!!ReplyCancel

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  • Amber - I would get a 16×20 of our family….if baby girl #2 every decides to join us πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Amber A - I would get the canvas of my oldest son. He is autistic and it is rare that I get a GREAT picture of him looking at the camera and smiling, but I did just that on the 4th of July this year. It is my all time favorite picture of my awesome oldest boy<3ReplyCancel

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  • Kristina Watt - I just took a pic of my boys to go along with a sign in their room that says- Popsicle kisses and big bear hugs, little boy trains, and jars full of bugs. That is the pic I would put on canvas in a 24×30 or 16×20. Would love to win!!ReplyCancel

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  • ashley - I would pick the 16×20 and use a picture of my son on his traveling baseball team! I have a cute one that would look precious on canvas in his room πŸ™‚ Love the idea…has a different feel than just a picture in a frame!ReplyCancel

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  • Julie J. - I love that spot in your house too. πŸ™‚ I would love to get a 16×20 canvas print of a picture yet to be taken . . . one of my THREE babies together (or our family).ReplyCancel

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  • amy - I would love a picture of my 3 kids on a canvas!! One of those things I’ve thought about doing forever and just haven’t done it. 16×20 at least! πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Hollie - I have a 10 month old who will be getting 1 year old pictures in September, so I’d probably save it for one of those. I love this age! I would love to have a 16×24 canvas for our living room!ReplyCancel

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  • Lanie P - I would get a picture of my family! Yours looks great of Levi!ReplyCancel

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  • Samantha - I’d get a 8×10 (I’d love a bigger one but the biggest I can afford at present.) of my 3 nieces, just after the littlest one was born. The look of utter joy on the eldest is heartmelting and the middle sweetheart is just captivated by her new sister’s head of hair!ReplyCancel

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  • Holly D - I would frame one of the 6 month photos of my foster daughter in a 16×20 canvas!ReplyCancel

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  • Roma - I would get a 16×20 of my now 6 year old son. When he was about 3, he was walking in to a group of trees with jeans and a hoodie on, looking so big, but hanging from his hand is his trusty sidekick stuffed dog. Looking so big, but still my sweet little boy. I love that picture!ReplyCancel

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  • Abbi - I would like to try a giant canvas… like 24×36 of my four, beautiful children! I think it would look great on mantle, which has been my problem area for four years. πŸ™‚ Thanks for the giveaway!ReplyCancel

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  • Kortnie - I would probably want a 16×24 canvas of my family. I am due with baby number 3 in October and I would want one after the baby is born:)ReplyCancel

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  • Leanne - I would get a 16 x 20 -.75 of my two kids. Your new happy spot in your home is so pretty. I like your decorating style.ReplyCancel

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  • Melisa H - I would LOOOOVE a 16X24 canvas print of my daughters- I have the cutest picture of my littlest one looking up to her sister with such adoration in her eyes. It would be priceless!!ReplyCancel

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  • Jessica M. - I have a 16×20 canvas print of my son as a newborn & since he is approaching his first birthday I think it would be cool to get a canvas the same size with a photo of him at 1 year old!ReplyCancel

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  • Jessica Anderson - I would use one of my girls in a field, that my good friend took for me last summer. I LOVE it!!
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  • Kasey - Cute canvas print! I’d choose a 16×20 print of my family of four.ReplyCancel

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  • melissa - my husband and i just had a baby girl 6 wks ago, so of course i would have a canvas made of her photo. size….hmm we live in a pretty small house so probably smaller than 16×20 but larger than 8×10??ReplyCancel

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  • Melanie Martini - I would love to make a canvas print done with a picture of my children. The size you have of Levi is perfect. I like to prop pictures on shelves so it would be perfect. πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Allison - There’s a wedding photo of my husband and me in front of the water that would look great on a 16×20 canvas!ReplyCancel

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  • Ceri - I think I would love do print a 12 x 12 of a photo we took of our family on the beach last summer. We stumbled upon a large log that hade “LOVE” written on it in black paint or charcoal? This year we tried to recreate it, and wrote the word “LIVE”, next year, it’s going to be “LAUGH”… I would love to be able to have a set of the 3 pictures! Sweet picture of Levi, your going to need to do the ones of the boys holding hands in the tractor next… πŸ™‚ Thanks for the super giveaway I would LOVE to win!!!ReplyCancel

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  • Katherine - I love canvas prints but don’t have any of my own yet. I would love to win! I think I would pick a 16 x 24.ReplyCancel

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  • Marian - I would a get a 16×20 print of my daughter for her bedroom. I love your adorable print!(and it looks wonderful where you have it!)ReplyCancel

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  • Gillian Giles - iwould do a 16×20 of my dear husband and I on vacation. Love canvas prints!!ReplyCancel

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  • Mindy - I would LOVE a 16×20 of my little kiddos!ReplyCancel

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  • Krista - They look so nice! I love how they wrap the picture. I would love a square one, 12×12.ReplyCancel

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  • Emily - These prints are awesome! I would definitely get a 16×20 of me and my niece. she is my little sunshine:)ReplyCancel

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  • HoboBaby - What a wonderful giveaway! I’d love to get the picture of my then 13-month old eating ice cream at the beach. Mouth open wide, mint chocolate chip dripping down the chin, grin that lights the world πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Nicole - I would get a 16×24 of our recent family picture we took.ReplyCancel

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  • Bailey C - I think the 16×20 is a great versatile size! I think I would get either a picture of my 2 boys, or a nature/scene type that would go with our outdoorsy decor! Thanks for the chance!ReplyCancel

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  • Lindsey Jo - i think 16X20 canvases are the perfect size. and i have a new favorite picture of my boy eating spaghetti that’s begging to be put up on something big!ReplyCancel

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  • jend - 16X24! And I think I would hold off ordering it until December until our third is here and then have it done of all of my boys. I can’t wait for that picture!!! Thanks for the give a way!ReplyCancel

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  • Stephanie - I would love to get the same size canvas as yours and print out a family photo my friend Kari took of us last year in our little town!ReplyCancel

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  • katherine - would love a 16Γ—20 of my toddler too πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Jennifer - I would get the 16×24 canvas of our first family photo after our son was born. Hard to believe he’s already 2 and that he was ever than small!ReplyCancel

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  • Melissa - A picture of my three sweet boys in a 16×20 to hang in the living room where I would see it all day!ReplyCancel

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  • Rachel - I’d simply have to get a picture of my vibrant girl & sweet baby baby boy…perhaps both of them cooperatively smiling in one 16×20 shot, or I would settle for a 16×20 of each of them! πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Jane - I would LOVE a canvas of my 3 year old and his new baby brother! A 16×20 would look so amazing in our family room!!ReplyCancel

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  • Donna - I would love to have a photo of my kids on a canvas in 16×20!!!ReplyCancel

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  • Amber - I would get a 16×20 of my 10 month old son. But I have so many favorite photos of him that it would be hard to choose one! πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Rachel B. - 16 X 24 of my kiddos πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Kelsey S. - A 16×24 of my three kiddos.ReplyCancel

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  • Adrienne R. - I love canvas prints! I would probably go for a 16×24 of the most recent family photo we just took on vacation.ReplyCancel

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  • Sher - 16X20…I would dig out an old photo of my 13 year old.. a younger version of him that shows the light that has burned in him all along.ReplyCancel

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  • Suzanne - I think I would take a new picture just for this! Awesome!ReplyCancel

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  • Noelle M - I would get the 16×20 of my 4 babies! It would look perfect on our brick above the fireplace! πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Stefanie Arnold - I love canvases! I know the exact picture I would use.
    My 7 year old son has been praying for a brother since he was 2 years old. We had two girls after him and then 3 miscarriages after our youngest daughter. We knew one of those lost babies was a boy and he was heart broken.
    God blessed us with a beautiful boy in April and I have THE sweetest picture of my boys meeting for the first time that I would love to have in a canvas. I would chose a large size for sure πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • shannon - I would love a 16×24 canvas print of my 3 boys all piled up in the grass!!!ReplyCancel

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  • erica - i LOVE squares so i would choose a 16×16 or 20×20! πŸ™‚ I have a picture of my family last fall that i adore. as a photographer, it’s hard for me to get family pictures taken that i like, because they never turn out how i envision them in my head. but i had a photog friend who pulled it off for me with her amazing talent, and now i have a family pic that i LOVE that i want to put all over my home πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Brandy - Not sure what size I would order but we had pictures done on the beach a few weeks ago and I can’t wait to order our pictures!! I love the look of the canvas prints!!ReplyCancel

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  • Mikki - I’d choose the same size canvas as yours, its lovely, with a photo of my new kitten πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Melissa Stutz - I’ve wanted a canvas print for so long now! I have the perfect picture picked out, it’s on of my son at 9month, sitting on an antique rocker, it’s just his legs and feet, the chair and the gravel path. Just adorable.ReplyCancel

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  • jeannine whitacre - I would get a 16 x 24 of my four little blessings. πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Darcy Van Middendorp - We just had our family pictures taken this weekend! I would LOVE to get a 16*20 one of our family! Great Giveaway!ReplyCancel

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  • nancy ellis - 16×24 of my sweet grandson with his mommyReplyCancel

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  • Aimee Mohr - I would definitely do a 16 x 24 of a black and white instagram photo my neighbor took of my family or I would do one of both my kiddos at Rocky Mountain National Park when the Aspins were changing last fall!ReplyCancel

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  • Meg - I love canvas prints!! I would get a 16×24 of my two beautiful babes!! πŸ˜‰ReplyCancel

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  • Jenny - I would get a 16Γ—24 of my 4 sons!!ReplyCancel

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  • Stormy - I would get a 16X20 and a 1.5 inch depth picture of my beloved grandpa. He went to be with the Lord on October 23rd, 2011. He was on of my dearest friends. So I would love to have a picture that was taken of him at the lake the summer before he passed. It would make a beautiful tribute to him.

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  • Stacia H - I would get a 16×24 of my brand new baby and his brother. I have a perfect one in mind from their photo shoot while we were still in the hospital. And it would look perfect hanging above my stairs!ReplyCancel

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  • Katie Ortega - I would get a 16×24 of my little boys out in the orchard. πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Diana Y. - I recently gave birth to my miracle baby and had some pictures done with him in a “little brother” onesie in the middle of two frames with my two angel babies footprints. I would love to have this on canvas! You were such a support to me when I lost my first two babies. THANK YOU!ReplyCancel

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  • Diane - Wow, that is a beautiful print of Levi! I think I would choose that size as well with the wall that I would like to have one on. I have a couple of different pictures but might retake one of a better close up. Sometimes her eyes don’t show up well and I would hate for that to happen on a canvas print. Thank you so much for the giveaway!!!ReplyCancel

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  • Cinderellamommy - 16×20? Of our three kiddos on the front porch swing.. One of my favorite photos ever. Thanks for the opportunity!ReplyCancel

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  • Kristin Stegent - I would do a 16 x 20 of all my kiddos…a first picture of my 4 kids with their new baby sister. πŸ™‚

    I love the pic of Levi and the whole arrangement on your chest of drawers!ReplyCancel

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  • Andrea J. - I would love a 16X20 wedding picture of my new hubby and me for our living room!ReplyCancel

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  • Monica Vrolyk - I would love, love, love to have a canvas of our recent family photo that was taken this past week (finally all together after 3yrs!) It would be an amazing gift for my mother-in-law!ReplyCancel

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  • Jeane - Our last family picture was taken 2 years ago and we just added a little boy to our family a couple of months ago. My sister from Germany was here and she got to take a new family picture of all 6 of us (my mom was getting impatient, she really wanted one of all of us so bad :-)) and I would LOVE to get this on a canvas and replace it with the one where little Jacob is missing from 2 years ago πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Jody - The canvas I purchased through Groupon for my sister’s birthday just arrived this weekend. She picked a picture of her & Emmy at the beach and it is so cute in her living room. I’d do a 16×20 vertical picture of Emmy Jo at the beach for the first time in her purple polka dot suit, hat & sunglasses.ReplyCancel

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  • Jennifer - I would choose the 16×20 and would use one of our maternity pictures that we just had done! πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Shelley C. - 16 x 20 always wanted a canvas print of my 3 yo daughter! I’ve got the picture picked out!ReplyCancel

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  • Sarah - Oh I love this!! I think I would get a 16×24 in B&W of my little sweets who just turned two!!ReplyCancel

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  • stephanie a. - i would love a pic of my hubby and i πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Ross Ann HIll - I would get a 12×12 of my beautiful daughter! We vacationed on the beach in Florida this summer and I have the perfect picture! Thank you for the opportunity to win one a fabulous canvas!ReplyCancel

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  • Jana Duresky - I would love to do a 16 x 20 of bigger of the family picture we had taken at our daughter’s recent wedding. I love the look of canvas pictures and may even do several and make a collage on one of our walls!ReplyCancel

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  • Becca Green - I don’t know for sure what size I would do since I don’t know the exact photo, but one of my two kids together!ReplyCancel

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  • Ann Marie - I would get a 16×24. I would use a picture of our recent camping trip – a first for my daughter! Probably of her first time fishingReplyCancel

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  • Kelley Peck - I have a candid picture of my two kids playing that my husband and I absolutely love. We have been meaning to get a canvas of it for their room, but have been slacking. I think I would go with the 16×24ReplyCancel

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  • Claire K - I would get a 30″ x 30″ to fit right over my fireplace. I would have it be a pic of my 3 kids. πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Jennifer P - Would love to get a canvas print of my kids, love the look!ReplyCancel

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  • Laura - I couldn’t stop smiling when I saw Levi in that canvas!! There is a wall in my living room that is screaming for something to hang on it. So I would choose the canvas that was 24×32 with a colored boarder and .75 depth. The picture would either be a family portrait or a picture of Chase. There are so many expressions to choose from!!! But it would definitely make me smile every time!!!ReplyCancel

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  • Angela N. - I would love to get a canvas of our new little guy from our trip to Wrigley Field this past week!ReplyCancel

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  • Angie @ Creating Our Home - I have a sweet picture that captures the sweet relationship my daughter and son share. I would order a 16×20. Thanks for the chance to win! πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • beth thomas - I would get a 16 x 20 of my kids who are growing up way too fast (they are 20, 17 and 14!)ReplyCancel

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  • Sandy Futhey - I would get 16×20 of my son this summer on Florida beach we were there taking a break from chemo and he has his beautiful bald head so tan with great bright orange goggles on! It makes me smile every time I see it. It would be a great way to remember his baldness that we love!ReplyCancel

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  • Katy smith - We are planning on having fall pictures made so I’d get one of those made into A 16.20 canvas! Levi is such a cutie, btw.ReplyCancel

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  • Toni :0) - A 16×20 of my kids from either our Florida or Wisconsin vacation this year! Woot Woot :0)ReplyCancel

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  • Jolie - I would choose a 16 x 20 of our family of 4. We have an amazing picture of us by a lake that I just love! It would look fabulous as a canvas!ReplyCancel

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  • Amanda Stan - My little boy has a smile that makes everyday a joy! I would get a 16×24 of him showing his sweet smile!! Love your picture of Levi!ReplyCancel

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  • Allison H - What a neat giveaway! I would get a canvas of my children for sure!!!ReplyCancel

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  • Lyndsey S. - I would get a 16×24 of my three children. We just got professional family pictures taken and I have a perfect spot on the wall for a pic of my three little blessings!ReplyCancel

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  • Christina Golden - I would choose around 20 x 26 and I would definitely choose this beautiful picture I took of my 17 month old daughter πŸ™‚ Super cute picture you got btw πŸ˜€ReplyCancel

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  • Julie - I would love to have a canvas of my sweet newborn!ReplyCancel

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  • Michelle S. - I would love a 16×24 canvas print of my now 18 month old at three months. My favorite photo of him is one in a K-State onesie with drool down the front from teething and his K-State hat on backwards. (He would only wear it backwards when he was little.) He had the chubbiest little newborn cheeks and looks absolutely adorable!ReplyCancel

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  • Kathie - I would like an 8 X 10 canvas of my two ragdoll cats. They both have such pretty blue eyes.ReplyCancel

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  • Lois - I’m thinking about getting a 16 x 24 .. 1.5 depth. I’ve had an empty spot in the family room for some time that is just crying out for a canvas print. It would be a family picture we took in the mountains!ReplyCancel

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  • Amy S. - I would get a 16×24 of my hubby and my little guy swinging at the park…such a sweet photo of them!ReplyCancel

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  • Jamie - It’s a hard choice of what pic I’d use either one of all the kids or one of us as a family. I’d use probably a 16×20. What a way to capture sweet moments!
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  • Amanda Green - i would love to get a 16X20 of a photo of my 4year old daughter i just had taken of her at her Mary Poppins birthday party! thanks for a chance to win!ReplyCancel

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  • Ashley - I would get the 16×20 Canvas and I would love to have a picture of my 8 month old son on it! He is my first child and I still have not had any pictures printed of him! It would be a dream come true πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Leatha - I would get a 16 x 24 of my family on vacation! This looks like an awesome product!ReplyCancel

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  • Courtney Tourville-Sterling - I would love a 16×20 of my sweet 10 month old little boy. We just had some pictures taken of him, so I would pick one of those! Thanks for the giveaway!ReplyCancel

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  • Molly - Oooh, I would love a 16×20 of my baby on the way.ReplyCancel

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  • Angel - I really like the size you got!ReplyCancel

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  • Laura L. - I would love a 16×20 canvas of my little Levi on the Florida beaches this summer!!!ReplyCancel

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  • Christine Rojas - Oh how beautiful! I would love a put my daughter’s Christening photo on a canvas. 16×20 would be just fine!ReplyCancel

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  • Bridge - 16Γ—24 of my two little boys. I love preserving them as they grow to always have someting to look back at and remember these days.ReplyCancel

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  • tracy - Hi Jess! your blog is my favorite to follow! I think and pray for you daily! I would love to see a link or side bar of your favorite blogs that you follow! Your new blog is wonderful!ReplyCancel

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  • Megan D - LOVE canvas prints! I am just starting a picture wall in my house & I have a picture of my son (age 2) and my husband sitting at a lake, their backs are towards me, and my son is pointing up in the sky at something- they are both looking up at whatever he is pointing at. LOVE IT! I would get a 16×20…ReplyCancel

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  • Kiley Anderson - I love the 16×20 size and have the perfect spot for it. I would likely get a photo of my 3 kiddos from our beach vacation this year! And what a cute shot of Levi!!! =)ReplyCancel

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  • Melissa - I think the 16X20 is a great size, and there is a great picture of my husband with our girls I’d love to see on our wall!ReplyCancel

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  • Jessica B - I love canvases. I recently had a baby boy and I would definitely get a canvas with his picture on it as I have a canvas of my daughter already. I really like the 16×20 size.ReplyCancel

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  • Julie - We have started a canvas wall and this would be a great addition! 16X20 would work for us…there are so many beautiful pictures…I don’t know which one I would choose!ReplyCancel

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  • Lindsay K. - I would love to have a 16×20 canvas to replace the family photo above my fireplace. I would have to use a photo that’s not yet been taken. I’ll have to wait until my sweet girl gets here on the 16th! πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • laura t. - I would have a picture of my two girls done up in a 16×24! love it & quality looks great!ReplyCancel

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  • Jessica H - 16×20..It would be definitely be one of my little guy OR if I could wait to use it until this next little fella arrives…I would do one of the both of them. Either way, it would be so nice to have one! THANKS!ReplyCancel

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  • Lizzy - I would choose the 16X20 and use it for a picture of my 3 little boys! Thanks for the chance! πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • lori - I would love a 16 x 20 canvas print of my 7 yr old this summer as he caught his very first fish, he was knee deep in the water and the fish he caught was large, his expression is priceless!ReplyCancel

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  • pmakam - I would get a 16×20 of my little baby girl..she is 4 months old and started smiling a lot these days…n I want to seal those moments.ReplyCancel

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  • Lissa - I’d have to do one of our wedding photos since I completely slacked and never got one done (just celebrated 10 yrs). I’d go big – at least 20 x 28.ReplyCancel

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  • Karen W - I am getting married in less than a month. I would want a canvas print of me and my father in a 16 by 20.ReplyCancel

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  • Gina Stelck - A 16 x 20 would be just right for me. I would get a family photo of my husband, myself, and my 6 children…IF I could get them all to be in one place at one time!!! Teenagers!ReplyCancel

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  • Elizabeth Good - I would get a 24×16 canvas of a recent picture of my son and myself. He is growing up so fast, and I want to remember him at this young age. He is so much fun!ReplyCancel

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  • Katie H. - I’d have a canvas of my son-his 2nd birthday pictures are in a week and we’d use one of those! We’d love a 16×24. We love big, happy pictures of our little guy!ReplyCancel

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  • Lauren - I got a family picture of ours made into a canvas for our gallery wall. A year later, I wish I had gotten a wedding photo instead, seeing as that’s the how our family began and mom and dad’s love is the center, is it not? So, I’d pick my favorite wedding picture to have made into a canvas to replace the family one, which I’d get to find a new home for!ReplyCancel

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  • Betsey S - I love Canvas prints! I have purchased several for gifts, but none ofr me. I think a picture of my boys (husband and son) would be the best. My 2 loves in black and white 16×20. love!ReplyCancel

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  • Mary Ann - You are right – the picture of your son is just so darn cute!! I can see why that little place in your home makes you smile. I have seen quite a few of the canvas prints lately, mostly wedding prints, but they are really beautiful. For me, I would probably do a 16 x 24 print of my 3 children – maybe black & white. Because I am a widow now, my children (my son, daughter-in-law, and grandson)are my world!!ReplyCancel

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  • Samantha D. - That canvas of Levi is so nice. What a special piece of art. I really like the size so I’d go with the same size, 16×20, and it would most certainly include a picture of my little girl or our little family of three. πŸ™‚

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  • Nicole - I would get a 16×24 of a picture of some friends & I!ReplyCancel

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  • Stacy - I would get a 16×24 of my two sweet little boys!ReplyCancel

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  • Monica - What a fabulous giveaway! We recently welcomed our third baby so I would choose a photo of the three of them together. I would probably choose a 16×20.ReplyCancel

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  • Kate - 16X24 is always a good size. I would choose a pic from hundreds I have of my little guy. Maybe one from his first birthday that is coming up!ReplyCancel

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  • Julia C - I would do a 16×24 of my sweet puppy!ReplyCancel

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  • Caitlynne - I love that picture! I think the 16×20 is the perfect size. I have a picture of our toddler getting tickled by Daddy that I would love as a canvas. Both of them have expressions of pure joy.ReplyCancel

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  • KarenD - I would do one of my daughter’s senior pictures that we just did in the 16×20 size. Love your picture!ReplyCancel

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  • sarah - I have a picture of my husband reading to my two kids taht I would get made into a canvas 16×20 print. πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Anna - When the morning has that crisp coolness that only comes with fall, I take a picture of all four of our munchkins in their new fall hoodies πŸ™‚ I love those pictures and I’m always amazed at how much they grew in one year. I’d use the picture I took last year in the 16×20 size.ReplyCancel

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  • Meg - I have several pictures of my son from his newborn photo session I would love to have hanging up as canvases! Big-20×16 or so..ReplyCancel

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  • McKenzie - I had a hard time picking a size, but I know I would get a picture of my two sweet boys who will be 4 and 1 in October! They are such sweet brothers and I always want to remember them this way. I am not sure I have a favorite pic of them to use and that would probably determine the size for me!ReplyCancel

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  • Mackenzie M - Today, my husband and I are celebrating our 1st Wedding Anniversary! We only have album prints from our wedding so we’d love to print a canvas. We’re hoping to move out of our apartment soon so it’d be great to have in our new home! As far as size goes, I’d probably go around the same as yours; a 16X20 or bigger. I like the .75 depth!

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  • Elizabeth Ann - I would get a 16×24 of my family. We have a new addition so I would love to have a canvas of the 6 of us! Great bunting by the way!ReplyCancel

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  • Jenni & Andy - We *just* had pictures of our 8 month old made. I’d be hard pressed to choose between one of him, and one of his older sister (who died earlier this year), I might just have to get more than one canvas… I’d determine the size once I narrowed down the images πŸ™‚ Love your 16×20 of Levi — happy, happy boy!!ReplyCancel

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  • Amee - Thank you for hosting this awesome give away! I would chose a 16×20 of my son and daughter in laws wedding pic and give it to them!! Money is tight for them and I know they would love it!ReplyCancel

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I was going to post this yesterday…on our anniversary…but my internet was down most of the day. So here it is one day late. πŸ™‚

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Ten years ago today I was getting ready for my wedding day. Ten years. We were just babies back then. Literally. I was a few weeks shy of turning 21 and Joel was 22. Crazy in love and ready to conquer the world as husband and wife. We had no idea the joys and heartaches that these last ten years would bring. I am so grateful that he chose me. What a blessing to be able to “grow up” with Joel by my side. He completes me and I cherish the ten years I have spent as his wife. I am praying for many, many more years together.

A few months ago Danielle asked me to share my love story on her blog. I thought today would be a good day to share my story here. So here it is…my love story…

My love story began in high school. My dad got transferred the summer before my sophomore year and even though I had moved around my whole growing up, a new school and new friends was scary. And as if moving in high school wasn’t hard enough, my parents moved us from a school in the middle of Kansas City to a school in the middle of a rural farming community. Talk about being uprooted. If only I would have known back then what a blessing that move would be in this journey that is my life. If we hadn’t moved I might never have met the love of my life.

I ended up being in a junior math class that year. Joel was a year ahead of me and taking that class too. I could tell from watching him that he was a major extrovert. You always knew when he was in the room. He was fun, and funny, and people were always smiling when he was around. Totally opposite of my introvert personality and probably totally opposite of the kind of guy I would have told you I was looking for. (Like I really would have known what kind of guy I was looking for as a sophomore in high school, right?!) One day in that same math class, Joel tapped me on the shoulder and asked me if I would go with him to the winter banquet (like prom, but with no dancing). I didn’t know Joel very well at that point or probably even liked him (in a romantic way) but I was so excited to be the new girl that was asked to banquet by a cute upperclassman…and I said yes.

We dated casually throughout high school. After Joel graduated he spent his first year of college in Pensacola, Florida while I was in Kansas finishing my senior year of high school. Those were the days before cell phones and texting and email, so that year was filled with lots of letter writing and high long distance phone bills for Joel. We learned how to be really good communicators that year.

After I graduated from high school, Joel transferred and we both spent the next four years at K-State. We grew up a lot that first year of college. We got involved in a campus ministry and while we both already had a personal relationship with the Lord, we learned what it really looked like to pursue God with your whole heart as a college student. We began understanding a little better what it looked like to live out your faith. I saw Joel pursue hard after the things of God that year and knew that he would do the same in our marriage. That’s what sealed the deal…and maybe a little encouragement from my dad!

I am a rule follower…still am. I was sure that it would be the most responsible thing to wait until we both had graduated from college to get married. Joel has always been the rule breaker in our relationship…he didn’t think we needed to wait. πŸ™‚ Anyway, my dad was talking to me one night and asked me if I really wanted to risk losing Joel and ask him to wait. I knew he was the man I wanted to marry and my dad convinced me that it was silly to wait just to be a rule follower. You were so right, dad. I think Joel would have waited for me (right, babe?) but instead he asked me to marry him…and I said yes. We got married the summer after my sophomore year of college. We spent the next two years in Manhattan, Kansas finishing college as newlyweds. Those two years hold some of our favorite memories together. I am so glad I decided to break the rules.

After college Joel was asked to come back and work on the farm he had practically grown up on with the intention to take it over some day. This was SO not in my plans. When I left that rural country high school, I told everyone I knew that I was never going to marry a farmer. And here I was, two years into marriage, about to become a farmers wife. But we both felt like God was very obviously opening that door for us. I reluctantly agreed and we moved home.

Fast forward through four years of Joel farming and me teaching kindergarten. Our first little girl, Cora, was born. We were so in love with our baby girl and I was excited to finally be able to be a stay at home mom. My dream. We were loving life and our little family. What we didn’t know was that our family and marriage would be rocked to the core eleven months later when Cora lost her short battle with cancer and we had to say goodbye to her here on earth.

All of a sudden it was just me and Joel again. That first year after losing Cora was a year of mourning for us. There were many dark days filled with many tears. We had to learn how to function as a couple and a family without our little girl. But my husband was a rock. I can’t imagine what it was like to come home to your grieving, sad wife everyday, but he stuck by me even during my ugliest hours…and let me tell you there were definitely days and days of those ugly hours that year! And while we would have never chosen that path for our marriage or family, those days drew us closer to God and closer to each other. I fell in love with my husband in a whole new way. God used him to comfort me, support me, and encourage me to keep clinging to Jesus even when life seemed so hard. I love him even more for that.

This month marks three years since Cora’s heaven birthday. Our arms are full again as the Lord has blessed us with two beautiful boys. Levi and Griffin have brought with them so much joy and I can’t tell you what a blessing it has been to have our house full of noise again. I loved watching the sweet relationship Joel had with our daughter and I love watching the relationships that are developing between him and his boys. There is something so special about watching your husband in his role as a father.

In August we will celebrate ten years together. I have lived a lot of life with Joel. Our marriage is not perfect. We have our ups and downs just like everyone else. We have struggles, we don’t agree on everything, we argue, we get frustrated with the quirky things that we each do on a daily basis, and I fail so many times as a wife. Thankfully, we aren’t in this marriage thing alone. We daily rely on God’s grace to love each other well. Joel does such a good job of that. I am one loved lady and I am so thankful that I get to walk through both the joys and sorrows of life with Joel. This is just the beginning of our love story. I can’t wait to live out the rest.

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Happy Friday! Make sure to check back later today for a giveaway. It is another good one! πŸ™‚

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  • Michelle from Australia - Beautiful Jess. Just beautiful. M xReplyCancel

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  • Kristin - THAT is an incredibly sweet love story of the two of you, and of all of you as a family. God bless πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Ceri - Happy Anniversary! 10 years fly’s by so fast doesn’t it? I to got married at 20 almost 21. 3 years and 6 months before you. πŸ™‚ Hope you did something fun or get to soon. My hubby and I did something simple for our 10 year. I had seen all these crystal beaded necklaces at the antique stores that were crazy spendy so I ask him to make me one. So we went out to lunch, and then to a bead store. He let me pick the beads out I liked and then he strung it and made it for me. I wear it all the time and it is so pretty. πŸ™‚ This year we did something similar to that for mothers day with my little guy. My 2 most favorite pieces of jewelry besides my wedding ring that is.ReplyCancel

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  • Beth Ann - Happy Anniversary! I love your sweet love story. My hubby and I are high school sweethearts as well. πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Emily - beautiful story! happy anniversary!ReplyCancel

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  • Nancy - That is a beautiful love story & what precious gifts you have been given.
    I enjoy your posts so much!ReplyCancel

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  • Nichole Duenke - Happy anniversary to you both! I loved reading your story-it’s precious and what a blessing to have each other. πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Meredith - What a wonderful love story. Thanks so much for sharing it! I hope you and Joel celebrate 100000 more years of happiness together.ReplyCancel

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  • Toni :O) - Happy Ten Year Anniversary…such a lovely story and what a blessing by God you found each other. Here’s to many, many joyful more! Cheers!ReplyCancel

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  • Diane Taylor - I had tears running down my face reading your wonderful love story – congrats to 10 wonderful years of marriage!ReplyCancel

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  • Allison P. - Beautiful! Happy ten year anniversary!

    On a side note, I just realized I was at your HS graduation! My good friend, Rachel R., graduated with you.ReplyCancel

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  • Stephanie - Thank you for sharing your love story! It’s an amazing testament to trusting in God’s timing and provision. I don’t think anyone could have planned for it to unfold the way it did, except God. So neat! Happy anniversary, and here’s to many more!ReplyCancel

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  • Shae - This is a beautiful love story. πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • S - I’ve commented about this before, but we share the same anniversary! Different years, though, as we just celebrated 4 years of marriage, although we have been together as a couple for 10. I also have two little boys, one born just a few weeks before Levi and one born a few months after Griffin, so we are experiencing a lot of similar things as mamas of two boys! I can relate to a lot of your posts about that! I love your love story- read it the first time you posted it and enjoyed reading it again. I’ve been reading your blog since right after you lost Cora and have definitely been inspired in many ways. Thank you for that!ReplyCancel

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  • Kayla - What a sweet story! Just so happens my hubby was the class clown and I was one of the shyest girls πŸ™‚ Funny how it works out that way!

    Also, have to represent Manhattan, KS! I’m actually about to fly down there next weekend to bring my husband home from the military! I am so excited to be there again, it holds a lot of great memories for us also πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Rachel B. - You all are such cuties! Isn’t it amazing how fast time goes!? Happy Anniversary! God’s best to you and your family!ReplyCancel

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  • Sarah W. - Of course you’d go and make me cry.
    Beautiful love story.
    Happy 10 years.ReplyCancel

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  • Andrea - Happy Anniversary! What a beautiful God Story. He is so clearly interwoven into every part of your story. Thanks for sharing!! xoxoReplyCancel

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  • Jody - Happy Anniversary! I loved reading your love story again. I’m still waiting for my love story to begin, but reading stories like yours & Joel’s reminds me I do want to wait for the best that God has planned for me.ReplyCancel

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  • Jamie - Happy Anniversary!! Loved your love story! Great post! Here’s to many more years for you two! πŸ™‚ love your family picture-cute family you have!ReplyCancel

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  • Andrea Deel - Beautiful story and beautiful family! You are such a wonderful examples of Christians. May God continue to pour His blessings on you.ReplyCancel

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  • melissa @jonahbonah - i first started reading your blog through beki…when she asked for prayers for sweet cora.

    i have enjoyed following these last three years. your family is such an inspiration. your faith in christ is encouraging.

    thank you jess for not being afraid to share your faith.ReplyCancel

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  • Esther - Happy Anniversary to the both of you. I have been following you for a bit now and maybe have commented once. Today, I want to tell you that I love you, your kids, your family period! You are so inspiring to us all. I am a mom of 3 growned children and a grandma of 4 grandblessings…and I just love how much you love your family and the Lord! You have a wonderful hubby too. Blessings~~~ReplyCancel

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  • Dana - Happy Anniversary! This is a beautiful post. I pray that you all have another blessed year together!ReplyCancel

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  • Debby Graber - What a blessing! I have loved watching you both. I can still picture seeing the two of you in highschool walking into a ball game together. We wondered about this country boy and city girl and I just smiled because Al and I were kind of odd balls too – me, having seen the world and Al just a Kansas farm boy who didn’t know what was beyond the state. It has been fun growing “old”er with Al, not only in our age, but in Christ. The love just deepens the longer the journey. You are always in our prayers!!ReplyCancel

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  • The Hanzlicek's - Happy 10 years!! By the way – LOVE your new blog look!!!ReplyCancel

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  • creole wisdom - Beautiful story Jess! It’s evident that you and Joel were made for each other and God has walked closely with you throughout the past decade. You and Joel share an anniversary with my mom and stepdad, I’m so proud of them for the time and dedication they have put into their marriage. It’s a great example for sure!

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  • Sadie - Loved this post! I had to giggle b/c you guys look the EXACT same! Seriously! Love that last pic of you all. You have a beautiful family and an amazing relationship with the Lord. What else is there to ask for?! NOTHING! CONGRATS! My 10 years is in May, so my love story will come then. Mine is not quite the same in the beginning, but at the end, it is!ReplyCancel

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  • Lynda - Happy 10th. What a wonderful story (even with it’s ups and downs). Your family is very blessed and a blessing to others.ReplyCancel

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  • Susy - God bless your marriage and your family. May God continue to guide you in this thing called Life.ReplyCancel

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  • erica - I’ve never posted on here before, but your story reminds me so much of my husband and me. We were married 10 years ago (july 20) at ages 20 and 22. We were high school sweethearts (emporia high) who grew up in Kansas and now have a daughter and two sons. We live in utah now, so reading your blog always makes me feel a little less homesick. Your strength, courage, beauty, love for family, and faith in God are such an example and inspiration to me. Thank you! And Happy Anniversary!!!ReplyCancel

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  • amy jupin - i so enjoyed reading this today jess!
    it’s so fun getting to know the story behind the scenes…
    and oh my goodness did you guys look young in those early pictures!!ReplyCancel

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  • Tina - Congratulations! Our story is very similar to yours. We were high school sweethearts. Married in 2002 (June 15, 2002) and we too have two little boys. You’re story is inspiring and I’m grateful that you’ve shared it with us. It makes me more humble everyday. I hope you enjoy your special anniversary!ReplyCancel

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  • amy jones - A friend of mine had Beki make her a necklace stamped with “True Farm Wife.” I joked that I should have Beki make me one that says “Reluctant Farm Wife.” πŸ™‚ Our stories are somewhat similar. We’re 3 weeks into being “home” now, but it doesn’t feel like home. We aren’t officially on the farm yet, but those days are coming. I’m hoping I can handle it with as much grace and style as you have. πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Mary Ann (Auntie EM) - Congrats on your anniversary. I hope you have many many more!! You have an adorable family and I pray for the Lord’stender mercies are with you always. You are very blessed to have married such a good man.ReplyCancel

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  • Sharon - It is a beautiful love story! Thanks for sharing it with us and Happy Anniversary to you and Joel!ReplyCancel

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  • Wendy Harmon - Hi Jess,
    Just wanted to tell you I have been reading your blog since Cora died and I saw a prayer request on Kelly’s Korner and have been checking your blog every week since then! Your sweet Godly family makes me want to be a better Mommy & Wife – THANK YOU!! My daughter, who is almost 4, loves her Cora Tu-Tu we ordered from you right afetr Cora died and I tell her that was bought from a very special little girl who is with Jesus now – my heart aches when I see her twirl in it and I think of you every time!! But your faith in God through everything has been amazing – THANK YOU!! Your boys are SO precious – maybe the cutest boys ever (next to my son of course! HA!) and I just thoroughly enjoy your blog! I live in Atlanta and just love all the farm stuff – so foreigh to me but looks so calm and placid there – great place to raise a family! Just wanted to say I am a huge fan and will continue to follow your blog and your witness of God’s faithfulness does not go unseen!
    Thanks!
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  • Alison R - What an amazing story. Thank you for sharing with us. Congrats to you both on 10 years. You are so humble in how you speak about Joel. I just know you are an amazing mama, and farm wife as well πŸ˜‰

    P.S. I’m so glad I found your blog again, as I didn’t realize you moved! Your family is my favourite to follow.ReplyCancel

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  • Nichole - Well I first want to say your boys are gorgeous. What a wonderful family you have!
    I first found your blog looking for 1st birthday ideas for my son and came back to find out more! (I am totally doing One Year in a Flash!) I just read your love story and read about your daughter Cora. I want you to know that your strength gives me strength and courage as a parent. I can’t imagine what you and Joel have gone through over the years but seeing where you are now is a testament to a great relationship and foundation. I do wish you and your family nothing but the best and I look forward to reading more of your blog in the future!

    God Bless,
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Griffin :: 10 months old

I think the lying down pictures are long over for you baby boy. I am actually surprised we made it to ten months. And this month I prefer your sitting up picture anyway…

…because this is the best I could get when you were lying down. Let’s just say you were not amused with my picture taking games.

You were much more interested in playing trucks and cows and sticks. I’m lucky that you even stayed on the quilt for five seconds.

If you weren’t scooting off the quilt, you were trying to climb up my chair.

You are definitely starting to get a mind of your own. You want to do what you want, when you want. And as long as I don’t interfere with your plans, you are happy. πŸ™‚

Griffin,

This has been a big month for you. All of a sudden you are army crawling, going from your tummy to sitting up, sitting up in your crib, pulling yourself up on everything…but just to your knees, you are waving and clapping all the time, Β your top two teeth came in and I think you are working on even more. You pretty much snub your nose at baby food…you like the real stuff now. You are wanting to do everything your big brother is doing. You want to play tractors with him. You want to be outside when he is outside. You want to watch movies with him. And you really like to get in his crib when he wakes up. You really like your brother a lot…unless he is trying to wrestle with you. Sorry…we are working on that. Most of the time he likes you a lot too. He is definitely starting to talk for you, so you’d better find your little voice so you can stand up for yourself! You should say “mama” first! And just in case I start wondering where my little baby went, you remind me all the time that you are “sooo big”. I’m not sure if I am a fan of that, but I sure love you a lot sweet boy!

Love, Mama

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  • Amanda - I’m laughing because I took Gavin’s pictures today, and the lying down pictures did not go well at all!!! So yes, I’m shocked too that he lasted till 10 months! He’s such a cutie and I can’t wait to see him do his new tricks!ReplyCancel

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  • Jane - Oh my!! How is he 10 months already!?! That is almost a YEAR!! He absolutely adorable and such a precious little guy!! What a blessing! And I love the picture of him climbing up your chair; his smile is so beautiful!

    Hugs from Houston-
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  • Jordan - TEN MONTHS?!?! Crazy. He is so adorable!ReplyCancel

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  • Janet - How I have enjoyed watching your little family grow – where does time go? Sending greetings from a chilly South Africa!ReplyCancel

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  • Michelle from Australia - Oh Jess! He is getting so big so quickly. Which probably means that I am getting old very quickly but I prefer not to think of that πŸ™‚ I love the pictures. I hope Griffin appreciates them when he’s older.ReplyCancel

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Congratulations to the DaySpring winners! If you see your name listed please check your inbox for an email from me. πŸ™‚

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  • Jody - I love DaySpring sales! Last week I got two of the caddies (one I’m going to give to my mom as a hostess gift for Thanksgiving), at least 100 Christmas cards, some Thanksgiving cards, Father’s Day cards for next year, and a Passover plate all for like $50 plus free shipping. Sweet!ReplyCancel

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  • Sher - Hey Jess – I’ve been following your blog for several years. It’s a treat to sit down when my family is still asleep and sip coffee and read about your family’s adventures. What a fab new look! I love that you still have the rotating banner of your 3 kids but with a new format.

    Way back in February you made heart banners with Levi. I teach children with significant special needs. I used your idea for them each to make a banner with their name….nice that we have a large paper punch at our school and it’s easy to crank out letters. Very impressive – we used similar pom-pom yarn and ribbons. I heard a lot of the families put their child’s banners up in their rooms. πŸ™‚

    Thanks for your spiritual and craft inspiration!

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This is a big week around here. Joel’s birthday is today and our 10th (sheesh! how has it been 10 years already?) anniversary is Thursday. The bummer is, we won’t be doing much celebrating…at least not yet. It is HOT in Kansas. Like 107 and 108 degrees everyday hot. And because of the heat and drought, corn harvest started this weekend…which is crazy early! So we will have to put our partying on hold for now.

The boys and I wanted to do something special for Joel today even though he will be busy harvesting. So, we went to town this morning and picked up his favorite burgers and a balloon. Levi thought his daddy would like a green balloon. {This is a side note, but did you know that there is a helium shortage? Where have I been? The lady at the grocery store said they have had no helium since Valentines Day. She said hospitals and big party stores are first on the supply list so she had no idea when they would ever get more. I had no idea. A reminder that I take way too many things for granted.} Anyway, she felt bad for Levi who wanted so badly to get a balloon for his daddy’s birthday. So she blew one up and put it on a stick for him. He was thrilled.

We got home and Levi was so excited to wish his daddy a happy birthday with his balloon and burgers. We had almost made it to the door when the balloon popped. Sad. πŸ™ At least I got a picture of it so we had proof.

Joel is such a great daddy to our boys…he was the best daddy to our little girl too. And of course he is the love of my life. I like him a lot! Even though the celebrating is on hold for now, I hope he knows that we think he is the best! I am so thankful for the day he was born.

Happy Birthday, Joel!

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Don’t forget that the DaySpring giveaway ends tonight. Leave a comment on Friday’s post to enter.

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  • Marah - Awww. Isnt this heat just the worst?
    Happy Birthday to Joel and Happy anniversary later this week. πŸ™‚

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  • Nirupama - Happy Anniversary to you guys and happy birthday to Joel! I love how you always celebrate things in some way even when work gets in the way. You are an inspiration. I was shocked to learn about the helium shortage too before the last birthday party I put together. Apparently it is mined and they ran low!ReplyCancel

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  • Sadie - I usually don’t comment, but I just want to say I love your blog and the new look! Your boys are too cute and congrats on your TEN YEARS!ReplyCancel

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  • Lacie Hutchins - We celebrate our 10th in March! I found out about the shortage when we tried to get balloons for my oldest’s would be 5th birthday! CRAZY! Happy anniversary and happy birthday to Joel!ReplyCancel

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  • Michelle - I wish I could send you some Winter cool from here. Today is very windy and only 60 degrees F. Which is COLD for the sub-tropics πŸ™ Happy Birthday Joel!

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  • Toni :0) - Happy Birthday to your sweet guy and Happy Decade to you both! The heat has been rough-ugh!ReplyCancel

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  • Lyss - A few days ago my mom said ” I was looking through the list of blogs you said you liked on your sidebar and my favorite one is the one called “The Macs”
    I grew up on a farm in Missouri and my dad and her loved the pics last month or so of your boys on the combine πŸ™‚
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  • Ceri - Awww, such a sweet boy! Sorry it is so hot there. And it’s sad and true about the helium shortage. I was at the dollar tree a few months ago and they were out too. Not sure when they would get it back in and they told me about it. I goggled it and read it’s true. It is also a non renewable resource and used for much more than balloons. πŸ™ I am afraid that floating balloons are going to be a thing of the past some day. So sad! It’s nice that they had a stick for that. I might think of that for my next party. And then i don’t have that balloon ribbon for the cats to eat. Get some dowels and paint them pretty colors. Reusable too!ReplyCancel

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  • creole wisdom - A helium shortage, who would of known? Certainly not me!

    Happy anniversary! That is wonderful. You will get your celebration after your way-too-hot summer is over! Hang in there Jess πŸ™‚ReplyCancel

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  • Lindsey C - The helium shortage was a BIG deal when the balloon release for little Paxten was being organized. People ended up driving states away just trying to gather up enough tanks. Sounds like if it were being planned now it wouldn’t have been able to take place. Crazy!ReplyCancel

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  • sharron - Happy Birthday and Happy 10Th Anniversary too!
    This weather has been so hot I was wondering how the crops were doing. I will keep everyone in my prayers as they harvest this season.
    Have a Blessed week!ReplyCancel

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  • Sarah W. - Happy birthday to Joel & Happy anniversary to you both!!
    I had no clue of the helium shortage either. Interesting.ReplyCancel

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