Hello friends!! Happy Spring to you all!! In the midst of all that is going on in the world today, my publishers, Harvest House Publishers, are offering an amazing deal on my book “The Gift of Gathering“. Right now they are offering it for 40% OFF + free shipping, for the month of April!! Yes, you read that right. So to celebrate, I wanted to share an excerpt from one of the Spring gatherings in the book, and a special GIVEAWAY as well! It’s going to be so much fun!

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The first gathering that I shared in my book is very near and dear to my heart. In fact, I shared in the opening intro to this gathering, that I can’t share my love for tablescapes, or gatherings for that matter, without first our family’s favorite time to gather – Saturday morning breakfast!

It stemmed from the first few years of our marriage, pre-kids. We lived in the city, where everything was just around the corner from us, and every Saturday we would go out to breakfast. It was our favorite way to start the weekend, a little celebration for another work week over, and time to reconnect, regardless of what other plans we might have over the weekend.

We loved that time together. We coveted those Saturday morning breakfasts. In fact, it was the first thing we couldn’t wait to do after we brought our son home from the hospital. We had a few places that we frequently went to, and when the time came to move out of our apartment in the city, to our farmhouse in the country so we would have more space for our growing family, it was one of the things we missed the most.

Thus, a new tradition began in our home.

To make the weekend feel more special, I began making a farmhouse breakfast at home. Because taking two kids under 2 out to breakfast every saturday seemed more like an event at the Olympics, while they contently watched cartoons with dad, I began making breakfast in the kitchen.

In no time, our saturday morning breakfasts were a weekend tradition. Something we planned on, and made sure there was bacon for on Saturday mornings. It was a way we could embrace our new season as parents with our love for starting the weekend off slow, and with plenty of food too!

Fast forward to today, our kids look forward to this weekly ritual together. And I’ve gotten smarter with what I make too (I shared my favorite go-to recipe in the book – Ham & Asparagus Strata. Recipe can be found on pg. 39 in the book)! I do my prep the night before, so everything is ready to go into the oven when we get up in the morning. Our kids are also at the age now, where they are more than happy to make mom and dad their cup of coffee, it means freeing up my hands to get a batch of blueberry scones in the oven.

Easy Serving Tip ~ Take fresh fruit out of their plastic containers, and place in white serving bowls. It’s amazing how they instantly become irresistible snacks for hungry kids to munch on while they wait for the rest of the food to cook.

Bre Doucette | The Gift of Gathering pg. 37

It doesn’t have to be elaborate. It doesn’t have to be fancy, but I find the time we spend around the table together on Saturday mornings, offers us a chance to reconnect, and be intentional in our conversation with each other, no matter how many family dinners we were able to squeeze in the week before.

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Now for the fun part ~

To celebrate my book being on sale, I’m giving away 5 SIGNED COPIES of my Book! That’s right, 5 lucky winners will receive a signed copy of my book, so be sure to enter below:

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**GIVEAWAY ends Friday 4/24 @ 11:59 pm, and is only available to U.S. residents. Must be 18 yr. or older to enter. **