Friday, December 10, 2010

Family Fun at Thanksgiving Point Giveaway

CONTEST CLOSED, THE WINNER IS:

Jokilyn who said: Love to go to the Dino Museum, Holiday Lights or Farm Country!
Congrats Jodi! I will contact you by email then send the pass to you in the mail.
Thanks to all those who entered.
-ObSEUSSed
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Thanksgiving Point is a wonderful place for family fun in Utah.
Keep reading for details on a Thanksgiving Point annual pass giveaway at the end of this post.

We welcome Spring each year by visiting Thanksgiving Point to view the Tulip Garden. Grandma comes from Brigham City and we take a picnic lunch while we enjoy walking around the gardens. Here are some pictures I took from this past spring.
Our kids love feeding the large fish in the coi pond and smelling the tulips in the fragrance garden. We also love the garden carousel area.


You may wonder why I am mentioning spring time in the middle of winter.  Well, I just had the opportunity to visit Thanksgiving Point last week during a Holiday Preview for local bloggers.  I got to see a whole different side of the venue.  We took a tour through their magnificent Emporium, sampled food from their Harvest restaurant (see the Seussalicious butternut squash soup below), and took a trolley ride to view their holiday light display.

KID FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES AT THANKSGIVING POINT
I can't wait to go back and take the kids through their holiday lights display. You can drive through, staying nice and cozy in your car or take a ride on their heated Trolley bus.   They also have reindeer by the watertower. Santa visits at certain times too.
The Emporium store was beautifully decorated for the holidays with a wonderful kid section featuring whimsical trendy toys, clothes and books.
Farm Country, is great in the spring and warmer months with a petting zoo.
The Museum of Ancient Life featuring Dinosaur exhibits, a fossil dig and Mammoth Screen 3D Theater and Megaplex Movies.
What I'm most excited for is their new Museum of Natural Curiosity coming soon. They are currently raising funds to build the largest Children's museum in Utah. It sounds amazing and I hope to take my children there in the future.


Disclosure: When attending the Holiday preview for bloggers I was given an annual family pass and an extra one to give away to a reader of obSEUSSed. All the opinions in this post are my own.

NOW FOR THE GIVEAWAY:

One winner will recieve a Thanksgiving Point Property Membership (valued at $175) good for one year. See all the benefits here.

To enter: Please visit Thanksgiving Point’s website and come back here to leave me your email address and a comment telling me what area you want to take your kids or grandkids to the most by midnight (MST) Friday, December 17 (so I can try to mail it to you in time for Christmas). Winner must have a valid U.S. address. 

For extra entries (please leave a separate comment & your email address for each entry):
BLOG HOP GIVEAWAY:
Here are some other great Utah bloggers doing this giveaway if you'd like more chances to win.

Michelle from A Little Tipsy, (see more about her in my previous post today)
Tauni at It's a Tradition,

Sassy Scoops List:
Camille at Make It Work Mom,
Emily at Is This Really My Life?,
Stephanie at The Daily Blarg,
Vanessa at I Never Grew Up,
Kalli at My Life as a Kalli
Sharon at the Savvy Grandma
Shelly at House of Smiths,

Jill at Jill Can Blog
Hannah at Sherbet Blossom
Jenny at Formerly Pfread,
Quinn at The Artistic Mom,
Julee at Mommy's Memorandum.
These others will likely post their giveaways soon: Veronica at Welcome to my Chaos, Elisa at Mormon Mommy Blogs, and Crazyland: Tales from the Motherboard, Rebecca at Blue Cricket Design, Jen at Tatertots and Jello.

I'm looking forward to visiting Thanksgiving Point this coming year and hope others will join me.

I'm so glad you stopped by, pull up a chair and stay awhile at obSEUSSed. Take a look around my blog and come back often for more Seusstastic ideas on kid crafts, family fun and children's books .

82 comments:

  1. I love to see holiday lights, but I think the reindeer would be my favorite!

    Lisa
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  2. My favorite book is Snowmen at Night.

    Lisa
    poulisa@gmail.com

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  3. We pretty much live at Farm Country during the spring and summer. My kids can't get enough of it!!

    nisha (dot) riggs (at) gmail (dot) com

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  4. I follow you with GFC.

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  5. I am a fan of Obseussed on fB.
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  6. I follow you on Twitter (@SkinnyMamaNish)

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  7. We want to see the lights in a trolley! Too fun livingthescream@gmail.com

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  8. I like Thanksgiving point on facebook livingthescream@gmail.com Sorry I forgot to put my e-mail in every entry :)

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  9. I would love the tulip festival, too!

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  10. My favorite book is "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"--it's so fun and clever!

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  11. I'd love to see the Holiday lights with my grandchildren.

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  12. My favorite Christmas book is "The Gift of the Magi."

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  13. I would love to see the tulip garden. My sister talks about it all the time.
    Marsha - sayer13@hotmail.com

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  14. One of my favorite books is "The Mitten". We read it to the children every year in Kindergarten.
    Marsha - sayer13@hotmail.com

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  15. We love all things Thanksgiving Point. We have never been to the gardens though. Would love to take the kids there.

    egundy at gmail dot com

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  16. We have a ton of Christmas favorites. A new one we picked up from the book order is super cute

    http://www.amazon.com/Night-Before-Christmas-Reading-Railroad/dp/0448428725

    egundy at gmail dot com

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  17. I follow your blog through GFC.

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  18. I like you on Facebook.

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  19. I like Thanksgiving Point on Facebook.

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  20. I follow you on Twitter.

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  21. I Love the Gardens and the Dinosaur Museum!!!

    juls.jean@gmail.com

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  22. My favorite Childrens Christmas book is and has always been How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

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  23. I'm a Google Follower!

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  24. I "Like" obSEUSSed on FB!

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  25. I "Like" Thanksgiving Point on FB!

    juls.jean@gmail.com

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  26. My favorite Christmas book is "The best Christmas pageant EVER!!"

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  27. I follow your blog (so happy I stumbled upon it!!)

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  28. Tee hee hee, have you read all the comments yet????? With all the boys running around the house we'd spend our time in the Dino area but with our one beautiful proncess we'd take her to the gardens so she dance among the flowers! I'll send you my email through FB!!!

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  29. I would love to go to the gardens in summertime
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  30. I love Hop on Pop
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  31. I like Thanksgiving Point on fb
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  32. I follow your blog
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  33. Love to go to the Dino Museum, Holiday Lights or Farm Country!

    jodi@jokilyn.com

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  34. I'm a fan of "Thanksgiving Point" on FB

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  35. Favorite children's Christmas book is The Three Trees

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  36. We love the animals at Farm Country. But the Holiday Lights are my second favorite.

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  37. I love the Classics- Twas the Night Before Christmas

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  38. We love the animals at Farm country!

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  39. I'm a fan of obSEUSSed on Facebook

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  40. I'm a fan of Thanksgiving Point on Facebook

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  41. I'd have to say my favorite children's book that we own is Quite as a Cricket

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  42. I haven't been to Thanksgiving Point in years. I would love to go more. The last time I went my kids really loved the petting zoo.

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  43. My favoire Seuss book are, "Oh the places you'll go", and "the foot book"

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  44. I love taking my kids to Farm Country to do the pony rides.

    charo_harris@hotmail.com

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  45. We love to visit in the gardens in the spring and walk down to the waterfall. We read the book "Christmas Mice" every Christmas!

    sharonhodson@gmail.com

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  46. We'll head to the Dino Museum first. It's a great place to go with the kids when it's cold. I'm looking forward to spring in the Gardens. They do a Walk of Remembrance there each year where we go to reflect on the lives of our children who died in 2001 and 2007. Thanksgiving Point is generous to host this even every year, and I love the peacefulness that is there as we reflect.

    manic at writeme dot com

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  47. Really hard to pick ONE book, but I do like The Gift of the Magi and have loved it since I was a child.

    manic at writeme dot com

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  48. I now Follow obSEUSSed on Twitter! (plaidspolitics)

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  49. I Like Thanksgiving Point on Facebook :)

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  50. I now Follow obSEUSSed through Google Friend Connect! :)

    manic at writeme dot com

    (OOPS! Just saw I forgot the email on the last two posts. Do I need to repost them?)

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  51. I now Like obSEUSSed on Facebook! :)

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  52. I've never been to the gardens and would love to visit them in the spring.

    staceymay36 (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  53. I love "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". So fun and clever with a great message.

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  54. I would love to go to the Tulip Festival.

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  55. Favorite book - -Snowmen at Night!
    mishifishi at yahoo dot com

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  56. I have so many favorite Christmas books that there's no way I can pick just one. :)

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  57. I have been reading your other blog for forever, the Saley Sanctuary! I didn't know you had this one!!! Please give my favorite Alana a BIG KISS from me!
    love you,
    Aunt J.
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  58. Looks like a lot of fun but I think the gardens would be great to see in the spring. Looks like yall are doing up the holiday right.

    Peter
    peterouzts@gmail.com

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  59. We LOVE thanksgiving point! My son loves the Dinosaur Museum the most, but I think I enjoy the gardens the most. I love to take my family to all of their venues!

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  60. my favorite childrens xmas book is the original Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.

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  61. I like thanksgiving point on facebook.

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  62. I follow you on twitter ggriffith20(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  63. THE WINNER IS: Comment #42, chosed by Random.org

    Jokilyn said...
    Love to go to the Dino Museum, Holiday Lights or Farm Country!
    Congrats! I will contact you by email then send the pass to you in the mail.

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  64. THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! Soooo excited!!

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