{"id":234,"date":"2012-11-22T06:00:44","date_gmt":"2012-11-22T13:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=234"},"modified":"2012-11-22T06:00:44","modified_gmt":"2012-11-22T13:00:44","slug":"counting-our-blessings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/22\/counting-our-blessings\/","title":{"rendered":"Counting Our Blessings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[\n\n<p>During this Thanksgiving season, what are we most grateful for? Everything that makes our annual Quilters\u2019 Conference and Showcase a regular gathering place for those who love quilting.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=236\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-236\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-236\" title=\"10557\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/10557-252x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Carolyn says, \u201cMy greatest joy is seeing people walk around the convention center floor with smiles on their faces, forgetting their problems and truly having a good time during the week of Road.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=237\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-237\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-237\" title=\"10600\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/10600-300x292.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Matt adds, \u201cI appreciate the family aspect of our show. Not only does the Reese family come together to deliver this conference but it is all of the families who take the time to attend and enjoy together the Road experience.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=238\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-238\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-238\" title=\"10395\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/10395-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Our conference has a lot more to give than just fabrics, notions, and classes.\u00a0 It is the warmth and friendship shared each year that makes Road to California such a special occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>What are you thankful for?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">2012 Quilt Entries submitted by (top to bottom) Patricia Wright, Denise Nelms, and Shirley Gisi<\/span><\/p>\n\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-road-to-california"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}