May's contest is on honor of Mother's Day. Submit pictures of a special Mother's Day moment, or pictures of any special mommy moments (maybe a favorite picture of you and your child) for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to Spa Royale or to make things interesting...any local place of your choice!

Contest begins now. The winner will be announced May 8.

UPDATE: The Voice (Gainesville Sun's publication that runs Thursdays) is going to run a full page of our mom photos! If you submitted a photo and DO NOT want it to be published, please let me know. If I choose one of your photos to run, I will contact you if I need more information. P.S.-- I think this would be a great clip for a scrapbook!

***Deadline for you to submit a photo and have it published is Monday, May 5 AT NOON; The deadline for the contest submissions online is May 7***

Contest Rules:
No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited by law. Employees of The Gainesville Sun, their immediate families, and independent contractors and carriers are ineligible to participate. Prizes to minors must be accepted by parent or guardian. All state and local taxes are responsibility of winner. Decisions of judges final. Odds of winning depend upon number of entries. Entering GainesvilleMoms.com contests constitutes contestant’s acceptance of all rules and permission by the contestant for his/her name and photograph to be used at no charge for reasonable news and promotional purposes. Contest winners will be contacted by e-mail.

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Just submit photos to the general photo section of gainesvillemoms.com?

Yes, that's it. Let me know if you have any trouble at all. Thanks!

Is the preference to have mommy in the pic? Usually I am the one taking the pics, so there are almost zero of me with the kids.

It can be of a moment that was special to you; maybe something you did with them (even though you are not in the picture...) a vacation, trip to the beach, party...anything like that. But the preference is for mommy to be in the picture although it is okay if you are not.

Here is the running list of those who are entered for the contest:

1. LAhas2boys
2. deebird611
3. myspiritwithin
4. freyja (*)
5. J.Ross
6. bishop96
7. 1candykane787
8. lilbit1656
9. TripleAMom
10. daphnem192003
11. jetermomof2
12. 3monkeys
13. Mayo
14. solbrilla
15. Rileysmommy

(*) Per request, photos will not be published in print.

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Hoggetowne Medieval Faire fun in the hay....(this year)


Poop check, she was clean. (late last year)


Cuddle time with the new baby (early last year).

Hey Suzy...I posted an album...hope it's not too late

Will you let us know when the page will run?

I will let you know tomorrow. I have an idea but I just need to confirm it.

And btw, if you live out-of-town (or state,) I will happily stick a copy in the mail for you. So, out-of-towners welcome!

***Deadline for you to submit a photo and have it published is Monday, May 5; The deadline for the contest submissions online remains May 11***

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How will it work if we submitted several photos for the contest? Will you pick one or do we need to?

I'll go through them and pick a good selection from all of the submissions.

Freyja --

I'm glad you were able to submit your photos. That last one is so precious!!!

ooppss one more:



Soccer mom! Fun at Kanapaha Park a few days ago.