Hi, friends. Welcome to another episode of That Sounds Fun. I'm your host, Annie F. Downs. I'm so happy to be here with you today. We have got a great show and store for you. And first of all, I have to say to our American friends. Happy Thanksgiving. I know it's a weird year.

But I also know that we only find things we're looking for. And when I look around, I see so much to be thankful for. I especially want to thank all of you who sponsored kiddos through compassion and who helped us celebrate.

That that sounds fun birthday on Monday. It was the best time we couldn't have done it without you. I'm really, really grateful. One of the things we talked about at the party were our holiday gift guides we've created.

So it's just some fun little ideas for you to help you find the perfect gift for everyone on your holiday shopping list. And you can find those at Annie F. Downs.com. And today, our guest on Thanksgiving is Kimberly Williams, Paisley. You may know her from her role as Annie and father of the bride or as Brad Paisley's wife.

She has also written a lot of books start in many TV shows and movies, including two Christmas ones that have just come out this week. Christmas Chronicles two on Netflix and a Nashville Christmas Carol on hallmark. It's so good.

She and Brad started the store, which is a nonprofit enabling food and secure Tennessee ends to shop for groceries with dignity and respect. And today on Thanksgiving, when we are eating with friends and family is a great day, I think for us to talk about our neighbors who are maybe food insecure in the ways we can step in and help.

So Kimberly was the perfect person for today's episode. I'm very thankful for her. So here's my conversation with Kimberly Williams, Paisley.

Kimberly, thanks for doing this today. I'm so grateful.

Oh, thank you so much for having me, Annie. It's so good to talk to you. It'll be so fun. I, we share a bazillion friends. Yes. One of my favorite.

Oh, yes, let's pick our favorite mutual friends. The one that comes to mind is a couple of maybe two years ago when Daniel Walker and Jen Hatmaker, were they both cooking in your kitchen at the same time they were.

They're probably amazing cooks. So I don't know what I was doing there. I was just like trying to stay out of the way.

They're both amazing people and so inspiring. Yeah. So they came over and and made dinner for me, basically. Yeah, which is not a bad gig.

No, not a bad gig. Actually, I think Jen and I were kind of drinking wine and Danielle took over. I think that's what was happening. Okay. So are you, do you eat Danielle's way? Are you like gluten free or do you just like her cookbooks?

I really like her cookbooks and I and I attempt to eat her way. You know, she's, she inspires me too with the way she has healed her body with food.

So I love her recipes and I think it's a really healthy way of eating. If you can, it's hard for me to keep it up. And I don't have, I don't have the issues that she has.

So I do kind of stray from that way of eating, but, but I love she's got great cookbooks celebrations.

Oh, I've used your own things. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. How did you become friends with both of them?

You know what? Social media won't it do it? I know. I know. That's how we got here too. Yes. I'm so grateful for social media. I reached out to Jen, how maker years ago now. And she responded. Yeah.

And, um, and then same with Danielle, I was making her marshmallows. Yes. We ever made her marshmallow. They're so hard to do.

Okay. So I am a disaster in the kitchen. I mean, before 2020, I was, I was way worse than I am now, but I was trying to make her marshmallows. And I, and I put the blender in, but I led like turned it on first or something.

I had marshmallow everywhere. Like on the cabinets, on the ceiling. I ate as much of it as I could. Yes. Yes.

And then I put the other cabinets, our cabinets are relatively clean. It was like, all right, kids, scoop it up. That's right. Let's go.

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