for me? Thank you!!!

 

I received a couple of awards over the weekend and want to take the time now to post them and once again say THANK YOU so much for thinking of me.

First Stacey from McCrakensx4, gave me this award...THANK YOU!!! I am so blessed to have met you through this bloggy world.

 
"These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find, and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers."

The rules: pass along to eight bloggers who are to include the text above and then they pass it onto eight bloggers.

I know I say this A LOT, but there is NO way I could pick just eight of you. So, if you do not have this award, I am tagging you. PLEASE, take the award and pass it on to others. I consider each of you my bloggy friends and I heart you all.

 

Second, Keli @ Dream.Imagine.Live, gave me this award...I am so excited to get this. I have seen it floating around out there and secretly wanted it. ;) So THANK YOU Keli for passing it my direction.

The Rules are simple:
You must be a true Christmas lover to receive this award.
The person to whom you give the award must also be in love with Christmas.
You must link back to the person who gave you the award.
You must list 5 things that you love about Christmas.
If you can't limit it to 5 things, then keep going till you run out of space! :o)
Pass the award along to as many people as you like. That can be 1 or 45; it's up to you. But, you must pass it on to at least one person in order to keep the Christmas cheer going!
Let your recipients know that you have tagged them by leaving them a comment on their blog.

5 Things I love about Christmas:

1. celebrating Jesus' birth (we are starting a new tradition with our son this year to sing Happy Birthday to Jesus and as dessert have birthday cake)
2. getting together with family & friends
3. going out looking at the Christmas lights
4. baking
5. candle light service @ church
6. CJ with his ?'s..."can I have this for Christmas, and this and this and this" and when he saw the first snow flakes this season, he announced to EVERYONE..."it's Christmas". I love his innocence.

Ok...for this I must choose at least ONE person to pass this on to...I choose three.
1. Lisa @ MY JOURNEY THROUGH INFERTILITY -
(bc I share her Christmas decorating style)
1. Susie @  Mommy, Just One More Minute! 
(bc she is an awesome Mom. She has an advent calendar and puts a gift in each day for her adorable daughter, Sophie and they do Christmas crafts together, etc and she takes pix of all of this to share with us)
1. hilltoper @ life on the hilltop 
(bc she is opting for a "free" Christmas and has made several of her gifts this year. Neat ones too)

Check out these ladies if you have not already. They are all AWESOME and my life is more blessed each day by getting to know them more.

Did anyone notice that all three of the ladies are listed as 1. ?   ;)

I'm a Kreativ Blogger

THANK YOU Monica for this fun award.

the fun of this award is, you list 6 things you value, 6 things you don't value and pass it on to 6 friends

6 things I value

1. God and his gracious forgiveness 2. our Freedom 3. my precious family and friends 4. life itself (my health etc) 5. honesty 6. time 6 things I don't value 1. gossip 2. mean people 3. lying 4. abortion 5. laziness 6. clutter 6 friends 1. Kelly @ Kelly's Korner 2. Jessica @ The Youngbloods 3. Heather @Life at Sonic Speed 4. Melissa @ Blog, what blog? 5. Jennifer @ Joshua Brody Francis 6. Jennifer @ the petersons go public!

A Perfect Blend of Friendship Award

I received this precious award yesterday from MiMi at He & Me + 3 . I am so blessed to have "met" MiMi through the blogging world. If you have not checked out her blog, please do. You won't be sorry. (she is a talented photographer too)

So along with this award I am to answer a few questions. Here they are...

1. Do you have the same friends since childhood?

a few...four (I think) to be exact

.2. What do you value most about your friends? honesty, definitely 3. Are your friends your sounding boards?

two of them at times, but mainly my Husband is 4. What is your favorite activity to share with your friends?

girl's nights (ie. movies, dinner, games, etc)

I am also supposed to give the award to five blogging friends, but there is no way I could choose. So I give it to ALL my blogging friends. ENJOY!!! I am gratful to have come across each and every one of you.

I will include todays fall pictures with tomorrows, as I am having trouble loading them. (sorry)

Look what I got today...

Thank you so much to Monica, over at life on the hilltop for this honor. As you know I am new to the blogging world, so it means a lot to me that Monica thought enough of me (and my blog) to pass this award along to me. I have known Monica for a couple of years from a playgroup we were in when our boys were just babies. (times flies, they are now three) She moved away and we have kept in touch here and there and I am so excited to get to see her (in person along with her little guy) this Thanksgiving weekend. I can not wait. OK, now to pass the award along... I have thought about this all day and I just keep going back to the same lady. So, He & Me + 3 , will you please accept this token from me? I so enjoy reading your blog each day. You make me smile and laugh each day. I am in awe of you and all you do with three young'ns. Not to mention I love your blog name. (I am a huge Jon & Kate fan) I look forward to getting to know you and your family better through the blogging world. HUGS to you.