blogging boosts egos

I love awards. There, I said it. I didn't get any superlatives in high school so winning just feels good ;)

The Liebster Award spotlights up and coming bloggers who generally have less than 200 followers. Upon receipt of the Liebster Award, there are a few very simple rules:
1. Copy and paste the award on your blog
2. Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you
3. Reveal your top 5 picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.
4. Hope that your followers will spread the love to other bloggers.

A big thank you to one of my favorite bloggers (who just happens to have one of the most adorable children on the planet) Grace @ Chois-R-Us!

Now for my picks!
1. Taylor @ On My Front Porch Looking In
2. Jenn @ Life's Little Details
3. Eric @ Everything Matters Today (is it cheating to give one to my husband? I don't care, he rocks!)
4. Jess @ When the Music Fades
5. Deb @ Chosen Ones
 
Spread the award love people!

award-a-palooza!

I am breaking all kind of bloggy rules with this one! Combining two awards in one!!! And more rule breaking to come...

According to Ms. Ginger at Just Trying to be a Proverbs 31 Woman I have style! She just gave me the

And Stephanie at Infertile in a Fertile World has decided to give me the most originally named award...

Color me honored! I am definitely not as well put together as some fancy shmancy bloggers with my DIY header and such, but I am flattered just the same. Here is how you play:

1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this award. check!

2. Share 7 things about yourself. see below

3. Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers. hmmmm...

4. Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award! i'm working on it...

My 7 things...as per the guidelines!
uno. I have a heart for missions. Read about that here and here!
dos. I like to "speak" Spanish. I am not even close to fluency, but I'm hoping osmosis will do the trick.
tres.  I love Jesus a whole lot, and I am pretty stoked that he loves me back.
cuatro. I had to look up how to spell that. I wanted to use q...
cinco. My studmuffin husband is my best friend. 
seis. (I knew how to spell that one.) I have been blessed with, truly, the best of friends. 
siete. Last one...you may know this already but I am what some people like to refer to as "pint-sized." Yes I am a whopping 5' tall. Someone once told me that what I lack in height I make up for in personality. I'm still chewing on that one...

15 5 bloggers I think are pretty stylish and I lurve
1. Life as Two
2. Waiting for Something Beautiful
3. Finding Sunshine
4. Clay in His Hands
5. MissyMom in Madrid



Am I kicked out of blog world now?

cherry on top

Here are the rules: Link back to the person who awarded you, and then pick five blogs to pass on the award too. Make sure to comment on the awarded blogs so they know they've been picked.

 

 

I love awards! I have been blogging for almost two years now and I never would have guessed a few things that came out of it....
- that I love to write
- that people think I'm funny/interesting enough to follow
- that I would have followers
- that it would house an adoption story (or more)

So I must thank my dear friend Gaby (whom you may remember from this post) for my Cherry on Top Award. This is award numero dos for my little blog. Oh the love! Now it's time to share that love with...

1. Joy Will Come in the Morning
2. Missy Mom in Madrid
3. Portrait Rachel
4. Chois R Us
5. Once Upon a Miracle

Congrats! You guys are stupendous amazing brilliant loving and funny enough to deserve this award! Does that give you the warmandfuzzies like it gave me? I thought so.  You are welcome!

drum roll please

If you receive this award you must nominate at least 1 other blogger and pass it on. And list 10 honest things about yourself that no one knows!

Well this is just plain unexpected! I love winning stuff...even if you don't get anything tangible. Here we go!

10 truths you'd be surprised to know about me
1. I'm only 5' (well ok, 4' 11 3/4" but you'll give me the extra 1/4" right?)
2. I'm slightly obsessed with Cherry Chapstick
3. I am so arachnophobic that I don't even like to say the word spider.
4. My relationship with the Lord grows the most during the hardest times...and we are pretty tight right now.
5. Eric and I dream often about packing up and moving to Costa Rica.
6. My Lebanese grandmother, Tata, is my favorite person in the world besides my amazing husband.
7. I will not die without going to Greece one day.
8. I have been swimming since before I turned 2 years old.
9. I am fiercely loyal (as a wife, friend, mentor, etc.)
10. I have a stubborn streak a mile long but God is teaching me submission (to my husband and to him) on a daily basis.

And now for the fun part. By the power vested in me by bloggers everywhere, I hereby declare this Honesty Award to:

Lauren @ Leaving a Legacy