And The Award Goes To...

Me!

It is a week for awards, afterall.

Jenna gave me this award a few weeks ago and I'm finally posting it. Some awards recipient I am! I've known Jenna a looong time. Since we were littler people. Back in a time when we would go to each others house to "play." Something I've always loved about Jenna is that she is always always smiling. Even when she says she isn't her face is still smiling. I loved that about her when we were littler people and I love it about her now. She has two beautiful daughters who have such cute personalities, just like thier mama. She is such an amazing mother constantly doing things with her girls. The kind of stuff I wish I could do! Thanks, Jenna!

So as part of this award I need to list seven interesting things about myself and then nominate seven other bloggers who I think also are deserving of a Beautiful Blogger award.  Let the fun begin!

1. I like cemetaries. Something I got from my mom. I can go and just walk around reading peoples names and the dates they lived. This is important to my marriage to David as well. He is a geneologist at heart and when given the chance goes searching for people, in cemetaries. It's a win/win.
2. I "pop" or "crack" my ankles. Some people pop their knuckles. I'm a ankle person. It grosses my husband out. But I. Can't. Not. Do. It.
3. The first apartment that I lived in, away from home, my first year of college was the same apartment my mom lived in when she first went to college. Later in the school year a lady came by and said that she just wanted to see the apartment and she had lived there 20+ years before. Turns out it was my mom's roommate! It was crazy.
4. I don't like calling people on the phone. I'm fine to call close family and friends but beyond that I'm really bad at it. I make my husband do all the phone calling. Oddly enough when I was working I called all kinds of people I didn't know. I seemed only able to do that at work in a hospital. I haven't been able to transfer that to at work at home.
5. Recently I was called to work in the Relief Society (the womans organization at church) as the second counselor. It has been over a month and I am still totally overwhelmed by this. I feel like it is so much bigger than I am. Not to mention the fact that I don't feel old enough!
6. My newest pet peeve is when people see my fancy schmancy new camera and say "do you know how to use it?" It's a recent pet peeve and I'm still learning how to cope.
7. I know the Chaquita Banana Song. I learned it when I was 10 or 11 and I still know it.

Okay that was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be.

And now for the lovely nominees!

1. SuSu. My mom. She has always had a way with words. I love hearing about, and being volunteered to help with, all her many adventures. It's from her that I got my height, my gag reflex, my love of shoes, my ability to hang on to "things," and  I want to be like her when I grow up!
2. Amy. My seester. Her kids say the funniest things. And they are pretty darn cute, not that I'm biased in any way. She homeschools her daughter, which is amazing to me something I don't think I could do, and still has time to make people beautiful, keep a clean house, and cook some yummy food. When ever I need to find something I ask her, she knows how to find stuff on everything!
3. Brittani. My sister by marriage. I am constantly amazed at the mother she is! Baby number 5 will be born in just a few months, which I'm am thrilled for. Her kids are all so beautiful, again I'm really not biased, and I just can't get enough of them! Her oldest is just 8 months, or so, older than My Boy and was born blind in one eye. I greatly admire the courage that both Brittani and Jamison have had as they've lived with this extra challenge.
4. Ashley. Another sister by marriage. She is so fun and makes me feel like I'm still 21. Which I'm not. Quite. She has such a positive outlook and it can be quite infectious. She has one dang cute little boy and one more "cooking." I haven't decided if it will be a boy or a girl. A keep having "that girl feeling" but I'm not always exactly spot on with those kinds of predictions. So with everyone else I guess I'll just have to wait and see.
5. Erin. Friends by marriage. Which sounds funny. Our husbands have been BFFs since Jr. High, or something crazy like that. She has three beautiful children. Her second was born just a week after David and I were married, which we were grateful for since that allowed her husband to come to our wedding! She has the patience of Job, something I admire greatly in her.
6. Mel. The nicest lady I have never met! Although I wish I could. Especially lately as it's cold here and all her pictures show nothing but green and sun and lovliness! She lives in New Zealand with her family. She has three kids, just like me. Her youngest, Luke, has Down syndrome, just like mine. All our kids are so similar in ages it is fun to see their similarities.
7. Mary (private). I love this lady! I know her in real life too. College roommates, that us. Reading about her happens reminds me of the crazy fun we had. I loved living with her! The name of her blog tells you all that you need to know about her, "A Chicken with My Head Cut Off."

Now for those of you I just nominated/awarded all you have to do is the following; in order to accept this award yourself...


-Thank the person who nominated you for this award.
-Copy the award & place it on your blog.
-Link to the person who nominated you for this award.
-Tell us 7 interesting things about yourself.
-Nominate 7 bloggers.
-Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.