A blog award!

I'm thrilled to share with you that Carol over at The Answer is Chocolate presented me with this award

I have been perusing her blog and love it! She makes some amazing cards! Check out her bib necklace and her urn throw pillow. Love them both! Totally inspiring. So thank you Carol for the award. I really appreciate it!

The rules for this award are:

Thank the person who gave you this award-Check!

Share 7 things about yourself

Pass the award along to 15 (ish...) bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic!

Contact the bloggers you've picked and let them know about the award.

Seven things about myself:

1. You can currently see me and my family on the boxes of Kelty camping gear at Target. See more about that here.

2. I was only 19 when I got married. My hubby and I just celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary and we are more in love with each passing year. I definitely married my best friend. (you can stop gagging now...promise..no more mush!)

3. We are currently house hunting in our area for a bigger house, and let me tell you, this market is crazy! I'm excited about decorating and putting my mark on a new home for our family...if we can ever find the right house! Redfin and Zillow are my new bff's.

4. I hate needles. Not because of the pain, I actually have a fairly high tolerance for pain (I had two of my three kids without any medication), but because I literally pass out nearly every time. It's a vasalvagel response.

5. Surprisingly, I just went in for elective surgery at the end of May. I had a tummy tuck six weeks ago. It's the only surgery I have ever had. At the description of the procedure during my consults, I nearly passed out and would have to lie down and have a glass of water nearby. Valium was my friend the day of the surgery!

6. The thing I was most excited about getting done during the tummy tuck was having the diastasis recti fixed. Through three pregnancies, my abdominal muscles had separated by about 5 inches. Crazy what pregnancy does to you!

7. I love to travel and am looking forward to a family trip to Club Med in Ixtapa, Mexico in November. The warmer the location the better!

I also have this list that I complied a few months ago.

Now onto the bloggers I am passing this award on to:

Catalog Living Such a hilarious blog!
New Dress a Day Amazing what vision she has! Not only that, she has an amazing social life!
Jones.Design.Company I love Emily's style and am amazed at what she can get done with four young kids underfoot!
No Big Dill If only I had half of her amount of sewing talent, I would be set! Katy is amazing and she has the most beautiful girls!
Welcome to the Good Life Sarah has the most fabulous refashions!
Living with Punks Susan just started blogging, but you think she has been at it forever!
I am Momma Hear Me Roar I'm always amazed at the refashions that Cheri comes up with! She has the best boy ideas!
The Pleated Poppy Not only does Lindsay have some great tutorials, she also has some great thoughts on motherhood.
House of Huddleston It's so fun to see what Nicole comes up and remember what it was like to be a newlywed.
DebbieDoos Debbie loves garage sales and a bargain as much as I do...which is hard to come by! And she's such a good blogger, always leaving sweet comments on your posts!

Phew...there are a few of the new blogs I started reading...that takes SO long but they were worth the mention! Now go and visit them. You won't be disappointed!