Tags and Awards....

Dear readers,

I have really, really slacked off on tags and awards I have received. I am so, so, so, so, sorry!

I am not sure what to do now that I have so many to catch up on. I will try to remember all that I have gotten and I apologize if I forget any!

I really don't like to hurt people's feelings if I don't award them so I have been considering not taking awards...I will stick with it at them moment and try my best to be a faithful tagger and awarder.

Here it goes!

I got awarded by Lindsay!

Thank you so much, Lindsay. I know you awarded this to me along time ago!

Here are the rules for receiving this award:

• Put the lemonade logo on your blog or within a post
• Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award
• Nominate at least 10 blogs with great attitude or gratitude
• Link the nominees within your post
• Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blog.

Mattie
Kelsey
Rachel
Courtney
Lindsay
Taylor
Karis
Jolee'
Abby
Johanna

I know many of you have already done this one. So you don't have to do it again!

Taylor tagged me with the "Friendship Tag"!
Thank you so much, Taylor! I am really grateful for the
sweet paragraph you wrote about me on your blog
and I love being your friend! It's been fun getting to
know you!
...
Here are the rules to this tag:

• Choose any amount of friends, blog friends or real life friends, and say at least two things (Or more!) you admire or like about them.

• Tag the friends that you wrote about.

• If those friends have blogs, be sure to link to them!

Oh, I can't decide!!



I will start with my sister I think. :)


Abby, is my dear sister friend. I am so happy to know her and I am glad that I get to spend time with her and blog with her. She is such a zesty person to be around and she is so funny and can always make me laugh. :D




Mattie my dear friend who lives near me is such a joy to be around. She is kind, sweet, creative and a nice person to be around. She is always fun to talk to and asks the best questions that make you feel special.
I am so glad your my friend, Mattie!


Lindsay one of the first people I got to know from blogging, is such a joy to know. I love to read her encouraging posts and I love that she has a sense of humor in her posts. I glad I have "met" you, Lindsay!


Rachel , another friend that I have met by blogging is such a nice person and I have enjoyed her blog as well. She is so kind, encouraging, and sweet. I am glad to have "met" you, Rachel!




Taylor a the dear friend who awarded me, is also some one I met on blogging. Thank you so much for awarding me I have also enjoyed reading your blog and you are a very kind person. I have enjoyed "meeting" you dear friend!



Courtney, Rachel sister, I found by her blog, I have enjoyed getting to know. She is sweet, encouraging, helpful, and I have loved reading about their story adopting Isaac. I am glad to have met you, Courtney!


My new friend Grace is also a wonderful person. I have known her since about February/March. I have been enjoying both of her blogs a lot. She is kind and thoughtful.I am glad to have "met" you, Grace!


Johanna a dear blogging friend is a joy to get to know. I enjoy reading her blog and love getting to know her more and more. She is full of life. I am so glad to have "met" you, Johanna!



Kelsey a dear blogging friend is such a wonderful friend. Her blog and poems are so inspiring. It has been a joy to "meet" you, Kelsey!


I am so grateful to all of you and I am sorry for any one I did not mention! I enjoy all of you dear readers!

I am not sure why it came out that way on the screen...Sorry!






Also, I got a tag from Abby. It's the Beyond Imagination award.

Rules for the award:

~ List 8 stories or books you'd like to live in.

~ List 8 other bloggers who deserve this award.

~ Comment on their blog and let them know you've awarded them.



Let's see... this is a hard one:

1. The Sherwood Ring by Elizabeth Marie Pope
2. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S Lewis
3. Emma by Jane Austen
   
4. Mara by Eloise Jarvis Mcgraw
   
5. A murder for her Majesty by Beth Hilgartner
   
6. The Shakespeare stealer by Gary blackwood
   
7. Mother by Kathleen Norris
   
8. The princess Adelina be Julie Sutter
   

I award...

Mattie
Kelsey
Rachel
Courtney
Lindsay
Taylor
Karis
Jolee'



Thanks, Abby!

Childhood tag

This tag, made by Abby, you have to post something that you made or a story you remember from when you were young.

Here it is! This is one of the first things I ever sewed and embroidered. Yep, it's bad. :)



You have to tag at least five people.

I will tag....


Rachel
Courtney
Lindsay
Mattie
Taylor





One more! Grace awarded me! Here it is!
Very lovely! Thank you, Grace! I would award you too. if you hadn't already been tagged. :)

I will award:
Taylor
Lindsay
Mattie
Kelsey
Courtney
Rachel
Abby


For now.. That is all that I can remember. Again I am sorry for letting them stack up... I don't mind if you don't have time for any of these, friends. But I hope you understand my predicament. I don't mean to leave any one out when I award or tag.


I hope you have a wonderful, lovely, sunny day! I know there has been a lot of rain lately. :)


What have you all been up to? :)