The Liebster: Blog it forward

I need to thank my good friend, Tam over at Apron Strings & Holy Things, for awarding me the Liebster blog award!

"Liebster" is a German word meaning friend, love or dearest. This award is shared and given to up-and-coming blogs that have less than 200 followers.

Here's how this award works:

~ 1 ~ When you receive this award, copy and paste it to your blog.

~ 2 ~ Thank the blogging friend who awarded you and make sure you link back to their blog so others can check out their fabulous blog too.

~ 3 ~ Choose your five (5) up-and-coming blog picks then go share the love by commenting on their blog.

~ 4 ~ Hope and encourage that the recipients will spread the love to other up and coming blogs! (Be sure to check their blogs for the list to check out other great blogs!)

Thank you so much, Tam!!

Now, to blog it forward, here here are some of my favorite up and coming blogs. Some of these I just recently discovered, but I am loving them!!!

A Future & A Hope

Christ In The Chaos

The Daze of Us

OPEN KIMONO

Write at Home Mom

And, while you're out blog hopping, please be sure to stop by Tam's blog:

Stylish blogger award

I have just been notified that I have been awarded the Stylish Blogger Award!


This is the first time I have been given an award as a blogger! It was awarded to me by Wendy at Faith's Firm Foundation and I find it both sweet and humbling that she would pick me for such an honor! Thank you so much, Wendy!

Of course their are rules for accepting this award, I must:
1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded this to me.
2. Share 7 things about myself.
3. Pay it forward to 15 (or however many I want) recently discovered great bloggers.
4. Contact those bloggers and tell them about their Blog Award!

So without further ado, 7 things about myself:
1. I am a 'doulos' of Christ!
2. I love God and my family.
3. I enjoy writing.
4. I thank the Lord for my salvation.
5. I do not like wearing shoes.
6. I hated reading until just recently and now I have a new found love of reading.
7. God has blessed me with an amazing husband, four beautiful children, a great church family, and many wonderful online sisters in Christ. I am eternally grateful for all of them/you.

Pay it forward! Okay, I honestly don't know which blogs I have recently discovered, so this might be cheating, but I am passing this award onto 7 of my favorite bloggers that I follow (I could award it to oh so many more, but I have a busy day ahead of me and time is flying by!):
1. No Ordinary Me at her blog Enriched Living
2. Robin at her blog My blessings from the Lord
3.One Christian Mom
4. Grace at her blog The Mommy On The Bus Says...
5. Jenille at her blog The Goodwin Family
6. Darline at her blog The only thing worth walking toward
7. Robin at her blog Live, Love, Educate