Thank You For Your Friendship! and Awards to give away....

There are two lovely ladies I want to high light in this post for the kindness and friendship they've shown me over the passed year and a half I've been blogging. Maria @ Winging it at the Bird House, left me one of my very first comments, and has continued to come back with encouraging words. We have developed a true friendship grounded in a love for our savior. She is a beautiful person inside and out, and I am honored to be her friend. She has graciously passed me the following award.

The Lovely Award says the following: "These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers.

I am to deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.” So I am happy to pass this along to Janna @ Mustard Seeds, Ashley @ The Ingram Gang, Ashley @ The Happily Ever After of the Lancasters, Susan @ Penless Writer, Jenny @ The Winstead Family, Pearl @ Pearls Sentimental Journey,Rachel @ The Crazy Carellis Chronicle, and Demetria @ The Only Girl Here.

I have also been blessed by getting to know and becoming friends with Ms. Ashley this year. She is a doll. I just adore her. When we found one another, via bloggyland, we were both like, "Oh my goodness, I can't believe it's you, I've heard all about you. I feel like I know you." And we actually got the opportunity to meet over the Christmas holidays. Hugh and I met she and Kurt for dinner at P.F. Chang's. We had a wonderful time. Our husbands are very good friends and I look forward to having them visit, when they come down for Ole Miss games. She has kindly awarded me the following

The qualifications are:
A. Display a cheerful attitude
B. Love one another
C. Make mistakes
D. Learn from others
E. Be a positive contributor to the blog world
G. Love kids

And the rules:
1. Must link it back to the creator
2. Post the rules
3. Choose 5 people to give it to
4. Recipients must fit the characteristics above
5. Create a post to share this
6. You must thank the winner
My five are Tiffany @ Tea with Tiffany, Denise @ Shorty Bears, Jess @ Itty, Bitty Bits of Me, Leslie @ Do You Weary Like I Do?, and Maria at Winging It.
Ashley has also started a little business. She is doing paintings for nurseries. Some have the baby's initials and scripture, others are to hang on the door at the hospital and home announcing the baby's birth, weight and length. Please visit her business blog and grab the following button if you'd like to display on your blog.