Showing posts with label Award. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Award. Show all posts

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Blissful Blogger

My sweet sister-in-law, Bailey, tag me for this a few weeks ago and I thought it was about time I posted on it!  It is always nice to receive an award.  I know that I don't blog often enough, but this was a good excuse to get me around to doing it!


The rules of this award are to share 7 facts about yourself and then tag 7 other bloggers.  I will see if I can come up with 7 other bloggers to tag, but at least the ones I know will get to join in the fun with this little award!

Here goes, 7 things I am sure you've been dying to know about me:

1.) Stinson and I are finally getting a chance to enjoyed trued married life.  This may sound a little funny, but for the first two and a half years of our marriage our time together has been different than most traditional marriages.  The most time we got to spend together prior to his new job with Forest was 3-4 hours on Sunday if we were lucky.  With Stinson coaching football, both of us going to grad school, and my first few years of teaching our time together at night was very sporadic and short.  Now we get to enjoy dinner together most nights and all of our weekends!  We are loving doing many more things together, like spending Sundays watching football together.



2.) I LOVE football!  I have since I was little and it may be from all the Husky games my dad and I got to go to when I was little that fueled the love.  I remember when I was in high school and my Uncle Brian called one Saturday while I was home alone.  He was surprised by my response as to what I was doing that fine Saturday afternoon when I responded, "Watching football."  I guess it's a good thing that I married a football coach!  I love going to my students little league football games too!  Lesson planning during all of the Sunday games is one of my favorite things.


3.) I have known since I was in 3rd grade that I would be a teacher.  The past 3 years have been the best years of my life.  Waking up everyday to do something I love is truly a blessing.  I feel like God is using my career as a teacher to not only impact the lives of my students, but also to teach me so much about Himself and his love for me.


4.) This next one may be a weird fact, but something that most people are surprised about, especially when they don't know my family.  At 5'10" I am the shortest person in my family.  I feel like I am of average height, but being around people outside of my family reminds me that I am not of average height.  I have always wished I was just a little taller, 6' would have been nice, guess I have heels to make up for it!


5.) I love coffee and most mornings it is the highlight of my dive to work.  It helps me start my day out right!  I have made up my new favorite drink at Starbucks.  If you'd like to try here is what you tell your local Barista: tall americano with an inch of steamed breve (half and half) and 2 pumps of pumpkin spice.  Trust me, it's to die for!  Just don't spill it on your shirt because it will leave a nice stain, especially if it's white. ;)



6.) Just like my mom and sister-in-law, I am a Colorado girl.  There is nothing that I love more than the sight of the mountains.  Their majesty always takes my breath away.  Stinson and I would love to move back if that is what the future holds.  Along these lines, I am also super proud to be a Wyoming Cowboy.  I talk up UW all the time and would go back to Laramie in heart beat.  There is something really special about the people and sense of community in Wyoming.


7.) I am super excited to be an Aunt this January.  Sara and Kennedy will be expecting a baby boy then.  I am looking forward to loving on my little nephew and spoiling him rotten.  I've already bought several things (Sara I'll get around to sending them at some point), and know that there will be many more purchases ahead.  Lots of friends are starting to expand their families, so I am hoping that I can get Stinson on board with trying for one of our own this spring/summer.

Well, that's enough for now.  Here are the blogs I am tagging:







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Sunday, September 27, 2009

My First Blogger Award!



I am blessed to be nominated for this award by two of my favorite people! First, my amazing sister-in-law Bailey.  Bailey has just recently joined the blogging world and I have loved keeping up with her life as a newly wed to my brother on their blog; she is a very gifted writer.  Secondly, I was nominated by one of my oldest and dearest friends, Courtney.  Her blog is also amazing and reveals what a wonderful woman she is.  Thanks so much girls! Both you hold such a special place in my heart!  Here are the rules:


1-Thank the person who nominated you for this award.
2-Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
3-Link to the person who nominated you for this award.
4-Name 7 things about yourself that people may not know.
5-Nominate 7 Kreativ Bloggers.
6-Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.
7-Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know they've been nominated.

Okay now it is time for 7 things about me that you might not know.

1. For the most part I do not enjoy being by myself.  I am very much a people person, and feel content when I am surrounded by people I love.  I do enjoy my "me moments"  I just don't like them to be every day.  This whole hardly ever seeing my husband thing is leaving me feeling lonely, but I am doing my best to keep a positive attitude.

2.  I love reading children's books.  A perk of being a teacher is that I have an excuse to read them all the time.  This summer I read a book picked out from my classroom library by each of my students last year.  Some of the books I read are now my favorites!

3.  I am not as neat as I would like to be.  Due to the craziness of life my house is messy and it is embarrassing!

4.  I have to have the bed made each morning.  If it is made I feel like my life is a little more together.  If it is not made I feel a little crazy and like I am all over the place.  It's crazy, I know.

5.  I want to learn how to decorate cakes.  I don't know when this will happen, but someday...

6.  I have always wanted to open a bed and breakfast in an old Victorian home, in some quaint location.  I think this would be a great post retirement activity that would keep me busy doing other things I love, entertaining, baking, and cooking. 

7.  I knew I was going to be a teacher when I was in 3rd grade, and did not change my mind once.  And yes,  I still want to be a teacher.  There is nothing more rewarding.  I was reminded of that this week when one of my buddy students made up a song for me and sung it beautifully out at recess.  It was so sweet it made me tear up!

Okay...I now for the 7 nominations.....
Krysta at Krysta Nicole
Sara at the Dean Spot

and everyone else I would nominate already has this award.... so there you have it!

I promise to write more about our actual lives soon!
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