AWANA Cubbies Graduation

Mustang had her Cubbies graduation a couple of weeks ago. She is in Kindergarten at our house, but her birthday falls just after the local school cut off so she was still considered a Cubbie. She LOVED Cubbies, and I am so thankful she had an opportunity to go. Charger is already counting down the days until he gets to start in the fall!



My nephew also graduated. Here, he is getting his award. Do you see Mustang's face? Since our last name starts with a letter late in the alphabet, she had to wait to the very last to get her award. She isnt the most patient person, so this was a challenge for her!



Check out that smile!! She was soooooo excited to finally be getting HER award :).



Coming to show me her new award, and cool Cubbie pen!



Mustang and my nephew gave a puppet show with their Cubbie pens (just for me).



Mustang with all her Cubbie leaders.



And one of Mini Cooper just because lol. We all got to attend a family night awards night. It was a lot of fun! They also served pizza, soda, candy AND ice cream. We were spoiled!!

Having grown up in the AWANA program (minus Cubbies because they didnt develop it until later), I know first hand how wonderful it is for teaching scripture memorization. And, once those verses are in your mind, they are there forever. I cant ask for a better way to help instill the knowledge of the Lord in my kids' hearts and minds. If you have a local program, I highly recommend checking it out this fall! You dont have to attend church there to get involved-we dont currently attend church at our AWANA church.

Hope you are having a great Wednesday! And congrats to any of YOUR AWANA graduates. God Bless!

A Basket of Awards

Thank you to Southern Domestic Goddess for sending me this yummy {virtual} Hershey's Better Easter basket!



This basket didnt cost a thing but it's worth 10.00 to the Children's Miracle Network! Here's how it works:

Hershey's is partnering with bloggers to donate $5,000 to the Children's Miracle Network! They are hosting a blog hop and for each blog entry, Hershey's will donate $10 to the Children's Miracle Network.

Hershey’s Better Basket Blog Hop Rules

1. Copy and paste these rules to your blog post.
2. Create a blog post giving a virtual Easter Basket to another blogger — you can give as many Virtual Baskets as you want!
3. Link back to the person who gave you an Easter Basket.
4. Let each person you are giving a Virtual Basket know you have given them a Basket.
5. Leave your link at BetterBasket.info/BlogHop in the comment section. You can also find the official rules of this betterbasket blog hop and more information about Better Basket with Hershey’s there.
6. Hershey’s is donating $10 per blog participating in the Better Basket Blog Hop to Children’s Miracle Network (up to a total of $5000 by blog posts written by April 4, 2010).
7. Please note that only one blog post per blog url will count towards the donation.

She also awarded me some awesome bloggy awards.




I love bloggy awards and I have 2 that I STILL havent blogged about (so sorry to my awarders-is that a word?) Because I get the chance to award them to and highlight some great blogs from around the web.

Along with the virtual basket, and the challenge to blog for the Children's Blog Network, I am passing on these cool awards to:

Inspiration Surrounds, Creativity Abounds
Growing Up Our Style
Little Did I Know
What Did We Do All Day
Adventures of a Flake
The Shafer Family
Diapers to Diplomas
Tot Play
Bytes of Memory
Elise is...


Some of you may have already received this award or basket, I tried to award to those who havent, but sometimes I miss it! Please know that I love reading all of your blogs and thank you for the inspiration I get from you! Happy Easter and God Bless!!

Red Carpet Week-Happy 101 Award

A huge thank you to JDaniel4's Mom who gave me this fun award! For this award I am to list 10 things that make me happy. So here they are {in no particular order}:

1. The sunshine streaming in my windows after weeks of cloudy days.
2. Mustang trying to help Mini Cooper learn to 'walk.'
3. The new words I hear each day as Charger grows.
4. A phone call from my mom.
5. Watching Charger and his grandpa hang out together.
6. Finding a great deal.
7. Mini Cooper's smile.
8. A clean house.
9. Quality time with my hubby.
10. The Hope I have in my Lord & Savior Jesus Christ.

By winning this award, I get to award it to 10 other great bloggers (my favorite part!). Again, I am going to do this a bit backwards. To 'accept this award' one is to list what makes them happy. Well, as part of the Home School Blog Hop I have met a number of ladies who already told me what made them happy, so no list required. The only acceptance 'rule' is to know that someone loves your blog :) You can pass it on to anyone you want to get to know better. I also know that a couple of you have already won this award. I still wanted to let you know that I love your blog!

And my winners are...

Our Worldwide Classroom
Our Cup of Tea
Mom Teaches 2
Children Grow, Children Explore, Children Learn
Adventures in Mommydom
Tots and Me
Homegrown Families
Little Fingers that Play
Adventures in Tot School
Fun with Little Mouse

Congrats, and thank you for making me happy when I read your blogs! God Bless!!

Red Carpet Week-The Sunshine Award

I have been given some great awards over the past couple months, and am FINALLY getting around to blogging about them. I wish I would have done it sooner! There are a total 5 awards, and I plan to focus on them for the next 5 days (hopefully)!

The first award is The Sunshine Award.



The Sunshine Award is awarded to bloggers whose positivity & creativity inspires others in the blogworld! I received this awesome award from JDaniel4'sMom. She has a fantastic blog that I love to read. Check it out if you haven't already.

By earning this award, I have been given the priviledge of awarding it to 10 other blogs that I love to read.

And my award winners are...

A Mommy's Adventures
...Just One Heartbeat...
A Mommy's Blessing
365 Days of Grace
A Mother of Action
1,2,3...Come Homeschool with Me
A Munchkin's World
Little Moments
Allen Ramblings
A Country Mom

I love to give an award, but hate to obligate a fellow blogger in the process so, I have my own acceptance rules.

The requirements of accepting this award are: Accept and display your award for all your readers to see, and know that you are doing a great job of entertaining your readers.

If you want to, pass this award on to 10 or so of your favorite blogs.

Thank you again to JDaniel4's Mom!! God Bless!

My First Award!

Thanks to The Ramblings and Adventures of a SAHM! who gave us the Lemonade Stand Award. I am so very excited! I've never received a blogging award before, but it is so fun to know that my own ramblings are appreciated :)

The Lemonade Stand Award is awarded for being a blogger who shows great attitude and gratitude. The rules for accepting this award:

- Put the Lemonade logo on your blog or within your post.
- 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.
- Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award.

I have chosen these fun blogs that I love to read and hope you will check them out, too:

I Still Take Out the Trash
True Moments of Family
Izzie, Mac, & Me
Not A Martha
Reederbunch
Tired Need Sleep
The Ramblings of a Domestic Engineer
Fly Baby's Favorite Recipes
My Life on a Taffy Pull
A Day of Relief