An award for little ol' me! :)

I want to say THANK YOU to my dear sweet blog friend Kindra who has blessed me with this sweet award! it truly made me smile to have someone think of me for an award like this. :) Thank you!!!

The Rules for the Smile Award are as follows:
1. The recipient must link back to the awards creator (it's right on the award)
2. You must post these rules if you receive the award.
3. You must choose 5 people to receive the award after receiving it yourself.
4. You must fit the characteristics of the recipient of the award (see below.)
5. You must post the characteristics of a recipient.
6. You must create a post sharing your win with others.
7. You must thank your giver.

Characteristics for the Smile Award:1. Must display a cheerful attitude. (not necessarily at all times--we are all human).
2. Must love one another.
3. Must make mistakes.
4. Must learn from others.
5. Must be a positive contributor to blog world.
6. Must love life.
7. Must love kids.

Well I am not sure if we are suppose to be able to do this....but I HAVE to send this back to my dear sweet blog friend Kindra! Because without her awesome blog inspiration...I would never have met these other wonderful bloggers. So thank you Kindra, please except thie award from me! Kindra is one of the sweetest gals I have met in the blog world! She is a tremendous artist....and the most devoted wife and mother! You rock Kindra! :)

And next is Colleen! Another sweet dear blogging friend of mine. She is wonderful hearted person! And she has made some very beautiful children! :) A very caring person!

And I LOVE this gals blog, always has such interesting posts. Leslie from My Country Home. She always has some fasinating articles and I LOVE to see her with her children. She is just an awwww with her kids and has such a wonderful connection with them.

And to Tomatoe Creek Prims, I so enjoy seeing all of her wonderful finds! Seems like she is lucky in the craft store finds! Wonderful ideas to be found here on this blog. :)

And Kim from Simple Needs, she has such a beautiful since of decorating! I love to read her new posts! She always has such interesting tips and beautiful color decors shown. :) One of the first blogs I had found and fell inlove with!