**MY FIRST AWARD**

After spending a nice day with my husband yesterday, I got home to check my blog and to my surprise, I had an awesome message from Mary, a stay-at home foodie from Ohio. She gave me this fun award and I was so excited! My FIRST Foodie Award! After perusing her blog, I was amazed at how much we have in common! So fun to see that there are people everywhere, even on the other side of the States that are just like me! So cool!

To let you know, the purpose of these awards is to show appreciation for our fellow bloggers, and recognize the blogs that we keep coming back to; as such, this award comes with a few stipulations:
The rules of accepting this award are as follows:

-Put the logo on your blog or within your post.

-Pass the award onto 10 bloggers.

- 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.

-Lists things that make you happy.

Things that make me happy
1. My family.... my husband & 2 children are my world!
2. The sunshine! I love the warm weather and sunshine!
3. All of our fun animals... eventho everyone cracks jokes at my 'petting zoo' :-)
4. My friends!!! The true friends that are there thru thick and thin! You know who you are!
5. Cooking & Baking! It is my prozac!
6. My hobbies... making glycerin soap, lotions, lip balms, wood-crafts, and BAKING!!!
7. My MOM! She keeps me going! Oh how I love her!! Thanks Mom for teaching me how to cook and bake, and even how to enjoy it!

Now for the Happy 101 Award, I congratulate the following sites:

*Brandy @ http://brandyscreations.blogspot.com/

*Jennifer @ http://janedeereblog.blogspot.com/

*Fork1 & Fork2 @ http://ourforkingblog.blogspot.com/

*Christie @ http://pardonmycrumbs.blogspot.com/

*Andrea @ http://andrea-thekitchenwitch.blogspot.com/

*Leslie @ http://thehungryhousewife.blogspot.com/

*David & Kimberly @ http://pricespricelessrecipes.blogspot.com/

*Everyone @ http://yummymonsonfood.blogspot.com/

*Annie @ http://www.annestrawberry.blogspot.com/

*Mary Ann @ http://maresfoodandfun.blogspot.com/

Happy Cooking!

Teauna