A Blog Award! ( My first one!)

Hello everybody! I was so excited today when Janice at Cricutology gave me a blog award. Thanks so much, Janice! I appreciate all of you who stop by my blog so much. It is so much fun for me to read all of your comments, and then check out your amazing blogs. So cool! Please be sure to go check out Janice's blog. I love to see what she is up to each day.

The requirements for receiving the award are as follows:

1. Thank and link back to the person who gave you the award.
2. Share 8 things about yourself.
3. Give the award to 8 bloggers that you have recently discovered.
4. Contact those bloggers and tell them about their award.

Okay, here goes! First, the 8 things about myself:

1.  I  love Jesus. My relationship with Him is so important to me.
2.  My three children (2 boys and 1 girl) are 11, 10 and 7.
3.  I have lived in Michigan all of my life.
4.  I have one dog, a sweet and full of energy goldendoodle.
5.  I love to knit!
6.  I met my husband on a blind date.
7.  I was a classroom teacher until my oldest child was born. Now I homeschool my kids!
8.  My Dad gave me my Cricut Expression for Christmas in 2009. Thanks, Dad!

Here are  8 blogs that I have recently found and love to visit (it's really hard to pick just 8, I love so many!):

Lisa at prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com
Jessica at chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com
Elaine at expressionsbyelaine.blogspot.com
Cortney at craftycortney.com
Shauna at crafteeshe.blogspot.com
Yvonne at onecreativemomma.blogspot.com
Kailyn at wil-e-mommy.blogspot.com
Mimi at Crafting with Mimi!

Okay, now go have fun visiting their blogs! Thanks again, Janice. Enjoy your evening everyone!