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we love our blog. we love cooking. we love our readers. we hope you love us too.
blog awards always make me feel special...like someone actually likes us! one of my favorite fashion blogs...enSTYLEpedia gave us an award! thanks!!! we feel so honored that you thought of us.
 

1. thank the person nominating you for the award.

2. copy the award to my blog.

3. place a link to their blog.

4. name 7 tidbits people don't know about you from reading your blog.

5. nominate 7 bloggers.

6. place a link to those bloggers.

7. leave a comment letting those bloggers know about the reward.

7 tidbits about us...

*i (lindsay) have had an epidural, natural child birth, and a c-section
*brooks dreams of having a cooking show one day
*i (lindsay) broke my collar bone throwing a wet sponge at a boy when i was 10
*i (lindsay) don't drink milk
*brooks tore his ACL and meniscus playing flag football 1 1/2 years ago
*brooks is one of the funniest people you will ever meet
*we love watching Law and Order (Brooks really should have been a lawyer)

7 blogs I love...

if i could
sister's stuff
sweet basil
a page 4 all seasons
a pina colada
annie bakes
all thingz related 

We got an award!

Thanks to If I Could Blog for the award! We are always so excited when we got awards! It means people enjoy are blog! Yea!!

10 Things About Us:

1. We dated only 3 months before we were engaged.
2. We knew each other 2 months before we started dating...but he had a girl friend! (Lucky me that he got rid of her:))
3. When I (Lindsay) was 8  I broke both my arms at the same time.
4. We are HUGE University of Utah fans. We sit on the third row...and have for the past 6 seasons. We love it!
5. Brooks loves to run half marathons. I am still trying to enjoy running.
6. I am the shortest in my family at 5'8" (I have a brother that is 6'11")
7. Brooks is the tallest in his family at 6'2"
8. We have three cute kids!
9. Brooks served a LDS Church Mission in Rome, Italy for 2 years.
10. We love going on vacations...especially to the beach.

5 Things We Don't Like:

1. Steak (Lindsay)
2. Overcooked pasta
3. When I nag to much (I am sure Brooks would say that:))
4. Going to the Doctor
5. Ironing

Blog Awards

Sometimes I wonder if blogging is worth it...do people actually read our blog? do they make our recipes? do they get excited for our awesome giveaways? But then I get two blog awards in one week...and it made me so happy!

    

We have been so lucky to receive TWO different blog awards this past week. One from Cherie at Pink Little Notebook ...
10 Things That Make Me Happy:
1. A good book...ya gotta read "The Hunger Games"
2. A bubble bath
3. Sunshine
4. Chocolate Covered Cinnamon Bears
5. The smell of a clean house 
6. Babies
7. Shopping
8. My adorable three kids! 
9. Brooks
10. Spending time together as a family.

And one from Glue Guns and Spatulas

So I pass these awards onto a few of my favorite blogs!!

This Mama Rocks

Sisters Stuff

if I could

Gourmified

Sweet Basil

No so Idle Hands

Two Awards!

Yesterday I opened my email to find two awards from JDaniel4'smom. I was so excited that she thought of us and our blog! It always feels good to know that people enjoy our blog!

The Sunshine Award is awarded to bloggers whose positivity & creativity inspires others in the blogworld!!The rules for accepting this award are: Put the logo on your blog. Pass the award on to 10 bloggers. Link the nominees within your post. Let the nominees know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog. Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award.

For this award, you are to list 10 things that make you happy, then tag another 10 people.

Ten Things That Make ME Happy:
1. My husband
2. My three kids
3. My religion
4. Family
5. Friends
6. Cooking
7. Scrapbooking or crafting
8. Pedicures or massages
9. A good book
10. A clean house

I am passing these two awards on to a few of my favorite people at the following blogs...you must check them out!

Craftaholics Anonymous

Sisters Stuff

Freebies 2 Deals

Pink Nothings

Cheat Day Cafe

This Mama Blog Rocks

Marin's Creations

Gourmified

Julie Burton Photography

Oh Sweet Basil