The Awesome Food Award

I've been nominated for the "Awesome Food Award"! Thank you Megan for nominating me! If ya'll want to check out Megan's blog, here's the link: http://farmgirlinmontana.blogspot.com/

The rules:
1. Thank the person who nominated you, as well as the link to their blog.
2. Answer the 10 questions provided
3. Come up with 10 more questions that relate to food
4. Nominate at least 5 people 5. Let those people know they've been nominated.
My answers to the questions:

~ What is your favorite food? Pizza, Taco's, and Burger's! :) 
~ Do you like chocolate?  If so do you like dark, milk or white chocolate better? I LOVE chocolate! I prefer milk chocolate, but I love white chocolate as well. 
~ Do you prefer to cook / bake food yourself or have someone else do it? I prefer to cook/bake food myself, but love it when people want to help me. :) 
~ What is your favorite food to cook / bake? I love to bake, so I love baking cookies, cakes, really any types of desserts. :) 
~ What are your 5 favorite desserts? Hmm... tough one. Anything chocolate! ;) I love cookies, cakes, muffins/cupcakes, puddings. 
~ Cake or pie? Cake! 
~ Hamburgers or hot dogs? Depends on the Hamburger, but I'll go for a hamburger any day!... you can ask my husband that! ;)
~ Nuts or cheese? Cheese.
~ Soup or salad? Depends on the soup and Salad. Probably soup. 
~ What is the one food that your whole family likes? In Colorado, my whole family loved Taco's. Here in Ohio, my husband and I love Chicken Salad melts. :) 

I nominate:
Crysyln from: http://bloggingcryslyn.blogspot.com/
Suzanne from: http://suzanneliveshere.blogspot.co.uk/
Ashley from: http://ashley-funfarmgirl.blogspot.com/
Chloe from: http://blooming-maiden.blogspot.com/
Sadie from: http://irishragamuffinslilsister.blogspot.com/
Stephanie from: http://theenchantingrose.blogspot.com/

My Questions for the Nominee's:
1.What are your favorite Soup's?
2. Do you prefer Scones with your Tea or separately?
3. What's your favorite kind of Pizza?
4. Do you prefer baking or cooking?
5. What types of foods do you like making most?
6. What exotic food have you tried that most people haven't?
7. Do you prefer cookies or cake?
8. Are you more the chips and salsa type, or just the plain old chip without salsa?
9. Do you like Chicken or Hamburger meat better?
10. What's your favorite Dessert? Why? 

Beautiful Blog Award

It seems I am being showered with blogger awards this month!  Thanks to Bethany Carson at: http://todaylibertyordeath.blogspot.com/ for the Beautiful Blog Award.  Here are my answers to Bethany's questions:

1. If you could have an expenses-paid vacation to anywhere in the world, where would you go and why? Hmm... probably Ireland, because I love their accents!!! :)

2. What would you like to accomplish by the end of 2014? I'd like to become a certified Labor and Post-Pardom Doula.. we'll see! ;) Memorizing chapters of the Bible.

3.  What are a few of your favorite quotes? "A person is a person, no matter how small!""I believe with all my heart that standing up for America, means standing up for the God who has blessed our land."~Ronald Reagan 

4.  What Bible character do you relate to the most, and why? Hmm... tough one! ;) Probably Esther... because sometimes I feel like I have to hide who I am, because it will "offend" someone... if that makes any sense. :)

5.  What is your dream car? I always tell my brothers, anything that drives smoothly, and that's an automatic! ;) I don't know one kind of car from another... so, anything really! ;)

                              6.  Are you a morning person or night owl? Definitely a Night Owl!!! 

8.  Do you have a favorite plant or flower? I love Roses, and Colorado Columbines! :)

9.  What are some of your favorite foods? Taco's, Pizza, Fettuccine, Stir-Fry, Marinade Chicken, Mac & Cheese... pretty much anything else that's not healthy! ;)

10. What cause(s) are you most opinionated about? Homeschooling, Pro-life, Jesus Death and Resurrection, Guns...etc...

11. What is the best advice on life you can give in up to 3 sentences? Be content in Christ, love others, and fear God! Don't be Idle or wishy-washy... learn, and keep learning! Words can tear down or build up, it's up to you to choose!

Kelly-Anne at: http://www.kelly-annesblog.blogspot.com/

Leah-Albright at:http://beautifullybrokenleah.blogspot.com/ 

Kimberly at: http://www.anathomedaughter.blogspot.com/
Sarah Elizabeth at: http://threemaidens.blogspot.com/ and http://sarah-plainandaverage.blogspot.com/

And if anyone else would like to answer the questions, consider yourself nominated.
Questions for Nominee's:

1. How would you describe your personal style?

2. What was your first pet?

3. What is your ancestry (e.g. German, Italian)?

4. What cause(s) are you most opinionated about?

5. What Bible character do you relate to the most (it can be character, life experiences, or anything like that)?

6. What is the first favorite scripture verse that comes to your mind?

7. Do you have any food allergies?

8. You would be really excited if you woke up tomorrow morning to the smell of ____ cooking.

9. What are you looking forward to this summer?

10. What is one thing you've learned from blogging?

The Sunshine Award

Hi Everyone! I was recently nominated for the Sunshine Award by Natalie. Go and check her blog out . . . it is great! :) Here's the link: http://christianteenagehomeschooler.blogspot.com/

Questions for the nominees (that'd be me! ;) )

1. How big is your family? We are a family of 8! :) I have 4 brothers, and 1 sister. In my opinion, it's not a big  family though. ;)

2. Do you knit, sew, or crochet? I Knit Scarves, and Sew odds and in's here and there. ;)

3. What are your favorite movies or shows?  Courageous, Fireproof, and Facing the Giants.

4. What is your favorite Bible verse? James 1:2-4

5. What is your favorite book? So Many to choose from!!! The Bible! ;) 

6. Do you live in the city or the country? Where do you dream of living? We live in the city! I dream of living in a comfy, cute house, with enough room in the backyard to plant a flower garden.

7. Do you play sports, or do you like other activities? I play Volleyball in the Summer.

8. What is your favorite subject of study? Probably Music.

9. What is your favorite time period of history? Does the Bible count? ;) I actually really like the Civil War time period.

10. What is your favorite food? Pizza! Taco's, "Meredith's Chicken", Taco Soup and Chicken Chili.

11.Do you have any pets? What is a wild animal you would like as a pet if it were possible (for example, an elephant or deer)? We have 1 beautiful Great Pyrenees dog, 1 Rabbit, and 7 Chickens. If it were possible, I'd probably choose a horse.... if that counts. Otherwise, a Polar Bear... our dog looks and acts just like a bear sometimes. It's cute! ;)

So here are the instructions for the nominees, as told by Natalie. 

 If you are chosen and want to participate:

1. Copy and paste image above or create your own.
2. Answer the following questions.
3. Nominate your own bloggers (as many as you choose).
4. Let your nominees know.
5. Put together 11 of questions to ask them.
6. Publish your post!
   
   My nominees are:
   Mercy at: http://mercyray.blogspot.com/
   Britt at: http://www.encouragementforeverydaystruggles.blogspot.com/
   Bethany at: http://todaylibertyordeath.blogspot.com/
   questions for the nominees:
   1. What's your full name?
   2. Favorite color?
   3. What color do you wear most often?
   4. If you won $10,000, what would you do with it?
   5. How big is your family?
   6. What's your favorite animal? Why?
   7. What's your favorite season? Why?
   8. Name me 5 of your favorite movies?
   9. Favorite Sport?
   10. Would you rather go camping or spend the night in an RV?