Some bling & meme!

Meg over at Ramblings of a Crazy Mom was sweet enough to give me this award & have some very nice things to say! If you haven't checked her out be sure to stop by, not only is she a sweetheart but she has some great stories about her boys!
Thanks so much Meg!

All I have get to do with this one is nominate 7 other blogs that I love! Here's the thing I need to rest before being back at church tonight, I have nursery duty! So here's the deal if you follow my blog then it's yours! Yes I realize that means about 60 of you but hey I am feelin' generous today! Enjoy!

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Next up is a meme that Amy over at My Child, My love tagged me for! This lady happens to be one of my IRL (in real life) friends! Actually our husbands were apart of a juggling/fire eating/ fire breathing/sharing the gospel trio back in the day, so we became fast friends due to the common bond of our husbands craziness! She is also one of the ladies that did part of the giveaway I had a few months ago, so be sure to check her out! So here's how this meme works...

I'm supposed to find the 4th folder on my computer, then post the 4th picture in that folder, explain it, then tag 4 more people to do the same. Here goes:

This picture was taken Thanksgiving '07. David's brother & his family (that live in TX) came in for Thanksgiving. This was actually the first time I had met him & at the time we had been married 5 1/2 yrs! Anyway they all came in & as our tradition is we drove over to a place called Calloway Gardens. It's a big garden place, that also has a butterfly house, camping, bike trails, etc. During Christmas time they hang lights all over the gardens & you drive through & look while listening to Christmas music! This picture was taken of the whole Hicks family in front of a beautiful old church that's on the grounds! It was such a great day!

So that's my picture, here are my 4 tags:

Meg over at Ramblings of a Crazy Mom

Jane over at Jumpin' in the Jungle

Mistee over at Our Family Blog

Meridith over at Therapeutic Ramblings of Mom

That's my post for this Sunday! I am going to be out with my BFF tomorrow to take her son to the kidney doctor (I will share his miraculous story soon!) so no NMM tomorrow! Have a great one everybody!

More bloggy lovin'

Good morning ladies! Let me tell you I got some good bloggy lovin' this weekend & it's only Saturday morning! Now yes 2 of them, were swiped, but Sandy & Jeannie told me I could!!!! So I did!
Here's what I got...

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Thanks so much to Jane for this one! It said...
"These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award."
WOW! She must really like me! Thanks so much Jane, I think all of this & more about you too!!!

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Next up is this one from Jeannie & I think this one is perfect for me if I do say so myself! LOL! I LOVE Christmas time, most of you know that huh? Thanks to Jeannie for letting me swipe this award!

Rules: You must love Christmas and so must the person you give it to.
List 5 things you love about Christmas.
Link back to the person who gave it to you and then pass it along to as many as you like!

My 5 things...
*Celebrating Jesus birthday
*Decorating my house
*Going to see Christmas lights
*The music
*The look on my kids faces on Christmas morning!

I will pass it along too anyone who wants it but I do have to pick one that I know will love it!
Maggie-Because she loves Christmas as much as me, I think!! Go check out her post about ALL those Christmas treats she makes!

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Then I swiped (with invitation) this one from Sandy! And let me tell you Sandy is so honest & I love it! Especially her open letters, be sure to check her out!

Let me tell you this one is a doozy! I have to list 10 honest things about myself!

*I love the Lord with all my heart, but don't spend nearly enough time with Him. There always seems to be something else come up right then, my hope is that I can make more time to spend with Him!
*I love my children more than anything but they can drive me off a cliff faster than humanly possible!
*I am not to big on chocolate, I know that's weird
for a woman, but I have to really be in the mood for it!
*I don't do good in confined spaces, not like I have an
anxiety attack, but I get really nervous & jittery!
*I am a TV junkie! I know so much of it is garbage
but I just love being able to sit down & get wrapped up in someone elses life!

I know it says 10 things but at the moment the boys are fighting AGAIN & I need to go seperate them! So I will have to end it here! Let me say that I have loved blogging the past few months! I have "met" so many great women & love the community that goes on around here! You have all enriched my lives & I want to thank you for it! I wish I could do it in person but you will have to settle for bloggy awards! So if you want one of these, go ahead & take it! Thank you ladies & have a great weekend!

New award!

How cute is this! Alicia over at More Than Words gave me this newest award! How sweet is she! I have really enjoyed getting to know her more through blog land, as she calls it! She has such a sweet spirit for the Lord! Thanks so much Alicia!

Now my instructions are to list 5 of my addictions & then pass it along to five other fab bloggers!

So my addictions are ...
*My God
*My family
*My friends
*My TV shows
*My Blog (in case that wasn't already obvious!)

I will pass this one along too:
*Meredith-I truly couldn't say enough about what her (bloggy) friendship means to me! She has an amazing way of writing that touches me & such a heart for the Lord! We have even moved on to email friends & pray one day we will get to have that cup of coffee!!!

*Meg-This lady cracks me up all the time! She has the funniest stories about her kids! I love to hear what they do next!!

*Tabi-This is one of the first blogs I found & became addicted too! I still love to see what she is up too next! She is having a rough time right now with the death of a close friend, so she could use some bloggy lovin'!

*Sandy-This lady has 2 great blogs to check out! So go here & then go here! You won't be sorry you did!

*City Mom, Country Mom-Both of these ladies are so sweet & have such a heart for God! They always have an encouraging word! They are both due any minute now so I know they need some prayers!!

So be sure to check them out, you won't be sorry & thanks again Alicia for my award!

More bloggy love & I have been tagged!

I tell you what I am so lovin' all this bloggy love that you guys keep sending my way! Sandy sent me this new one! If you haven't checked out her blog then hop over there now! I especially love her letters to whoever has ticket her off, it's so funny! But anyway here's my pretty butterfly award...



The rules for this award are...
1. Pick ten people and pass this award to them.
2. Then contact them and let them know you have chosen them and their blog for the award.
3. Also link back to the person who gave you this award.

So I pick these ladies & you should really check out their blogs because they pretty much rock...
Ramblings of a Crazy Mom
Heathers Happiness
Tabi Rambles On
Our Family Blog
Life With Boys
Intense Blessings
Citymom/Countrymom
Theraputic Ramblings of a Mom

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And now on to being tagged! I was tagged by Mistee for Crazy Eight Tag, so here ya go!

8 TV shows I like to watch
1. Greys Anatomy
2. Army Wives
3. Private Practice
4. ER
5.Jon and Kate plus 8
6. Lipstick Jungle
7. The Starter Wife
8. 17 Kids and Counting

8 places I like to eat
1. Cheesecake Factory
2. Superior Grill
3. Olive Garden
4. Zaxbys
5. Moe's
6. Uno's Chicago Style Pizza
7. Boston Market
8. Taco Bell

8 things that happened yesterday
1. Did mass quantities of laundry
2. Tried to straighten the house
3. Changed sheets
4. Warmed up dinner
5. Put away mass quantities of laundry
6. Took a shower
7. Watched a few Christmas movies on TV
8. Not much

8 things I look forward to
1. Christmas
2. Christmas cards
3. Going to FL to see my family for Christmas
4. Christmas Movies
5. Christmas FOOD
6. Seeing my boys faces on Christmas morning
7. Lots of family togetherness for Christmas
8. Christmas music everywhere you go

8 things I love about Fall
1. Cooler weather
2. Jackets
3. White chocolate Mocha's from SB
4. Big sweaters
5. Leaves changing
6. Fires
7. That means it's almost...CHRISTMAS!
8. Hats & scarves

8 things on my wish list (some serious...some not so serious!)
1. For my boys to come to know Jesus as their Lord & Savior!
2. Maid service
3. To always have exact change...think about it...
4. To live closer to my family
5. Dream house
6. A baby girl
7. To live happily ever after with my boys
8. To be able to go to Mistee's blog party (LOL!) & meet all my bloggy buddies!

I am supposed to tag 8 people but instead if you read this & feel like doing it then go for it! And let me know so I can check out your Crazy Eight Tags! Have a good one!

A new award!!!!!!!

Let me first start off by saying...I AM SO SICK! It hit me all the sudden this afternoon, sneezing, runny nose, fever, chills, headache, etc! I truly feel like a truck ran me over, did a U-turn & ran over me again! Pray I feel better soon, I don't have time to be sick....what Mom does?

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Moving on to what this post is really about...my new award! I got a Snazzy Blogger Award, I so am loving all the bloggy love! Sandy sent me this one & I feel so special! Thanks Sandy!

This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award. So here ya go...

*Hilary @ A Look Into Our Lives

*Suzanne @ City Mom, Country Mom

*Heather @ Heather's Happiness

*Maggie @ Life With Boys

*Tabi @ Tabi Rambles On

*Mistee @ Our Family Blog

*Meredith @ Therapeutic Ramblings of a Mom

*Megan @ Ramblings of a Crazy Mom

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Now for the giveaway...great guesses!! I hope you won't all be disappointed with what it actually is because I am going to do a blog redesign giveaway but not until after the first of the year! The GD is SUPER busy during the Christmas season & I can't ask him to do more than he already does! So you will have to wait for that one & check back but I promise I will do one eventually! This, my first giveaway, is not Christmas-y but it is a gift given at Christmas time! I am dying to tell you but it has taken me about an hour just to post this...so you have to wait a little longer! Don't hate me & come back soon to see what I am up too!

Say it ain't so!

If I believed in luck I would say this is my lucky day, instead I will say I have been so blessed today! Another new blogger friend gave me an award, see...

How fun is that! Thanks so much Theresa! Go check her out at The Happless Ramblings of a New Wife & Mother! She is so great & has a little girl that is cute as a button!! Again not really sure how the rules work so I am just gonna pass it along!

I don't have a bunch of time to write out why I love these blogs, the kids are running around like hooligans! Just know that they are great blogs & great ladies! First up is Mistee at Our Family Blog #2, then Tabi at Tabi Rambles On, & last but not least Jeannie at Jeannie's Happy World.

So go on check them out! Whatcha waiting for? Go on...

For me...You shouldn't have...But I will take it anyway!

Good afternoon all! Its been a few days since I have posted about anything other than the miscarriage so I thought I would tell you about an award Maggie passed along to me! If you haven't been keeping up with Maggie, you really should! She always has fun stories about her adorable boys that will keep you laughing! She is also another Mom that loves Christmas & also already has her house decorated, see I am not the only crazy spirited one! Anyway she passed this along...

I am not sure if there are any rules to pass it along but she picked 3 so I am doing the same!

First is Megan at Ramblings of a Crazy Mom we have kids that are pretty close in age & they were the same thing for Halloween this year! She always has funny stories about her boys, especially today's about shall we say...chili! Go check her out!

Next up is Meredith at Therapeutic Ramblings of a Mom! I love when I get online & find out Meredith has a new post! She has such a way of putting things, that God speaks to me through her every time! It's truly amazing & I love to hear what she has to say next! She also has 5 adorable kids that have also provided entertainment stories as well, this one did a little of both...go see!!

That brings us too Jessi Dawn at Intense Blessings! Let me tell you if you looked up the definition of supermom I am convinced that her picture would be there! She just had her 4th baby...at home after more than 30 hrs of labor! She is an inspiration to me with all she does! Plus you have to read her bra story!!

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Really quick I want to thank you all again for continuing to pray & leave sweet comments for me! It has been a rough week, but feeling all the love being poured our way has been amazing! Thank you again!

Update & New Blog Award

Good evening! It's been a few days & I swear I have been trying to get on to blog but there has been so much going on! Between laundry, bills, kids, dentist appointments, I am lucky to even be able to sit down! I don't know about you ladies but after Halloween things go to warp speed around here, our weekends are booked up before we can blink! But this year it's starting even earlier! Anyway, now that I have rambled on I will get to what this blog is really about...ME! Actually I was given some serious blog love again! A new blog award see...

Tabi over at Tabi Rambles On was so sweet & sent this friendship award my way! I have loved reading her blog & the relating to another SAHM! Thanks so much Tabi, I really do wish we could meet in person! Maybe one day, who knows stranger things have happened!

So after accepting this award (which I so do!!) I have to answer a few questions & then pass it along!

1. Do you have the same friends since childhood?

I have caught up with a few on Facebook or Myspace but I have 2 that I see/hear from regularly! One of them is coming to see me this weekend actually & I am SO excited!!

2. What do you value most about your friends?

Just the fact that they are always there for me no matter what! And most of them have no problem telling what I need to hear, even if I don't want to hear it! They always have a ear to listen to me vent, cry, argue, or even whine from time to time! I don't have sisters so my girlfriends really are like family to me & I love them dearly!

3. Are your friends sounding boards?

Without a doubt, absolutely!

4. What is your favorite activity

to do with your friends?

It's not often we are without kids so that includes the park or playgroup! But on the rare chance I get a break I love to get go shopping with friends or even just get coffee & rant for a while! Ummm...coffee!!!

Now I have the privilege to pass along the award, so here are 3 ladies whose blogs I love to read on a daily basis! Check them out, you will be glad you did!

The lovely ladies over at Citymom/Countrymom, they are great! I love hearing from both of them describing how different & yet similar their lives are!

Next up is Mistee over at Our Family Blog #2, she is such a sweetie & keeps me laughing! Ask her about the furniture saga...or just read it here!

Then there is Heather over at Heathers Happiness, she is the one who gave me the idea to start blogging & I am so glad she did! Her little pumpkin is just the cutest little girl & I love hearing what she gets into!

That's it for me for now, I will try to post again sooner than later next time!

Until then...Have a great week!!

First I want to thank the Academy...

I got my first blog award! Seriously see...

How cute is that! I will proudly display it on my blog, thanks so much to ~*Mistee*~ for thinking of me!! I mean we haven't even "known" each other that long but I love reading her blog & seeing what her family is up too! We both love our God, our husbands, & our family's, plus we both live in Alabama see we have much in common! Except we are a blog-divided...but I can look past this...LOL!!!

So if I am doing it right I have to mention the blog & who gave it to me. Tell 6 things you value & 6 things you do not value. Then give the award to 6 other people! I mentioned the blog & ~*Mistee*~ so now to do the things I value & the things I don't!

6 things I value...
*My Jesus-"...But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD." Joshua 24:15b

*My Husband-He is my best friend & my love, what more can I say!
*My boys-They are the best thing that ever happened to me! I love them more than words could ever express!
*My extended family-I don't get to see them as much but I miss them so much & can't wait until Christmas so I can see them again!
*My Friends-I don't have any sisters so my girlfriends are like family to me! I could never explain how much they all mean to me!

*Being an American-I don't always agree with what goes on in the USA but I am thankful to live in a country where we have the freedoms we do!

6 things I don't value...

*Terrorism

*Abortion

*People who take advantage of our children in ANY WAY!

*Ignorance

*Violence on any person or animal

*Bad drivers

Now to pass the award along to 6 people...

First is Heather, she is the one who gave me the idea to start up a blog! So none of this would be possible without her...**sniff** LOL! She has a great blog with her little angel & some great photography pictures! She is so talented so check her out!

Next is my new blogger friend Tabi, she has such fun things on her blog to do! I have enjoyed checking her out everyday to see what she has next! So check her out & join in the fun!

Then there's Melissa, she is such a hoot! She has me rolling every time I read her blog! She has such a quick wit & even better she has a love for the Lord that is contagious!! So jump over & see what she has to say today!

Next up is Suz, let me tell you this Mom rocks! She has a set of quints that are just over a year old! They are so adorable & it's so cute watching all they get into! Suz has so much more strength & energy then I think I ever could!

And last is Brent, this is a guy that I went to high school with & last January was in a dirt bike accident! The doctors didn't think he would live much less walk, he has surprised them all! He is in a rehab clinic in Georgia now & making such improvements everyday! During it all his faith in Jesus has only grown & multiplied, his strength is amazing & I have now doubt he will walk again!

Okay I know it said 6 but I only went for 5, sorry! Thanks again to ~*Mistee*~ for my award!