A Blog Award? For Me? How Sweet!

I am so honored to be the recipient of this award




from one of the most awesome bloggers I know, Jeanne....thanks sweetie!! Not only did Jeanne make my day with this award she wrote the sweetest and most touching things about me, she made my cry. I could very easily bestow this right back at her. If I had received it first, Jeanne would be tops on my list. Jeanne, I am so thankful for your freindship even though we have never met.....you are very special to me hun, thank you again for this award, thank you for sharing yourself with me, thank you for the emails, thank you for the support and encouragement you not only give me but other bloggers who are fortunate enough to know you and thank you for being my friend...You Miss Jeanne, you ROCK



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Now the rules of such an award.. to pass this award on to someone you think is deserving:

Display logo and link to who gave it to you.

Nominate at least 7 blogs.Add links to those 7 blogs........"Do I even know 7 bloggers??" lol

Leave the nominees a message that they received the award.

Okay ladies, it's your turn. In no particular order...

Beejo ......a.k.a the Best Sister Ever........... you may think me a little prejudiced because she's my sister ad all but I'm not...she's just an AWESOME blogger!!! She's a true journalist in every sense of the word. Not only is journalism her job, she finds time to touch and entertain with her life stories and insights. She tells it like it is, weather it's happy, sad, serious or funny...there's no sugar coating it here folks! And she stands behind her words to the very end even if it costs her, something I know I would never be brave enough to do. Even though she blogs on myspace ....this bloggin' Sista ROCKS!!

Tanya .... I was fornutate enough to meet Tanya on one of scrapbook yahoogroups. Tanya is sincere, sweet, random, honest and funny. I love her blog for friendship, randomness of topics and the great scrappy stuffs....yep, this bloggin' chic ROCKS!!

Denise ..... A Xanga friend, her blog is poignant and touching and informative. Through her ups and downs, she also tells it like it is with a rare honesty. Her blog dedication never comes to question. She can have a milliion things going on and still find time to blog about anything and everything in her life or that interests her.....I say, this bloggin' lady ROCKS!!


Amy ....Another scrappy pal, her creativity is always flowing. Thanks for always encouraging me to "get scrappin" Amy! Oh yeah, this bloggin' Mama ROCKS!!


Christi ....All I can say is coffee must be the secret to creativeness all the way around! And she's one hip and patient Mommy and a very dedicated blogger. Yep yep, this bloggin' Coffee Lover ROCKS!!


Christa ...Yet another scrappy pal. Christa and I share a love of Army Wives and scrapbooking. Keep up the great blogging Christa, I very much enjoy your site. Yes Ma'am, this bloggin' real life army wife ROCKS!!


Nattata .....A sweet Xanga friend, she always has nice things to say. She's my international friend and blog buddy. Her blog is fun and random. Ja, this bloggin' German ROCKS!!


Dandelionball ..... And another Xangan. She posts almost every day without fail...encouraging others with stories, poems, qoutes, scriptures and faith based cartoons. Her comments almost always make me laugh or smile. Yes Siree, this bloggin' teacher ROCKS!!

Jen .....Jennnnerssss! We also met through a scrapbooking yahoogroup. I have very much enjoyed getting to know Jen. I am priviledged to share in her joy and her heartache. She is an AWESOME scrapper and photographer and Mommy to 2 of the cutest lil' boys on the planet. Even if she doesn't blog that often, there's no denying....this bloggin' Chic ROCKS!!!

Lordy, Lordy...it's so GOOD to be Home!

So we just returned from Maryland from our vacation. Which really wasn't much of a vacation. I was telling Ron that someday I would love to have a real vacation..... where we can stay at a hotel, sleep in, not have any schedules or rushing to do everything on our list, some peace and calm and fun & just enjoy vacation. hmmm??!?!? don't know if that will ever happen but he seemed to think it was a good idea too and a girl can dream can't she :)

We talked about starting out with just a weekend....not exactly what I was orginally thinking. Buuut.... Now, I'm thinking Bismarck sounds good because I heard they have Ruby Tuesday. I ate there for the 1st time on our trip and Ruby Tuesday is now my ultimate fav restraunt!!!




Everytime we go on "vacation"...it's always to visit his family. Which of course it's good to see them especially for him being so far from them, I know he misses them. Especially after both his brother and sister died so young. But so yeah it's not vacation, it's just a trip. And we do try to fit "fun vacation type things" in too. Although Ron, Samantha and I seem to travel quite well, when we throw in other people....it doesn't work as well. I imagine it's probably the same for most people. And if it's not, don't tell me because I would prefer to believe it is..... I do live in my own little rose colored world afterall. But for as well as we do for just us as a family....we also tend to have more than our "fair share" of trip *Snafoos*

So my question is...How often do you/your family take a real vacation? One where you come home well rested and can't stop talking about all the fun you had??

I realize with most vacations there is that "agenda"...I guess that's just part of traveling. Ultimately why would one travel somewhere and not have any plans?? but I sure could use a real vacation.

Cami is currently on Vacay in Maryland

Well it's called vacation but technically....eh, not so much. We are visiting my BIL and his fiance and her son. One more day till we head to the beach for some camping and fun.
Be back on the 13th!