Awards from friends~

I've been awarded the Pure in Heart award by my friends, Hannah F. and Hannah K.! Thank you for your thoughtfulness, my friends! May we all try to be pure in heart every day, with God's help.

~"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” Matthew 5:8~

Here are the rules:
1. Post about the tag.
2. Choose 5 bloggers whom you'd like to give this award to.
3. Leave a comment on the blogs of the people you tagged, letting them know they were awarded.
4. Answer the questions along with your post. You can omit any you don't want to answer.



And here are the questions:

1. Which do you prefer–Apples, Oranges, or Bananas?
Oranges--sweet organic ones from Azure Standard!

2. How many siblings do you have?
Two, both younger brothers--and they're now both taller than me. :)

3. Where do you live–a prairie, Woodland, city, or other?
We live on the flat prairie land.

4. What are some things you enjoy doing with your family?
Playing games; watching movies; visiting friends; working; and swinging on our big swing-set.

5. Is your room clean?
Well, usually. Right now it could use some tidying up, as this is one room I didn't get to yesterday...

6. Which would you prefer to visit–Italy, Greece, France, Spain, or England?
France, or maybe England...

7. What is a scripture that encourages you?
This is a very common one, I know, but is some of the best news in the Bible to me. :)
~John 3:16, " For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life!"

8. Gum, chocolate, or jelly beans?
Chocolate!

9. What are your favorite types of books?
Fiction or non-fiction books that build character, inspiring you to be a better person. Gardening books are great too, as are cook books, .......

10. Which is your favorite ice cream flavor?
I like vanilla a lot, but Mint Bon Bon probably gets to be at the top of the list!

11. If you had to eat one type of food for two weeks, what would that food be?
Probably Mexican food (tacos, enchiladas....)

12. Are you an outside or an inside person?
In the Spring, Summer, and Fall, I like to be outdoors, but when the Winter months come knocking at the door, inside is definitely the place to be (once chores are done)!

13. What chore(s) do you like to do the most?
Milking, gardening, pie baking . . .

I tag: Anybody who'd like to do this, as there are many of my blogging friends whom I'd like to give this award to and I don't wish to leave anyone out...

The second award was the:

"A prolific blogger is one who is intellectually productive, keeping up an active blog with enjoyable content. "

Thank you again, Hannah F. for this award! :) (I'd give it back to you if you hadn't already had it...)

Feel free to have this award as well... I enjoy so many of your blogs, and don't wish to just pick out a set number to give this to. I know some of you don't do awards or tags at all, so that's another reason I choose to leave this open to whomever would like to accept it.

~Even if you don't have time to write often, it's great to see what the Lords' doing in your lives and I enjoy reading what you have to say when you do have a few moments.

The events of our day & an Honest Scrap award~

I'm cold! It's not even Autumn--quite yet.

In between rain showers this afternoon, the boys and I (and then our dad helped later when he got back from cleaning grain) cleaned up around the barns--meaning we picked up all of the things that were where they weren't supposed to be and put them where they belonged! What a great feeling to have that done with...

Then, when it started raining too much to be out of doors, we all headed in to work on inside jobs. I made my very first batch of Mozzarella cheese today!!! Thank you so much, Grace for teaching me how to do it! My cheese didn't look quite as nice as yours did, but it melted very nicely on the freshly made pizza we had for supper, and the guys commented on how much like store-bought cheese it was. :) The best part is that it wasn't even that hard to make!

And now I have an announcement to make:

I've been "Tagged" (for the very first time :) by my blogging friend, Rachel. Thank you very much, Rachel!

The rules are to pass this award on to 7 other bloggers whom I think are honest in their blogging and to list 10 honest things about myself.

So, after working on this in my spare moments for the last few days, here are my answers:

1. I honestly have never liked eating tomatoes raw, although I love them when they're ground up into sauces! It's just something about the texture of them that makes my stomach churn...

2. I love living in the country! (This part may not be a surprise to you though... :) In case you don't know this, I'm a quite, shy type of person (especially around people I don't know,) although when I was young, I was a whole lot more so. The Lord's been helping me, but I still feel much more at home in the quite of the country than in big crowds of people I don't know! Consequently, I love to write and can express myself so much better in letters (and through blogging) than I can in person. Being around people with the Sanguine personality type is always delightful, as they're so easy to talk to and I forget my shyness and feel right at home with them. Do you have any guesses as to whether or not I'll marry a talkative man someday? :)

3. I have 2 violins, an accordion, and a lap-harp--but I play the piano!

4. When I was younger, I had a LOT of pen-pals that I'd write long letters to. I still have a few, but mostly we correspond the modern way these days.

5. Being on time is important to me. It bothers me when the meals aren't ready on time; the chores are put off 'til late in the morning; the garden isn't put in on time; etc.... Does that mean I tend to be a perfectionist? Probably.

6. I honestly don't like baking cakes, but I do really enjoy decorating them, and the two kind of go hand in hand, so... I bake!

7. I love the color green... I used to like wearing pink things until my mom told me that the golden color of my hair didn't look so well against pink, so now I like to wear green a lot... If I have a big, old fashioned barn someday, I think it would look very nice painted hunter green! :)

8. I've journaled since I was 7 years old. My brother, Jacob likes digging out my first journal every once in a while and we have a good laugh together over the things I wrote and at how atrocious my spelling was... For example, my first entry ever was on August 12th, 1994. It reads: "To day i wock up in my bedroom and i soa my wallpaper and my cousns came today and today i put my closs up stars and hun them up on the hanrss." If you figured out what that said--congratulations! :)

9. My family and I rest and worship on the 7th day of the week. You may have guessed this before, as we are usually going places on Saturdays and listening to sermons--and then are working on Sundays... We felt called to the Sabbath 13 years ago, and we have kept it ever since.

10. The last honest thing about me, that you may or may not know, is that I like blogging! :) I especially feel blessed to have met so many new friends in such a short amount of time, and I look forward to getting to know you all better in the days, months and years ahead!

Well, there you have it!

Now, I'm supposed to award 7 other bloggers... This is going to be a hard choice, and I really wish I could chose more, as I've come to enjoy so many of your blogs and I learn so much from them--but the rules say 7 bloggers, so 7 bloggers it will be... (I know my mom will want to award some of her friends with this too, so if you're surprised you're not listed here, it's most likely because I want my mom or brother to be able to award you!)

If you've been awarded here, and if you want to participate, you need to award 7 other people on your blog; tell us 10 honest things about yourself; and put the award on your blog.

Here's who's "It": (in alphabetical order)

1. Andrew (my brother)

2. Anna

3. Grace

4. Hannah

5. Miss Jen

6. Mother

7. Virginia

Congratulations everyone! I look forward to hearing what you have to say. ~

I hope you all enjoyed getting to know me a little better today and that you'll still honestly want to be my friend--even after you know that I don't like eating raw tomatoes! :)