Awards and Memes

I am seriously behind on awards and memes once again!!! SO here's my catch up post!

I was tagged by Deborah at Sunflower Stories for The Real Deal meme.

Here are the rules:

take a picture the way you would normally do to post on your blog, preferably crop it to showcase the subject. Then show us the "real deal"... the nitty gritty daily clutter that we sometimes try to avoid posting. Talk about the messes you cut out in the cropped picture. We'll still love you!!! Then tag at least two people and link back to your post. OK? Sound fun? Can't wait to be invited into every one's real life.

OK you asked for it! LOL This was an exceptionally messy day back in August... the kids decided it would be fun to throw clean diapers EVERYWHERE... they look cute, right?


Um yeah... how bout now? Don't you just love all the shoes in FRONT of the shoe rack???

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Carla at Masto Mama and Jenn at All About Mister Gavin gave me this Fabulous Blog Award! Thanks Carla & Jenn!

Conditions of the award say that I must list 5 of my favorite addictions and then pass the award along to 5 other blogs. Soooo, here goes:
1. Candy Cane Hershey's Kisses! YUM!!!!
2. McRib Sandwiches! LOL
3. Blogging (Duh)
4. Candles
5. Buying cute clothes for the kids


I now pass this to:
1. Deborah
2. April
3. Holly
4. Amanda
5. Nadine

Okay so to the 5 of you, the rules of this award are:

1. You have to pass it on to 5 other fabulous blogs in a post.

2. You have to list 5 of your fabulous addictions in the post.

3. You must copy and paste the rules and the instructions below in the post.

Instructions:
On your post of receiving this award, make sure you include the person that gave you the award and link it back to them. When you post your five winners, make sure you link them as well. To add the award to your post, simply right-click, save image, then "add image" it in your post as a picture so your winners can save it as well. To add it to your sidebar, add the "picture" gadget.
Also, don't forget to let your winners know they won an award from you by emailing them or leaving a comment on their blog.

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Holly at Life With The Aytes tagged me for a different picture meme! The rules are to post my 4th picture from my 4th folder... so here it is:

Poor Kennedy! I think this is when Keeghan hit her in the eye!

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Amanda at Proud Mommy of Four presented me with The Proximity Award



The Reason for the Award is:

"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."

I pass this on to Jenn and Carla.

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April at The Narretto Family tagged me with another picture meme similar to the one above, but this time I have to go to my 6th folder and post my 6th picture! Here it is:

Isn't he cute?! :)

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Nadine over at The Albrecht Squad tagged me for the 6 random things meme. You can read random things about me here, here, here, here, and here. Can I come up with 6 more?!

1. I HATE being cold... hate it hate it hate it!
2. I love Schwans. We order A LOT of food from them!
3. I can't wait until Frank comes home so he can start taking the trash out again! LOL
4. I have a new candle that is wildflower scent and it is my most favorite EVER!
5. My bedroom is a big mess. I can't seem to keep it clean no matter how hard I try.
6. I really love my quiet time after the kids go to bed! LOL