Liebster Award

Pam at The Patriotic Pam nominated me for the Liebster Award! As a new blogger, I am super excited to share more about myself and my blog! Thank you Pam for the opprotunity!

The Liebster Award is given by bloggers to bloggers who have less than 200 followers (hey that's me!) I chose some blogs that caught my eye but didn't necassarily carry the same theme. 

Rules:
1. Each blogger should answer the questions the tagger has set for you. 
2. Choose eleven new bloggers to pass the award on to and link them in your post.
3. Create eleven new questions for the chosen bloggers.
4. Go back to their page and tell them about the award.
5. Each blogger should post eleven random facts about themselves.
6. No Tag Backs!!!

The Bloggers I Am Nominating Are:

1. Diamonds and Dog Tags

2. A Long Distance Love

3. Behind Every Great Man...

4. Fly Me Away

5. Honor, Courage, Commitment

6. My life as a Marine Wife!

7. Our Happily Ever After

8. Red, White, & Marine Wife

9. Somewhere Over the Camo

10. Sorority Life to Army Wife

11. Trials and Triumphs of Loving my Sailor

Questions Pam made for me:
{1}  What made you start blogging? I wanted somewhere to write down moments of my life like an electronic public diary 

{2}  Who do you admire most? My mom. She held the family together by the skin of her teeth and put up with my shit growing up!

{3}  Favorite vacation? Any trip back home to California!

{4}  Your most admirable trait? I am always smiling :)

{5} Sweats or Dresses? Summer dresses winter sweats!

{6} Dogs or Cats? Depends on the animal. If its got a great personality we'll get along, but if it pees in my house, theres the door! 

{7}  What is your favorite thing to do with friends? Anything that involves being together!

{8}  Grilling or Crockpot-ing? Grilling when my husband does it. He gets really creative and his food turns out amazing!

{9}  Tell us your favorite Sports team? Sports... whats that? :)

{10}  How many states have you lived in? 3: California (ages born to 19) Colorado (ages 19 to 22) and New Mexico (haven't had another birthday yet)

{11}  Since these are all military spouses, favorite thing you LOVE about being a milspouse? I would say unity. All I need to know if you're a military spouse and I already feel a connection with you.

11 Random Things About Me:

1. I love yarn (no shock to anyone who knows anything about me)

I've made all of these in the last 2 months!

2. I moved in with my husband after we dated 11 days!

Our cars are full of all my belongings! The white thing next to him is full of my yarn!

3. Before I found out I was pregnant with a boy, my husband and I used to call him Blueberry!

First sonogram!

4. My grandma was always my best friend and I love her husband like my grandpa!

This was taken Novenber 2009

5. I saw Paris when I was 10 years old

I'm the one with the pig tails 

6. I currently look like this:

7. The first time I hung out with my husband we hiked 7.5 miles up Pikes Peak and 7.5 miles back down with my dad

8. I've been on more road trips in the last 3 years than any other time in my life (in total there have been 7 road trips: Colorado to Indiana, Missouri, Texas, Mississippi, California and Arizona and from New Mexico to Colorado)

9. This has hung from my rear view since a giraffe tried to eat my hand

The giraffe wrapped his tongue around my hand and pulled it in his mouth!

10. My biggest craving while being pregnant has been:

11. While my husband was in basic I went to the place we got married and took pictures for him

Questions for my nominees:

1.  What made you start blogging?

2. Who do you admire most?

3. Favorite vacation?

4.  Your most admirable trait?

5. Pedicures or Manicures?

6. Beach or Mountains?

7.  What is your favorite thing to do with friends?

8. Whose the better cook in your house?

9.  What is your favorite hobby? 

10.  How many states have you lived in?

11. Since I think you're all married, how'd you meet?

Thanks again to Pam The Patriotic Pam for nominating me!