Tim Tebow & John 3:16

We are blessed to have our Lord use such a good example of a Christian to further His word AND have the media pay attention and give it such positive reviews. Our God is alive and working in America.

Thank you to Melissa Lester for giving me an Arte Y Pico award. I'm honored and always appreciate the kinds words she leaves in comments. I've never met Melissa, finding her blog by hopping around one evening. I visit daily now and find such joy in the lessons she gives, the decorations for family celebrations, and her zest for the beauty of Life.

The rules for accepting this award are:
1. Choose 5 blogs you consider deserving of this award for their creativity, design, interesting material and contribution to the blogging community, regardless of the language.

2. Each award has to have the name of the author and a link to his/her blog to be visited by everyone.

3. Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that presented him/her with the award.

4. The award winner and the one who has given the award have to show the Arte Y Pico blog so everyone will know the origin of this award. (It's in Spanish, which I can't read, so I'm hoping it's something nice!! If NOT, please let me know!!)

5. Show these rules.

My first award will go to our daughter, Jenny. I love clicking onto her blog and getting daily updates and snapshots of what her boys are up to. I check in at least twice a day to see what she's added. Her posts and pics never fail to tug at a heartstring.

Secondly, here's to Kelly. I was blog hopping one evening from Leah Hunt's and found this woman with the most beautiful little angel named Jenna. And then there were two angels! She's one of my favorite bloggers.

Kristy Gray would take the third award simply because she makes me laugh out loud when she's posting on the antics of her dog, her daughter, or Life in general. I miss having them live in Prattville.

Tony and Susan Griffies are raising twins, a boy and a girl, and I love visiting to see videos and snapshots of these babies! I've known Tony since he was in high school. He and Susan are working with the youth in Lakeland, Florida and stay busy!! Especially now that there are two little ones!

Dawn Edmonson not only shares so much of her heart with her posts, but she is a very talented artist. I would love to share some conversation with her over some good food.

Consider yourselves hugged, and thank you for bringing smiles to my heart. I love this means of staying in touch, learning new things, and meeting new friends~

I Won!

I won!! Dawn, The Feathered Nest, that I've spoken of before on here, had a contest and I won one of her gorgeous artworks!! I am so excited!!! I found Dawn by following blogs and have since checked in on a daily basis just to be uplifted by her caring nature and the beauty of her work.

Am I the only one or do you go through the blog listings of others and create a trail to see where the next blog goes? Have you ever clicked on any of my friend links to see if you know them, or maybe just because they sound interesting? At one time I thought I would list my favorite ones by their titles, and then realized that I have found some old friends because others listed them by name. Hence, that's why you see most of mine listed by name, just in case you look through and say, "Hey, I know them! and I didn't know they had a blog!" You can meet some really nice people this way, too. Such as Dawn Edmondson~

thank you, Dawn, for drawing my name and I'm eagerly awaiting the prize! Dawn sells her work on two online stores and you need to visit them, too! And of all the blogs I've traveled through, and that would be LOTS, Dawn is the only one I've found that will offer you the right to click on any of her artwork and save it for yourself to use in your crafts or even on your blog, as I've done. She loves pre-loved items and does the most wonderful things with them! Do yourself a favor and visit The Feathered Nest ~ you'll be glad you did. Maybe you'll win something, too!