I'm still busy going through the photos I took and plan to share some later this week.

In the meantime, I was surprised and humbled by Deborah over at The Fairfield House this morning. She recognized my blog and me by sending The Lemonade Stand award. It's awarded for being a blogger who shows great attitude and gratitude.
If you haven't visited Deborah's blog you should pop on over. I think you'll find you enjoy it every bit as much as I do.
The rules for accepting this award are:
- Put the Lemonade logo on your blog or within your post.
- Nominate 10 blogs with great attitude or gratitude.
- Link the nominees within your post.
- Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
- Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award.
I am excited to accept the award from Deborah and will pass it along to some of my fellow bloggers.
I do recognize and understand that some bloggers prefer to have an award free blog. In picking my nominees I did check each one to determine if that is what they preferred. So if your blog is listed below and I somehow missed the fact that it is an award free blog, please accept my apologies for overlooking the designation.
The blogs I would like to recognize are (in alphabetical order):
Butts & Ashes - Marla has received this award before but I just had to recognize her again for inspiring blog and the work she does.
Chilie Cats - Cathryn crafts beautiful beaded jewelry. She and her husband have a special love for less fortunate felines.
He gave me a dream - I was truly blessed when I found Deb's blog. Her posts are so incredibly inspirational and I treasure each one.
Mickey and Me - I would love to be Melinda's next door neighbor in real life. I know we would be best of friends. We have a lot in common and share a love of grandchildren and animals. I'm blessed to have her as a blogging buddy.
Pickles on Pizza - Angela is a crafter with incredible talent. I'm always inspired when she shares something new that she has created.
Seasons of My Mind - This is another blog that has previously received the Lemonade Stand Award but deserves to be recognized again. Parsley is a wonderful Christian mother who, just like the rest of us, isn't perfect but is striving to do God's will.
Deborah, Thank you so much for recognizing my blog!