Liebster Award

We were nominated for a Liebster Award!  Don't know what that is? Don't worry neither did we.
The Liebster Award is an award given to bloggers by other bloggers. A "High Five." A you're doing a "Great Job" award.  It's a great way to get to know the blogger and to recognize fellow bloggers. It's like a fun chain letter in the blog world that helps bloggers connect and support each other and to discover new blogs. 

We were nominated by Jackie from Rediscovering Lost Arts From Our Mothers. If you haven't checked out her blog before, take the time to do so.  She has some great passed-down recipes.

The award is given to blogs with less than 200 followers and there are a few rules:

1. Post 11 random facts about yourself.
2. Answer the 11 questions from the person who nominated you.
3. Pass the award on to 11 other blogs, who have less than 200(ish) followers, and link them in your post.
4. Ask the blogs you nominated 11 questions.
5. Go back to their blog and tell them you have nominated them.

11 random facts about us:

1. We all like cookies (a lot).
2. We all grew up within 2 blocks of each other. 
3. Lucy and I have three year old girls who are 3 days apart, and almost 2 year old boys who are 2 days apart. -Jamie
4. Kerry's and my mom taught us to have very active imaginations. - Lucy
5. I am a Gilmore Girls addict and Lucy is too. - Kerry
6. I wear Christmas socks year round (well when I wear socks). - Lucy
7. Even though I grew up in Idaho, I don't really miss snow at all but I do miss not so hot and sticky summers. - Lucy 
8. I hate cooking dinner, but I love baking. - Jamie
9. I taught myself to crochet, sew, and play bass guitar. That's why I'm not amazing at any of them! - Jamie
10. I LOVE to read. Possibly to the point that it's unhealthy. - Jamie
11. I love to ride horses and want to live on a ranch. - Kerry 

11 (she threw a bonus one in there) questions from Jackie

1. What do consider your biggest accomplishment in life? Marrying a kind, Godly man, and then having 2 (almost 3) amazing kiddos. -Jamie
2. What is your favorite thing to cook? BBQ Pork Ribs - Kerry, Cookies - Lucy (ok, that's bake but whatever), Anything that's baked- Jamie
3. What is your biggest vice? Sugar - Kerry 
4. Who is your favorite movie character? Princess Buttercup - Kerry 
5. What is your biggest pet peeve? Sticky Floors - Kerry 
6. If you were an animal, what would you be and why? A cat, because they just laze around all day-- only, I would need to be a coffee-drinking cat!  -Jamie 
7. What is your biggest regret in life? That I gave up on piano lessons...I'm sure I would have been a concert pianist by now if I hadn't..ok probably not. - Lucy 
8. What is the first word that pops in your head after reading this question? Cookies! - Lucy 
9. If you were in a beauty pageant, what would your talent be?  Hula Hoop- hahahaha -Jamie
10. Would you rather run down the street naked or eat a worm? Eat a Worm - Kerry 
11.  Zombies or vampires? Superheroes! Especially Batman, Wolverine, Iron Man...well you get the picture - Lucy 
12. Do you have a secret tattoo? Nope. None of us.

Our 11 questions for our nominees:

1. How many countries have you been to? 
2. What is your favorite household chore? 
3. Least favorite chore? 
4. Mountains or Oceans? 
5. Bob or Larry? 
6. If you could visit any place in the world, where would you go? 
7. Chocolate Chip or Peanut Butter (and yes we are talking about cookies)? 
8. Do you garden? 
9. Favorite old school cartoon?
10. As a kid, what was your nickname?
11. What would your perfect day entail? 

11 Blogs We Nominate:

The View from the Pew
Project Life: Anything But Boring
Simple Serendipities
The First Year Blog
Foster Care Dad
Living the Life Aquatic
Two and a Half Hearts
Another Broken Hallelujah
Diamonds in the Rough
A Little R & R
Fit Little Foodie