My first blog award!

:) Actually, I think this is such a fabulous way to get to share new (to us) and interesting blogs with each other.

Kathy Vestermark over at Faith on the High Wire nominated me. I found Kathy's blog through a comment on another blog. The cool thing is, we actually have met IRL (in real life) once upon a time at my husband's medical school. Her blog is truly worthy of the award and I hope you'll go check it out.

The rules for passing it on are simple:

1. Accept the award. Post it on your blog with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link.
2. Pay it forward to 15 other bloggers that you have newly discovered.
3. Contact those blog owners and let them know they've been chosen.

Here are the bloggers I would like to bestow with the Lovely Blog Award: (Remember, these are all blogs that are new or new to me!)

Roxanne at Peace Garden Mama

Kaleolani at The Kitchen Witch -- there is a story behind that title. Go read about it!

Robina at Motherly Loving

Emily at Emily in the Philippines -- this is my little sister's new blog as she embarks on a two year journey in the Peace Corps. She is a journalist and a beautiful writer. And, no, I am not biased!

Jessica at Shower of Roses

*** Ok, that is all I can come up with for NEW to me...at least right now. I think I'll bend the rules to include a couple of blogs might very well be new to you!

Sarah at Amongst Lovely Things

Keri at Creating my own little Nirvana -- be sure to read this one

Joni at A Sticky Situation -- Joni is an amazing Mama and a card-maker extraordinaire!

I may have to come back and add others as they wake me up in the middle of the night with "How on earth did I forget to list THAT ONE!"

Thank you for the award, Kathy. And happy blogging and following to all of you!