I was just awarded my first blog award from my good online friend Camille! Thanks so much, this is such a delightful surprise for me!

Well, Camille certainly made my day last week! If I could award it right back to you, I would! Now, according to the requirements for this award, I am to choose six more recipients of it - bloggers who “Make My Day”.

So in no particular order :):

Stephanie is the blogging friend that lives the closest to me to date! She is around 2.5 hours West of us. I haven’t met her in real life…yet, but it is wonderful to be able to correspond with her through email and keeping up with her blog updates. She is my unassisted birthing hero, an inspirational, homeschooling Mom of 7!

Laura of Laura Williams Musings lives FAR away from us geographically, but I visit her blog daily to check out her daily contest round-ups (who knew that there were so many free goodies and contests to be won in the blogosphere? I’ve only realized this in the past couple of months!). I also enjoy reading her book reviews from a Christian perspective and hearing about her adventures in the garden and homeschooling her 7 children. I have learned a lot just from watching her blog and seeing how she has things set up on her site. How would I ever have found the FIRST Blog Tour Alliances without seeing those buttons in her sidebar?!

Penny Raine on her hose farm always includes so many photos on her blog, photos of her garden, photos of her family, lots of great pictures! And…she is the one who turned me on to PayPerPost (see red button in right sidebar to sign up - I’ve made over $90 in two months)! That in itself is worth a prize! Thank you sister!

Mimi Pearson - I’m going to drop this award on her personal blog, though I’m not too familiar with it.  Mimi is the hard-working, Christian, homeschooling mom, who also organizes the All FIRST Alliance Blog Tours (watch for an upcoming post)!  I am in awe of the work that she does online, tirelessly promoting Christian literature - for free.  I’m also so thankful for the opportunities that she has opened for me - a whole new world of online book reviewing.  Thanks so much Mimi!

Mama Archer - Host, organizer and administrator of the Quiverfull Blogroll - see right sidebar.  Thank you so much for connecting the Quiverfull blogging community together through your efforts.  Sometimes we can feel so alone in this area of our walk with Christ, your efforts have provided a sense of solidarity.

And one more!  Jocelyn, organizer of the Homesteading Carnival.  I have been participating in the carnival for a few weeks, and even had the opportunity to host one of the carnivals (and have another hosting slot booked in August).  Thanks for bringing all of us homesteading bloggers together!

Now I’d better get to bed!  I’ll have to drop in on all of these special ladies tomorrow to let them know about their award!