What an adorable Award: I Love Your Blog! Thank you Rhonda at Living Water Christian Academy for thinking of me and giving me this award. I really appreciated receiving this award and what a WONDERFUL way to be welcomed back to the blogging world after my "short" summer break.

Now to "Pass It On" on to five... (oh this is a tough one)

Patricia at Classical Education Our Way takes some of the best pictures in the world, is always sharing what she loves to do with her family, and is a blessing to visit with in IRL.

Tami at Ambleside Classical is always sharing what she is doing with her DD and I just can't wait until she comes off her summer blog break!

Tressa at Tressays is a wonderful writer! I love reading her posts. I feel as if I am sitting down with a cup of jo visiting with her and listening to her talk IRL. (Hey... I need to do that soon!) I need to spend a little time catching up on her blog since my blog break. Sad to say, I've barely visited any blogs during my break and this is one blog I wish I would have visited more often. How are you doing my friend? *Ü*

Barb at Handbook of Nature Study! I saw LisaWa gave her the award for her other blog (Harmony Fine Arts) so I am hitting this one! *Ü* This award says it all! Thanks for all you do for others! You are such a great encourager and it is a blessing to know you. (Update: I just noticed Lisa awarded her for both blogs! Hey that's not fair!!! LOL Anyways, my decision still stands *Ü* )

And the next award goes to everyone else that stops by here to see what Jetihoja Academy is up too. This award is for you! Grab the button and pass it on! *Ü*

Award: Blogging With A Purpose

Lisa at Kiononia Academy blessed me this evening with this wonderful award... Thanks so much, Lisa, I feel very special that you would have thought of me. I am... blessed!

Rules:

1. Awarded parties must nominate five people who have not received the award.

2. The blogs that receive the award must serve some purpose.

3. In their post about the award they need to link back to this entry.

4. Awarded parties must post the award banner on their site. The banner must remain linked to this site.

Oh man, there are a more blogs than just 5 I would love to give this award to. I am hoping that it will eventually end up at those wonderful blogs. Here are the 5 I have chosen to give this award to:

Tressa at Tressays: This is a person that I not only know in blog land, but in person. I am blessed to know her and her wonderful children. I really enjoy visiting her blog. She writes from her heart and shares her thoughts in an engaging, wonderful way.

Tami at Ambleside Classical: Tami is one of the first blogging friends I made when I first started blogging. I am blessed by her wonderful posts, how she encourages other homeschoolers, and is so willing to share her thoughts/ideas/lesson plans with other homeschoolers.

Lee at My5WolfCubs: This woman is an amazing artist! She is a wonderful encourager, does wonderful projects with her children, and is extremely inspiring.

Susan at Short on Words: Oh my... Just one look at her blog and you will be inspired! She definitely has a purpose and a true gift. Every time I visit her blog I am inspired to take better pictures. Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful gift with others.

Daisy at Lesser Road Academy and Mom, What's for Dinner: Wow, one look at either of her blogs and you know she has a purpose. She shares her wonderful homeschool activities with us all and her love for cooking.

As I said before, it was hard to only choose 5... I have met some of the most wonderful folks in blog land. I am inspired by many other blogs. Thanks you everyone for sharing your heart, life, and home education with others. I am truly blessed.

Nice Matters Award

"This award is for those blogger's who are nice people; good blog friends and those who inspire good feelings and inspiration. Also for those who are a positive influence on our blogging world. Once you've been awarded please pass it on to others who you feel are deserving of this award."

Thank you Lisa for thinking of me! I feel so.... SPECIAL!

I am glad you found out the scoop on how to pass this on & posted the details, because I would have been asking you all those same questions! That was a very "NICE" thing for you to do for others!

Now for me to pass it on to 3 wonderful bloggers....

The one person that jumps out at me immediately is Tami! She is always thoughtful, helpful, encouraging, sharing, inspiring, and so much more. I always enjoy seeing her posts on the WTM board and viewing her blog. She is so creative and always doing wonderful learning projects with her dd, or heading out on some kind of adventure with her family. Thank you, Tami for being you!

Another person that comes to mind is my dear friend Roberta! Though she doesn't blog much about her homeschooling side of life (still hoping she will....), I enjoy her blog and enjoy seeing the silly things her dh comes up with to post. They are both wonderful people.

And finally, a person that came to my aid when I just created this blog for the 1st time. I had no idea what I was doing... I was frustrated... confused... and a wee bit angry at my computer for a little while. So I posted a "HELP ME", post to the WTM board and this person contacted me... A total stranger to her... to help a fellow blogger in need. I couldn't thank her enough for all the emailing back and forth and the wonderful advice she gave me. Thank you for being so nice, Melkhi!

I wish I could pass it on to more people, as I think there are so many helpful & "NICE" bloggers out there!

Holly At Miracle Ranch Summer Day Camp 2007: The Rodeo

Now is time to share about the event you all have been waiting for... *Ü* The RODEO!

Holly had so much fun participating in this event. They had an opening ceremony, where cowboys and cowgirls (the wranglers) rode around the area with flags and we sang our National Anthem.

Then Holly participated in a sack race, barrel race, and a stake race where she was able to ride the horse with out any help; down the arena a little ways, turn around a stake that was at the opposite end and head back to the starting line.

She came in 3rd place for the stake race and received a yellow ribbon. After this camp, our daughter wants to get her own horse and compete in anything and everything to do with horses.