Wow! I'm really flattered to have received not one, but two awards from my friend, Pam at Pam's Perspective. Thank you, Pam. I love your blog and am glad we have become Blogger buddies. Pam lives in Rhode Island and she has renewed my life long urge to see more of the Northeast : )Here is the first award~

The Lemonade Award:
The lemonade award is for showing great attitude and/or gratitude. Each award has a pay it forward concept...

The Rules:

1. Put the logo on your blog, nominate at least 10 blogs, which show great attitude and/or gratitude.

2. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.

3. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.

4. Share the love and link to this post, and/or to the person from whom you received your award.

Pam was also gracious enough to bestow another award on Traveling at the Speed of Life, the Kreativ Blogger Award:

The Rules:

1. List 7 things that you love.

2. Link to the person who has tagged you

3. Choose 7 more bloggers to give the Kreativ Award to.OK, here goes.

Seven things I love:

1. God

2. My Family

3. Coffee

4. Wildbirds

5. The Great Lakes

6. Traveling

7. Reading

OK, now the best part. I get to pay it forward. I'm passing these amazing awards along to the following wonderful bloggers (in no particular order)~

1. Ginny at Small Things With Great Love

2. Hannah at Our Lifesong

3. Heidi at Mt.Hope Chronicles

4. Jena at Organized Chaos

5. Lovelyn at Moments With Love

6. Deidra at Jumping Tandem

7. Leah at A Silly Little Sparrow

8. Laurel at Trailing Spouse in Kathmandu

9. Kimberly at Going Pink

10. Saskia at Seven Xs and Y

Thanks Pam for thinking of me and sharing the awards! To all the bloggers I gave the awards to, please pay it forward : )Blessings to you all~

Hello All! Welcome to "Traveling At The Speed Of Life". What do you think about the new look? I am thrilled with it! It just screams ME : ) Please be patient with me as I fix all the titles and sidebar information. I hope you all will enjoy the new name of my blog and the new look. Lindsey just did a fabulous job! Thank you so much Lindsey, I love my new Blogosphere home. If you want a custom Blog design or redesign go over to Lindsey Joy Design. Her pricing is very reasonable, she works quickly and efficiently and her designs are all so well thought out and pulled together. So, look around and please give me your thoughts. Have a great weekend!

Hello All! My Blog is in the process of being designed by Lindsey Joy at Lindsey Joy Design. I love all of her previous blogs she has designed for her clients. I have been so thrilled for her to design it as she is a sister in Christ and a missionary in Panama with Calvary Chapel. I would highly recommend her as she is wonderfully creative and pulls it altogether very well! Lindsey is very busy, so get on over there if you want a new blog design for Summer : ) I am excited to show you all the design real soon. God Bless~ Crystal

Hello All! I was excited to receive a blog award from my friend, Michele, at Sweet Irie today : ) I love her wristlets that she makes by hand. They are the perfect gift for any women, but especially a busy mom. I can lose my keys quite quickly as I run to and from the car supervising all five of our bunch getting strapped in the "Briden Bus". The award is awarded to a blogger who you feel shows great attitude/gratitude. Thanks to you Michele : )

Now I get to share the award with other fabulous blog sisters!!

This is how it works:

1. Put the logo on your blog or post.

2. Nominate at least 5 blogs which show great Attitude and/or Gratitude!

3. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.

4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.

5. Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award.Here are the great blogs I want to share this award with...In no particular order:

Seven Xs and a Y

A Silly Little Sparrow

Rebuild The City

Organized Chaos

Peters Peapod

and I have to do six : )

Small Things with Great Love

Blessings and Love to you all!!! You ENCOURAGE me : )

Hello All! I am excited to announce that The Briden Bunch is changing soon. Lindsey from HERE is designing a new blog for me. I am so excited as I have wanted a "professional" looking blog for a long time now. I have been blogging for over two years now, so I am treating myself (and you) to new look. I am excited for it to all come together. Watch for the changes coming soon ! Please continue to comment as I love to read all of your thoughts.

On a side note, if you need to contact us we would love to hear from you-

Email us at thebridenbunch@yahoo.com

God Bless~ Crystal

Hello All! Well what do you think of the new blog design? My friend, Nikki, did a GREAT job!!! I love it : ) I purchase a digital scrapbook kit and she does all the hard work. The digital kit I purchased was called "Out of Africa". I took one look at it and knew it needed to become our new home in cyberspace. Please go check our Nikki's blog. She does a great job, fast!!!! The money goes to her trip to provide much needed help to those people living in poverty in Ethiopia and the Dominican Republic. Thanks Nikki, Great job!!!

Hello All! For many reasons I am considering making this blog only available to people I know or want reading our blog. Many factors have contributed to this decision. Please email me at thebridenbunch@yahoo.com , if you would like to continue to view our blog. Include your email address in the email and I will add you to our list of readers. You don't have to be a person who comments on the blog or checks it that often, I want a majority of people to read it : ) I just want us to have more privacy and protect against people who would wish us ill. Thanks and I will leave this up for a week or so. God Bless you all~ Crystal

Hello All! Check out my new blog @ http://www.crystalscoffeebreak.blogspot.com/

I wanted a spot to share my coffee thoughts. Please come and join me for coffee : )

Hello All I am experimenting with a new blog template. Let me know what you think. I like this template. My favorite color is blue. If I was a template I think this would be me : ) I can change it easy enough, I will just lose some of my widgets. If you my viewing audience don't like it I will change it to something else. Please post a comment and give me your opinion.

Also I forgot to follow up with the winner of the "Guess Hope's birthweight" poll. It was our cousin Randy from California, he hit it dead on. Hope weighed 8 pounds even. Thanks Randy for guessing!!! Have a good night everybody : ) Love, Crystal