1 Year Blogiversary - Giveaway!!

1 year ago today,

I started this little blog as a way to keep up with family and friends...

to share our life and what God was up to.

(read my very first post here)

I had read maybe 2-3 blogs, maybe 2-3 times ever.

When this started, I had NO idea how much a part of my life it would become,

and how much I would be blessed by it.

I am truly truly blessed to be

part of the blogging community

that God has introduced me to.

Seriously, I have "met" other ladies through this blog that have become true friends,

and I have been impacted so greatly by the hearts that are shared here.

My little family has grown a lot in the last year...

so i feel like I've shared a lot with you through this blog.

{read some of my most-read posts from the last year here}

I want to say THANK YOU today.

Thanks to you who have kept up with our life through this little blog,

Thanks to you who I have never met or talked to but

read my little story here.

Thanks to those who just pop in every once in a while to catch up.

Thanks to my bloggy friends who I treasure so dearly...

you mean a lot to me.

I thank you because this blesses me...this little blog.

I am daily encouraged by other bloggers, readers, and friends,

and I literally had NO idea how much I would value the LIFE that this blog has brought me...

through my own sharing, and through the sharing of others.

SO to thank you...

I have a lovely necklace to give you,

from one of my favorite girls!

{who I get to meet in real life next month - yippee!}

Ashley from The Shine Project makes these cute necklaces,

and I thought what better way to say thank you for encouraging me

through this first year of blogging, than to pass on a "Shine" necklace to you!!

{and it benefits her precious project too!}

I have one myself and love it!

and i love that it says SHINE on it...

such a good reminder to let yourself be who God made you to be,

to shine in this world, no matter how you do it.

{oh and PS Ill be wearing mine to this event - you should come if you're in Dallas!}

to enter this giveaway:

mandatory:

1. be a follower of my blog (and leave a comment that you are!)

2. leave a comment to this post (about anything!)

additional:

1. follow Ashley at The Shine Project

2. tweet, FB or blog about this special giveaway

(=1 comment for each)

*leave a comment for each entry!*

closes Wednesday night, winner announced on Thursday!

so

THANK YOU, thank you.

from the bottom of my heart,

for making this blogging experience an amazing one, and

for adding so much to my life.

love yall. :)

{linking up here for Life Made Lovely Monday...

because this blog has added SO much lovely to my life!!}