And the WINNERS are . . .

Well, between our family gatherings for the Easter holidays, working 5 out of the last seven nights, loading up my son's moving van of belongings to move him across the country, volunteering as an RN for General Conference, tending all my friends and neighbors dogs because they are out of town for Spring break (and I'm NOT because I'm working!), and cutting out, sewing, ironing, and trimming 70 quilt squares for my daughter's graduation quilt, I had put my prizes from my ULTIMATE BLOG PARTY 2009 post on hold

for just a bit.

But the moment has arrived . . .

drum roll please . . .

I had 14 comments and promised one prize per every 5 entries. I made 3 beaded bookmarks and decided I'll give them all away. I'm trusting my high tech random number selector to choose 3 random numbers . . .

And the winners are:

#5 Joy for your Journey who said, "Kristin--guess what I just ate? One of your wonderful, very yummy (and fattening :-) banana, chocolate chip muffins! I made them last night with some bananas that were going bad but made everyone wait until this morning to have one. What a sweet treat! Thanks so much for the recipe."

(you too can find this yummy recipe here.)

#10 BrandyEllen

Who said,

"Just dropping by to see your blog, since you stopped by mine during this great UBP 09!

Love your place! Hope to visit again soon!thanks, brandyellen@writingsofawahm.com"

#13 BABA

Who said,"Hi! So nice

to meet you and your family. You can sure tell your are all related. Party hopping and participating too so stop in for a visit."

Congratulations ladies! May you never LOSE your place again!

(That was sooooo fun!)

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Do you Blog? Gather 'round!

Hello to all my friends who blog! You won't want to miss this big blogging event. I stopped by to check it out and it really is a lot of fun. (But wait! Pick a day when you aren't tooooo busy, cause it's kind of addicting!)

There are tons and tons of really cool, informative, helpful, friendly, kind, courteous (ooops - getting carried away here, starting to sound like my little cub scout group . . .) blogs out there to go visit!

You'll find new recipes, ways to decorate your house, places to travel, things to do,
sights to see!


Sounds like a party right?


It is!
It's the Ultimate Blog Party 2009.



They even have prizes too. Many of the bloggers have donated cool prizes for those who come by, visit other bloggers and leave comments. Even if you don't have a blog, you can still win a prize. I donated a few myself - so I'm excited to see who wins. I know -
I would be happy to win any of the fun and exciting prizes they have available.

In fact, here's a photo of the prizes I donated. You can win one here by commenting on my blog.
For every 5 comments I'll send one randomly selected winner one of these beautiful book marks.
(Up to 3 total).
They are one of my favorite things, and turn out really nice. So you have a one in five chance of receiving a bookmark created especially for you just by leaving your comment here!


Come to the party!

Especially if you blog, it will be a lot of fun. I hope you can find a way to participate also.

Oh yes! - And what would be a party without food? I'm going to post some of my favorite party food recipes this week - just for a more festive atmostphere!

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