My First Award: the little things that make you happy!

"Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces
 of good fortune that seldom happen as by little 
advantages that occur every day." 

- Benjamin Franklin-

My dear blogger friend Colleen at http://fivefeetoffun.blogspot.com has surprised me tonight with this wonderful award {my first award ever! It's a big deal! } and I am happy to share it with my loyal readers. 

Along with the award come these responsibilities: I must share with you 7 facts about me and pass the award to 10 bloggers of my choice. How fun! Here I go:

About Me:

1. Spanish is my first language. I can also speak Italian.
2. I LOOOVE Country music. Big Brad Paisley and Josh Turner fan!
3. I can sing the Ave Verum Corpus by Mozart in Soprano {and I am good!}
4. I don't like spiders...if I see one, I get the goosebumps then I run {including daddy long legs}
5. Sometimes I wish I could have auditioned to American Idol {Too late now, but I Love my Life}
6. I am an Industrial Engineer and still practice everyday running my hubby's business.
7. I use to be a print and runway model in my hometown {insert a wink here!} 

Ok, enough about me! Now let me award ten wonderful and inspiring bloggers:

1. Lexie at VoiceBoks- The Voice of Motherhood
2. Amanda at Kevin and Amanda
3. Barbara at Español Para Niños
4. Aurie at Our Good Life
5. Lisa at I Am All a Twitter about Life
6. Christin at Mom Blog of Two Little Misters
7. Melanie at Livin' the Dream
8. Samantha at Medtopicwriter
9. Steph at Pendants by Steph
10. Can I send it back to my favorite mama? Why not? Colleen at Five Feet of Fun

This has been so much fun! Thanks Colleen! Have a great evening everyone!