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Snow in Raleigh

When snow is predicted I don't believe it until I see it! I saw it today! It was a beautiful snow! The kids enjoyed making a snowman! I spent the day doing some scrap booking! I have an honor star album to have completed by August. The problem is I don't have any pictures. This album will hold 8 years of Biz's life. WHEW! I searched through lots of pictures to only find two I wanted to use. I hope I get it done! I also worked on our vacation album from 2007. I even unpacked two boxes. We get another day off tomorrow. Who knows what I will do. I would love to unpack a couple more boxes and scrap book again. We'll see! I shoveled the walk and drive way too!

A special time in history!

We are witnessing history in the making! I am so proud to be a part of it!

Busy as a Bee

I have been busy as a bee lately. I know when you read what I have been doing you will not believe it! I am just now taking down my Christmas decorations! RIDICULOUS! I have never put my decorations up before Thanksgiving nor have I ever left them until Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! I hope this is not an indication about how late I am going to get everything done this year.

I have been exercising again. Life is so busy. We went to Richmond and saw my father-in-law. He is recovering very slowly.

Happy Birthday Malakhi!

Happy Birthday Malakhi!

How did you grow so fast? It seems just yesterday you were born! I know it has only been 9 years! But they went so fast!

Hmmmm

Larry is Awake!

Joel went to see his dad this weekend. Praise the Lord he is awake! He was very active yesterday. If he continues to do well he should be off the vent in a few days! God is Good. The sooner he recovers the sooner he can be placed on the transplant list!

Thank you for all your prayers!

New Year Traditions

What are the food traditions in your family? We have some funny traditions in our family.

At the stroke of midnight we toast with sparkling grape juice. We always use stemmed glasses. We use sparkling juice because all ages can be involved.

For dinner on New Years Day we eat a combination of foods. My family has always eaten cabbage and corn beef. We put money in it. Why? My mom used this little trick to get us to eat the nasty stuff. You see, we couldn't keep the money if we didn't eat the food. We wouldn't have prosperity if we didn't eat all that was on our plate. I still put coins in the cabbage. It is fun. Cabbage represents financial prosperity. I researched and this came from Germany. My maiden name originates from Germany. My husbands family always eats black eyed peas and pork. His family gave pork up years ago because of his dad's heart problems. However, this year we had ham. Black eyed peas as a traditional food originated in the Southern United States and represents luck or prosperity. I read in one source that peas and cabbage represented coins and paper money. Pork originated in Germany. As I researched it I found that pigs can't look back only forward. They also keep evil away. In China a pig is looked upon as honest, tolerant and diligent. What a mix of food. Poor kids! What a meal. I added macaroni and cheese just for them.

We spent the day with my sister and her family. We took some good pictures. We are looking forward to the blessings in the year 2009.