Saturday, January 8, 2010

Can you believe we are already into the 2nd week of January. We had our first King Cake at Jerry & Kayla's on Thursday night. These girls reallly take care of us. I cook 1 night, Joni cooks another, Kayla cooks another , and believe me they are awesoome cooks. It is cold here and we can't wait to feel the heat again. This morning is was 24 when I got up. brrrr, of course in Springfield , Ill. is was a big -8. so we were 32 degrees warmer, when you look at it that way we are so lucky. We'll be content. One thing I love is all the sunshine. In Ill. the gloom really gets to you or to me. Ill. has had lots of snow, thank God we left when we did or we probably wouldn't have gotten out until Spring. Davey bought a new 4 wheeler so I guess those kids are enjoying the snow. Tara and David went on the last day of the year and bought a new car, a 4 wheel drive to get around in the snow. Something to look forward to this week is the 60 degree weather heading our way on Monday.Guess we'll be heading to Holly Beach. Hip Hip Hooray! Well, better get off here, gotta go fix a big breakfast for everyone. Biscuits, gravy, sausage, bacon, fried taters, eggs, grits, we're eatin a brunch, no lunch, and then supper. Have a good day everyone and don't forget to go to church tomorrow and bless the Lord or stay home and bless the Lord, Just Bless the Lord.

Friday , January 1, 2010

Here we are in a new decade. Praying for the best year for all my friends and family. We are praying that the Lord blesses each of you, blesses our country, guides and directs each of us in His will, and gives our President wisdom, courage, and common sense. Today I am cooking, visiting, and playing more games. We had pork roast, cabbage, blackeyed peas, carrots, potatoes, mmmmmmmmmm it was a good day. God bless you all, everyone of you.

Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009

wow, hard to believe, this is the last day of this year. Where has it gone? This has been a hard year, economically for a lot of people, but the Lord is still my provider. Let's look at this year in a nutshell. January, my baby turned 38. February, Dominique turned 5, DayQuan turned 3, Becca, turned 13. She is growing into quite a young lady, Alex turned 16, John turned 64, we had lots of snow in Illinois, swore we would not spend winter there again if we could help it, homeschooled Becca & Sami for the rest of this school year, started our garden stuff. March, Dave & I married 41 years, (WOW), I turned 58,, Donna made it to 57 (BIG WOW), April, Elsie turned 83, Alzheimers is getting worse., we had a chocalate themed birthday party for her, she loved it.Dereck turned 21. May we moved in with Davey to help him out and planted a huge garden with heirloom seeds. June , my other baby, Tara, turned the big 40 . (Am I really old enough to have a 40 yr. old?) We also got a beautiful new great grandson. Davion Dakota Lee Clark was born on the 21st. (Davion is by the way the black version of Davey) July , my Brett turned 19, Derrick (our little miracle) turned 3. We had a really nice summer. Lots of rain, cooler temps, vegetables going wild. August , Nikki, my oldest grandchild, turned 24. She is such a beautiful lady and a wonderful mother to 3 beautiful little boys . Sami turned 15 and got her Drivers permit, (better watch out). Sept. went to our last Family Camp at Lake Williamson. Kind of sad, but it is now a business there instead of a christian retreat. October, Dave turned 62, yippee, SS time, but due to being born on the 5th instead of the 1st or 2nd, he is penalized and won't get his first check until Dec. (grrrr). Haley turned 17.November, we have no, I repeat, NO birthdays , we had a wonderful Thanksgiving and we are getting all packed to head south for the winter. December, yeah, Daves 1st SS check, Had Christmas early with everyone. packed up done, 16th left Illinois and from there read my blogs. As you can tell it was a wonderful blessed year. Now I'm gonna go play some games with my sis and her family and welcome in 2010. Praise the Lord!