I Love SC weather (most of the time)...

The weather today was absolutely gorgeous...it felt like spring. It is nice to have a little variety in the temperature "extremes." I am hoping for a big snow, though...nice and fluffy (which is not what we usually get, but maybe)...and only lasting a few days! You never know. This is SC!

:) Ready to go...

Today was a whole day at home (minus a couple of errands, one of which included Wal-Mart...not a good idea for the first weekend the Clemson students are back :). All of the Christmas decorations are put away; the laundry is completely finished; the house is back in order. It was a wonderful holiday season, but I am ready to get back into a regular routine! Daniel will be one in just 3 weeks. Where has the time gone?

Happy New Year

We had a wonderful day with the Campbell family, especially enjoying Monroe and Katie's visit. In fact, we sisters decided to start a new blog: http://www.cincocooking.blogspot.com. Right now bread pudding is in the oven. Yes, we are starting the new year off with a bang, that is a bang to the diet. How about starting that diet on Monday?

Family

We are having a wonderful time with Dan's family this week. They made the trek from Ohio to spend a few days with us. It was especially nice to have help with Dan's post-wisdom teeth-extraction recovery yesterday. The procedure went well and the recovery is going well so far. Having 2 teeth extracted is much better than 4! I have enjoyed cooking for the family :). We had buttermilk pancakes last night and a roast is in the crock pot this morning. And...Daniel is very entertained, enjoying time with his Grandma, Grandpa, and cousins, Stephen and Jacob!

Love our Seniors!

We invited our "Senior" teens over for dinner tonight. We are blessed to have a great group of kids! I am going to miss them when they graduate. We have watched them grow up over the last few years (well, most of them...I guess growing up is all relative :P...no offense to any of you who may read this :) into a group that has taken leadership and provided good direction for our younger teens. They have been a great pleasure to work with and to grow together with! I am going to miss the prayer times we girls have had together! But I would not want to hold them back! I know the Lord has a plan for each of them and I am excited to see how He will use them as they move forward to the next steps He has for them!