5" of snow... Cliff made it home before it started to fall on Friday, February 12th. It was beautiful, but it melted quickly on Saturday the 13th.

Jenny took this picture of Miranda helping Jordan with an English project. She giggled and ran away saying, "Prediction: One day they will be best friends." (Miranda and Jordan tend to fight a lot.) Jenny is speaking their new relationship into being.

On Friday, January 29th it sleeted. The temperature continued to drop all day Saturday turning the slush to ice. Parker came over on Monday for breakfast, because the schools were on a 2 hour delay.

Happy Birthday Jenny!

Jenny turned 15 on January 19th! She had to postpone her birthday party a week (too many people went out of town for the long Martin Luther King holiday.) Three friends came over for pizza, cookie cake, movies, and a sleepover. Jenny got her learner's permit on January 20th.

Jordan loved practicing and playing on his church league team. (Tuesday and Thursday nights.) On Monday and Wednesday afternoons though, he would work out with a training coach. Those two hour sessions left him sore from push-ups and running suicides and laps. Although he moaned about those practices, he learned a lot. He is a great ball handler and shooter. But his strongest area is defense. He is all over the other players and snatches the ball before they know it.

Allergic to Cliff?

My eyes starting swelling up at night on December 23rd. The doctor is the one who made the correlation between Cliff being around more for the holidays and my allergic reaction. After several allergy test, I found out I need to clean more. I'm allergic to dust mites and need to wash my sheets in hot water weekly and vacuum twice a week. I also found out I'm allergic to nickel and fragrance! The combination of Cliff's use of new products full of fragrance and the dust mites made my eyes swell up at night. I am taking allergy medicine, cleaning more, and threw out the new products.