More pictres from the Amazing Marathon!

Top picture is Doug after the finish line of the Marathon. Liam found some friends at the race! We all enjoyed cheering Doug on!

Doug Ran the Marathon!

Today we cheered loudly as Doug approached the finish line of the P. F. Chang Marathon! He completed the 26.2 miles in 4 hours and 16 minutes! Better than he actually expected. Erin, Tony and Liam joined Carl and I near the finish line to watch for him and cheer him on! What a great accomplishment! We are so proud of him! More pictures to come.

Did you have your new year's feast?

It is a southern tradition to have collard greens and black eyed peas for the meal on New Year's Day. My Grandma White would always call on New Year's Day to be sure we had some or she would bring some over to us. Collard greens for green bax and black eyed peas for good health. I added potatoes and corny cornbread to round out the meal. Gavin enjoyed the dinner with Carl and I.
Hope you all had your greens and peas to insure a healthy, wealthy new year!

Happy New Year! 2011

We rang in the new year by partying hardy!  We were invited to 3 parties!  Doug and his friend cooked a whole pig for a pig pickin!  That was our first stop.  They did an awesome job with it.  They researched it online and found a place to buy the pig and rent the spit to cook it on.  It was wonderful and reminded us of NC!  We then went over to a friend's house for dinner.  We had a great Mexican feast!  We scooted out a little while to drop off Birthday Greetings to our Stake President who was turning 40!  We returned to Doug's and feasted on the pig - it was delicious!  Then back to our friend's to play a friendly game of "Scum" and to ring in the new year!  We were stuffed and ready for a good night's sleep by 1 am!
Happy New Year to All!