Alan's Birthday and Another Girls' Weekend

Has it dawned on you that we are already more than 1/12 of the way through 2011 -- and I am still writing 2010 on all of my checks. Where did January go?

We have been busy here on Rockingham. Doing this.

What's this you say? Well, let me tell you.

We celebrated Alan and Uncle Tony's birthdays. I mean that -- we CELEBRATED! Recently, we have been confronted with the unfortunate trials of illness. A mother at the girls' pre school passed away from complications due to a brain tumor last week. The same week, a friend was diagnosed with a brain tumor. She has three small children - the youngest is just a year old.

All of this to say, that this year instead of dreading another birthday....another year older... Alan and I are truly grateful for what we have - including our health.

Speaking of health - Alan has recovered quite well from his sinus surgery. Oh - did I not mention that? Yes, we also squeezed in a surgery this week.

In honor of January birthdays, we were lucky enough to have Shaun Doty come and cooked us a delicious dinner.

Let me introduce Shaun. He ROCKS == for lots of reasons - just one of them being that he is an amazing chef.

He and Alan hit it off discussing the importance of understanding and appreciating where our food comes from and what happens to it along the way. This is a hot topic in our house lately - but really it is best saved for another post.

OK - so the meal was rocked, Shaun rocked, and most importantly our guests rocked. We had a great time hanging out with everyone.

Oh - and this is Latham kickin' in a baker's hat....because kick it she can!

Happy Tuesday!