Hmmmm....Notes....of Joy??

I was just thinking...I should be writing NOTES not dissertations when I blog!! I promise to endeavor to be mindful of how long my posts may be and to learn how to post my pictures in a slide show format instead of individually. Ok...so this note has now been noted.

Fall Snow Fall

I am sitting here at my computer listening to the rain fall on my roof. It is coming down harder now and I just love the sound of it!! My hubby and I are praying that it continues through the night and that the temperature continues to drop. You see, Mark has a 45 minute drive every morning through the mountains to Victorville for work. If it continues to rain here in Rialto and the temperature continues to drop, then there will be snow on the pass and he may get a day off!! So.....fall rain, fall temperature, and fall snow.....FALL!!!!!

This is a picture of the Cajon Pass, Interstate 15, on a past snowy day.

By the way, the rain is even HARDER now!!! Yes!!!!

NOTE: Sadly, it did not snow enough to keep Mark home today. However, as he crested the hill coming into Hesperia this morning before 7 am, it was snowing there and he is worried he may not be able to get back home this evening.

New Year Joy From One Branch to Another!

Happy New Year everyone!!! Yes, it is already the 11th of January and I am now actually posting for the first time in 2008 but cheers to you anyway!

I had a little fun yesterday drawing the following picture in the Paint program on my computer. It is based on a plaque my mother made probably 30 years ago. She took myself and my siblings and fingerprinted us on a piece of paper with a tree drawn on it. Then she made the fingerprints look like owls, burned the edges of the paper, glued it to the plaque, and shellacked it. She still has it and I was thinking about family yesterday when that plaque came to mind.

Now, when I was drwing this picture I was thinking about my immediate family and the family tree when I drew this but this morning I thought I would share the picture with the branches of my other family,

the family of God.

So, from the McVays of Rialto to those who are the family of God,

greetings and best wishes for the year 2008!