Happy Birthday, Dear Janice!

Hello, Everybody!

Happy New Year to you all. Today is Sharon's sister's birthday! We won't say just which one. The picture above is a new picture taken of Janice with her husband, Jim. As you can see, she is a beautiful lady. She is involved in all sorts of community activities in her town. She surely meets herself coming and going, whether it is volunteering at her daughter's school, her grandson's school, the hospital gift shop, or her service organization. She is one busy lady, and Sharon is very proud of her.

Happy Birthday, dear Janice!

And here are Janice and Sharon many, many years ago. Sharon is not quite certain how old they are. They look to be about ten and eight years old. That would make it about 58 years ago. Can that be?

Ellen's sister, Carol, will be coming to town very soon to help celebrate Ellen's big 6-0 birthday on January 27th. We will have a celebration and we promise to take some good pictures to post at a later time.

Other notes and news--Ellen went back to school this week. We are having an influx of students who are coming from Mexico. If you have heard, the drug war across the border is getting very scary. Parents are trying to get their children into a safe environment. This is putting a big strain on the schools who must teach the children in whatever their native language. Our bi-lingual classes are approaching maximum enrollment. Homes seem to be selling around our neighborhood. Some parents are desperate to keep the families together. Ellen must keep up with the shot records of all of these new students. Almost all of them need immunizations.

That's about all for now. Until next time. . . . . . . .