Right now I am waiting patiently to head out to PARTY!!!!!!! Tonight we are going to the Dan and Gabriella Crafts home to celebrate the New Year Latin Style. Unfortunately I have been nauseated all day long.
I received a wonderful email from Kerin Alvarez, one of the young men I helped bring into the gospel. He finally got his mission call. He is going to the El Salvador San Salvador East mission.
2008 Angola Family Review
1. Vacation to Nashville
2. Benji started using whole sentences (even though he speaks Spanglish)
3. After a year and a half of trying we are finally Pregnant.
4. Albert got employee of the month 5 months running
5. Benji Survived Thanksgiving.
Well, Not much happened this year. But next year will sure be a doozy.
For those of you planning to do your New Year's resolution just remember this quote:
"New Year's resolution goes in one year and out the other"
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
Great Grandma Jessie
On Sunday my Great Grandma finally passed away. I say finally because she has been holding on to life by a thread for a long time now. She died at the ripe Ole age of 96. Can you imaging living 96 years?
She was born on October 11, 1912. She was raised right here in the Knoxville area. Grandma had an interesting life, which included an extremely active single life. We had found out recently that my Grandpa, her first son was not my great grandfather's child. My grandmother became pregnant by a sailor and raised my grandpa by herself for 3 years until she met my great grandfather, who adopted him. My biological great grandfather's name is Frank Knot. So if anyone has any Knots in their family, we might be related. So when my grandmother revealed my this to me, my first question was, What were doing with sailors? I shouldn't have asked. Turns out my Great Grandmother danced with a group called Daughters of America. They were a group of girls who would "entertain" sailors while they were in town. I mean entertain as dance half naked nothing else. Hello!!!! Shocker!!!
Even though she had a rough young adult life, I am so happy she overcame it. She married a well, had 3 more sons, too many grandchildren and lots of great-grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren.
She outlived all of her cousins, her husband, her brother and sister, and 3 of her sons. She has so many of her close family members waiting for her on the other side that I know she happy to finally be with them. I miss you and love you, Grandma.
She was born on October 11, 1912. She was raised right here in the Knoxville area. Grandma had an interesting life, which included an extremely active single life. We had found out recently that my Grandpa, her first son was not my great grandfather's child. My grandmother became pregnant by a sailor and raised my grandpa by herself for 3 years until she met my great grandfather, who adopted him. My biological great grandfather's name is Frank Knot. So if anyone has any Knots in their family, we might be related. So when my grandmother revealed my this to me, my first question was, What were doing with sailors? I shouldn't have asked. Turns out my Great Grandmother danced with a group called Daughters of America. They were a group of girls who would "entertain" sailors while they were in town. I mean entertain as dance half naked nothing else. Hello!!!! Shocker!!!
Even though she had a rough young adult life, I am so happy she overcame it. She married a well, had 3 more sons, too many grandchildren and lots of great-grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren.
She outlived all of her cousins, her husband, her brother and sister, and 3 of her sons. She has so many of her close family members waiting for her on the other side that I know she happy to finally be with them. I miss you and love you, Grandma.
Monday, December 15, 2008
I've been tagged
A)The rules are posted at the beginning.
B) Each person answers questions about their sweethearts.
C) At the end of the post, the person then tags 6 people and posts their names; then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment, letting them know they have been tagged.
1.What is your husbands name? Albert Benjamin Angola
2.How long have you guys been married? 3 years 4 months
3.How long did you date? ooh that's a good one....well, we were good friends in the mission (nothing happened, just friends) After we wrote a lot, but in person we were together for 2 months before we got married.
4.How old is he? 25
5.Who is taller? Albert, but before I went to Bolivia I thought I was.
6.Who can sing best? neither, but it works to our advantage when we want to wake up Benji.
7.Who is smarter? UUUm I am....but he is pretty smart too
8.Who does laundry? I do. Albert tried once and used way to much bleach and ruined all of our white clothes
9.Who pays the bills? we both pay equally
10.Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Depends on if I feel pregnancy nausea, I might try to sleep closer to the door
11.Who mows the lawn? Good thing we live in an apartment, but if we had a lawn. Albert would
12.Who cooks dinner? I do. Albert will cook once in a while but it is always some weird creation and Benji and I end up eating peanut butter and jelly
13.Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? we are both to prideful for that. we just stop talking until it passes
14.Who kissed who first? Albert kissed me in the airport not 5 minutes after I got to Bolivia
15.Who wears the pants? I let him wear the pants, but just because his butt looks so good.
I tag--Stephanie, Hailey, Lindsay and Teresa
B) Each person answers questions about their sweethearts.
C) At the end of the post, the person then tags 6 people and posts their names; then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment, letting them know they have been tagged.
1.What is your husbands name? Albert Benjamin Angola
2.How long have you guys been married? 3 years 4 months
3.How long did you date? ooh that's a good one....well, we were good friends in the mission (nothing happened, just friends) After we wrote a lot, but in person we were together for 2 months before we got married.
4.How old is he? 25
5.Who is taller? Albert, but before I went to Bolivia I thought I was.
6.Who can sing best? neither, but it works to our advantage when we want to wake up Benji.
7.Who is smarter? UUUm I am....but he is pretty smart too
8.Who does laundry? I do. Albert tried once and used way to much bleach and ruined all of our white clothes
9.Who pays the bills? we both pay equally
10.Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Depends on if I feel pregnancy nausea, I might try to sleep closer to the door
11.Who mows the lawn? Good thing we live in an apartment, but if we had a lawn. Albert would
12.Who cooks dinner? I do. Albert will cook once in a while but it is always some weird creation and Benji and I end up eating peanut butter and jelly
13.Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? we are both to prideful for that. we just stop talking until it passes
14.Who kissed who first? Albert kissed me in the airport not 5 minutes after I got to Bolivia
15.Who wears the pants? I let him wear the pants, but just because his butt looks so good.
I tag--Stephanie, Hailey, Lindsay and Teresa
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