This quote is very appropriate for what's happening in the White House in 2009

"(W)hen a strict interpretation of the Constitution ... is abandoned, and the theoretical opinions of individuals are allowed to control its meaning, we have no longer a Constitution; we are under the government of individual men, who for the time being have power to declare what the Constitution is, according to their own views of what it ought to mean."

— Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Curtiss, March 6, 1857, dissenting from the Dred Scott ruling that slaves were property

Ethiopia

Here is a picture from my Ethiopia trip, Feb. 2009. I will be posting the link to snapfish.com and all1,212 pictures as soon as I figure out how to do it.

Merry Christmas

The Jackson family Christmas placecards made by Vicki Allin
Vicki, Sheri and Jill. The Jackson girls.

Levi

We've had Levi for one year now! We never thought we'd have an inside dog but here he is, all 3 1/2 lbs. He doesn't shed, and his poops are the size of a small tootsie roll, which makes accidents easier to handle. Tony and I seem to be raising our dog like we raised our boys. I'm always the bad guy and Tony is the good guy who feeds him things he shouldn't and lets him get away with things I wouldn't.

Winter is here!

This is a picture of our back yard and the first snow of the season. It wasn't much snow but it sure was pretty.