The.Miller.Family: Shellin' purple hull peas

All because two people fell in love...

We met in February 1989, started dating in May, and got married in September. And Josh came *almost* 11 months later, just in case y'all were wondering. And then no more came. We waited, and waited, and then Lauren decided to make her debut in May 1995 (5 weeks early), and then Kayley 1997, Jacob 1998, Krissy 2001, Lindsey 2004 & Joey 2006. We lived in Texas until 2005, and then we moved to Arkansas, just about 25 miles north of Texarkana, Texas. Fortunately all my children are Texans (and my handsome husband) because Texans are just cool. Wish I was a Texan... but husband had to settle with a California gal, which I think is pretty cool too.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Shellin' purple hull peas

I'm not a fan of purple hull peas. It's a southern food that you eat with cornbread. Shawn's mom likes them with ketchup, and that grosses me out. When I was pregnant with Joey, I ate them mostly because that's what she was fixing for dinner, and since that's what she cook, I ate. She fixed them again a few nights ago, and I just couldn't bring myself to eat them. I ate the cornbread because I fixed it, but I just cannot eat peas. Black-eyed peas are just as bad, but I will eat them on New Year's Day (to bring you good luck) whenever I do fix them. Here are the kids shellin' them one day in June...