Celebrating Labor Day today:
A little snippet of history:
In 1887, Oregon became the first state of the United States to make Labor Day an official public holiday. By 1894, thirty U.S. states were already officially celebrating Labor Day. In that year, Congress passed a bill recognizing the first Monday of September as Labor Day and making it an official federal holiday. President Grover Cleveland signed the bill into law on June 28.[14][4] The federal law, however, only made it a holiday for federal workers. As late as the 1930s, unions were encouraging workers to strike to make sure they got the day off.[15] All U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the United States territories have subsequently made Labor Day a statutory holiday.[16
Happy Birthday: Courtney Sept. 8/ Dan Sept.9
Happy Anniversary: Becky & Charlie Sept. 5
Prayer: pregnancies – Raegan – Katherine- Cierra healthy pregnancies / Ballou family as they mourn the passing of Diane /Kelly’s diagnosis of breast cancer- chemo to start Sept.12-praise for early detection
Good Morning from NC.
Enjoying some lovely weather here. It was a normal week here, nothing too unusual. Kenzie has the first week of school under her belt.
Friday Brian, Jess, and Kenzie left as soon as Kenzie was done with band after school and drove up to Nick and Lisa’s. Dean and I kept Patches. He pouted a little but then settled in nicely.
We did see 2 deer on the way home from church on Sunday. Kind of unusual to see them in the middle of the day. But so it begins, to keep my eyes peeled for them even more than usual!!
Have a blessed week,
Love,
Gatha
