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Seeing as how it is just my daughter & I at home, having my nephew Sam over to spend the night is a real treat. This evening we went to the park, out to dinner, to the library and now we are home. Our home is filled with "yots and yots" of toys (the girl kind) Sarah & I have fun improvising and coming up with fun, new ways to keep a little boy entertained. The costumes I brought home from school were a big hit. Sam loves dressing up like a "Hot Wheels Driver" and looks pretty darn cute in his new suit! We also came up a car wash for his Hot Wheels. The car wash was a HUGE success! Sam worked for a long time making those cars very clean & shiny!


Sam at the car wash. He was very serious about getting those cars clean!


Someone LOVED dressing up! Here is a "SUPER fast" Hot Wheels Driver!

Weight Watchers

It is official! After losing 20 lbs. this time last year, I joined Weight Watchers again. The good news is that I had only gained back 1 pound of my original weight loss and that in itself, my friends, is a MIRACLE! I love the online system that allows you to track your points and the program is really pretty simple to follow. Sarah is joining me again (although unofficially) and I will update my progress each month. I am thrilled that this is something I can do with her and my sisters. Together as a team, we make it as easy, fun and motivating as possible.


Here is a website favorite of ours. The Hungry Girl ROCKS when it comes to giving good advice in the weight loss category. She also gives great tips, tricks and recipes too! Go check her out!

Tulsa's Best...Restaurant

The Brook then (in 1945) was a 700 seat, state of the art, movie theater.



And the Brook now. This is my favorite Tulsa restaurant! The food is delicious and the service can't be beat. It is a favorite meeting spot for our family.

While I didn't order these, they are my second most favorite thing to order off the menu. The Southwest Chicken Nachos are a great appetizer or a meal in themselves!




The Caesar Chicken Wrap is my FAVORITE item to order off of the menu. It is HUGE and comes with your choice of at least half a dozen side items to choose from. I am telling you this place is the best!

In Celebration Of Sarin

Last night we met at Cafe Ole for some delicious, authentic Mexican food with about nine other friends of Sarin's. After dinner we went back to her friend Jackie's house to open gifts and continue the celebration. It was such a fun/funny party. I had lots of fun listening to the other girls as they shared funny stories about Sarin and we all laughed so hard. The guest of honor was such a good sport as we reminisced about growing up with Sarin as a sister & friend. I took only 2 pictures the whole evening. Here is the one of us laughing at a funny Sarin story.

Furthering His Kingdom Fridays

Happy Birthday to Jesus! The REAL reason for the season. Celebrating Jesus' birth tends to take a back seat to the Christmas overload of the holiday season. For our family we decided to make it the "main event" complete with a birthday cake. This is a brand new tradtion we started in my family. From the youngest members of our family to the oldest, it is a tradition worth keeping for our very special guest of honor. The best gift we can give our children is the gift of eternal life!

Facebook vs. Blog

And the winner is.... Facebook. Facebook is fast becoming my latest addiction! I have decided to stop using the excuse of not having any cute pictures as a reason not to post. This family blog is a bust (or quickly becoming one) and I know it. In my defense, it IS report card and parent/teacher conference time so updating has taken a back seat to that.

We only have 4 more days until Spring Break. Ahhh...I like the way it sounds but don't like what I have to do to get there. Honestly though, parent/teacher conferences are not ever as bad as I think that they will be. I have a great class this year and count my blessings everyday!

I promise to get great pictures posted soon. In the meantime, I scoured my archived photos for something fun/funny to post. Hope you enjoy.

Sundi

BOOMER!

SOONER!!!


Carys Pace showing a little team spirit!
It doesn't get much cuter than this!!

2009 Isn't Shaping Up To Be Any Better

Little Gym just isn't the same without my mommy & sissy!

Sam's Look Back At 2008

Sam and the Easter Bunny....Good Times!

Making More Memories!

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Snow White

Sleeping Beauties!

I do believe in fairy tales...at least the Sleeping Beauty kind.

"Pupples" (cute dog, dumb name)

Meet Pupples Davis. She decided to sit still long enough to be added to the family blog. She is a 1 year old Maltipoo and was Sarah's birthday gift last year from me. Pupples is a very sweet, hyper and cuddly dog. She'd like to give a shout out to her more sophisticated "cousins" Hadley Bear & Henry aka "Bubba" as she knows that they will be jealous of her Shotts Family blog debut.

Carys Pace

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Happy Holidays!

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Jesus Sock

Carys Pace is showing Nanny Nell what all she got in her "Jesus Sock."

Christmas Eve 2008

Sarah & Papa Ron relaxing after a delicious Christmas Eve dinner spent together.

Being An Aunt Is Fun!!

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Sam's Gingerbread House

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Gingerbread House Decorating

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