Fun Weekend

We went to Waco and watched the Baylor/Texas Tech basketball game. Baylor won! Caleb was a good little fan and when we got back to their house, he had to show us his basketball moves! So cute!

Five of us six siblings were there. Tim and Rhonda were in town visiting Jon, Kelly and Caleb. We missed Janice and Kenny! We talked about them all night! :)
We ate at Ninfa's Mexican food, very good. I do think that the awful tasting Waco water is a bad reflection on Dr. Pepper. Since Waco is where Dr. Pepper was invented, they should have the best Dr. Pepper anywhere. It is hard to get a Coke anywhere in the area. If you had never tasted Dr. Pepper and had one mixed with Waco water (which tasted like dirt) you would wonder why anyone can stand the taste it. It was terrible. I had to order bottled water! and I never drink bottled water. But investing in a bottled water distributor to service the Waco area would probably be a gold mine!

Angela, Andy, Austin and Addison were nice enough to host me at their house in Southlake.

Angela, Maurine, and I went shopping on Sunday and Maurine and I stopped at Sweetie Pie's Ribeyes in Decatur on the way home. Good, quality family time.

Those Who Save Us

This is one of the best historical fiction books I have ever read. By Jenna Blum, Those Who Save Us is a haunting story of what people will do to survive the horrors of war.

January Birthdays!

Lots of family birthdays this month! Happy birthday to:
Uncle Percy on the 7th, Valerie and Keeley on the 12th, Mike on the 22nd, Maurine and Robin on the 24th, Mason on the 27th and Nikolaos(celebrating his first birthday on the 29th), and on Mike's side of the family, Brayden celebrates his first birthday too on the 23rd! Lots of celbrating this month! Happy Birthday to all!

New Years Ski Trip

Kara and Joey just got back from skiing in Ruidoso with their friends, Steven and Erin. They stayed in Cloudcroft. They had a great time!

2008 in review. Click for the youtube video.

Simple for Humans

The kids have been after us to get a better paper towel holder because we had a cheap metal one that often flipped shut and the paper towels would go flying everywhere. Finally I found one that is sturdy and works great. It is made by Simple Human and you just press the button to release to replace the roll. Check it out by clicking on the link above. And what makes it even better is that I got it at Bed Bath and Beyond with a gift certificate.

~ ~ ~ 2009 ~ ~ ~

Just home from escorting in the New Year and before 3 a.m! A group of us 'old neighbors' get together and play games and catch up on everyones families. Bunco, Sequence and Skipbo, etc, but mostly visiting and feasting! A great way to greet the new year. And for the first time ever, I won the most games at Bunco!

Have a great '09!