Shad’s Birthday Date (2010)

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This year Shad decided he wanted to go bowling for his birthday date :)! We had a great time bowling. I only bowled 2 games, and the boys each bowled 4. Trevor kicked our butts in all but one game. Oh well! It was still fun… Shad had a couple of really good games.

We started off heading to a sandwich shop for lunch – but it wasn’t a nice sit down deli like we thought – turned out it was more like a subway with very little in the way of seating.  So, we ended up at Pick Up Stix instead. Shad had never been there before, so he was eager to try it. And, since his favorite food is now chow mien, I guess that was fitting anyway :)!

• Shad's Favorites:

  • Food: Chow Mien
  • Color: Green
  • Sport: Running
  • Hobby: Running & playing video games (Modern Warfare 2 to be precise)
  • TV Show: Doesn’t like TV
  • School Subject: Science & Algebra
  • Teacher: Mr. Hurlburt (Language Arts, Cross Country, Track & Dance Coach)
  • Future Career: Computer Programmer
  • Dream Car: Charcoal Nissan 370z

Happy 13th Birthday Shad :)!!!

Slacker!

After viewing Christine's blog, I am inspired to attempt to get caught up on mine one of these days... Just never seem to find the time for it. But, I need to MAKE time! There are going to be so many exciting things happening in out lives over the next few years (well - hopefully forever - but you know) :)! I'll have to set a goal - one blog entry per week - at least! Think I can do it??? I guess I'll count this one for this week's post ;-)! First one will have to be Shad's birthday date from last year since I see it's MIA. Holy cow - it's already time for them to start again... After that, I guess I'll just start from now forward instead of really trying to "catch up". Till next time...

Jordyn's Birthday Date (2009)

Jordyn's Birthday Date (2009)

For my niece Jordyn's Birthday this year, I also decided to take her on a birthday date. And, in case you're wondering, I didn't skip Shad! He's holding out for the next Harry Potter movie :)! For Jordyn's meal and movie of her choice, she chose to have lunch at In-N-Out Burger and she wanted to see the Monsters vs Aliens movie. I think it's funny - I told her she could eat anywhere she wanted and she picked fast food - kids are so easy to please. Actually - her favorite food is her Mom & Dad's spaghetti - but she didn't want to go out for spaghetti because it's just not the same as her Mom & Dad's :)! Jordyn and I had a great time on our date and again the movie was pretty enjoyable for me too. It was fun interviewing Jordyn, she kinda took over and started interviewing herself after a while - haha! I think she had some fun with it too...

Jordyn's Favorites:

• Food: Mom & Dad's Spaghetti
• Color: Blue
• Sport: Softball/Baseball
• Hobby: Art & Drawing (horses lately)
  
• TV Show: Sponge Bob & iCarly
• School Subject: Science
  
• Future Career: Work With Pets/Animals
  Bonus Questions :)!
  
• Favorite Teacher: Mr Barnes
• Future Car: Blue Slug Bug
  

Happy 10th Birthday Jordyn!!!

Tanner's Birthday Date (2009)

Tanner's Birthday Date (2009)

For my nephew Tanner's Birthday this year I decided to take him on a date. He got a meal and a movie of his choice. Tanner chose to have lunch at Vince's Pasta & Pizza and he wanted to see Paul Blart Mall Cop for his movie. Because I love the way Christine does the birthday morning interview thing, I tried something similar with Tanner on our date today. We had a great time at lunch and the movie was actually pretty funny :)!

Tanner's Favorites:

• Food: Pizza (hence the lunch pick)
• Color: All colors in the world
• Sport: Singing
• Hobby: Building Lego's & helping in the kitchen
• TV Show: Sponge Bob & iCarly
• School Subject: Math
• Future Career: Nurse (like my Mom)

Happy 8th Birthday Tanner!!!

Perhaps this will be a new birthday tradition for the kids. It was fun and I hope to keep up with the interview thing and compare notes next year :)! Thanks for the idea Christine! I only wish I had started that with Trevor when he was much younger...

Silly Sisters Sunday (December 2008)

"Showgirls"

Due to lack of imagination - for our newest installment of "Silly Sisters" we tried out our showgirl act with this kick line. I would say high kick line - BUT - I don't think any of us are all that limber ;-) haha! Since our sis Christine was missing from the action this time, we borrowed our sister-in-law Christine to fill in for her.

"Charlie's Angels"

Then for good measure Andrea, Lori and I tried out our Charlie's Angels impersonation - haha! Not sure which is sillier - our showgirl act or our Charlie's Angels act?!?!

As always - it's just fun to get together with my sisters and act silly - no matter what we happen to be doing at the time :)!

Christmas Day

What a beautiful way to start Christmas Day!!!

Actually - it started more like 6am when it was still dark - but it turned out to be a beautiful, if somewhat cold/windy/stormy, day...

The kids had fun opening their gifts and then everyone was off and running. Another Thomas Family tradition - cards on Christmas Day. It was great visiting with everyone, however I'm glad the holidays are over and things can settle down some. Here we come 2009!!!

A Thomas Family Tradition

The Thomas Family tradition continues... Despite a couple missing siblings (Christine & Matt - we missed all you guys!!!), the Christmas Eve festivities with family and friends was a blast.

We had a wonderful dinner (thanks Andrea & Blake for hosting this year).

And a wild & crazy game night as usual.

Some of the hot items this year were LED lights and tools as usual, but there was also a dart board which was a pretty hot item. Becky ended up with it in the end and David was OUT the door with it the second the game ended (to put it in the car) :) haha! Too cute...

It was great to have Tanner, Tim, Brian, Holly, Jen & Ben join in our fun & craziness this year!

Trevor & Grandma Thomas	Amanda & Chris w/Emmalie
Shad & Lori	Kerry & Trevor
Kerry & Trevor	Desi & Trevor
Had some fun posing Mom & Dad for a picture :)!
Christine & Drea w/Logan	Jaimie w/Jordyn,Tanner & Shad
Lori w/Jordyn,Tanner & Shad	Andrea & Blake w/Aiden
Matt, David, Becky & Gabrielle	Jordyn & Little Blake
Tanner, Eli, Aiden, Emmalie	Melonie, Daniel, Desi & Alex

Another memorable Christmas Eve that I wouldn't trade for the world... Christine, Steve, Eric, Allen, Ryan, Matt, Jolanta, & baby Thomas in progress - we missed you guys!!!