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A Spot For Tea featured on page 9 highlighting Warr Acres!

The home of Putnam City Schools, the area includes portions of both historic Route 66
on NW 39th Expressway and bustling new commercial development along NW Expressway
including new hotels and restaurants.

Sandi Patty & Friends Concert

Last night my friend Jody took me to see Sandi Patty & Friends Concert at Crossings Community Church for my birthday. Sandi Patty sang with a full choir and it was unbelievable. Goose bumps....and tears unbelievable.

She sang with Heather Payne (formerly with Point of Grace), Larnelle Harris & Wayne Watson.

It was a real treat...thank you Jody.

September Birthdays/Route 66

We celebrated Blake's 15th birthday with our church youth group on September 8th.

It was a surprise after church on Wednesday night.

We celebrated Benjamin's 13th birthday Sunday after church on September 19th.
I made a chocolate cake and bought these funny little hats all because when the boys were small all the pictures on their birthdays until age 5 (you guessed it...funny little hats).

Eric and Benjamin

Benjamin had always wanted to go to POPS on Route 66

so we decided to take a little Sunday drive.

Arcadia offers on Route 66 landmark that dates back nearly 30 years before the Mother Road was routed, and another attraction that's nearly brand-new. If you're headed westbound (like the songs says you should), you'll first come upon Arcadia's old treasure; the appropriately named Round Barn.

The Round Barn was built in 1898. The round design was chosen with hopes that it would successfully survive any possilbe tornado hit. The barn is 60 feet in diameter, and 45 feet tall.

We decided to go exploring because we also had a 30 minute wait at our next stop.

A place called Pops, its a combination gas station/diner. In keeping with the soda theme, the store has an entire glass walls lined with bottles. There are 500 different flavors to choose from and local "brew" brands you never knew existed.

Flavors you haven't tasted since you were a kid, and of course, Coke and Pepsi.

I was on the look out for Chocolate Soldiers...anyone remember those?

This place is pure fun for the boys because they could choose any flavor with their cheeseburgers and fries.

Brock and Benjamin drank blueberry.

Happy Birthday Benjamin

As the sun set...I took a picture of the soda bottle standing 66 feet tall. Do you think that has anything to do with Route 66? It's the world's largest soda bottle.

And a vintage red Cadillac....you gotta love it...we got our kicks on Route 66.

Boys Will Be Boys

Blake #34 for PC North Panthers
Blake playing Defensive End

Brock and Benjamin suited up to play fall ball for Wolfpack #18 and Rockets #1

Benjamin at the plate

Benjamin on third base ready to come home.

Brock pitching

Brock's form throwing ball over the plate.


Eric and I have three sons playing fall sports....were running around in the evenings trying to make all the games.

Wouldn't trade a single moment with the boys for all the tea in China!

Integris Health Women's Forum

Integris Women's Health Forum

Civic Center - September 10, 2010

Meet & Greet

Kicking off the forum is Deepak Chopra. Acknowledged as one of the world’s greatest leaders in the field of mind body medicine, Chopra continues to transform our understanding of the meaning of health. Through his creation of The Chopra Center for Well Being in California in 1996, Chopra established a formal vehicle for the expansion of his healing approach using the integration of the best of western medicine with natural healing traditions, in both conventional and complementary healing arts. Chopra’s work is changing the way the world views physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social wellness.

On the back stage of the Civic Center we were privileged to be the caterer for the Women's Health Forum Meet & Greet.

Light HD's - fruit, cheese & crackers and Fiesta Cheeseball

Flavored Iced Teas

Wine was served!

It was so neat to be behind the curtains for this Meet & Greet.

Over 320 attendees for this affair.

Klaribel's 4th Birthday

Sherry Sloan and granddaughter Klaribel Kirk

celebrating her 4th birthday

Rose Cottage - August 28, 2010

Sherry has worked for me for seven years and we had her third granddaughter's birthday last Saturday. Its always a joy to get to be a part of children's memories...its even more fun when the joy is shared with one of my employees who is like family. Klaribel is beautiful...don't you think?