December Dates to Remember

December 2nd - SMILE Kid’s Christmas Party
► Meet at Jump and More from 3:30-5:30 for lots of fun! Please remember to bring your own socks.

December 4th - Holly Jolly Christmas
► Christmas on the Plaza - City square @ 6:30 p.m. Activities: Pictures with Santa,vendor booths, carriage & hay rides, Mrs. Claus Cookie Factory, Holiday Theater, Mrs. Frost's Winter Wonderland, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree Concert/Dance, Tree of Hope project, Chuck Wagon Meals, Live Nativity.

December 7th - Christmas Tour of Homes
► Homes are open from 1 - 5 Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 day of tour. Ticket outlets: CTFAC, Town and Country Bank, First Financial Bank and Scott's Flowers.

December 9th - SMILE Mom's Christmas Party
► Meet at Ricki’s, formally the Lunchbox, at 6:30. BYOB

December 25th - Christmas
► Enjoy the holiday with your families!

December 31st - New Year’s Eve
► Celebrate the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009!

Book Club Notice

We usually don't have a book club meeting in December, due to the craziness of everyone's schedules. But this year we have postponed the November meeting as well since Thanksgiving falls so late. It would be difficult to have a meeting the last week of the month when we are all so busy with Thanksgiving plans.
We will resume with book club in January and Robyn Ballew will be our hostess. She has chosen The Gurnsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Stephenville Fall Festival

Join us for a harvest of fun for the whole family! All day Activities: Autumn Photos, Pumpkin Carving, Face Painting, Coloring.

When: Saturday, October 25, 2008 , 2:00 PM
Where: Downtown Square & Plaza

More Information
2-3 pm Register for Pumpkin Pageant.
Live music and refreshments.
Shop downtown merchants.
2-4 pm Bingo at Sr. Citizens Center.
3-4 pm Pumpkin Pageant begins.
4-5 pm Pet & Doll Parade, Scarecrow Contest judging.
5-6 pm hay rides & live music.

Deslys Jergins is hosting this month's book club on Monday, Oct. 27th. We will meet at 6:30 to talk about the book "The Last Lecture".

For more great information on Randy Pausch and to visit the web site, click "The Last Lecture".

Or you can watch The Last Lecture on YouTube.

October Schedule

October 7th-Mom’s Night Out
October Member Recruitment at Frames Etc. at 6:30. Bring a friend to show everyone what SMILE is all about!

October 11th-Kid’s Day Out
Meet at the Tarleton Theater at 10 AM to see Wiley and the Harry Man. Tickets go on sale at 9 for general admission seating. We can meet at the box office at 9:30 so we can get seats before the show begins.

October 18th-Piggies and Paws Party
Clair Cole will be hosting a Piggies & Paws party at her house. An Evite will be sent out with more information.

October 27th–Book Club
Meet at Desly’s house at 6:30 to discuss this months book, “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch.

October 28th–TSU Halloween Carnival
Tarleton’s Annual Halloween Carnival starts at 6 and will be at the Admin. Mall Area. Take the whole family for an evening full of games and candy!

October 31st–Halloween
Safe Trick or Treat on the Square from 4-6.
Noah's Neat Treat at the City Park.

September Book Club

Jodi Weyers will be hosting this month's book "The Shack". We will meet at her house on Tuesday, September 25th at 6:30 for a fun night of food and fellowship!

August Schedule

August 5th – Mom’s Night Out
Sneek away from the kids and meet up to see Mama Mia at 7:25. For those that want to eat dinner first, meet at Pasta Fina at 6.

August 25th – First day of school
Let’s say hello to another school year!

August 28th – Book Club
“Five Finger Discount” by Helene Stapinski, hosted by Wendy Moser. An Evite will follow with more details.

July Book Club

Come and discuss the July book, “For One More Day” at Jennifer McGregor's house.


Hope to see everyone there since this is our only MNO this month!!!

June Book Club

For the month of June, the SMILE Book Club will be discussing My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. Julie Lowrance will be hosting this month's meeting on Tuesday, June 24th at 6:30 p.m. at Frames Etc.

June Schedule

June 3rd – MNO – Dinner and a Movie - Enjoy a night away from the kids with dinner and a movie. The movie Sex and the City starts at 7:10, so meet at 7 for the movie. For all of those who want to eat dinner first, meet at Pastafina at 6.

June 6th – Kids Day Out – Waco Zoo - Meet behind Frame’s Etc. at 8:15 to leave by 8:30 to travel to Waco. We plan on being at the zoo at 10:00. We have a rain check from one year ago. If you went and plan on going, you and your child get in free. If not, the cost is $7 for adults and $5 for children 4 and up, 3 and under are free. No outside food or drinks are allowed in the zoo. There are picnic tables available for a lunch if people want to pack their own lunch. Otherwise there is a snack bar and café.

June 7th– Continuing Education - Meet at 10 AM at the sandbox behind Tumbleweed BBQ for a presentation by Mona Keen, master herbalist. An Evite has been sent out with more information.

June 15th– Father’s Day

June 24th – Bookclub - Come and discuss the June book, “My Sister’s Keeper”. Remember, you can come even if you haven’t had time to read the book. Meet at 6:30 at the Coffee Bar by Frame’s Etc.

May Book Club

The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan is the SMILE Book Club selection for May.
Kimberly Geijsel will be hosting the meeting and will be contacting everyone with meeting details!

April Book Club

Rachel Stacy is hosting the April book club meeting. She has chosen the Elizabeth Gilbert memoir, Eat, Pray, Love. Meeting details will be coming soon!

March Book Club

Paige Thompson will be hosting book club for the month of March. She has chosen The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.

Come join us on Tuesday the 25th @ 6:30 p.m. for a fun night out!

Watch your email for an evite and further details.

March Schedule

March 9th – Daylight Savings Begins

► Don’t forget to Spring forward!

March 17th – St. Patrick’s Day

► Remember to wear green!

March 18th – Jumping Party in Granbury

► Come have fun at the Jumping Party in Granbury from 1:00-3:00. The cost is $5 per child for 2 hours. More details will follow with an evite.

March 19th – SMILE Easter Egg Hunt
► Meet at the City Park by the playground under the trees at 3:30. Everyone who is participating needs to bring a dozen eggs per child to Jennifer by Tuesday, March 18th.

March 23rd – Easter Sunday

► Happy Easter to all our SMILE moms and kids!

March 26th – Mom’s Night Out

► Meet for dinner at 6:30 at Pastafina. If there is a good movie we would all like to see then we could also see a movie afterwards. Come enjoy a night away from the kids!

February Book Club

Where The Heart Is by Billie Letts is the February selection for SMILE book club.

Come join us on Monday the 25th @ 6:30 for a great night out. Special thanks to Michele Butler for hosting this month's meeting! Watch your email for details and directions.

January Book Club

The January Book Club will be reading Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven.

The meeting will be hosted by Traca Miller on Tuesday, January 29th, at 6:30 p.m.

This will also serve as our MNO for this month, so be sure and come even if you didn't get a chance to read the book.!

Hope to see everyone there!

Happy New Year!

We at SMILE want to wish everyone a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year!

2008 is already under way and there are lots of changes in the works for SMILE.
This year we are trying to focus on new membership. Our community is growing and there are lots of potential new members that we are trying to reach. So to kick off the new year, we are planning a new member Welcome and Social the first week in February.

A new year also means new officers. It's nice to have fresh faces with fresh ideas and some familiar faces as well among our leadership.
The new SMILE officers for 2008 are:

• President: Julie Lowrance
• Vice President: Rachel Stacy
• Secretary: Paige Thompson
• Treasurer: Kim Geijsel
• Membership Coordinator: Clair Cole
• Sunshine Coordinator: Renee Kirbo
• Newsletter: Cindy Griggs
• Continuing Ed: Jeri Tulley
• Special Events: Jennifer McGregor & Rachelle Donham
• Blog and Bookclub: Traca Miller
  

Christmas Book Drive

The 2007 Christmas Book Drive was a huge success!
All the kiddos seemed to enjoy picking out a new book after bringing in their "previously loved" ones for an exchange. After everyone got to take home a new book, we had around 40 books left over for charity. The Rainbow Room (a part of the Erath County Child Protective Services) was very grateful for our donation! They are always in need of such items to help make the wonderful work they do with the children of our community a little easier. It was great that our kids got to be part of helping others who are in need of extra care!
Merry Christmas!

October Schedule

October 10th – SMILE Business Meeting
►9:00am Meet at McDonalds
► Discuss SMILE’s budget and other details.

October 11th – Playgroup
► 10:00am Meet at the Stephenville City Park
► Come play and bring bread to feed the ducks.

October 13th – Kid’s Day Out at the Pumpkin Patch
► 8:30am Meet behind Frames Etc. to caravan to the Flower Mound pumpkin patch. ►Bring your spouse, friends, grandparents if you like and enjoy a day of fun.
►The drive is 1 hour and 45 minutes and you can go to the website below for any further information.
http://www.flowermoundpumpkinpatch.com/

October 25th – Book Club
►6:30pm Meet at Jodi’s house at 1803 N. Cypress Ave.
►Come discuss the book “Same Kind of Different as Me”

October 30th – TSU Halloween Carnival
►6:00 to 8:00pm at the Admin. Mall area
►A fun night for kids.

October 31st – Happy Halloween!
► Wishing everyone a safe and happy trick or treat!

* Information for the Mom’s Night Out will be emailed at a later time.

August Schedule

August 8th – Playgroup at the park!
►10:00am Meet at the Stephenville city park.
►Come play and bring bread to feed the ducks if you would like.

August 14th – Mom’s Night Out Ice Cream Social!
► 6:30pm Meet at Elizabeth’s house (1491 Highland View Dr.)
►Bring your favorite homemade ice cream or your favorite appetizer and a favorite book or magazine.
►Come enjoy a night of friends, yummy snacks and share your favorite book or magazine.

August 16th – Kid’s Day Out at the Chocolate Factory!
►10:45am Meet at Bliss Living in Hico.
►Come enjoy a demonstration of the great Wiesman House Chocolates and taste it too! Yummy! Yummy!

August 27th – First Day of School!
►Public schools start back up.

August 30th – Book Club!
►6:30pm Meet at Jennifer’s house (1310 N. Charlotte)
► Come discuss the book “Poverty: A framework for understanding and working with students and adults from poverty.” By: Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D.