Day 350 - Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Day 350 - Wednesday, December 16, 2009 – Tonight I took the kids out to dinner at Sagebrush Cantina in downtown Lake Orion. While we were waiting for our table, we ran over to Little Monsters where I let the kids pick out a pre-Christmas present. Such a fun store!!

Day 348 - Monday, December 14, 2009

Day 348 - Monday, December 14, 2009 – Today was Owen's turn to pick a family fun activity and he chose to make paper snowflakes which we hung on the windows by the front door. Very festive!

Day 347 - Sunday, December 13, 2009

Day 347 - Sunday, December 13, 2009 – Playing Left Right Center with Kev and the kids...genuine family fun, no better birthday present on earth.

Day 342 - Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Day 342 - Tuesday, December 8, 2009 – It was Owen's turn to pick a Christmas movie and as coincidence would have it, A Charlie Brown Christmas was on TV tonight! PERFECT! I DVRed it so that we could fast forward through commercials and watch it again & again. Jordyn initially made fun of the "state of the art graphics" (HELLO, they're from 1965!!!...), but then she & the boys laughed out loud at several moments. The sock monkey just smiled the whole time.

Day 332 - Saturday, November 28, 2009

Day 332 - Saturday, November 28, 2009 – Third generation of Hillary's in the US (including family members 451-Jordyn, 452-Liam, and 453-Owen) at a family reunion at Diamond Hall in Grand Rapids. This isn't even a fraction of the extended Hillary family cousins.

Day 327 - Monday, November 23, 2009

Day 327 - Monday, November 23, 2009 – One of the reasons for getting the house decorated early in the season is so I can get the family Christmas photo taken in time to get the Christmas cards in the mail on the day after Thanksgiving. The funny thing about this photo shoot was the "discussion" about who would get to hold the baby in next year's Christmas photo. Owen had the argument that he, having always been the baby of the family, has never had the chance to hold the baby and therefore next year should be his turn. Good point.

Day 320 - Monday, November 16, 2009

Day 320 - Monday, November 16, 2009 – Ultrasound Day! I took Jordyn out of school today to attend my ultrasound, since Kevin had to go out of town on business and had to miss it. When the boys got home from school we gave them these blue suckers as our way of telling them what we were having. It took them a minute to get that it meant we were having a boy. Another boy.

Day 304 - Saturday, October 31, 2009

Day 304 - Saturday, October 31, 2009 – My Halloween cuties...Jordyn as a sailor girl, (no, she's not Popeye's girlfriend...that's Olive Oyle), Owen as Bumble Bee (again, but more mechanical than last year), and Liam as King Leonidas (the Spartan Warrior from the movie 300).

Day 303 - Friday, October 30, 2009

Day 303 - Friday, October 30, 2009 – Tonight was filled with family fun. Kevin made homemade chicken pot pie for dinner. The kids carved their pumpkins and I judged them (O's was most abstract, J's was most classic, and L's was most scary). And then we watched Beetlejuice. Fun, Fun, Fun.

Day 301 - Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Day 301 - Wednesday, October 28, 2009 – The kids were thrilled when we were ghosted. They all opened the treat bag together and divided up the goodies.

Day 298 - Sunday, October 25, 2009

Day 298 - Sunday, October 25, 2009 – One of the kids' favorite Halloween traditions, going out ghosting. We left treats for the Parsons, the Kolps, and the Dietzes, ding-dong-ditch style. The kids have so much fun doing this that they've decided they want to do some sort of version of this for EVERY holiday!

Day 287 - Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Day 287 - Wednesday, October 14, 2009 –
After dinner, we spent the evening in the basement game area where Jordyn read one of her favorite Halloween books to Owen and Liam from when she was their age (Halloween Day by Anne Rockwell). It was fun to watch her share one of her childhood memories with her brothers.

Day 284 - Sunday, October 11, 2009

Day 284 - Sunday, October 11, 2009 –

Dessert today was hot caramel apple cider with whipped cream and warm cinnamon donuts. Aaahhh, fall.

Day 254 - Friday, September 11, 2009

Day 254 - Friday, September 11, 2009 –

To celebrate the end of the first week of school, we went out to dinner at Sagebrush in Lake Orion. Definitely a family favorite.

Day 251 - Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Day 251 - Tuesday, September 8, 2009 –
First day of school...Jordyn, 8th grade, Liam, 3rd grade, and Owen, Kindergarten.

Day 249 - Sunday, September 6, 2009

Day 249 - Sunday, September 6, 2009 –
Tonight we had a wonderful family bonfire on the back patio and discussed the fun things we got to do this summer and made plans for the fun things we want to do this fall. I love the way the sunset is reflected in the lake in this photo.

Day 221 - Sunday, August 9, 2009

Day 221 - Sunday, August 9, 2009 –

Jordyn, Liam, & Owen on Gramma and Grampa Hillary's front porch with cousins Mitchell, Aidan, Allison, and Rachel. We love visiting Grand Rapids!

Day 218 - Thursday, August 6, 2009

Day 218 - Thursday, August 6, 2009 –
Liam turned EIGHT today! He requested a dinner of Dorito nachos and vanilla cake with chocolate frosting, that Jordyn baked and decorated for him. That was her gift to him and it was delicious! Happy Birthday Liam!!

Day 76 - Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Day 76 - Tuesday, March 17, 2009 -

First Frosty Boy run of the (almost) season! Liam was festive and ordered a lemon-lime (green) slush/freeze thing. Not me, I had my good ole standby, peanut butter cup flurry. MMM

Day 43 - Thursday, February 12, 2009

Day 43 - Thursday, February 12, 2009 -
Liam, Owen, & Jordyn opening a Valentine's Day care package that Grandma Carol sent in the mail from Grand Rapids. She spoils us on every single holiday and the kids loooooove it. Thanks Gramma Rapids! (That's what Owen calls her.)