Day 273 - Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Day 273 - Wednesday, September 30, 2009 –
Liam relaxing in the glider in my office before bed.

Day 272 - Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Day 272 - Tuesday, September 29, 2009 –

Owen decided to display his artwork that he framed with one of my chipboard frames.

Day 271 - Monday, September 28, 2009

Day 271 - Monday, September 28, 2009 –
I helped Jordyn alter her Oxford t-shirt so that it is now tied up and down both sides. Good thing I helped her because she would have ruined the shirt had she done it herself. Project Runway is not in her future, and that's OK.

Day 270 - Sunday, September 27, 2009

Day 270 - Sunday, September 27, 2009 –
It's here. The bump. Twelve weeks today. Number four is on its way.

Day 269 - Saturday, September 26, 2009

Day 269 - Saturday, September 26, 2009 –
Today we went over to the Scepka's house after soccer to party with them and the Parsons. Kevin and the two Aarons review the 3rd grade flag football play book. Definitely a discussion requiring an enormous amount of beer consumption.

Day 268 - Friday, September 25, 2009

Day 268 - Friday, September 25, 2009 –

Owen thought it would be fun to build a tower out of pasta boxes and Liam couldn't resist getting in on the action!

Day 267 - Thursday, September 24, 2009

Day 267 - Thursday, September 24, 2009 –
My friend turned me on to these fabulous Caramel Apple suckers. Nothing says Fall quite like Caramel apples!

Day 266 - Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Day 266 - Wednesday, September 23, 2009 –

Kev took us all out to Applebee's for dessert tonight. The boys got a couple of dessert shooters, Kev got a beer (that's his dessert!) and Jordyn shared this enormous Chocolate Chip Cookie Sundae with us. It was DELISH!

Day 265 - Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Day 265 - Tuesday, September 22, 2009 –
Kevin emptied our storage unit today. While I was sad to see all of our storage bins clutter up the basement, I was excited to see these Fall decorations in the garage, just waiting for me to Fall-ify the house.

Day 264 - Monday, September 21, 2009

Day 264 - Monday, September 21, 2009 –

I stare at this computer screen for more than 8 hours a day, Monday through Friday. It is common for me to have more than 200 emails in my inbox at any given time, even though I try to keep my messages filed into folders so that my inbox doesn't become unmanageable.

Day 263 - Sunday, September 20, 2009

Day 263 - Sunday, September 20, 2009 –
Oh, look! My mums are budding! Happy Fall!!

Day 262 - Saturday, September 19, 2009

Day 262 - Saturday, September 19, 2009 –

Owen is the family photographer. Give him the camera and he'll stay occupied forever. He was antsy during Liam's first soccer game, and I gave him the camera to pass the time. He took TONS of photos. In this one, I'm not sure if he's taking a picture of his foot, of his shadow, or of the grass.

Day 261 - Friday, September 18, 2009

Day 261 - Friday, September 18, 2009 –
Today we went to the DA/OES PTO sponsored tailgate in the OES where we had free hot dogs, nachos, snacks, drinks and where we listened to the DJ, visited with the Wildcat mascot, and I painted kids' faces. Then we headed over to the high school football stadium to catch the game. A fun family evening.

Day 260 - Thursday, September 17, 2009

Day 260 - Thursday, September 17, 2009 –

Sitting out on the back deck with Owen after school and after work, in the warm fall early evening sunshine. Across the lake we could hear the ice cream truck. We ran out front and down the street just in time to catch him. Bottle rockets, mmm mmm good!

Day 259 - Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Day 259 - Wednesday, September 16, 2009 –
A last minute Tigers game with Kimberly and Denise (and Brandy who showed up later) was a welcomed break from the stress of every day life. Nothing like a mid-week girls' night out in the D to lift a person's spirits!! And, to top it all off, Ernie Harwell spoke during the 3rd inning and the Tigers pulled out a W.

Day 258 - Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Day 258 - Tuesday, September 15, 2009 –

Let the games begin! Liam is in the Silver League (2nd-3rd grade) on the Yellow team and Owen is in the Bronze League (K-1st grade) on the Green team. Should be a fun season.

Day 257 - Monday, September 14, 2009

Day 257 - Monday, September 14, 2009 –
Me, in my scrapping element.

Day 256 - Sunday, September 13, 2009

Day 256 - Sunday, September 13, 2009 –

I spent more than 8 hours gardening today! I had an enormous amount of plants that my friend Colleen had divided from her garden and dropped off at my house. I was in awe at all of the stuff she brought me. I was expecting a couple of pots, but she brought me an entire car load full of plant material!! Black Eyed Susans, Phlox, Sedum, Purple Coneflower, you name it, she brought it!

Day 255 - Saturday, September 12, 2009

Day 255 - Saturday, September 12, 2009 –
We spent much of the day at the Parsons' celebrating Max's 9th birthday. Liam never misses a chance to act goofy for the camera. And Max never smiles for the camera....at least not for MY camera!

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.