Day 243 - Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Day 243 - Wednesday, August 31, 2011 – Ashton and his sword...a.k.a.

the lid and straw to a water bottle. Even at 16 months, little boys naturally know how to turn normal household objects into weapons.

Day 242 - Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Day 242 - Tuesday, August 30, 2011 – The last week of summer vacation and poor O-boe is a sick-O.

Day 241 - Monday, August 29, 2011

Day 241 - Monday, August 29, 2011 – Jordyn and Alicia had a blast tonight filming a music video in our basement. LMFAO Party Rock Anthem...every day I'm shufflin'.

Day 240 - Sunday, August 28, 2011

Day 240 - Sunday, August 28, 2011 – Seriously, could this girl get any more beautiful?! Sitting out on our back patio, a small slice of paradise. (Photo Credit - Alicia Kuligowski)

Day 239 - Saturday, August 27, 2011

Day 239 - Saturday, August 27, 2011 – Today was Liam's turn to play on Oxford's new field (Liam is in the far right of the photo). They were the third team to play a game on the turf, and unfortunately the first Oxford team to lose on it, bringing Liam's 12 game winning streak with OJW to a close.

Day 238 - Friday, August 26, 2011

Day 238 - Friday, August 26, 2011 – Liam and his fellow OJW brothers cheer the Oxford Wildcats varsity football team on to victory against defending state champions, Lake Orion during the inaugural game on the brand new MAGICAL BLUE TURF. A historic day in Oxford, for sure. 20-41, good guys.

Day 237 - Thursday, August 25, 2011

Day 237 - Thursday, August 25, 2011 – Sorry for embarrassing you, Jordyn, but I loved snapping this pic of your yearbook training. Again, material for future therapy sessions as an adult. Jordyn is super excited that two of her BFFs, Megan and Shelby, are on the yearbook staff, too.

Day 236 - Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Day 236 - Wednesday, August 24, 2011 – I thoroughly enjoyed watching this butterfly visit my butterfly bush in the front yard today.

Day 235 - Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Day 235 - Tuesday, August 23, 2011 – Jordyn's icing on her Florida cake was the trip to Universal and to HOGWARTS!

Day 234 - Monday, August 22, 2011

Day 234 - Monday, August 22, 2011 – Jordyn with Aunt Mary at a show at the Villages in Florida.

Day 233 - Sunday, August 21, 2011

Day 233 - Sunday, August 21, 2011 – WOO HOO! We received this letter in the mail today to let us know that Jordyn was one of 20 kids selected out of 100 who applied to join the yearbook staff. She is SO excited and I am SO happy for her.

Day 232 - Saturday, August 20, 2011

Day 232 - Saturday, August 20, 2011 – Jordyn visits Clearwater Beach in Florida.

Day 231 - Friday, August 19, 2011

Day 231 - Friday, August 19, 2011 – We had the best visit ever from two of our favorite people on the planet. Sean & Susan came all the way from San Jose, bearing prizes for everyone. We made them beer can chicken, Michigan sweet corn, tomato basil mozzarella, and baked beans, then we went to watch Kev's softball play offs. Hopefully they'll stay for two days next time!

Day 230 - Thursday, August 18, 2011

Day 230 - Thursday, August 18, 2011 – Ashton watching a summer sunset while Liam goes through his encyclopedia of dog breeds and Kevin and I sip on some vino from a box listening to tunes.

Day 229 - Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Day 229 - Wednesday, August 17, 2011 – Jordyn posing in front of Cody's Roadhouse in Florida. Love this girl.

Day 228 - Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Day 228 - Tuesday, August 16, 2011 – Jordyn, my mom, and Cordelia go to see the movie The Help in Florida. So, that's where my Detroit tank top went!!

Day 227 - Monday, August 15, 2011

Day 227 - Monday, August 15, 2011 – Kevin took vacation this week and went out on the boat with the Petoskey boys, Carson and Owen relax in the hammock afterwards and while it looks like Owen is trying to flip me off (as his dad often does), he's actually trying to prevent me from taking a picture of a scab on the side of his nose.

Day 226 - Sunday, August 14, 2011

Day 226 - Sunday, August 14, 2011 – My new-found fascination with food has turned me into a non-stop cooking fool. Prepping for potato leek soup. Yum-O!

Day 225 - Saturday, August 13, 2011

Day 225 - Saturday, August 13, 2011 – I forced Kevin to attend the Kid Rock concert with me tonight at Comerica Park. We went down to the D via Nick's Shuttle Service (never again!) with Ellie & Ryan and their friends Todd & Gina. We met up at Cheli's before the concert with the Petoskeys, Calls, Matczaks, and Stouts, and had a BLAST dancing to the live band in the beer tent. Kevin might not love Kid Rock, but he loves a fun night of partying...although both of us would have preferred to have gotten home before 3:30 am since neither of us are the rockstars we once were.

Day 224 - Friday, August 12, 2011

Day 224 - Friday, August 12, 2011 – Tonight Jordyn and I went to see Bailey perform as Irene Molloy in the Oakland Homeschool Music production of Hello, Dolly! And, while Bailey was, of course PHENOMENAL, all of the Sprys participated in this fabulous production. Bella was part of the chorus, Aaron played violin in the orchestra, and Jake (right) was part of the cool sunglasses-wearing crew.