Day 359 - Saturday, December 25, 2010

Day 359 - Saturday, December 25, 2010 – Christmas Day in Grand Rapids is always a treat. This year, though, we made it a day trip instead of spending the night. Santa made his annual visit and the kids were spoiled by Grandma and Grandpa as usual.

Day 283 - Sunday, October 10, 2010

Day 283 - Sunday, October 10, 2010 – It was a beeee-yoooo-tiful day for some OJW football. I am so very thankful to my sister, Shawn, for bringing my dad out to the stadium to watch the second half of Liam's game today. And Liam's team racked up another W.

Day 269 - Sunday, September 26, 2010

Day 269 - Sunday, September 26, 2010 – Today we enjoyed a wonderful celebration of life in honor of my dad. We were surrounded by tremendous love and support.

Day 247 - Saturday, September 4, 2010

Day 247 - Saturday, September 4, 2010 – We had dinner at my parents' house tonight. We brought over a delicious lasagna that a co-worker of mine generously made for us. I'm just amazed at the acts of kindness that have been poured over our family in this last week.

Day 206 - Sunday, July 25, 2010

Day 206 - Sunday, July 25, 2010 - This year's annual Shellnut family reunion at Hazel Park's Green Acres was one of the best yet. Not only did all of Ben Shellnut's kids' families attend, but there was a Tim McGraw impersonator that performed for an hour to everyone's delight...especially cousin Curt.

Day 94 - Sunday, April 4, 2010

Day 94 - Sunday, April 4, 2010 - We had a wonderful Easter! The kids found their baskets that the Easter Bunny had hidden. Then we made breakfast together...Jordyn set the table, Liam made the sausage, Owen was on toast duty, Kevin made the eggs, and I was in charge of the bacon. Then we all got cleaned up, took a family photo and hunted for Easter eggs in the front yard before heading to my parents' house for a wonderful meal and gorgeous day spent with the family.

Day 72 - Saturday, March 13, 2010

Day 72 - Saturday, March 13, 2010 - Tonight was Brian and Tara's annual St. Patrick's day party. It was a lot more low key than in years past since both Tara and I are expecting. Also, Kev had to tone it down because we had to get Liam to bed early because of his tournament on Sunday. Even so, I don't think I've laughed that hard in a long time.

Day 45 - Sunday, February 14, 2010

Day 45 - Sunday, February 14, 2010 - We celebrated Valentine's Day as a family today. First we went to Casa Real where they had heart shaped tortilla chips and then we all went bowling. Liam secretly asked Kevin for a dollar to try and win a prize for Owen out of one of those claw machines. Kev gave it to him, thinking, Yeah, whatever, you just want to go play games. And wouldn't you know it, Liam came back to the table with two stuffed animals that he promptly gave away to both Owen and Jordyn as Valentine's presents. It was the sweetest thing ever!

Day 36 - Friday, February 5, 2010

Day 36 - Friday, February 5, 2010 - Movie night.

Day 10 - Sunday, January 10, 2010

Day 10 - Sunday, January 10, 2010 - WOW! A family photo with Kevin's parents, all of his siblings and their spouses, and all of the grandkids. Wait a minute.....where's Allison? That sneaky thing does NOT like to get her picture taken and somehow, no one noticed that she wasn't in the shot. It's hard to keep track with that many people. (Hillary/Jankowski Christmas party.)