Saturday was Granty's baptism! I can't believe he is 8 already! It's funny cause I was looking in my old journal 2 days ago & I wrote about JoDee having her new baby.. Grant! Now look at him!
Grandma & Grandpa with Grant on his baptism day
Those fine Dillards!
Me & Phily...... can you tell that both of us have braces? Crazy, huh? Of course Phil has invisalign & I am miss braceface!
So.. the past 2 Saturdays my mom has been helping me make a surprise jean quilt out of all the MANY pairs of jeans Sean has destroyed since we've been together. Now, I knew it would be alot of work... but I didn't think it would be as much as it is. Of course, mom did pretty much all the sewing, so I'm not sure I can complain much. I cut & pinned everything out (which doesn't sound like much, but it is!) & she sewed. We were a nonstoppable team!
We finished getting all the front side completely sewn together! It looks spectacular! & I'm so excited to give it to him! Mom says we can even sew a little "Johnsons" on it! Yippee! I told my mom that I wanted a picture of us making it.. so in 20 years I can tell my kids- thats me & grandma making the Johnson blanket :)
It dosn't look like much.. but we have lights on the tree & fence too. Now I will direct your eyes (if they haven't already been automatically drawn) to my gigantic wreath on the door. Yes... its true. I bought a gigantic wreath at Costco cause I fell in love with it. It is quite big for my present door... but I refuse to let that stand in my way. I will buy my next house only with a big door to fit my wreath
Randomness....
More of the wreath.... now it is very obvious that we have a ghetto doorway, as afore stated in my birthday blog. The paint is peeling & needs some serious work... hopefully this weekend will take care of that!
We went tonight to get our Christmas tree to find the nursery close... so tomorrow!! Then I can add pictures of our pretty tree :)
Well, another year has come & gone... & now I am 28!!!!! My birthday was actually kind of so so... I worked all day... yippeee!! The Dr.s bought us all lunch though- my choice :) so I'm sure you can guess what we ate!!! We actually had Buca da bepo? spelling? We had ceaser salad, alfredo w/ chicken, red peppers & broccoli... &.... PIZZA! ah yes! An italian food dream :) This pic is the only pic I have of me on my birthday!
Don't I look depressed to be turning 28? Sean has been sick & was pretty bad yesterday, so he was at home in bed :( When I got home from work there was a scavenger hunt starting at the door. It led me through the house & each clue led to a mug. I commented once at Bed Bath & Beyond that I like these mugs, so he went back & bought 6 for me ;) The last mug was next to a gallon of outdoor paint. Our front entrance is looking seriously ghetto lately & I've been really bugging Sean about it... so he took the first step & bought the paint! Yippee!
These mugs are so hot!! & the pics don't even do them justice. They are actually quite a bit darker, the flash makes them look light. I didn't even notice two colors on the handles til this picture. They are super fat & I can imagine myself drinking soup from one :)
Last but not least... we went to dinner at Cheesecake factory :) Sean bought us tickets to go see the Phoenix Symphony chamber orchestra perform the Messiah at the new Mesa Arts Center. I always beg him to take me to something at the new arts center... & he actually listened to my nagging!!
I wish that there was a law that said you can't work on your birthday!! I had a seriously crazy busy day at work! Oh well... I guess it makes me even more of a grown up that I spent most of my birthday at work :(
I'm glad a I have Sean to make me happy!
Ok!! JoDee gave me my birthday present early because she is going to be at Disneyland next week. So here is a picture of me with it! Isn't it glorious?!!!
SOOOOO Out Of Control :)
We are postponing our little party today. We planned to be able to use the backyard & it is pouring rain today!! We will probably do it next weekend.. will keep an update!
This week we had our Evening in Excellence. Although it was a little stressful, we pulled everything together in the end. We had a dinner of lasagna, salad & garlic bread with some sparkling cider in little plastic fluted glasses. We gave the girls little gold awards & highlighted each of them individually. The decorations were great! & all the parents showed up, which made me VERY happy!! Here are a some pics of a few of the girls :) I told them to act like they had just won a huge award.
Quick side note- Sean & I are having a little "joint" birthday party next Friday night, the 30th of November starting around 6:30 & would LOVE to see any & everyone who could come. If you could... let me know if we'll see you. We are gonna make food & I just wanted an idea of how much to make!!!! blomju@yahoo.com
