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Rainy days

Yesterday was drizzly & rainy,all day long!!! When I was young, my mom always made donuts & hot chocolate on those days. We had Sean's sister & our nephew over yesterday, so we had to have some treats!! We actually started off making sugar cookies. When we put them in the fridge, we decided to make donuts & hot chocolate too. What makes a COLD rainy Saturday warm? An oven :) Homemade bread, donuts, hot chocolate & cookies~~~









I've heard that Grandma's house is where cousins go to become best friends, but I think auntie's house should apply too!!

It's autumn time.. hooray!

I know I've been slacking, but I've been a busy lady! I just wanted to share a little collage of the trip we took the weekend of Thanksgiving. It was so beautiful!!!

Happy Birthday Sean!

Unfortunately, I left for work at 7:30 & got home a little after 6. Before I left this morning, I put Sam's old CARS birthday banner up, so lightning McQueen gave Sean a birthday nod for me this morning :)
When I got home, we all got dressed & went to... Famous Daves, of course... to celebrate the bit 3-0 for Sean.






Sean.. how do I love thee??

* I LOVE that you are the most handy guy I know. It dosnt' seem to matter what it is.. you know how to do it.. & well too.
* I LOVE how much you love our boys
* I LOVE how you throw yourself into projects & always give it your all
* I LOVE how safe you make me feel
* I LOVE ... well... you :)
Happy 30th!!!

life

I thought about calling this blog random.. but my life is random. I have alot of out of order pictures, but still wanted to blog.

Today I had my Shutterfly House Party. Wahoo for free stuff!! I actually use Shutterfly quite a bit & was excited to get picked to give lots of free stuff away!!! I wanted to put a little quote out about pictures, & memories, since it was a party for Christmas cards & photos-
I love that quote. I started to think about it & its true. I remember the very moment I realized I would be with Sean forever, but I don't remember very much about the rest of that day. I LOVE taking pictures, & its' funny how true that is.. we do remember the good moments, not always what surrounds them.

I decided to utilize pinterest, once again, in my planning for this. I found the cutest idea for a breakfast/brunch type party, so that is what I did!! I did not, however, get any pictures of the actual thing, cause I was busy- but wanted to show what I made for it.
In this brunch idea, they made cute little chalkboards for each item & labeled them & it was ridiculously adorable, so I decided I could make it just as easy. I found some wood slats at Michaels & brought them home for Sean to cut.
I was just going to paint them with chalkboard pain, but Sean had a better idea. He said that painting it would leave brush marks, so we should just dip them. He brought in screws, & some twine & you can see what happened...


we dipped & dripped. :) He is so funny... he always has the most inventive ways to get things done!! I'll always love him for that!
So I didn't get a picture of the cute spread, but I took a few after, to see the finished little chalkboards that I will keep for many future uses. I put some cute embelleshments on them for a finishing touch.


how fun are those?! Love making fun new crafty things :) I even did a bigger one to use on the mantel-

Why is it that when I do a new little craft, or add one little touch to my house, I am SO happy. I love how making something new makes me feel :)

The other day I made a birthday cake for a friend at work whose birthday we celebrated. The boys, of course, were right by my side. This sight is a common one these days!
they have to both be on that chair to help wash, wipe, stir, knead, roll out, flip, you name it!!
& of course, who can make a cake without licking the spoon??!!
that night Sam sang happy birthday to my friend the whole night. He even told Sean the next day that it was her birthday.

Another happy time in the Johnson household... bathtime!!! Even though this picture is blurry, I had to include it, cause they both have smiles on their dirty little faces. They live to splash water all over the bathroom floor!!!
& I had to include a picture of my precious precious baby.. man I love my boys!!
Having said that... this is what Joe does alot now...
get into & onto EVERYTHING!!!! He is tearing my cupboards apart, climbing on the tables, pushing chairs around, & most importantly, testing his parents patience!!!!
He turned 15 months yesterday & he is acting more & more like a little boy instead of a baby!! He says just a few words. He says- ha, ha- when something is hot. He says- ba! for bath. & mil- for milk. He also says something that sounds like Jesus when he sees a picture of Jesus. He is finally learning how to climb off of the objects he learned awhile ago to climb onto. He LOVES to sneak into the office & bang on the keyboard of the computer!!! He added several lines of nonsense to Sean's midterm the other day. His most favorite thing of all to do it yell. He loves to yell when he wants your attention, when he is frustrated, when he is happy, pretty much all the time. He & Sammy like to really try my patience by having screaming matches in the store.
But most of all.. he is the most amazing addition to me & Sean since Sam...& I love every day I see his face :)

Party it up!

Well... The boys were sick around Sam's real birthday & then Halloween happened, so he never really got a real party. so! Last weekend we decided to invite whoever could make it, & make it happen!!!
Of course, there were party hats & balloons!
He got sooo many cars, trucks, planes, helicopters.. you name it!!! & 2 awesome alphabet fun toys & this fishing game that he LOVES!!

I seriously love how all the kids just hover!! It makes me laugh.
Cynthia was able to come.. whom my boys LOVE to death.. oh yeah... I do more :)
The Rapiers made too!
Sam wanted a dinosaur cake.. here is my impromptu dinosaur.
Aunt Nancie & the Dillards also came to share our fun!
& Sam's Grandma Johnson & Great Grandma Labor!! & Uncle Justin, Tommy & Aunt Tiffany & David all made it too!
The truck fun begins..


Grandpa Johnson came too.
Sean smoked an amazing pork shoulder & made some REALLY good bbq sauce to top it off. There was food.. cake.. ice cream.. everything to make a birthday official :)

David, Amelie, Joe
Thanx everyone for helping make Sam's birthday so much fun!!!

more of the rest

We had so many Halloween activities this year.. I wanted to blog the rest of our fun!! In no particular order...

Saturday we joined my sister in law & nephew for a fun Fall festival at Freestone Park. They had 3 different stages of bands, lots of vendors, & pretty much every bouncy-type house you could dream of. The boys bounced the night away!!!
David the skeleton...

the skeleton, the indian, the pumpkin.. good times :)
me & Tiff

On Thursday night we went over to Sean's mom's house for our annual pumpkin carving, Halloween party. The boys painted their pumpkins.. & got the pain pretty much EVERYWHERE!!!
Joey took his usual stance of clinging to my leg & whining... ( poor baby has been teething & sick the past month :( )
Sean working on his masterpiece.



Grandma Johnson bought an awesome pumpkin pinata for the boys to try to break into .. 1 more year of this & I think they will get it open without Sean ripping part of it open for them!

Joe even went for it.. pretty much the cutest thing ever!!


Sean, a paint covered Sam, & Tiff
even Lady went for the candy after it came out!
this years masterpieces....
l to rt top- Justin, Shannon, Caio
l to rt bottom- Tiff, Julia, Sean
mine.. thank you very much :)

The weather today is pushing us into the fall direction :)

so it begins

Did you know that I am surrounded by boys? Its true.
Last night I stopped by Fry's to get a rotisserie chicken for dinner, on my way home from work. I thought- I can eat the leftovers tomorrow for lunch.
We sat down to eat our meat & veggies... & in a matter of minutes this is what was left.
Joe would just loudly grunt until I gave him more. Then while I was feeding him, Sam would say- more chicken momma!! I'm pretty sure they ate more of it than I did. I think I may have to get more than one from now on, cause Sam kept asking for more, even when I was picking any scrap pieces off the bones. My boys are 14 months old & 3 years old & I'm already thinking about the insane loads of food I'm going to be buying in the next 15 years. Secretly though... I love it :)