A contest!

Mama’s Holiday Wish List MemeTodaysMama and Provo Craft are giving away a sleighful of gifts this holiday season and to enter I’m sharing this meme with you.

1. What 5 items are on your holiday wish list this year?

• A sweet necklace with my kid's names from www.thevintagepearl.com
• Hair accessories and earrings from www.darlybird.com
• New walking/cross-training shoes
• The motivation to use above shoes
• Healthy Christmas season for friends and family!

2. What is your favorite handmade gift you have received?

• A toss between a ceramic holder thingy Gretch made and the awesome magnet board Jim and Jill created...that thing is amazing!

3. What handmade gift have you always wanted to tackle?

• Ummmm......not so crafty...

4. What was the best Christmas gift you received as a child?

• My keyboard, in fourth grade (I think)...I bawled my eyes out...I still have it and Evan plays it.

5. What items are on your kid’s wish list this year?

• Evan = Handy Manny Repair Kit (not going to happen)
• Grayson = food

6. What is your favorite holiday food?

• Sweet treats

7. What will you be hand-crafting for the holidays?

• See #3....unless www.jillscripps.typepad.com forces me! ;)

8. What is your favorite holiday movie?

• A Christmas Story..."it was....SOAP POISONING"

9. Favorite holiday song?

• Oh Holy Night

10. Favorite holiday pastime?

• FAMILY TIME! FAMILY TIME! FAMILY TIME!

Halloween 2009

It's Official

He's REALLY 4 today.....And, yes, I have cried about it....happy, nostalgic, mommy tears....


Four years ago at 10:52 a.m. our lives were forever changed for the better. God gave us the most hilarious, loving, cuddly, musical, dramatic, gorgeous brown eyed boy. We are blessed beyond words. We love you, Evan. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Evan's 4th Birthday

We had both sets of Grandparents, Auntie J, Aunt Robin, Uncle Brad, The Scripps family...So many fantastic people and so many presents...too many...:)...he was so overwhelmed and excited!
The red dragon he'd been begging for.....
Aunt Robin and some complete baby stranger that showed up...he was pretty cute, so we decided to keep him.
Evan loving the balloons I nearly died blowing up!

And this.....though I was so excited that Evan had a great day and had so much fun with friends and family, I was looking back at the pictures and this made me cry. I have two grandmothers still alive and kicking....that is so rare and I am so blessed. Here is Grammy Belle. This woman has suffered the loss of two people in her life this summer (a long-time companion and not long after that, her son)...here she is loving on Grayson...so strong, vibrant and I am so happy that my boys are getting to know their amazing great-Grammy Belle.....They love her so much and I'm so happy she came. Great Grandma Deenie Weenie wasn't able to make it, but she was there in spirit in her yellow polka dot bikini...We missed those that were too sick or far away to make it too, but all in all a really great day!! There are more pics, but I didn't get nearly enough of Gramma O, Papa, Grandma & Grandpa J......
Thank you all for coming and celebrating my number one boy.....4 Years Old....well, this Wednesday he will be...a fact that is very confusing to him....I get two birthdays???? :)

Evan's first day of preschool!

Evan had his first day of preschool today! The drop off went great! He was excited, gave me a hug and a kiss goodbye, and went off to learn his routine! He even has his own locker! He can't quite get it open on his own, but it's pretty cute to watch him try! I had to work today so Grandma J picked him up and apparently a full day of preschool had taken its toll. My boy was in line with the other kids to be picked up, only he was face down on the floor, crying his little eyeballs out because they wouldn't let him walk home alone??? Haven't quite gotten to the bottom of this, other than, he was soooo tired....

All in all, though, he said he had fun and wants to go back tomorrow! Hopefully, he'll still feel that way in the morning!
'Opening' his locker....
Picking out his name stick to put on the lunch board.

The picture on his locker....he was eating a carrot from Daddy's garden the day they came over to take it and they thought it was hilarious, so this is what is on his locker!


Assistant teacher (and cousin in law), Mrs. Johnson, helping Evan get his name tag pinned on.... and he was off.......the beginning of the end.....I can't believe this is the same boy........
although he WAS already preparing for reading..... :) Love you, Evan....my big boy.

Kill Me Now

Grayson Paul Johnson - 6 months old....I'm sorry, but this kid is edible...uggghhhh, so stinking sweet! And, of course, as always, Jill.....AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHY....if you don't hire her to take your pics, you are not getting the best.....at all.... :) Click below for all of them!

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Thanks, Ya'll...all three of you who read this.... :)