long time no write

everyday i say to myself i am going to update this, and everyday i end up thinking, oh tomorrow. it's not like not much has happened, i just don't know where to start. kelton finished flag football with flying colors, sam got his 1 year pictures done, he officially says ball, he took his first steps, and is now teething once again.
since i have no idea what to put into words right now, here are some pictures. since those are what you are looking for anyway, right?



fishing with dad and kevin



eating dinner, and of course the melon gets hungry too.



after the last flag football game, he received dog tags as his medal.



watching baby einstein's



normal day at the johnson's



"ball"



Sam and Dad



Loving it

Michelle

my sister, michelle, was in a triathlon this last weekend. i am so proud of her. i would probably get tired just watching one. she has been training for it for a while, and has done numerous other races over the summer, but this was the first triathlon. she placed 7th in her age group, which is fantastic! way to go shell.

so i was reading my sisters (the one mentioned above) blog (which is "private" so i can't even give you a link) but she found her old diary from the early 80's and has been posting some silly entries. i thought i would copy her, since that is what little sisters are for. so every once and again i will enlighten you with my 2nd grade ongoings. here is a photo of the front of it, please note michelle, my lock is also cut open. must have been the same person who put chap stick on my Raggedy Anne doll.





i will type my entries the exact way they are in the "diary"


Day1 Date 22nd Nov. 1984

Dear diary
today I went to Jim and Jan's for thanksgiving. Then I went to grandma's house to get something. I had a fun day.
Amy

24th nov 1984
Dear Dairy, I had a good day today nothing realy happend.
love, amy
P.s. I went to Michelle's B.B. practice!

25 nov
today was Matt's Birthday! Happy Birthday Matt!

26th nov.
Dear Dairy,
I went to school today it was fun. we had P.E. FINALLY!!!

28th nov
Dear Dairy
Today was fun. I get to do a play on Henry, and the club house! I'm Ramona. I bother Henry on this paper route. Ha!! Ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!

29th nov.
Today I had fun! I played outside! I played jurman baseball.

nov. 30
Dear Dairy,
today i got alout of things done, in my room but it's still a little messy i fixed my bed for enstence!

dec. 3 1984
Dear Dairy,
today i got in big trouble and had to stay in my room for the rest of the night. But I got out of it. Bye!

Kangaroo Zoo

While Shayleen was here, Grandma Johnson took all the kids to Kangaroo Zoo. Here are some pics.

7 things

7 things you probably don't know about me

1. i honestly love the smell of cow poo more than almost anything in the world
2. i can't stand the feel of cotton balls-yarn-sos pads-or anything like that. it seriously makes my hair stand on end even thinking about any of them
3. only kraft mac and cheese-or my mom's home made is the only kind of mac and cheese i like
4. i not only not like wearing socks, seeing others wear socks when it's warm kills me. when shad falls asleep with them on, i swear i can't breathe
5. i love liver and onions
6. i like to fold clothes-doing laudry.
7. i love to read true crime books. not sure why, since they totally creep me out, but i get totally into the search/detective work

tag...whoever...

Sam's birthday pics

Olivia (cousin) brought over a cake on Sam's birthday that she made! He got a practice run at eating his own cake before we had a family get together on Sunday evening. It was fun watching him dig into his cake and enjoyed all the kids over to play with. Thank you so much to everyone for coming, and for the phone calls and drop ins for those who couldn't make it. It was a great first birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAM!

I can't believe it has been a year already! I am so incredibly lucky to have little Sam.

little sam
We waited and waited for you to come to us and it finally happened. We didn't know if you were a girl or boy, and your big brother was sure hoping for a boy. When the nurses wheeled me into surgery, I remember feeling so weird, excited, and scared. . Dr. Mower pulled you out and I saw your little head, I knew we had a little Sam. Your head was so perfectly round. I got to touch your little head for a second and say hi and then the nurses took you away to weigh you and check you out. When dad walked out with you, I could hear screams of joy. Kelton said "yes! a brother!" I remember going back into my room hoping to see you, Kelton, Grandma and Dad, but everyone was in the nursery looking at you! You were so perfect. I spent the next few days holding and feeding you and just staring at you.

You love to listen to music (especially Keith Urban and childrens music), you love lights and fans. You are the fastest crawler I have ever seen. You are such a happy little boy, who can thrive on very little sleep. There isn't a food you don't like,sometimes I think that you can't feel that you are full because you just keep eating and eating. Kelton loves to play with you every morning before school, and the second he gets home does the same. I spend most of my day just watching you and laughing. You are seriously so funny. When dad gets home from work the first thing he does is say SAMMY! then you go crawling over to him. You love to take baths and can get to the bathroom door in record time every time you hear it open. You love your big brother and are such a great little boy.

We are so excited to have you in our family. We love you.

Sam 1 Year Stats

We ventured to the doctors office yesterday for Sam's 1 year check up. He comes in at 21(24%) pounds, 30.6 inches(78%), and his melon is 19 inches(93%).... I have been trying to decide what to do for his birthday and couldn't decide what to do. I think I didn't want to make a decision because that meant he was really going to turn 1. I feel like we have had him forever, yet it only feels like yesterday that I was counting down the days, hours, minutes until he arrived. I am so thankful for him and for all that he has taught me so far. KJ has been the best big brother anyone could ever ask for. I honestly thought he would get sick of a little baby getting into his things,and taking so much of my attention, however, I often find him a little weepy if he doesn't get to play with him right away in the morning, or after school. It is so fun to watch them together. I am so very lucky to have them both.

For those of you I may have spaced, you are all invited to have cake and ice cream Sunday at 6 at our house, in case of rain (which looks very probable) we will have it at Grandma J's house. Please don't bring anything, he is already spoiled enough. His official birthday is Saturday and we plan on just hanging out and going for a walk to get some fries(his favorite) or something.

KJ is doing awesome in flag football and we are LOVING his games. He scored on Tuesday,he is such a natural.