johnson365

2.16.11

2011-02-16T21:42:00.000-08:00

i made pb pie today, one of my favorites.

2.15.11

2011-02-15T20:20:00.000-08:00

so my babe is still not feeling well and today is his birthday.

this is why there is only a picture of his birthday dinner, which

i was very happy that he felt good enough to eat. he requested

breakfast with "real bacon".

2.14.11

2011-02-14T08:08:00.000-08:00

it's love day! johnny is still not feeling well. i made the kids

heart pancakes for breakfast and got them each an outfit

and a box of chocolates. i love my family.

dinner was a heart shaped pizza

2.13.11

2011-02-13T20:03:00.000-08:00

this can only mean one thing....

our daddy is sick. fever, chills, stomach pain, headache....

it's no fun.

2.12.11

2011-02-12T19:50:00.000-08:00

to celebrate johnny's birthday we met josh and liz at roy's. liz is not a seafood fan and so we were very happy that she came with us. we enjoyed each other's company and the delicious food. i had butterfish, johnny and josh had sea bass and liz had what i think was steak...i'm not sure, she asked them to prepare it "burnt". the sushi rolls were amazing and of course their flourless chocolate cake for desert was divine as always. johnny wasn't feeling all that great after dinner so we went home.

2.11.11

2011-02-11T20:42:00.000-08:00

johnny and connor went to red rock for an overnighter

with the older scouts from our ward. it was a cold night

and i don't think either of them slept hardly at all.

connor came home excited to tell me about

the huge carcase of some type he spotted.

he made a thin mint smore and ate a fire

roasted licorice. that boy loves to camp!

2.10.11

2011-02-10T20:38:00.000-08:00

the activity day girls came over today...they are so cute.

we made journal jars and brownie pops.

i was released from cub scouts and made an activity day

girl leader a little over a month ago and i love it. i have

kenna in my group and i love watching her with her friends.

2.9.11

2011-02-09T21:29:00.000-08:00

today i took natalie to red velvet cafe for her birthday.

the food was really good and the cookies were awesome

and they are only 160 calories for 6 of them!

2.8.11

2011-02-08T15:29:00.000-08:00

coming home

a full day of flying...ft. lauderdale, houston, then vegas.

2.7.11

2011-02-07T21:06:00.000-08:00

on monday we rented a car and drove 45 minutes to san juan

(puerto rico's capital).

i loved the streets of old san juan.

catedral de san juan

"el morro"

is a fort that was built in the early 1500's to protect san juan

from invaders coming in ships en route to the new world from

europe. it's massive and impressive!

this is the restaurant we ate at for lunch,

"cafe del punto". we shared an order of "mofongo",

a traditional puerto rican dish. a must, if you go!

it was dilicioso! (Monfongo is made by mashing

tostones (twice fried plantains) with garlic, olive oil, and bacon.)

ours came with chicken on top and was served with a side of

rice and beans. yummy!!! i hope to attempt to make it soon.

the other thing that i loved about old san juan were the doors

after walking around all day we went back to the hotel

and relaxed on the beach. johnny got in the water, it was

too cold for me. it looked fun though.

2.6.11

2011-02-06T21:04:00.000-08:00

he was just chillin' with all of us at the pool;

he was huge!!!

our toughest choice of the day...

pool or beach.

both were only 20 feet from each other

so we gave in and did both

2.5.11

2011-02-05T20:35:00.000-08:00

this is a little bakery right down the hill from the resort...

it was yummy.

we ordered sandwiches to take with us on our

hike in the "el yunque" rainforest.

this is the rain forest. it was beautiful. we hiked to the

waterfall and on the way back it started to pour;

just like in the movies. it was totally clear and then

wham...pouring rain, in a matter of 30 seconds, we were drenched.

it was awesome!

2.4.11

2011-02-04T21:01:00.000-08:00

we landed in ft. lauderdale around midnight and didn't

leave for puerto rico until after 8am.

johnny slept on the floor, i slept in a chair

this is where we lived for 5 days

our first day there we took a nap, checked out the facilities

of our hotel and then ate dinner at the tiki bar outside by

the beach. we were starving

2.3.11

2011-02-03T21:28:00.000-08:00

here we come puerto rice....

we left from vegas, flew to chicago and then to ft.lauderdale...

it was a long day

2.2.11

2011-02-02T18:30:00.001-08:00

this morning while i was packing lunch for the kids,

kenna said, "yes, this is the best lunch ever!!"

(i put somethings in there that i usually don't buy)

then she says, "mom, there's this girl who always wants to

sit by me at lunch and i'm gonna try not to let her sit by

me today, cause i am not sharing this lunch! her mom

always, everyday packs her a pb sandwich, a banana, and

a fruit and grain bar."

when she got home today she told me, "sure enough she

found me and sat by me and she kept begging me for some

funyuns and so i had to give her three!"

kenna's lunch (i just realized...absolutely zip protein):

nutella sandwich, funyuns, grapes, and an oreo stick.

(mother of the year right here)

it's the most wonderful time of the year.....

(not christmas)

2.1.11

2011-02-01T22:25:00.000-08:00

cash runs in the door from school everyday

to watch his new favorite show: wild kratts

1.31.11

2011-01-31T09:43:00.001-08:00

dad and cash picking their night time snacks...

cash usually has cheez-its.

dad usually has cereal.

1.30.11

2011-01-30T22:00:00.001-08:00

dinner...

1.29.11

2011-01-30T20:42:00.001-08:00

connor's football banquet was today. he received a ginormous trophy. johnny also took connor to sign up for spring football, his second season. because of his birthday (missed the cut off by two weeks), he will be playing with the older boys, "jv"; i was really hoping he could have one more season with the rookies. instead of being one of the biggest on the team he will be one of the smallest and that just makes me a little nervous.

1.28.11

2011-01-28T16:31:00.001-08:00

tonight we had a fun movie night with our cousins!

i just love this girl!!

1.27.11

2011-01-27T19:42:00.001-08:00

today was cleaning day, nothing really eventful happened. connor and cash like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, while kenna likes peanut butter and honey. i know it's nothing to write home about but little things like this...little specific things about my kids make up the reasons i love them so...they make me smile.

this however, does not make me smile...laundry!

(it's on my kitchen table 70%-80% of the time)

1.26.11

2011-01-26T08:40:00.001-08:00

i went shopping today and they had these hooks in the dressing room and i thought they were a fabulous idea; i totally used them for what they were intended for...it kinda made my day.

1.25.11

2011-01-25T07:17:00.000-08:00

this is cash's preschool class coming

out after the bell rings.

"see ya!"

1.24.11

2011-01-24T20:41:00.000-08:00

connor wanted to go to target tonight to buy a pack

of baseball cards with his own money...

connor looking for cards...

what's this?...

and this?...

that's one expensive pack of baseball cards!

(we did not buy the cheese balls)

1.23.11

2011-01-23T08:59:00.000-08:00

our latest family tradition is to have cinnamon rolls sunday morning. this morning was the third week in a row.

1.22.11

2011-01-22T21:42:00.001-08:00

today we went to the meadows mall to check out the magnet jr. high school fair. we talked to some of the different school's staff about the programs offered and such. i didn't like anything about this. i don't like jr. high.

1.21.11

2011-01-22T07:25:00.000-08:00

johnny took me shopping for our date; he bought me a pair of jeans and some flip flops (made from yoga mats...so comfy!). we went to CPK for dinner. he had salad and soup, i had a roasted veggie chicken salad. it was good! then we saw the dilemma; there were some funny parts (how could there not be with vince vaughn and kevin james?) but i thought it could have been shorter and i was super hungry and tired and so i really just wanted to go home. i do love going out with my babe though.

1.20.11

2011-01-20T19:10:00.001-08:00

i finally got it done. i bought this at a friends garage sale like two years ago for only $40. it had a top shelf hutch thing that sat on top but i decided not to use that part. it looked like it was just the raw wood and in the front and on the sides, at the bottom it had southwestern type molding. (yuk!) johnny and my dad cut that off and it totally made the piece look different and a tons better. i gave it a paint job, bought some new baskets, put some super cute knobs from one of my favorite places and it's, i think...so perfect! i don't know why i waited so long to get this project done; it only took me a total of like three hours. i shoulda taken a before!

1.19.11

2011-01-19T21:53:00.000-08:00

how we started our day...

cash's lunch...

cash explaining to me at the park what x's and o's mean...

o's mean you love someone and x's mean your don't love someone:

"mommy, that's why i made them all o's for you."

how we ended our day...

1.18.11

2011-01-18T21:36:00.000-08:00

don't you just love when your sweetie brings you home a surprise, totally unexpected? we haven't even talked about it, he just saw a "need" and brought it home. now i can print all my papers for my callings and it won't be a burden. it was a great ending to my wonderful day today.

1.17.11

2011-01-17T12:10:00.000-08:00

ok, so who says you have to start your new 365 blog on january 1st? mine will go from january 17th to january 17th. (this is for you poo)

we invited our home teachers and a couple of friends over for a pizza throw down! we had way too much food but a really fun time together. we never had an official judging of the pizza but other than our family's favorite (Northside Nathan's), my vote was for the chicken b-que pizza. (i forgot where it came from though.)