Friday, July 29, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Heaven is for Real, Seriously
I have a lot of blogging to catch up on from vacation, but one of my favorite things from it was reading the book Heaven is for Real. Seriously! It was one of my favorite things I did. We had a long haul from Jackson Hole (where we were staying for the week) back up into Yellowstone, so I thought I would kill some time. Normally I get super car sick if I read while riding, but this time I read with no problems at all. I got this book from Tim for my birthday and it was the perfect way to entertain myself on the drive. I actually ended up entertaining Ron, Terri and Tim too, because I read aloud to the whole car. Anyway, back to the book.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Tony's Guacamole
Tony, who I work with, makes yummy guacamole so for the 4th I thought I would give it a try! I think it was pretty successful even though my dad of course pointed out everything that was missing. My MIL (mother-in-law) loved it though :)
6 regular avocados
1/4 of a yellow onion, finely chopped
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 cup Pace Salsa
a little pepper
a lot of salt
2 tablespoons garlic powder
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All ready to mix up! I used my Kitchen Aid with the the wire mixer, but I am sure you could mix it by hand or with a hand held mixer too. |
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Yum! I did have to beat some of the bigger pieces out with a wooden spoon after putting it in the mixer. |
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Wyatt hides from the fly-swatter!
Wyatt doesn't like it when I am on a rampage to kill every fly in my house. Can you see him down there? He basically put himself in timeout to avoid the fly-swatter. Best. Mom. Ever.
Dylan Chase Whitaker Jr., a.k.a. Dutch
Is here! I work with Dylan at 417. Him and his wife welcomed Dutch into the world on Thursday at 12:10 a.m. His birthday is 7/7/11. Hopefully he'll be one lucky kid! He weighed 8 lbs even and was 21.5 inches long.
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Check out that hair! |
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They say I look just like my daddy |
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Why hello |
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He had just eaten and was so alert the whole time I was there |
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I stole this one from Anna's Facebook page, but here is the happy, new family of three. Anna, Dylan and Dutch. |
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Cruze is looking like such a big boy!
Combs and Susan were in town for the 4th of July and her nieces birthday party, so they stopped by to say hey. I, of course, had to bust out the camera. Cruze is growing so fast! He is thinking about crawling too, but right now he has the plank position and army crawl down!
Friday, July 8, 2011
4th of July 2011
For the first time since I have been a part of the Johnson clan we weren't at Ron and Terri's for the 4th. The big James River, I Love America Celebration is always within watching distance from their house, so we would BBQ, play games, east homemade ice cream and watch some fireworks. This year we did just about the same, but the "games" including lounging by the pool, and the fireworks came courtesy of The Brooker's and ALL of our neighbors, which we could see from our back deck. There was quite the show! I think it might be a tradition we carry on for the next few years.
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The boys and their "pool snacks" |
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Grilling out the steak and chicken for our Taco Bar! |
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Me and Ashton |
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Mary, me and my special husband Tim :) |
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Amanda and Ashton starting off the firework show |
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This picture totally makes me laugh! |
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SNAKE!!!!!!!!!! |
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Wait, who's in that smoke?! |
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Oh, a couple of bada**es, that's who! |
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So appropriate they are. |
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Sprucing up the backyard
We've needed to plant our pots out back, for well, a few months now :) We finally had the time to do it this weekend and it totally paid off b/c we got all of our flowers (excluding the tree) for $53! Everything at Family Flowers in Republic was buy one get one free! We were really excited–last year I spent almost $180 on flowers! I guess it pays to procrastinate.
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Friday, July 1, 2011
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