September 26th- Happy Birthday Shane!

Sunday was Shane's birthday. He spent the weekend in Vegas with his brother Joe. They went to Mr. Olympia. It is starting to be a tradition. He loves going and spending time with Joe. Happy 37th Birthday Honey!

September 22nd- Happy Birthday Cole!

For Cole's birthday party we went to my mom and dad's house in Apple Valley. We told everyone to dress like cowboys. I loved these 2. Kaleb insisted his top button be done up and Brynlee insisted on putting a dress over her cowgirl clothes. Kailin said they look like the people at Wal-mart. I couldn't stop laughing and had to take their picture.
We do a family party every other year. This was that year. As you can see even when we do a family party we aren't lacking in friends. Shane and I both have big families that supply lots of cousins.
The reason we went to Apple Valley was Cole wanted to show Uncle Sam, Aunt Natalie, Grandma Johnson, Grandpa Johnson and Gage his cow. Yes, he thinks it is his. So away we went to milk the cow. Uncle Sam was awesome to be so excited to see it.

Everyone who WANTED a chance got to milk her. This is my mother-in-law milking Daisy. I never thought I would see this.
Daisy is a very good cow to let everyone have a turn.
Kailin got this jean jacket from D.I. that morning and had to wear it. She is convinced that it makes her a cowgirl.
We had to have 2 cakes to feed everyone. One was cowboys and one was indians. Cole thought it was great!
Cole of course picked the cowboys for his candles.
We opened gifts. He totally got spoiled. Grandma and Grandpa Johnson got him the cowboy hat. Grandma and Grandpa Brown got him his own work gloves and money.

Aunt Bridgette got him some pretty cool cowboy shirts. Don't hold it against me if I let him out in public wearing these. LOL Gage came and got him a cowboy weapon and key chain. He also got new boots, cowboy belt and buckle, and lots of money. Thanks everyone for the presents.
All in all it makes for a happy cowboy! Doesn't he look good!

Happy Birthday Cole! We love you!

September 18th

Shane took the Webelos scouts to the 100 year celebration. They were all given blue or yellow shirts. They made shields, swords, watched fencing and then at the end went to battle. They did it at the fair grounds so there were 1000's of boys there. This is Taylor Swyers.
Our group was blue. Some of them practicing for the battle.
They even had catapults. The boys loved it!
Around the stadium.
Shane said it was something to see for sure!

Family Project 2010

Everyone meet Daisy. She is the newest member of our family. She is a brown swiss milk cow. Just so there is no confusion no she is not tied up to the trampoline.
My Dad loves this little boy named Cole. He loves that he wants to be a farmer. Which if you ask him now he would tell you he is.
This is my Dad. I think he was as excited about getting the milk cow as Cole was. Friday was like Christmas morning for those 2.
We had a lot to do to get ready for Daisy to come stay. First with the help from Grandpa we had to build a head gadget thingy. Yeah, I have no idea what it is called.
I am glad my Dad has so much patience.
All the kids got to take turns with the power tools. This is what we did for Family Home Evening on Monday night.
Yes, even Brynlee got to help.
This is Daisy we went to see her on Monday night. Cole was in love at first sight. He came running over to my mom and I and said, "Mom, Grandma you have to come see our cow she is beautiful!"
Each night we went out to the cow pin to help make it look a little better. Before
After. Yes, we all have blisters to prove it.
Friday my dad went to pick up some calves so what we don't want in milk they can have.
Cole was in Heaven. We lost one of the calves last night. The one that lived through the night we named Oreo. When I was little my Dad made me name the calf what I wanted to eat from it. Like hamburger, or T-bone. He has gotten soft in his old age. The kids got to pick anything. I was voting for bar-b-q. The kids did not think that was funny. They named him Oreo because he is black and white. I was ok with it since you still eat Oreo's. ha ha ha
This is the boys bottle feeding the calf this morning.
Well, now you know what our family project for 2010 is. It has been great! I have even made real butter. Now to make an ice cream that is worth eating. LOL When I have it perfected I will call you Summer.

Thursday's Preschool

I know it is not Easter. These girls still had fun coloring eggs. Thursday was my last day of preschool this week. We read the books Horton hatches an egg and green eggs and ham. We colored eggs. I had first taken a white crayon and colored an E and the #5 on them. When the girls colored their eggs they loved the hidden messages.

We also made homemade pretzels in the shape of the lower case letter e.

These girls are so cute and I can't wait for my nest turn.

What begins with E?

Kailin has been attending a rotating preschool. Today was my turn. I was a little nervous since I haven't done this since Shaylee was 3. It turned out to be so fun! All the girls have such different personalities. They are all so cute!
We were learning the letter E. We were explorers on an expedition. This is Megan Noel Hall.
Emily Haight.
Carly Perry.
Kailin Johnson
We were missing Ava. We were sad she couldn't make it, but hope she will come on Thursday.
Our craft was elephant puppets. They all turned out so different.
The last 15 minutes I let them go out and play on the trampoline. They were so cute outside giggling.
It has been a wonderful experience for both Kailin and I.

Extreme Makeover -Kendra Edition

Kendra's birthday was on Saturday. So a few of us kidnapped her on Friday night, and went to my moms for a sleepover. It was a lot of fun! She was very surprised. We took her shopping at our favorite jewelry store. Paparazzi. Then went to dinner. After dinner we drove to my moms where the real party began. This is Kendra before her makeover began.
This is Summer shortly after arriving. Funny how she is on Maridy's bed with my pillow and Kendra's blanket. She is such a mom! LOL
Kendra before.
Kendra with Alisha who came down just for her. She cut her hair so cute!
After that Colony gave her a pedicure.
Cute toes for Hawaii!
We had to let her take a little nap so she wouldn't have bags under her eyes!
While she was sleeping Colony and Alisha organized her purse. At which point we found out her drivers license had expired. LOL Glad she has a past port to board the plane.

Kendra After. The next morning before heading home!
It was such a fun night! Happy Birthday Kendra!

Happy Birthday Trey!

My 9/11 baby. Yep, Trey was born on 9/11. This year for his birthday we went to the park for some football and cake. Every other year we do a family party. This works out nicely since Shane and I both have large families. We had more than enough for a football game. Some even sat to watch!
Most jumped in to play.

After the game we had cake. When Trey was turning 4 he wanted brownies and chocolate milk for his birthday party. He wanted the homemade kind that Grandma Johnson made. I ended up making homemade brownies only to find out 2 weeks later what he thought homemade brownies to be was Texas sheet cake. Ever since it has been tradition to make Texas sheet cake for his birthday.

Trey and Daxton having cake.
After that we opened presents. Trey got a football, art set, legos, and a ton of money. $52.00 to be exact. He is saving for jumping stilts, and doctor bills that go along with them. LOL
Happy Birthday buddy!