Thursday, November 28, 2013

Thanksgiving

Feeling extremely blessed on a day meant to celebrate blessings.
My God is an amazing gift giver.
We enjoyed a bountiful meal with dear friends.
Here are a couple of snapshots of our six hour meal...
Grandma created a tasty fruit pizza to enhance the appetizer portion of our feast.
YUM!

Dear friends!

Love you, Steph!



Each child colored a place mat that was later deemed to valuable to spill food on.


Blessed to have such a loving husband!

Anticipating...

Satiated.

Time for dessert!

Stone Mountain excursion

Blogging has taken a back burner this year.  Partially because my voice was a bit damaged by a vitriolic individual.  Partially because life has been extremely busy.  This week break has been a huge blessing.  Restful.  Relaxing.  Quality time with family.  I flew into Branson and spent the night with Mom before our 11 hour road trip to Atlanta (broken up into two days.)  The flight was lovely, if but a little bumpy due to a storm.  I read a book.  A WHOLE book.  In a day.  Without interruptions.  And I slept without interruption.  It was a welcome break.  (I do not mind these interruptions; however, after nearly a week of being up with a croupy girl, it was nice to have a full night's sleep!)  Daddy took great care of Jake and Quinn.  (Ate out every meal, including breakfast at Subway.)  Came home to a clean house and happy family.  I especially loved how close Quinn kept to me for the first 24 hours back.  She missed me!  :  )  And so, these pictures are a couple of weeks overdue, but the Thanksgiving pictures are close to real time!  Thanks for checking in, dear reader.  The Johnsons are doing well.
Love her need to climb up rocks and play "Queen of the Mountain."
Wonder where she got that trait from...




Jake and Quinn, I love that you love each other so much!

It's a COLD day.  We were a little shocked...kept expecting the sun to break through but it didn't happen.

Love you two SO much!

Love Daddy, too!

One of Quinn's favorite games is to play "Sleeping Beauty."
She'll lay down on a flat surface and await her prince to come kiss her awake.
It is hard for a little girl to be so still as she waits "true love's kiss."

I'm in a good place right now.
Happy.
Healthy.
Content.

Fall in the South is BEAUTIFUL!

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Happy Halloween 2013

We had a great night tonight!  It was fun to march around the neighborhood in mass.  Most of us were part of the parade and so bowls of candy greeted us at the doors.  It's an amazing thing to see the growth, both in size and numbers, of children in our 'hood.  We trekked down to Westridge where Quinn was delighted to run into several of her classmates!  Who knew we lived so close!  Playdates will be all the easier!

Darth Vader and Cinderella.
(Thanks, Grandma!)

Love the orange toes peeking out of "glass" slippers.

Emma (Sophia) Quinn (Cinderella) Caroline (Snow White)


Georgia (Cinderella) and Chad (Rasta Man)

Jake and AJ

Trick or treat!

And, oh!  the bounty! 

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Flag Football

We've ventured into new territory...team sports!  Eight weeks of flag football with good friends and a beautiful fall was a GREAT induction!  We hope to see Quinn chasing a soccer ball at this time next year! Here's a couple of glimpses into our Saturday mornings of late! Grandma got to cheer on his first game.  It's amazing how much his team has improved.  Jess is assistant captain to Jake's friend's dad, Mike.  We've enjoyed it so much that we've committed to basketball in November!
I think she's rooting for the other team here.
The Wild Cats has some sort of allure. 

Post game cheese!

Loving the eye black. 

Hey, blue eyes!

I think Jake is more interested in watching his shadow run than who has the ball.  

Love her!

Mike and Jerri

Jonathan

Defensive coach hard at work.

Jake is in the foreground.

Kelly

Jerri

sibling love

Sometimes Quinn and Jake choose to have quiet time together. 
Though it was officially at its end here, they chose to snuggle together.
Jake read Quinn a book on the iPad.  
Sweet.  I love catching them in the act of loving each other. 


Jamie's trampoline

Cracking the egg





I love this girl's laugh!