I haven't gotten a picture of her yet, but she LOVES her jewelry. My mom sent her all of her Mardi Gras beads and Annie takes them off and on all day. Like I said she's my girlie girl!
We are so thankful she is in our family!
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Oh my Annabelle!
Can I just say how much we all love this girl? She has brought so much happiness and laughter into our family. And it has been so fun to watch her little personality emerge, especially in the last six months. She is sweet and loving, but stubborn as a mule and has the "Johanson wing-ding" trait. Heaven help us with those!
She LOVES to wear tutus! We were at the store last week and she saw a swimsuit with a tutu and she got all excited "tutu, tutu"! She is such a girlie girl! In the bottom picture she wanted to wear both her birthday tutu and her Halloween tutu. Apparently a girl can never have too many tutus!
She LOVES to squeeze into the smallest space possible and must have her "joos" to go with it. This is her favorite ride around the house.
She LOVES her babies with a true mother's heart. She is very affectionate with her babies and is always concerned where their "baa" is so that she can feed them. I can already tell that she will be a very nurturing and loving person.
She LOVES to get dressed up. Her patent leather Mary Janes are her "go-to" shoe everyday. On Sunday mornings you can almost always find her in Rachel's bathroom sitting on the toilet watching Rachel get ready for church. And she always wants Rach to put lipstick on her. Then she looks in the mirror and just smiles like "Yeah, I look good."
She has discovered how to get to new heights. Nothing is too small to stand on as long as it gets her higher than the ground. I have even caught her attempting to stand on a glass mason jar in the kitchen. Yep. Her usual "go-to" step stool is her plastic toy/storage box. She empties her toys and carries it into the kitchen every. single. morning.
She LOVES to dance. This girl can raise the roof like no other 19 month old can! She loves to dance to "Happy" by Pharrell Williams, "On top of the world" by Imagine Dragons, "Roar" by Katy Perry just to name a few. She knows good music when she hears it.
I haven't gotten a picture of her yet, but she LOVES her jewelry. My mom sent her all of her Mardi Gras beads and Annie takes them off and on all day. Like I said she's my girlie girl!
We are so thankful she is in our family!
I haven't gotten a picture of her yet, but she LOVES her jewelry. My mom sent her all of her Mardi Gras beads and Annie takes them off and on all day. Like I said she's my girlie girl!
We are so thankful she is in our family!
Friday, March 7, 2014
Friday Favorite
I know I am so far behind this wagon, but my "new" favorite show is....
Yep. That's right. Thank you Netflix for coming to the rescue when nothing else is on! I am hooked! Love me some Jack Bauer!
Yep. That's right. Thank you Netflix for coming to the rescue when nothing else is on! I am hooked! Love me some Jack Bauer!
If you haven't ever seen it (which probably you have because as I said, I'm late joining this wagon), then you must!
Thursday, February 27, 2014
TBT (Throwback Thursday)
For lack of anything to write about but wanting to post something I give you a Throwback to February 2006! Cute little Valentines!!!
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Pikes Peak
Ryan and I decided to take the kids to Pikes Peak shortly after New Years'. We reserved tickets on the Cog Railway. We made it a little vacay to the Springs, got a hotel room, went swimming, ate at Rudy's Bbq and just had a great time as a family.
It was about an hour and a half ride up on the cog and it was beautiful! The kids were so excited, especially John. He loved riding the train. We saw things that we wouldn't normally see if we had driven up ourselves (plus an added bonus...I felt we were much safer. ;) ).
This was the only time that all six of us were outside at one time. It was FREEZING and so so windy up at the top. So the kids and I stayed inside most of the time.
In the picture above you can see to Kansas!
Andrew, John and Annabelle were out like a light within 15 minutes of our ride back down. I think the lack of oxygen wore them out :)
We had a great time and loved seeing more of beautiful Colorado!
It was about an hour and a half ride up on the cog and it was beautiful! The kids were so excited, especially John. He loved riding the train. We saw things that we wouldn't normally see if we had driven up ourselves (plus an added bonus...I felt we were much safer. ;) ).
This was the only time that all six of us were outside at one time. It was FREEZING and so so windy up at the top. So the kids and I stayed inside most of the time.
In the picture above you can see to Kansas!
Andrew, John and Annabelle were out like a light within 15 minutes of our ride back down. I think the lack of oxygen wore them out :)
We had a great time and loved seeing more of beautiful Colorado!
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
HELLO Friends!
Wow! It has been over SIX months since I last looked at our family blog. That is crazy. But...truthfully that is life.
Just to get you caught up on everything that has happened since July the kids started school, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, present. There you go. Maybe I'll get around to posting pictures, but who knows. :)
Maybe once a month will be good. What do you think? I don't know. It's just so hard to decide. Since I'm on Facebook and now on Instagram I feel like everyone knows what we're doing. But I guess there are some things that I don't post on those two that would be fun to share. Hmmmm.....
There was a reason that prompted me to post today though instead of posting it on social media. And it's Christmas related! Just a preface....Ryan and I have never given Christmas presents to our kids specifically from us. I don't know why exactly. We just haven't. But as Christmas was approaching and thoughts of the new year I really wanted to give them something that would last the whole year and create memories for our kids. So we gave each of them twelve envelopes with a date with dad and a date with mom. I think one of the hardest things (among MANY) of being a parent is making the time to spend with each child. Especially once you have more than two. So this gift actually makes Ryan and I stop and spend time with each of them. I didn't know how they would react to the gift of envelopes. I mean, it's envelopes you know. But there reaction far surpassed any reaction to a tangible gift. They loved it! And Ryan and I have had a great time so far.
Here are the memories we created in January:
Rachel's date with dad: Go to a book store to pick out a new book and then get a treat. Instead of going to Barnes and Noble Ryan took her to the Tattered Bookcover, a local bookstore here in Denver. Of course Rach was in heaven! She picked out The Maze Runner. She is so excited to read it (and so am I!). Then they went to a new cupcake shop down the street from us Milk & Cakes.
Rachel's date with mom: Go to the craft store and pick a craft you can do together. She has been looking at Pinterest for some fun things to accessorize her room and found the cutest calendar/corkboard/organizer thing. So we went to Hobby Lobby and got the supplies. It has turned out really cute. We're not quite done with it, but she loves it!
Andrew's date with dad: Go to the movies or have a movie night at home. Andrew chose to have a movie night at home and picked The Hobbit to watch. So he and Ryan got some treats and the movie, set up the living room like a theater and had a great time watching a movie just the two of them.
Andrew's date with mom: Make a dessert you have never made before. Andrew wanted to make a super colossal ice cream sundae. So he made his list and he and I went to the store to buy all the ingredients. We came home and made a very tasty ice cream sundae.
John's date with dad: Build a small project together. John wanted a triangle table to put by his bed. So he and Ryan went to Home Depot and bought a few supplies and came home and got to work. It turned out really cute and functional :).
John's date with mom: Go to the movies or have a movie night at home. John also chose to have a movie night at home and he picked The Magic School bus. Not technically a movie but that is what he loves right now. So we watched several episodes and ate popcorn and treats. He loved it!
Annie doesn't have "official" dates with us this year since she is still little, but we can't wait to include her. Probably next year. Instead we are just taking her on little dates like to get an ice cream cone or play in the park that sort of thing.
The kids got to open up February's envelope on the first. They are excited for another month of fun dates with mom and dad!
Just to get you caught up on everything that has happened since July the kids started school, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, present. There you go. Maybe I'll get around to posting pictures, but who knows. :)
Maybe once a month will be good. What do you think? I don't know. It's just so hard to decide. Since I'm on Facebook and now on Instagram I feel like everyone knows what we're doing. But I guess there are some things that I don't post on those two that would be fun to share. Hmmmm.....
There was a reason that prompted me to post today though instead of posting it on social media. And it's Christmas related! Just a preface....Ryan and I have never given Christmas presents to our kids specifically from us. I don't know why exactly. We just haven't. But as Christmas was approaching and thoughts of the new year I really wanted to give them something that would last the whole year and create memories for our kids. So we gave each of them twelve envelopes with a date with dad and a date with mom. I think one of the hardest things (among MANY) of being a parent is making the time to spend with each child. Especially once you have more than two. So this gift actually makes Ryan and I stop and spend time with each of them. I didn't know how they would react to the gift of envelopes. I mean, it's envelopes you know. But there reaction far surpassed any reaction to a tangible gift. They loved it! And Ryan and I have had a great time so far.
Here are the memories we created in January:
Rachel's date with dad: Go to a book store to pick out a new book and then get a treat. Instead of going to Barnes and Noble Ryan took her to the Tattered Bookcover, a local bookstore here in Denver. Of course Rach was in heaven! She picked out The Maze Runner. She is so excited to read it (and so am I!). Then they went to a new cupcake shop down the street from us Milk & Cakes.
Rachel's date with mom: Go to the craft store and pick a craft you can do together. She has been looking at Pinterest for some fun things to accessorize her room and found the cutest calendar/corkboard/organizer thing. So we went to Hobby Lobby and got the supplies. It has turned out really cute. We're not quite done with it, but she loves it!
(Pictures coming soon!)
Andrew's date with dad: Go to the movies or have a movie night at home. Andrew chose to have a movie night at home and picked The Hobbit to watch. So he and Ryan got some treats and the movie, set up the living room like a theater and had a great time watching a movie just the two of them.
Andrew's date with mom: Make a dessert you have never made before. Andrew wanted to make a super colossal ice cream sundae. So he made his list and he and I went to the store to buy all the ingredients. We came home and made a very tasty ice cream sundae.
John's date with dad: Build a small project together. John wanted a triangle table to put by his bed. So he and Ryan went to Home Depot and bought a few supplies and came home and got to work. It turned out really cute and functional :).
(Finished product picture coming soon!)
John's date with mom: Go to the movies or have a movie night at home. John also chose to have a movie night at home and he picked The Magic School bus. Not technically a movie but that is what he loves right now. So we watched several episodes and ate popcorn and treats. He loved it!
Annie doesn't have "official" dates with us this year since she is still little, but we can't wait to include her. Probably next year. Instead we are just taking her on little dates like to get an ice cream cone or play in the park that sort of thing.
The kids got to open up February's envelope on the first. They are excited for another month of fun dates with mom and dad!
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Annabelle's First Year!
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Two MILLION Words!
Last Thursday, Rachel received an award for reading over two million words this school year! Next year she has set a goal to read over three million! So LOVE that she LOVES books! Way to go Rach!!!
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