A Week O'Fun in the Midwest

A couple of weeks ago, I was able to visit the Johnson Ohana in Columbus. Drew had a conference in Las Vegas and since the Johnson Ohana is moving there soon, Jen decided to go too. While Drew and Jen were away, all three kids were well behaved. Here are a few pictures of our adventures.

Below is a collage of pictures from the first couple of days that we were in Columbus:

We also had a very eventful dinner one evening at Boston Market - Paige lost a tooth! She took one bite of turkey and "pop" out came her tooth.

We won't forget our trips to the store.... and phone calls with Uncle Blake

... and baking special cupcakes for Mommy!

Reading with Grandma....
We had to find time for hair fun, Grater's ice cream (YUM :).. sorry I didn't get any pictures, but had to mention it), naps in the car (sorry, Jen), more baking with Grandma, earning computer time, and much more all before Drew and Jen came home.

... and before we knew it, Jen and Drew were home to join in on our fun!

While we were there, Dr. Johnson had his last day in the ER, so of course we had to visit his "office" with some Krispy Kreme donuts. We also took the kiddos to a couple of doctor visits where they received lollipops and stickers.

Oh and how could we forget the tornado sirens and rain that we were caught in!! The pictures were taken after we sprinted 10 yards to the car. Paige was small enough that we could cover her in shopping bags, but we were still soaking wet!

Before our awesome trip was over, there was just enough time to visit the North Market and downtown Columbus! Check out the balloon making, joke telling cowboy, Jeni's ice (again, Yum!) the beautiful church and of course the awesome balloon animal hats!

Thanks for a great week, Johnson Ohana and Grandma Susan It was so much fun.... can't wait for the next adventure!

Happy Cake Day, Cyn!

Happy Birthday, Sister!

A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That

** WARNING: I haven't posted in awhile, so this one is like a novel... its sort of long and there is another post below this one.

Well, I'm officially out of my 20's. Can you believe it? I woke up one day, felt the same as the day before but was a decade older. How did that happen? I had a great birthday weekend full of festivities! Below are the pictures from the Youth Group celebration:

Ashley, Amy, me, Becca

Brian and Greg

The Freshman Gals

Then there was Grandma Susan's "BIG" 6oth Birthday! Addi was such a great sport and helped Grandma Susan with her gifts... and entertained us with some flips and donkey kicks! Be sure to check out the Barbie cake that my sister and Mom made. The detail on the dress was pretty rad!

Then came Easter. The weekend before Easter, I "helped" out a friend by "hopping" at the Annual Egg Extravaganza... "L" came to the event even though he was feeling a little under the weather. As soon as I have some additional pictures, I'll post a few more. Addi also made out like a bandit on Easter with all sorts of loot and eggs! Wow, I can't believe how big these two have gotten... they sure aren't babies anymore!






























We had some fun with Jill's 29th birthday....

Oh yeah, and I finally opened my Kitchenaid... yes, as in I took it out of the box and actually used the thing! It was awesome! Oh and I tried to make a cake from scratch for the first time all by myself... maybe one day I'll post the full story on this cake but for now you'll have to settle for some pictures. :) Either way, there's no Martha here!