Say What????

So you wanna hear some exciting news??? David and I are going to the Bahamas in June!! YIPPIE!!! So I guess it's more exciting to us. We were originally planning on going to Portland this June so that David could attend a seminar at WSCC to get his continuing ed credits and to visit some of our awesome friends that we are missing a TON! Well, David found out that he didn't need to attend the seminar, that he had sufficient enough credits for the year...which was code for we don't need to go to Portland. Well needless to say I was pretty upset. We had been planning and saving for this trip for the past few months and I needed a break from the daily grind. I haven't had a day off from my amazing job of full-time mommy since I became a mommy (5 years now)! I don't know if it was because I was having a bad day or week but I just broke down. David, being the amazing husband he is, realized that if we weren't going to Portland we still needed to go somewhere so I could have some much needed vacation time, just the two of us! So we looked into Puerto Vallarta because his parents had a time share there and basically that was what we could afford (what we had saved up for our Portland trip). We were supper excited and started looking into flights and what not. Well it so happened that that evening on the news was the good ole H1N1 flu outbreak (swine flu). Oh goodie!!! Being the positive person that I am (note the sarcasm) I began to give up on the idea that David and I would ever be able to get away. Well, David and I began looking at other possiblities. We just randomly searched different affordable possibilities and that's when the bahamas popped up! We just booked our trip this last Monday! We are so excited. This will be our first time to go on a trip together....well ever! And our first time away from the kids without one of us to be there to watch them. I'm a little nervous about that but my excitment is doing a good job covering my nervousness.

Another thing that happened, yesterday, Aidan was jumping around on the couch and mis-calculated his landing, bounced backwards and cracked his head on the base corn piece of our couch. He has fallen a lot and I didn't think it was that bad until he stood up crying and holding his head with some healthy red oozing fluid flowing through his fingers. Yep, he was REALLY hurt. He cut open the back of his head, about an inch long gash. Luckily my in-laws were here, so I ran Aidan to the ER and proceeded to wait two hours to see a doctor! He ended up getting it glued together instead of stitches. Only our second trip to the ER. Not bad for having a bunch of high-energy boys!

And of course it wouldn't be a blog entry worth stopping by and checking out without pics of our adorable amazing kiddos!! I love these kids soo much!

Thanks for stopping by and sorry again to all of our Portland friends (especially the Youngs) that we won't be able to see you next month! We miss you all very much!

True Happiness comes in small packages

My ode to Kaleb! I love this little man soo much. After having our daughter I thought we were done having kids, maybe because I had been pregnant or nursing for the 3 years previously! When I mentioned my thoughts to my husband, he calmly replied "no I think there is one more waiting to join us." My first reaction was not pleasant and it actually took some persuasion on David's behalf to finally convince me otherwise...and I'm sooo glad he did. I don't know what I would do without this little guy in my life! Everyone of my kids makes my life better in some why or another, this little guy just makes me smile! He is soo happy and carefree. I've never heard another baby giggle as much as he does. I am so blessed to have such amazing kids, a wonderful wise husband and many many more blessings than I can count. So take a gander at my adorable baby boy and you too will see why he makes me smile everyday!

Oh, and he is pulling himself to standing now....ya I'm busy!

TRUE LOVE!!!!

Happy Birthday Hailee!

Here she is....our adorable 2 year old! Today is her actual birthday but because David's day off is Wednesday we celebrated with a little party for Hailee yesterday and fun was had by all!

I asked Hailee what kind of party she wanted, her options were Dora, Butterfly or Princess. Guess which theme she chose...Princess! And that is what she is, our little princess!

Some of her cousins were here for the party and she invited her two best friends. When everyone was here we had them each make their own crowns with adhesive "jewels". They loved it...yes even the boys! From left to right: Miya, Elizabeth, Hailee, Aidan, Isaac, Zoe and Xander.

Princess Hailee!

King Xander and King Aidan

Mommy and her little princess and of course her cool shades she got for her birthday. She was quite spoiled and got some fun new toys to play with. Thank you to Hailee's friends and cousins for the wonderful gifts!

And my pride and joy....Hailee's princess cake! I was so excited when I found this idea on youtube that I just had to try it. I was quite nervous about it but I think it turned out pretty awesome! I think I took as many pictures of the cake as I did of Hailee! :)

Here is Hailee blowing out her candles. She loved the cake....and so did everyone else.

After all was said and done the kids all had a blast, I know because everyone of them told me and almost all of them had naps afterwards...we wore them out with all of the party fun! We love you Hailee and are so proud of the beautiful little girl you are growing up to be! And good job on doing so well with your potty training!

Little update ~

Just a picture of one the cutest babies ALIVE!!! Mr. Dimples can now sit and almost crawl on his own!

All the grandkids on the Johnston side...what a good looking bunch of kids!Father and son cuddle time.

David's idea of having fun with the new truck!

SO this last month seemed to go on forever. Not a whole lot has happened that sticks out in my mind. The only new things have been that Kaleb is sitting on his own and is quite the mover! He doesn't really crawl, but if he wants to get somewhere he gets there. Usually by rolling or worm crawling or something.

The second new thing is that we bought a second vehicle. David finally got his truck. It's a cute little 4x4 s10 (I think a Chevy...I'm a woman and don't pay attention to those little details) and the fun part is that it's a stick! I love driving a manual....even though I rarely get to touch the thing let alone drive it. It's his baby. Well, we have gotten a lot of snow lately and my dear hubby got the bright idea to drive his truck into the snow bank beside our driveway. Well you obviously see the results of that. We had to call a friend to help tow him out. We did get a video of it and I"ll try to upload it. The fun things we do when we're bored...or the REAL reason...when "I'm tired of shoveling the snow and having to throw it up over this huge snow bank, so I'm going to knock it down with my truck." (quote by david). It actually did work, the snow bank is no more, easing my husbands hard work and labor problems. Good job sweetie! Anyhoo, thanks for stopping by!

} My awesome, cute kids!!

Sorry for the lack of blogging but that's how it goes in the life of a mom right?? Maybe just this moms' life anyways. So I have a lot of cute pictures and stories to share so please bare with me and enjoy the ride...

First off is my CAARRAAAZZY gal Bean! This girl cracks me up daily! We had spaghetti this particular night, as you can tell from the pasted on beard of tomato sauce, and she was hilarious!

She ate, and I'm not exagerating, 4 helpings, full helpings, of the stuff! And she couldn't get the fork to work fast enough for her so she opted to use her paws and SHOVELED the noodles in like they were going out of style! What made it even more hilarious was the "mmmmm" sound and the giggles she was making the entire time! Did I mention I love this girl! hee hee

Next is my handsome little helper, mister A! No these are not photoshoped pictures, these are actual pictures of my little man helping me vacuum! He actually ended up vacuuming the entire living room all by himself and did an EXCELLENT job. When I say excellent I mean I didn't go over it afterwards (because I'm kind of anal and usually do follow up with a spot clean). It was spotless. I love this little guy...or should I say big now! He's growing up way to fast.

On to Xandee Man (as he calls himself because he can't seem to get the "r" sound working). What can I say, this guy is just all around a sweetheart. He's my mister sensitive, always full of love but also very stubborn and knows what he wants and when and how he wants it. I guess picky would be the word for that unnecessarily long sentence.

Here are just a few pics of the boys modeling their new ties. They loved them and wore them around all day when they first got them. Aidan just wanted to wear the tie...literally as you can see. LOL.

And these last few were actually taken tonight. Kaleb, aka mister dimples, has been working on his crawling and sitting on his own skills. So for bathtime tonight we dug out the bath chair so he could actually "enjoy" and play in the bath. He LOVED it! They were all pretty squished but they all loved that Kaleb could join in the fun.

Isn't he the most adorable thing ever!!! I love this little guy soo much.

It's so rewarding being a mom. Yes it can be hard at times but moments like these make it all worth it!

School, Birthday's and more

Hello fellow bloggers! It has already been a fairly busy new year. Here are just a few things that have been going on in the Johnston residence. First off our baby is growing too fast. He has learned how to get up on his hands and knees and lunges for things that he really wants. He is such a cutie pie and has the most adorable dimple when he smiles!

Hailee is still the mischeif queen, although I must say things are getting better. She is talking up a storm now, surprising me with new words and sentences every day.... I don't know if I should be happy about that or not? She has already sassed me a few times.

Xander just turned 3 on the 11th. He is growing up fast too. He also always seems to have a dirty face in any picture that I've taken of him. Hmmm, maybe I should wash my kids' faces more often. Geesh! He had a great birthday weekend. We (David and I) took him out for dinner while the other kids stayed home with a sitter. This is something we've been meaning to start for a while now. But since the kids are old enough now we thought this would be the perfect year to start. He had a great time and finished his entire meal plus a dessert! It was fun spending one on one time with him. The next night we invited a family from our branch over for cake, Ice cream and to play a few games. Xander loved having 8 other kids running around (yep the family has 8 wonderful kids!). Then on Sunday, his actual birthday we just chilled and let him open his present from us (which he will actually be getting come spring time...a bike!). He loved the picture of the bike and the idea that he will be getting one and understands why he didn't get it now. He's so smart! Love ya buddy!

Aidan started playschool. We bought him a backpack for school and for the first week he wore it everywhere....even to church! He was so excited to go. I was a little worried when the day finally came, that he wouldn't want to go. When we got there he was shown where his cubby was, got to put on his name tag and when we went into the classroom so that the teacher could show us around he was gone! I looked around and found him playing with a couple other boys with some trucks. Even when I went over to say goodbye and tell him I was leaving he didn't even bat an eyelash "see ya later mom" was all he said. He still loves it! So I'm pretty happy about that.

Aidan fell asleep with his backpack on the couch. We decided to let Kaleb wake him up....he wouldn't get mad at Kaleb, he loves him too much.

There you have it, a little update on just a few things that have been going on here. Oh, David and the other chiro's he works for will be moving into their new clinic this weekend. I got a pre-tour of it and it is awesome! I'm so excited for David to finally be able to make his own hours and to be able to see even more patients! I'm so proud of you David! Thanks for stopping by and make sure to keep in touch!

Here's to a great 2008 and an even better 2009!

Hailee in her Christmas outfit from G. & G. Albiston.

Kaleb's first Christmas!

What cuties!

My mover and groover!

The Christmas stockings... G. Johnston made these for everyone, it's tradition that everyone gets a homemade stocking from Grandma....David has had his since he was a pee wee! ;)

" Who's got me? Is that Santa over there? Where am I?" A usual look for Kaleb.

Aidan with Santa. He was pretty excited to see Santa walk into the gym!

Xander was so excited he was the first to jump onto Santa's lap.

We signed up to make mashed potato's for our branch Christmas party and the potato's were donated by a member and they were HUGE!! As big as Kaleb's head as you can see!

Had to throw in some bathtime pics! My little angel!

Xandee man! (he can't say his "r" sound so everything that has "r" in it sounds like "e" or "w")

My little helper. He does this everytime Kaleb gets a bath, he holds and I wash.

Little stud (mini David).

Here's just a quick update. We had Christmas at home and enjoyed it. The kids were happy to see all the gifts under the tree, especially the ones from santa. We got to spend some time with David's family for a few days and we also just celebrated our 6 year wedding anniversary, and what a wonderful 6 years it has been! I was spoiled on our anniversary. My husband surprised me with a Wii and Wii Fit. I was impressed that he was even able to find one let alone keep it a surprise from me. The kids are all healthy and happy and are enjoying the ample amount of snow we have, especially Aidan. They definately didn't get that from me...I don't enjoy the cold much. Aidan got a Leap frog game system and a Thomas game and has just figured out how to use it so now I hardly see him during the day. He's growing up way too fast. He also starts playschool on Jan. 6 and is pretty excited about it. Xander is quite the little artist and loves to draw perfect circles (which are also faces, trees and anything else really). Hailee is finally enjoying having GIRL toys in the house. She got a stroller from Aunty Dallas and loves to push it (along with her 4 dolls) all around the house. Kaleb is a rolling machine. I turn around and he is already done a full 180! I'm sure he'll be crawling in no time, especially since he is already pulling his knees up underneath himself. He also LOVES solid food, our best eater yet and that's saying a lot considering he has Miss Hailee to out do!

We have had a great year and a wonderful Christmas and hope that the New Year will bring us a lot more exciting and fun moments together as a family! Thanks to all of you that sent us Christmas wishes, we hope you all had a wonderful Christmas as well and an even better New Year.