Man, she has never done things like this!! I thought this stage was in the 1-2 year old age! I guess I have my hands full!!
Daddy and his girls painting away!!!
Again, hard at work... painting and painting!!
Beenie's final masterpiece... the happy faced pumpkin!!! You can see it... right??
Julles painting style is more abstract!!! She just slaps a bunch of different colors on there and calls it good!!! She calls this one, "mommy". It is just beautiful!!!
This is a planter that I have by my front door, and I think when the flowers start to thrive, it will be really pretty!
This is the girls garden in our backyard. We have this flower bed that didn't have anything in it, so we planted 4 rows of flowers in it. This is only half of the big ol' thing!! Don't mind the rubber ducky on the window well grate! The first row has little red flowers in it, the second has red/white/pink flowers in it and the third and fourth have little purple flowers in them. It is hard for me to remember to water them everyday with the plant food! But, I am hoping not to let them die! Off to the left of the flower bed, you can see a gigantic rock on the patio... I dug that out of one of the places I planted a flower!! Obviously they didn't take the rocks out before puting the bark in!!
I am glad that she did this one, I have this stamp set and I never know what to do with it!!! It is a little out of focus, but the bottom says "eat cake" and the light blue piece of paper has "happy birthday" stamped all across it!
I love this one, I think it is one of my favorite birthday cards that I have done yet!! I love this "B" stamp set. You can do lots with it!
This was by far my favorite card of the night! It is so stinkin cute with these colors and I love that it is a "just because" type of card!!!
Thanks to Amy again, for making our year of Girls Nights something to look forward to! It was also fun because my sister Stacey and her girls were able to come and partake of this fun night!
Yesterday, Jeremy called us asking for a box, and if we could come and pick him and his friend up from Macey's. He informed us he'd purchased a bunny, and needed the box to bring it home in. He needed us to watch it for the night because he was going to a movie. We of course made sure that his mom was ok with him getting this cute little thing. Jonathan picked him up and made a make-shift cage for the little fur ball. We dropped Jeremy and his friend off at the movie and hit Petsmart! Jonathan hooked Jeremy up with all the "bunny" goods. We got him a super cool cage, with water bottle, feeding bowl, food, alphalpha, and vitamins. Who knew a bunny needed all those things to start off a new life!!! We got home and set up his new digs and it was funny, cause Beene kept asking Jonathan, "is the cage done yet daddy? Can you put the bunny in the cage yet?" Jonathan informed her that he was not going to be the one to put the bunny in the cage, and that it wasn't done yet. Finally, the cute little thing had a new home and LOTS of food. Can you say, "starved little bunny"?? That thing started eating and didn't stop until Jeremy took him home tonight! It really likes hay! We had to give it hay refills maybe 4 times today!!!
Needless to say, the girls are inlove with this little bunny with no name! We keep asking Jeremy what he is going to name it, and he can't decide yet! So, the girls and I decided it was a girl, and that we were going to call her "bun-bun"! The girls couldn't stop looking at her. Julles had perma-lines in her forehead, nose and chin from pushing her face up so close to the cage. We had her cage up on the counter, and the girls had done really well not pushing it or anything, so I headed over to the couch to watch a little show, and I looked over and Julles had that thing so close to the edge... scary!! So, we moved her to the floor, that way the kids could look at her all they wanted! When Jeremy took our little bun-bun home tonight, Julles cried and cried saying, "Mommy, bring back my bun-bun!!!" Jonathan told me last night, "don't even think about it Jamie!!" I told him I didn't want a bunny! He told me I had put the nix on him wanting to get a bird, so I couldn't get a bunny!! I don't want to have to change diapers and a bunny cage!! But, the girls really would love a little bunny of thier own... but not for now!!!
This is Jeremy and little Bun-bun!! I will let you know when he finally decides what he is going to name her! It will be good for him to have something that he has to give so much love and attention to. Even though she is not ours, it was still fun having a cute little friend around the house! However, I am not going to miss the fact that she is a VERY messy eater. She would hop into her food bowl and start digging in her food, looking for a certain morsel, and kick with her back legs anything that was in her way... landing on my kitchen floor!!! We took her outside tonight to hop in the grass, and she got a little too confident and tried to run away, so we took her back in!!! But, isn't she just the cutest???
This is the picture I was going to put up on my Father's Day post, but my dad couldn't find it in all his pictures. Well, he called me today and let me know that he found it and was emailing it to me. So, this is a picture of he and I raking leaves. We had this huge tree in our front yard that covered our yard and other's in the fall. We always had fun raking the leaves into a pile and then he'd let me run and jump in them. We got to be quite the pro's at these leaves by the time we moved. 
This little one doesn't have any needles on it anymore. It died in the fall, but the landscapers couldn't get it out until the summer. So, it is going some time soon! The landscaper's are the ones who placed this tree, not the other people!
This is a giant tree, and the top and the bottom are dead, the middle sure is pretty and green! The other big one, is all brown up the middle of the tree. It will make me happy to get rid of the two big ones, because they are not placed right anyway! The little one though was really cute and I liked where they put it!
Jason is in the marching band at school, and loves it. Anyway... he came to us two weeks ago with a flier for the marching band fundraiser. "Pies just in time for Father's Day" is what it read. So, we told him we'd buy one or two. Well, Jonathan let me know on Monday that I needed to get a check to Jason for 5 pies!! I asked him why he got so many, and he said... "Jenny ordered 4 and I had to get more than she did!" So, yesterday our 5 pies came to the door and into our already packed full freezer. Now, we have a blueberry, peach, cherry, apple, and strawberry pie in the freezer if anyone needs to drop by for a snack... I can just pop it in the oven and it will be ready in 35 minutes!!
Beene wanted to do an "Ariel" pose, and so this is what one of those looks like!! Incase you were wondering! But, she does look beautiful!!!
Julles opted not to do the "Ariel" pose, and did this one instead. I think I'll call this one the "I'm cute" pose.
This is a favorite one of the two of them together to date!! I love how they posed together! 
This was my "purchase" purse, and it is big and has lots of pockets on the inside for lots of fun things. I can use it as a purse and (I swore I would never do this, before I had kids, but) a diaper bag. My sister's used to tell me, "you'll understand when you have kids" and I just didn't believe them.
This was my "winner" purse. I really like this one too!! It is shorter than the other one, and only has one pocket on the inside and then one on the outside! I didn't get this one until friday, so I already had my other one packed up like 15 minutes after I got home from the party! So, I guess I'll have to switch them around from time to time! These cute things are washable as well!
I have been asked by a few people to post a picture of our home. So, this is one that I took today. I had to wait until our lawn had been mowed and the weeds pulled and out of the way!
We live on a street called Grandview Drive, because we are supposed to have a grand view of the valley... but you have to go one more street down to get that view of Cache Valley. However, we do have a beautiful view of the mountains in our backyard! This is the mountain behind our house. We have a great mountain breeze at night and we haven't had to turn the air on more than a few days so far! Anyway... this is the place we call home! We love it and hope to be here for a long time! 
Beenie and her princess bike! Ready to ride!
My big girl peddeling! She did great!
She got a little frusterated sometimes that the peddles couldn't peddle by themselves. She kept saying, "Come on dumb peddles, go by yourself". She didn't quite understand!
"Look at me mom, I'm a big girl!!" She had perma grin!
That Jillian Sadie Johnson now know's how to fold her own shirts. She has been my little shadow lately, wanting to do everything that I am. Today, I was folding one of my massavely huge loads of laundry, and she wanted to help... So, she sorted the stuff into piles, her's, Julles, mine and Jonathan's. Then, she put all her shirts in a pile, her panties, and her pants. I started folding Julles stuff, and she begged me to teach her how to do it. So, I took a shirt and she took a shirt and I showed her how to do it twice, she then proceeded to fold all of her little shirts. She says that she wants to help me again tomorrow, so maybe this time I'll take pictures.
My friend brought a bag of these yummy chips to our playgroup last week. I thought it strange to bring salsa flavored chips to share with kids... but, the kids ate the entire bag. So, a few days later I went to Subway and got some to eat with my sandwich, and I LOVE THEM!!! Not only do I love them, my kids ate almost the whole bag, leaving me with just a few. We bought a big bag, and they are almost gone. Beene likes to put shredded cheese on them and eat them as a snack. MIGHTY TASTEY!!!
So, since I get migraines like mad, I have to be careful with what I drink. Therefore no caffiene for me! My favorite drink of all time is coke, and so this is my new favorite! I am also glad that I like this because I don't let my kids drink caffiene either, so they can now share my love for coke!! Now, if only resturaunts would start to carry it, that would be great!
This is a PLUOT, it is a mix between a plum and an apricot, they are SUPER yummy and I love when I can find them. Usually it is a summer/fall fruit you can find. They come in different colors and sizes, and they are delish! I love them, my kids love them, and my husband loves them. I got a huge box of them at Sam's Club for only $6! We have almost eaten them all and we've only had them a few days!
So, there you have it, my fav's for the week! You might want to try them if you haven't, you may just add a new treat to your likings!
Today, my husband took me to my favorite place for lunch. I hadn't eaten anything for breakfast, so I was nice and hungry! He took us to Costa Vida for some yummy yummy mexican food! If I could eat like this everyday in Mexico, I would be there tomorrow! They are having a customer appreciation thing where you can get a Big Kahunna Burrito for only $5. They are HUGE!!! But, they are delicious at the same time. So, it was a Big Kahunna lunch for me, and I am stuffed. For those of you who have never had one of these gigantic things, it has your choice of meat, beans (but I omit them), rice, cheese and red or green sauce. Then, you can get it smothered, which for me is the only way to roll. Green sauce topped off my yummy lunch. Jonathan was pretty bumbed though! NO PICO TODAY!! was what he was told as he was getting to the end of assembly line. They didn't want to chance anyone getting sick because of the salmonilla poisoning. The manager came around and asked him how his taco was without the pico, and he told him it was managable, but that he'll be glad when it is back. Usually, he gets his pico and mine! So, he was doublely upset! The kids love that place because they get rice and beans and Beene gets a quesadilla, which she loves. Today, they gave them a sopapilla, and it was most delicioso!
So, yesterday Julles was getting the cheese bucket out of the fridge(I keep a cool whip container of shredded cheese in the fridge at all times), for the 12th time that day. I was frosting cookies for my nursery lesson and heard her ask, "Mom, who is this?" When she says "who" she means "what", and so without looking at her I said, "do you mean what is this?" and she said, "Is this tuna butta?" At first I didn't even grasp what she said, I looked over at her and she had the jar of Miracle Whip in her hands. I asked her to tell me again what it is, and she said, "This is tuna butta!" I guess she thinks I only use miracle whip for tuna, so that is what she associates it with. So, now you have a new name for your good ol' handy jar of Miracle Whip... TUNA BUTTA!!! I love this video, and we watch it lots with cousins. Today, I was working, and heard my girls saying these exact words... Beene was the bitee, and Julles was the biter!
So, this little video is of Beenie when she was just a peanut, and it describes in a nutshell how we are feeling about the weather disappointment. Since the weather has decided not to cooporate with our Zoo outing scheduled for tomorrow, it has been put on hold!!! Sad!!!
I decided to put up a picture of me from about 10 years ago. This is me and my friend Kim. We were inseperable through our teen years. Every year we would get one of these pictures taken together, in that little shop in the mall that made key rings or tee shirts. This was one that she postsed on Facebook, as a fun little memory. So, thanks Kim, I saved it to my computer. Oh the memories...
The newly opened package... not too new anymore!!!
The cookies with the frosting all scraped off, and in a line!
Mmmmmm... frosting anyone???
It is hard to believe that our Jospeh is 18 and has moved out on his own. He just finished his first year of college and we thought he'd live with us until we kicked him out. However, he has grown up and has decided to go and live with some of his good friends. He's been telling us since March that he was moving out, and it just kept getting pushed back. Well, yesterday he came and got his stuff, and moved into his new place. We hope he does well at his new house. It is going to be a shock to him that he has to budget and things, but he'll make it. If not, we'll be here to catch him. It is going to be wierd now, me having to clean the basement, and the bathroom, and now I have an extra room to dust. It was great having him live with us for as long as he did, august to now. Maybe somesday he'll be back here with us, maybe not. I am amazed at how he has matured and grown. He is a completely different kid than he was 
when Jonathan and I got married. We are so proud of the fact that he is his own person and doesn't let anyone else determine who he is or will be.
I am so excited because I am taking my girls to the zoo for the first time this week. My friend Keri and I got a neighborhood zoo day together. We are going to have like 6 mom's and 12 kids. It is going to be so fun. We are going to have a little picnic when we first get there, and it is just going to be a day where the kids have new experiences. I am so taking my camera and will be taking pictures every chance I get.(when I am not keeping my kids from getting into cages)
h those, but that I think there is a petting zoo there. Jonathan told her that the giraffes stink really bad, and she told him, "that's ok, I'll just hold mom's hand, like I did at the cow farm!" However, she does not want to drink out of the lion drinking fountain. I remember thinking that was so cool when I was little, she thinks it is scary. We'll see about that when we get there. Julles just wants to see penguins. That is what she is most excited about. 
