Johnson Family Reunion

Here's where we slept- tiny tent on the right [I know, we need to upgrade!]

Ready for the day's activities!

Bull Roping!

Note: I caught BOTH horns!

Serra was the youngest roper, so she got to stand REALLY close.It still took her a few tries, but she finally roped it!More roping.

Ian roped 1 horn. :)

Water balloon launching.

This was probably Serra's favorite activity.

Serra telling Great-Grandma Johnson a story. [a LONG story]

Great-Grandpa Johnson finding Serra's "lizards", "worms" and "snakes" [tickle spots]

Per Aunt Lorie's Request

As a comment on one of my previous posts about Serra's new frilly dresses, Serra's aunt asked for me to post pics of Serra in her cute new dresses. So... here you go- pictures of Serra posing in each of her new dresses over the last couple weeks.

This one just cracks me up. I bought this dance outfit at a garage sale for super cheap. It's technically a little big, but Serra really wanted to wear it when she saw me buy it, so we put it on her for fun. She kept making the cutest little dance poses- this one is my favorite!

Happy Fourth!

We had a great holiday- here are some pics to prove it!Our day started with the Freedom Run race in Provo. Don't get all excited... we only did the 1 mile- but it was our first official race!

Here are our 4th of July outfits.

We went to a neighborhood breakfast where a firetruck and ambulance showed up and the kids got to walk through them and ask questions.

Serra LOVED the fireworks- here she is holding a sparkler [with a little help from Daddy- she kept holding it far out and shaking it, which doesn't work too well when you're trying to take a picture!]

June Sillies

Here are our silly pictures from June. Enjoy!

2300+ Recipes

I have been entering a lot of recipes lately- a big stack that I had sitting around and I don't want to pack and move! So I've finally gotten productive lately. :) Anyway, I reached 2300 recipes today- and it's still growing!

If you want to take a peek, just go to http://www.kristenspoetry.com/recipe.php.

Guess It's Been a While

So I've kind of slacked on the blogging thing- it's hard when every time I sit down to the computer a "certain someone" constantly tries to climb on my lap so they can type instead! But this post is also about some pictures that are a little late- when we went to visit my brother's family in April, we took a family picture with all of us- as well as a bunch of others. Well, I should say THEY took pictures of us- my sister in law has gotten really good at taking pictures with their snazzy camera. Anyway, I just had to share some of my favorites- so here they are!

This is my favorite of all of us.

Here's another good one.

The MacGregors

The Miners

Kevin watching his egg getting dyed.

Ricky smiling with his Peep- he has the biggest smile of any kid I know!

My brother, Rick- the chef!

Cousins in the tub! [If you look closely you'll see Serra is screaming and Kevin is trying to cover his ears- this happened a lot.]

Serra playing in a tunnel.

Kevin and Serra holding hands.

Miner Grandkids- running to see the animals at Frying Pan Farm.

This is one of my favorites... Ricky kept running around and climbing on things and basically going places he shouldn't... well, he found a mud puddle by slipping right into it! What's funny is the shirt his parents chose that morning for him to wear- it says: I Do All My Own Stunts! :)

Not a baby anymore

I had been holding off, not wanting my little girl to move to yet another size in clothes- she's only been wearing the 18 month summer clothes for a couple months! But after a week or two of always seeing her ankles and belly, I decided it was time! I packed up all of the 18 month stuff and set up her 2Ts... while I was doing it I noticed a big difference in not only the size, but the style of the clothes- she's not my baby anymore! There's a reason the clothes are 2T [toddler] and not usually 24 month [baby]! She's going to look like a little girl from now on. Serra is extremely excited- especially since she has been seeing these really frilly dresses hanging in her closet and wanting to wear them- and now she can! It'll be fun, but hopefully in the next year or two we have another baby- I miss mine already! :(