Friday, May 11, 2012

where to begin?!?!

I feel like so much has happened since I last posted!!!! First off, just a little update on the Johnston's lives.  In September Ty took a job with Interpath Laboratories which took us to Pendleton on January 13th to start a 6 month manager training program.  We moved to Pendleton, got all settled, made friends, had a blast being on our own and as an added bonus we were only 3 hours from Boise! All of the sudden, BOOM-
3 months later we are living in Moses Lake, WA.  Ty got his management position a wee bit early and found out on a Wednesday afternoon and started in Washington that Friday.  That was a surprise to us all... it took a few weeks but we moved to Moses Lake April 12th and should be here for awhile :).  Everything considered we are again having a blast and really enjoy it here!  The people here so far have been awesome and we love our ward!! My fav. thing about this town might be Jazzercise haha i have been working out regularly due to this awesome place... seriously it is awesome!! Oh and how could I forget we really do live on a Lake... well it's across the street but still it's awesome!  The only down side to this place is the 5.5 hour drive home but hey it could be worse right?? I keep telling myself that!!  Anyway that was really just an update so I can look back at life and remember these times with my young family...

Soooo... to the kiddos! The kids have done awesome through all the moves and continue to always have smiles.  Bridger is getting so big-10 months now! WHAT THE! Little bugger has been army crawling since he was 8 months and just barely started to crawl like a normal kid :)  He has a serious mullet but its all curly when its wet so i just can't cut it yet! He is loving water and being outside... he thinks dirt and mud are awesome- i'm sure he learned that one from Parx!  Parx is just sooo huge i can't believe it some days.  He is sooo hilarious too... i was making fun of Ty having Adam Lavine (however you spell that) as a boyfriend the other day and then we stopped talking about it and sure enough a few minutes later Parx says, "Dad, how come your boyfriend is such a good singer?" Anyway, he just picks up on everything!  He is ABSOLUTELY obsessed with bugs and it grosses me out (thanks dad!!!).. I mean we have to stop at every little thing crawling on the ground.. which by the way Moses Lake has like triple the amount of bugs outside I think.. or maybe i just notice them more now that Parx wants jars to put them in all the time (thanks again dad!!).  One other thing about Parx that I just love and admire- He is the best at making friends!! I am jealous of how fast he connects with other kids... I will say I have made some great friends already and luckily most of them have kids Parx age too so we have alot of fun!! So thats us and onto some serious pics...

FIRST OFF EASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We went home to Boise for Easter and got to see our friends and family so it was awesome!



                     EASTER COOKIES...



The annual Albertson's Easter Egg Hunt!





                                                 We love the Easter Bunny...                        
 


Bridger got to participate in the fun at Albys..


                        Church hunt after had all kinds of fun things for the kids to do.. check out Parx man



                             Hunt #2.. at the church

    And yes i chopped allllll my hair off!.. ahhhh scary!


          Cortney and I made Easter baskets for our kids...

                    Diggin in after finding their baskets...
                   And the hunt at grandma and grandpas Easter morning...



      All ready for church..


We went from here over to Grandma and Grandpa Johnstons for some more easter fun!  I unfortunately forgot to take pics... but we ate easter lunch since everyone was traveling.. had another egg hunt and played some games with eggs... HAILEE and I were the champs of the easter egg spoon run!! We rock Hailee!

And now on to just some nice warm weather pics... we are having so much fun playing in the beautiful weather!!


             Parx had two water balloon fights on Tuesday since it was SO NICE! First one was with his buddy Hayden..

 
Next one was through the fence haha and it was so much fun... they thought it was the coolest thing ever.. but hardly ever got each other :)
  Just some cute pics of my two fav. little boys.... I LOVE THESE KIDS!!!!

             Bridger's first push up!



We planted our first garden and are loving it!  First garden = squash, zuchini, cucumber, cilantro, raspberries, strawberries, red, orange and green peppers, onions, tomatoes, broccoli, and green beans! We will see what lives!  Its been planted for prob a month now and everything seems to be alive and kickin still....

 And now for some randomness.... Bridger ate a lemon ahahaha it was soo funny and no ty is not poking him in the eye haha he is prob a good foot from him but it looks like it... that face is all from his first lemon!
 My parents came last weekend and took us to the circus... Parx had a blast! Bridger, well not really.
       They shared a snowcone... and Parx got his face painted earlier in the day at the farmers marker!
 And............... Parx rode an elephant!!
 Here is Parx being sneaky... always sneaking some kind of food lately! Usually it's popsicles...
 Our homeade robot costume... haha parx is all about making stuff lately too and i'm having fun with it!
 Just a cute pic of my little baby... who is turning into a big boy WAY to fast!

I think I win a prize for how long this post is!!

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

A Fun Filled December...


WE LOVE DECEMBER!!!!!! Our little boy gets one year older every December 6th to really kick off the holiday season!! Parx man is 3 years old ( I still have to do a birthday post... but ky has those pics). So this post is all about Christmas time with my sweet family.

We may not have the prettiest tree but it was cut down in the forest with love. This is a tradition we are hoping to keep forever!


Parx wrapped this present for Bridger... he did such a good job :)

Bridger 6 months old- first Christmas!

Dad got a giant pic of Erin Andrews... He has a mild obsession.

The boys got everything they asked for from Santa this year!! Parx really wanted a train table with a remote control train.

Part of the Fam! Missing ky, ty and the kiddos

Bridger got Peas in his stocking from Santa and didn't like them much!

My beautiful babies in their jammies Santa brought!




Santa came over and surprised us on Christmas Eve!! Parx absolutely LOVED it! He even brought presents in his big red bag!

The Johnston Family... Christmas 2011
We go and meet Santa every year at a State Farm office and they always have other fun things for the kids to do at all the other offices connected too!

Cute Boise State Pony


Both boys loved Santa this year!


We got to meet 2 of his reindeer
In the car after all the fun!


AUNT KY KY GOT US A FAMILY HELICOPTER RIDE FOR CHRISTMAS!!! IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PARX WANTS TO RIDE HELICOPTERS ALL THE TIME NOW.

THE JOHNSTON'S GOT FIRST PLACE IN THE GINGERBREAD MAKING CONTEST... TWICE!
CAN'T WAIT TO CONTINUE MAKING FUN HOLIDAY MEMORIES WITH MY FAMILY FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME!!! I LOVE THEM SOOOO MUCH AND AM SO BLESSED TO HAVE THEM IN MY LIFE... CHRISTMAS 2011 WAS AN ABSOLUTE BLAST!!!! SO THANKFUL THAT WE KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS AND ARE ABLE TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN ABOUT OUR SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST!!