This post is for Devin

Because I know how much he loves Disneyland. We didn't have much time, only about 1/2 a day to spend there, but I had to go to see the Halloween decorations. The biggest thing was to make it to The Haunted Mansion to see it all decked out Nightmare Before Christmas style. It was friggin' awesome.

California, baby

Dale and I just took a little trip to California. It was just a couple of days but we had a good time. The kids stayed in Springville with my parents. It was really nice for us to have some one-on-one time again. Dale is actually looking at buying an HD camera for work and that was the main reason we went, but we managed to get a lot of fun things in, too.

Beautiful!
This was the view from our hotel room in Beverly Hills at night. It was GORGEOUS!
Me and my baby after having lunch in Burbank. Burbank is my new favorite town and I want to live there. I'm trying to talk Dale in to working for Disney or Warner Bros. or somewhere like that.

Any guesses?
Do you know where we are sitting?
We took the Warner Bros. VIP tour. It was really interesting if you're in to that kind of thing, which I really am. They were filming a lot of things while we were there and we got to see a little bit of it. Unfortunately, they don't allow pictures for most of the tour.

*Happy Birthday to Me*

Dale made me a delicious birthday dinner- T-bone steak, scalloped potatoes, salad and sparkling cider. Yummy! The kids got hot dogs but I don't think they cared too much.

*Corn Maze*

Frank shooting the corn gun

Cow Train

my parents
Corn box with Aunt Savannah


Bluebell, Utah

DUH MOM!

I try to be a concerned parent and this is what happens:


Me: Dylan, why is your nose running?

Dylan: Because boogers are trying to come out.

Me: Oh.

My son, the poser.

The other night we went on a walk through our neighborhood and Dale brought along the camera. No children were prompted or posed during the shooting of these pictures.

Dry Fork BBQ

This isn't a very good picture but I love how Dylan is poking through the weeds.
Dawson, obviously, was having a blast.
Pretty picture taken by Dale.
The newest addition to the family. We've graduated from mini-van-hood. It's okay, don't cry. We couldn't help it-- the heater in the van died and we didn't want to have to pay to have it fixed.

I don't know what "don't embarrass me Fillmore" means, but Dale and the boys always say it to each other. Maybe sometime I'll ask Dale where he got it.

My handsomes

Backyard Camping

We've been too busy to camp this summer so the boys improvised and had a few backyard sleepovers.

*the real deal*

first day of school--not the greatest but they're all he would allow.
first day of school
Johnson

*Sorry*

Still no pictures. I don't know if I've already said this but the little plastic pretend SD card is jammed in our laptop so I can't put our real SD card in to upload pictures. Lame. I know. And it wasn't even the kids who did it. It was me. Lame. I know. So here's an update on what's been going on and I'll use other pictures to improvise. Remember: these pictures are not actually of our family.

Dylan started preschool the other day. He was super excited. I can't believe he's in school and only 1 year away from Kindergarten. He loved it, though. The teacher is really nice; it's a family member (sorta, kinda) of Dale (I'm pretty sure that he's related to EVERYONE somehow in Vernal) and she teaches out of her home. It worked out perfectly because I had been worried about sending him somewhere that I wasn't familiar with. There's one bully that we've found so far, and he's already made my kid cry. Great. But I'm trying to teach him how to handle it -- being a tattle tail. Yup.

Next thing: we got a kitten. I was at a church today for a baby shower and a cute little stray stole my heart. The kids named HER Johnson, but I don't think she'll mind too much. She's very sweet and friendly and has a loud purr. She let's the kids haul her around, too, which is a plus. Hopefully she doesn't get scared and run away. She's a good family cat, though. I'm excited. I've been trying to talk Dale into letting me get a pet for a while now that we have a fenced yard and everything. When it's the dead of winter and -20 degrees here in Vernal, maybe he'll have the heart enough to let her sleep in the laundry room. I won't push it yet, though. Too soon :) Shhh, don't say anything.