Chris and Anya Came to Visit!
Ben's brother, Chris, and his wife and two cute kiddos flew to North Carolina all the way from Roy, Utah. Of course, their visit also lined up perfectly with the Coca Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Ben and Chris are major NASCAR fans so this was a must for them. While the boys enjoyed the races, the girls went to Disney Fantasy on Ice. It was so neat! The show was broken into four different "movies": Cars, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King and Tinkerbell. Seriously, Katelyn's barely even blinked during the entire show. She kept waving at all of the character as the skated by.
At the end of Chris and Anya's visit we packed up both of our cars and headed to Myrtle Beach for a quick trip. Anya couldn't get this close to a beach and not see the ocean! We made the three hour trip and spent a Sunday night and all day Monday palling around Myrtle Beach. Too much fun! We have never had a week as jammed packed and fun as this one. Thanks for such a fantastic week Chris, Anya, Kenyon and Kaiya!
Anya, Kate and Kaiya outside Disney Fantasy On Ice
The Whole Crew (minus Ben whos is taking the picture!)
Katelyn on the bridge feeding the fish
Ben posing as "Super Dad!" (this totally reminds me of Ben's brother Jonathan)
At the end of Chris and Anya's visit we packed up both of our cars and headed to Myrtle Beach for a quick trip. Anya couldn't get this close to a beach and not see the ocean! We made the three hour trip and spent a Sunday night and all day Monday palling around Myrtle Beach. Too much fun! We have never had a week as jammed packed and fun as this one. Thanks for such a fantastic week Chris, Anya, Kenyon and Kaiya!
Anya, Kate and Kaiya outside Disney Fantasy On Ice
The Whole Crew (minus Ben whos is taking the picture!)
Katelyn on the bridge feeding the fish
Ben posing as "Super Dad!" (this totally reminds me of Ben's brother Jonathan)
Katelyn in her first NASCAR race!Kris and Shannon Came to Visit!
The day before Chris and Anya went back to Utah, my brother Kris and his wife Shannon and their daughter Libby came from Oklahoma for a visit. Well, really, they mostly came to buy a new car (it pays to have the hook-up at Carmax. Thanks Dad!), but they got to hang out for a few days before they drove home. Of course, we had to go to Monkey Joe's. Katelyn and libby had a blast jumping all over the place. Afterwards, we celebrated Libby's 4th Birthday at Cici's pizza. Yummy!
Kate and Libby getting some cousin hugs
The Aunts Came to Visit
Kate and Libby getting some cousin hugs
Joshua literally chewing his Grandpa's fingers off!
The Aunts Came to Visit
The weekend after Kris and Shannon headed back to Stillwater, The Aunts (my dad's three sisters) flew in for the weekend. We ate lots of great food and The Aunts totally and completly spoiled the kiddos. (Which we love!) It was so good to see them, it made me miss Oklahoma quite a bit.
Halloween
The Halloween festivities this year began with the annual Johnston Family Pumpkin Carving Party. We didn't actually carve any pumpkins, but we sure had a lot of great food. (Do you see a trend here with all of the yummy food?) The following Saturday was the Matthews Ward Trunk or Treat. Katelyn dressed up as the cutest little fairy this year. She would flitter through the house flapping her arms pretending to be a fairy. Ben took her around to trick-or-treat at the Trunk or Treat... but she wasn't too interested in the candy.
Halloween night, we got the kids all dressed up. Oh, yea, we dressed Joshua up as a puppy. He barely tolerated the costume. Poor kid. Ben and Kate carved the pumpkin and then after a yummy dinner of potato soup, Kate and I headed out to ring door bells while Ben stayed home with Joshua to hand out candy. Kate was really good at knocking on the door or ringing the doorbells, but she would barely squeak "trick-or-treat". When someone put candy in her bucket she would say "Oh! I like that!". I guess that is close to "Thank you". After making the rounds through the neighborhood, we headed back home and made donuts and drank apple cider while we watched a movie. All in all, it was a great Halloween!
Josh and Kate being sweet
Our smiley boy!
Ben and Kate carving the pumpkin
"Tinkerbell"
Joshua barely tolerating his puppy costume
Julie, Josh and Kate
Scary Ben, Josh and Kate
The Scary Face!
The Stash
The Crash
Joshua's 6 Month Check-Up
Can you believe Josh is six months old? I really can't. Honestly, I have been trying to savor every minute with him because I know he is going to grow twice as fast as Katelyn did. My baby is so big! Literally, he is 20 pounds. :) Yep, that's what I said, 20 pounds. He is in the 90th percentile for his weight and the 75th percentile for his height which is currently 27 inches. He is such a trooper. He had to get three shots and he only cried for a minute until I could pick him up and then he was fine. What a good baby he is! He is starting to "talk". In the car the other day, I heard him saying "da da da da" or some form of that. No signs of crawling yet. We are still working on sitting up.
The Halloween festivities this year began with the annual Johnston Family Pumpkin Carving Party. We didn't actually carve any pumpkins, but we sure had a lot of great food. (Do you see a trend here with all of the yummy food?) The following Saturday was the Matthews Ward Trunk or Treat. Katelyn dressed up as the cutest little fairy this year. She would flitter through the house flapping her arms pretending to be a fairy. Ben took her around to trick-or-treat at the Trunk or Treat... but she wasn't too interested in the candy.
Halloween night, we got the kids all dressed up. Oh, yea, we dressed Joshua up as a puppy. He barely tolerated the costume. Poor kid. Ben and Kate carved the pumpkin and then after a yummy dinner of potato soup, Kate and I headed out to ring door bells while Ben stayed home with Joshua to hand out candy. Kate was really good at knocking on the door or ringing the doorbells, but she would barely squeak "trick-or-treat". When someone put candy in her bucket she would say "Oh! I like that!". I guess that is close to "Thank you". After making the rounds through the neighborhood, we headed back home and made donuts and drank apple cider while we watched a movie. All in all, it was a great Halloween!
Josh and Kate being sweet
Our smiley boy!
Ben and Kate carving the pumpkin
"Tinkerbell"
Joshua barely tolerating his puppy costume
Julie, Josh and Kate
Scary Ben, Josh and Kate
The Scary Face!
The Stash
The CrashJoshua's 6 Month Check-Up
Can you believe Josh is six months old? I really can't. Honestly, I have been trying to savor every minute with him because I know he is going to grow twice as fast as Katelyn did. My baby is so big! Literally, he is 20 pounds. :) Yep, that's what I said, 20 pounds. He is in the 90th percentile for his weight and the 75th percentile for his height which is currently 27 inches. He is such a trooper. He had to get three shots and he only cried for a minute until I could pick him up and then he was fine. What a good baby he is! He is starting to "talk". In the car the other day, I heard him saying "da da da da" or some form of that. No signs of crawling yet. We are still working on sitting up.
Katelyn Started Preschool
A few weeks ago we started doing Preschool with a group of four other moms on Thursdays and Fridays. We rotate houses each week. Every day the kids learn a new letter, number, and get to do the calendar for the day. The calendar has the days of the week, holidays and even weather. It has been so much fun! Katelyn really loves it! So far she has learned about: cats, dogs, germs, going to the doctor, pumpkins, Halloween, nature and gardening.
Kate really loves all things Disney Princess. She sings the songs from The Little Mermaid, Mulan and Sleeping Beauty. I love listening to her sing... it is so cute! In the song "Part of Your World" from the The Little Mermaid" there is one line that goes "...but they don't reprimand their daughters...". Katelyn sings it as "... but they don't member godders..". It is hilarious because she sings it with such emotion! I will have to get try and get it on video.
Ben and Julie signing out. More to come.
Kate really loves all things Disney Princess. She sings the songs from The Little Mermaid, Mulan and Sleeping Beauty. I love listening to her sing... it is so cute! In the song "Part of Your World" from the The Little Mermaid" there is one line that goes "...but they don't reprimand their daughters...". Katelyn sings it as "... but they don't member godders..". It is hilarious because she sings it with such emotion! I will have to get try and get it on video.
Ben and Julie signing out. More to come.
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Ah! That tinkerbell costume is just the CUTEST!
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