I forget that when I write a post and start at the beginning, the beginning ends up at the bottom of the blog! So, I've got three new posts that i just put on..you can read from the top down and just know it's going backwards, or you can scroll way down to the first post of tonight October 9th...I think it's called Technical Difficulties...resolved. Enjoy!

And now our last week!

Now, in the last week we have celebrated Greg's birthday and spent our days getting up and going to school!I know it looks like I'm about to steal Greg's thunder and blow out his candles, but I think I'm just loudly singing Happy Birthday! I made Greg's favorite Chocolate Pumpkin cake. The frosting is supposed to be a pretty fallish orange, but again I am still out of red food coloring. Every time I took a bite of the cake I felt like I had made a chocolate pumpkin cake and then frosted it with Cheez Wiz...fortunately it didn't taste that way!

Every night after her bath I ask Hannah Grace if she's ready for "Quack, quack with Daddy?" She wraps her towel around herself and walks around looking for Greg. When she finds him she says "Quack, quack" then gives him kisses and hugs before bed.


And, then we get up in the morning and start everything all over again!It may look like Lily is in really big trouble, but really she's just waking up slowly...you can see the little one in the background has no problems waking up and hopping into big sister's bed!

Well, I hope you've enjoyed a little recap of our last few weeks...I'll try to get something up on Tuesday night about our last Stormy trip for this year!

love to you all!

NPU 2021

Mor Mor came to visit and we got to spend the day in Chicago with some Swedish pancakes!I know the picture is blurry, especially around Mor Mor, but I wanted to post it anyways so you could see how Lily is now posing for pictures whenever we are sitting at a table with food!
Taking a rest after the Swedish pancakes on the corner of Spaulding and Foster. And, then the "Anderson-Johnson-Nelson-Heuber-Johnson" girls enjoying the new landscaping at North Park University.
Lastly, contemplating future studies....
We were actually watching the squirrels...but, you know these two girls are always thinking heavy thoughts about life, so will they be future Psychology majors...or maybe Music?!

Techinical difficulties...resolved!

I know it's been a couple of weeks since I've posted anything, but I'll make up for it with some fun pictures tonight, now that our Internet is back up and running.

So after Greg spent two days on the phone with Comcast and then two hours with the Comcast man at our house, they finally found the reason for our technical difficulties...yours truly.

It seems that in my zeal to clean up our bedroom last Saturday, I was going through some piles that were in the corners, putting things away and throwing things out, I decided to unplug the cable that is plugged into the wall behind my dresser. We don't have a TV in our room, so I figured we didn't need that cable and with it out of the wall I could push my dresser that last 1/2 inch so it would sit flush against the wall. Little did I know that as I unscrewed the cable I was thereby ending our Internet and phone capabilities.

As I explained what I had done, the Comcast man gave me a nice little smile and just nodded his head. My dear sweet husband, who had spent hours trying to figure all of this out also nodded his head and graciously said, "That's OK". It was even better after the Comcast guy said he wouldn't bill us for having come out to fix a problem we, or rather, I had created!

So, onto more exciting things----Birthday Parties!

WE TURNED SIX!

First up, breakfast in bed with the little sister.


Birthday party in the backyard...with presents!The cake was supposed to be pink...it was Lily's pink party, but I had run out of red food colouring...it just makes me realize how much red food colouring to make pink in the last few years.

LOVING, I mean absolutely LOVING Rapunzel Barbie!
A good time was had by all!

Technical difficulties

I know it has been ages since I've put anything up...and I have some fun new pictures of little girls and birthday parties to share...but our motem is kaput! Greg has spent the last two days talking with Comcast trying to fix it over the phone, but now has to bring it in to have it replaced. So, once we have Internet up again at our house, I'll post all of the new pictures...I just didn't feel right creating a post with pictures and stories while here at work!

p.s., if you've tried calling our home line, the phone is not working due to the motem problems. Having your phone, cable and Internet through the same company can be frustrating when one thing breaks, but at least the cable still works!

Off to bed sleepy head

Everybody is on the mend in our home!

We've still had beautiful days this week and have spent every afternoon outside.

After a heavy afternoon of playing in the dirt and painting with the neighborhood girls, these Johnson girls were in need of bubble baths and bed...
this is how we calm down before bed!

There was nobody on the other end of the that phone...
she kept pressing the button that makes the phone ring and then answering it!

And yes, I did eventually put some pajamas on that little one!
She's just too cute running around the house like that.


Someone precious
is turning 6 in two days and can hardly stand it!

Someone else who is precious
arrives in Chicago in 3 days, just in time for another birthday party!
Let the slumber party begin...

and you thought you'd be sleeping alone?!

On the last note for the night-There is work to be done in our house...little does MorMor know the projects we have in store for the week! I thought I'd add two pictures I've taken of our home. One is of the girls room and the other is looking at one side of our living room. Our biggest issue with the house is storage...there is none. So, we have stuff and we need to figure out where to put our stuff. Please disregard the mess in the pictures below. I'm planning on taking more pictures at some point and then getting your (Mom and Lauren's) advice on what I should do! Anyone else can add their two cents if they'd like...I'll just probably be more likely to take Mom and Lauren's...no offense!

Living Room

I'd love to get some type of wooden or dark sculptural piece to go along horizontally under the clock...something like a wood carving of the last supper--wouldnt' that be perfect!? Since I don't have any of those kind of pieces, I'm thinking of hanging some plates that I have...but not sure if that will look odd with the three pieces going up the side? I also arranged the bookcase, by color although I haven't done anything with the top shelf yet. Most of the books on this bookshelf seem to be my books, so Greg doesn't care that they are organized in a manner that has nothing to do with the books other than the color of their jackets! The bottom two shelves are for toys and the girls books and look a little messy. Roger brought over dinner from Panera that night, hence the paper bag.

The Girls Room

Here is a picture of the girls room taken from the door. The puff balls look really pretty against the bright blue of the walls. Not knowing how long we'll live here, I keep thinking two matching twin beds would look so cute in this room. I can't remember when we moved Lily out of the crib...but, Hannah Grace has never thought to get out of the crib, so she'll be staying there for awhile.

Well, this sleepy head is off to bed--hope ya'll are having a good night!

Conversations on the way to Church

This morning the girls and I went to Church by ourselves. While Greg recovered quickly last weekend from the flu, he became very sick just as quickly during this past week. Yesterday, at the Doctor's office his temperature was 102 and his lungs were very congested. He goes tomorrow for chest x-rays and was told that if his temperature rises above 102, he is to go to the emergency room. So, he staid home in bed and the girls and I got ready to leave. We were having a quiet ride listening to music until Lily piped up....

"Mama, do you like Daddy?"
(the other day she had told me there was a boy in her class she was going to marry, so I knew where this was going!)

"Yes, I like Daddy."

"Do you like-like Daddy?"

"Yes, I like-like Daddy."

"Do you like-like-love Daddy?"

"Yes, I like-like-love Daddy."

little snicker giggles in the back seat.


About 5 minutes later....

"Mama, do you think the police officer would let people go really fast if there was a tornado coming?"

"Yes, I think they would."

"What about for a hurricane."

"Yes, for a hurricane as well."


Another 5 minutes later...


"Mama, should we tell Daddy to dig us a well? That way we can have lots of water."

"Where would Daddy be digging this well?"

"I'm not sure, but we'd have a lot of water."

We are having great weather this weekend, which makes it fun to be outside! Well, one of us is still resting and staying under 102 degrees, another one of us has messy pants, another one has a gymnastics birthday party to go to in half an hour, and the last one of us is going to take care of the first three people mentioned and their different needs and then enjoy a nice cold diet coke!

We hope ya'll are having a good weekend!