This is in front of the Nashville Science Adventure Center

Macie and Riley pose in front of a cross-section of skin.

Where's Macie?

Riley got a Barbie from Gma and Gpa for her early B-Day. The glitter blow dryer is a big hit!

The girls enjoyed getting a pic of grandpa sleeping.

Carver at Reid's Orchard

The girls with grandma and grandpa at Reid's Orchard. Make sure you ask mom about the $12 authentic Reid's apple pie.

Carver enjoyed having grandma and grandpa here.

The weather was great here and our front tree wass very pretty.

Cincinnati

We took a last minute, overnight trip to Cincinnati (3.5 hrs) on Friday. Valerie really wanted to go to IKEA and that is the closest store. It was a fun trip and the girls were pretty good. We spent the night at a Travelodge which I thought would be decent, but it turned out to be kind of scary and not very clean. IKEA was an all-in-one carnival with face painting and a balloon artist. As you can see, all the girls took advantage of the face painting. I also included a photo of the "Indian" costume Macie made in preschool.

Donut Mania

Here is a video of the donut eating contest at our Halloween Party.

Happy Birthday, Rex!

Rex had a great birthday. We opened presents with Amy on Tuesday and had a birthday party with his friends on Wednesday. I wish I had on video the singing of "Happy Birthday". Felix was "conducting" and telling everyone how to sing it at different points in the song (i.e. soft, loud, crazy). It ended up as a very loud shouting match which upset Rex. He started screaming for everyone to stop, but they were all too loud to hear him. I finally shouted loud enough for everyone to stop and start again. We got it right the second time.

Thank you to all the well wishers and gifters. Sorry we haven't talked to you, yet, Grandma. Wednesday ended in major meltdowns, so we were preoccupied with that when you called multiple times and too exhausted to call after the kids were in bed. Then Thursday was a crazy day and night. Scott was home alone with the kids in the evening while I was at the theater, so he missed your call while putting the kids to bed. We will talk soon!

Notice the Bat Mobile in the picture, Lisa?

An impromptu pillow fight. Got a bit out of hand.
The birthday crew

Opening presents...Thank you everyone!

Daphne's new trick...

Amy was determined to teach Daphne a new trick before she left. Mission accomplished. Daphne can now blow a kiss!

Adventures with Amy

We love it when Amy comes to visit. We are definitely going through withdrawals right now. Check out the fun we had!

Going Trick or Treating

Darth Vader, Kitty Cat, Iron Man

"Scary Da-dare-chi"

Balloon blowing contest

Pin the Stem on the Pumpkin

Chillaxin'

Craziness

Halloween Grub

Halloween Cookies

The aftermath of Halloween cookies

Amy bought Felix the most awesome science kit! They are making volcanoes here.

Thanks for reading, babysitting, baking, playing, chillin', teaching, dancing and partying with us!

We love you!

Halloween

Riley and Katherine, another girl in our branch, both dressed as Mary for the branch celebration. Macie and Charlotte wearing thier T's from Grandma. They have worn them for three days straight!

Carv in his adorable jams from Grandma.

Macie as Pocahontas.

Riley as a witch.

Charlotte as a Monkey. (Charlotte and Macie's costumes were courtesy of the dress-up box! Love it!)

A forced picture before trick-or-treating. Charlotte looks like she is posessed! Our neighborhood was flooded with children. It was really fun. We always did trunk-or-treat in Idaho, and we rarely got trick-or-treaters, because everyone did the trunk thing. It was fun to get out the good old fashioned way!

THANKS GRANDMA AND GRANDPA!

The kiddies loved their Halloween package. Rex said this about his shirt, "This shirt will keep me warm. It's special. I can't get it dirty so I can wear it forever!"

And Felix said, "Grandma Johnson in the BEST!"

We all agree.

Happy 41st Keith!

No one rides poultry quite like you!

Scotty, email your brother KJ

Scotty, I don't have an email address for you. I have some info for you. Email me Tuesday. Kjohnson@desnews.com

KJ

Kentucky Adventures

Valerie's parents have been here since last Wednesday. We went to Louisville early today to take them to the airport and went to the Louisville Temple and Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory. Here are a few pics from our adventures.

Main entrance to the temple



Front/Street-side of the temple


The girls posing at the temple in their tie-dye shirts

The girls listening attentively to the tour guide at the Louisville Slugger Factory

The fam with Ken Griffey Jr.

Holding one of Mickey Mantle's bats

"Play Ball!"

Carver sitting in the over-sized glove

The world's largest bat! It was pretty cool...

Sunday Best

It's always interesting seeing what the boys come out of their rooms wearing when I ask them to go get dressed for church. Today was no exception.

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Big Day!!

I think I may be the only person who still checks the blog, but it is worth posting anyway!

Amy,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

We love you!!

I'm not crying, there's something in my eye.

This is my good friend Julie doing Bubba's hair for Homecoming. My baby. Needless to say, I'm a boob and got a tad teary-eyed watching her get her hair done. What can I say, I came by it honestly. My aunt and mother cry over beer commercials.