Family Photoshoot

Our little miss Adelle

This is my favorite Easter picture ever....she looks like a little bunny...way cuter than a bunny!

Our little Family

Daddy and sis

The whole gang before Brent left for his mission

Mr. Handsome himself

Back off, he's mine still :)

So our good friend Meredith is starting a photography business and graciously took some pictures of the whole fam for us. They turned out amazing! Here are some favorites. Check out Meredith's site for more info. on her business you can find her on my friends list

Marco & Meredith

Thanks Meredith!

Happiness Is.....

Have you ever just thought, "wow, things are just really good?" I hope you have had those moments. Lately things around here are really good. The spring time helps these feelings I think. We are really happy, not like totally perfect, but really sincerely happy. I'm so thankful for my sweet family and the happiness they bring me. Here are some recent pictures that really capture my feelings.


The other day Braxton and I were making bread and we heard Adelle. My hands were gooey so I asked Brax if he would run in and entertain sis for a minute so I could clean up and come and get her. I heard laughter from her room as I walked down the hall. When I opened her door this is what I found. They were both laughing and having fun. Braxton had hopped up into Adelle's crib and was entertaining them both. It made me happy.

This morning we were outside. Braxton and I were practicing T-ball and Adelle was cheering us on from her swing. I came in to catch a phone call and when I went to go back out I had to stop and capture this moment. Adelle and Braxton having a heart to heart conversation about baseball. They looked so content and it reminded me to stop and smell the roses and to enjoy these little moments.

This weekend Braxton got to spend some time with his great Aunt Angela. Thanks auntie! While he was gone Jeff and I did a bunch of yard work and gardening (not because he was gone, he would have loved helping, but we did it because the weather was nice and we've been wanting to get it done.) Adelle loved every minute of it. She sat on the grass and watched us with glee. She liked her few hours of being an only child but we all missed Braxton!

Adelle is pretty big stuff. She is climbing and pulling herself up on everything. This is one of her favorite spots because Braxton is known to leave his unfinished snacks just sitting on this table for the taking. Adelle is our little ray of sunshine. She is the happiest little thing. We are so in love with her.

Last week in the evening when Jeff came home I got to get out and mow the lawn. We were going to go for a family walk but it was a little chilly outside. I thought Jeff and the kids were inside playing but when I came around the corner with the mower this is what I saw. This made me happy. My cute little family coming to surprise me.

My sweet husband left me and both kids love notes today on the breakfast table for when we woke up. It made me really happy.

This is just a little of the happiness I am feeling....

The best policy...

So Braxton is the most honest person I know and it's so precious. I love it, even when I am the victim of his honest remarks.

Monday was absolutely gorgeous so I go out to mow the lawn. I'm trying to start the lawn mower and my honest 3 year old says to me in a really innocent tone, " Oh, I remember...you're not good at that mom, daddy needs to come home and help you." I guess he remembered this from last summer. Contrary to popular belief, I can infact start the lawn mower all by myself. It just so happened Monday that the lawn mower didn't have any gas!

So I'm totally thinking, "wow Braxton, can you keep your opinions to yourself," when all of a sudden his honesty totally flatters me...We are now sitting on the front lawn having a picnic (I had worked up an appetite trying to start the lawn mower) and Braxton goes and gets his little lawn chair to sit in. "Here mom, you can sit in my chair because you're little too." Thank you 3 year old....you're little honest self has just made my day!

We've enjoyed the sun....here are some of the latest outside shots of our lil' cuties

Pocket full of Sunshine

Braxton, being the ladies man that he is, gets girls to do this sort of thing for him all the time! He loves his friend Ellie and Ellie takes good care of him.

Adelle loved the swing but she was just as happy watching her brother run around and be crazy.

Carson didn't want to get out of this swing! He was happy as long as he was being pushed or sitting on Lesha's lap on the big swing.

These two are so sweet together. They are either driving each other crazy or being really sweet to each other.

Adelle's little hands were so cute gripped to the swing.

Wednesday afternoon was so sunny and beautiful! Is spring really coming? We had a great day and a great walk but I was so anxious to get out and enjoy the sun I forgot my camera when we went to the park to toss around the football! Thursday some friends called and invited us to the park for a picnic. Good thing I had put some sunshine in my pocket the day before because Thursday was again, cloudy and windy and chilly. But it didn't stop us from having a great day, plus I remembered my camera:)

Our own March Madness

So Jeff and I got the kids to bed on time, which is blog worthy itself, and decided to play a game of crib. This has been one of Jeff's new favorite past times lately. He made his own crib board out of a scrap piece of wood we had in the garage and now whenever someone comes over (ok, only my dad and grandpa Johnson) he asks them if they have time for a game of crib. They always beat him but he still gets a huge kick out of this game.

I am a long time crib "knower how to player" which means my dad taught me when I was younger and I have watched him and my grandpa Froberg play this game a million times but never really got into it.....until now that I have my own homemade crib board and a husband who is fascinated by the game.

So tonight it was on. Jeff likes to play me because he usually beats me, this is true of most games we play together, which is annoying but I get over it.

So Jeff has the lead for basically our entire game of crib. I would occasionally get a really good hand and almost catch up only to be followed by his, better hand, and a greater lead.

So the game is ending, Jeff has a 27 point lead and is 1 point away from winning, he thinks it's in the bag and I'm ready to smile and say, "good game, babe." He get's this smirk on his face that says, "I'm the winner, you're the looser, hahaha." I hate this look, it's so obvious and silly and he really can't help his face when it turns into this shape.

I ignor the look and the smirk and look at my hand......"I think this could be my break," is what I say, really nonchalantly to not give anything away. I score 25 points and Jeff scores 0! Really 0! I am only down by 2 needing 3 points to win the game. What happens next? It's Jeff's crib so I lay down first:

Me: 4

Jeff: 7 makes 11

Me: 4 makes 15 for 2

NOW WE ARE TIED WITH 1 POINT TO WIN

Jeff: 10 for 25

Me: 6 for 31 Wooo Hooo (I now have the ugly smirk on my face)

Jeff: Now can we play strip poker?

Too bad the Huskies couldn't have that sort of comeback today!

Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad

Here is to the greatest example of love and marriage I could ever have! Thanks Dad and Mom for loving each other first and for teaching me the love and respect and tolerance that marriage requires. Thank you for sacrificing for each other and for stickin' it out through good times and bad. We love you both so much......Happy 28th Wedding Anniversary!

kissin' cousins

Here they are modeling Adelle's hats. They got their backpacks and suitcases and said they were "going to Arizona."

Jeff's sister Gabe and her daughter Riley came to visit us a couple weeks ago. Braxton and Riley are the best of buds. They are a year apart and they have so much fun together. What one doesn't think of, the other one does. They had a great time playing and being crazy.

Thanks for visiting us Riley and Gabe! We love you and can't wait to see you again soon!