Johnson Family Adventures

 We had a nice relaxing Memorial Day. Chuck had to work so we had a BBQ with my parents and our good friend Jaynah, and her kids, Addison & Cason. We ate at home then drove out to the mtns just west of us - it was great fun. Wore out the children, and got to enjoy the beautiful weather. I tell you what, this May has been such a gift! It was only 85 Yesterday!! That, I'm sure, is record-setting :) I love these men :) Heading out to White Tanks Mtns - the kids got to ride in back with Papa & Daddy Sweet girls... Only 2 weeks left!! Very important men  Wyatt is such a boy. He had to climb on every rock we saw :) and smash every bug we saw.... Last family picture before Hudson!! Silliness Tank LOVES my dad. :)

Again, we had a gorgeous day on Monday - only around 88 so we went to the park with some great friends to play at the splash pad. We found a new park not too far from our house and it was so so so fun!! The kids got to rock climb, slide down an almost 3 story curly slide and then play in the splash park. It was great fun :) They are both changing so much!! Wyatt is talking in full sentences and is so quick to say I love you and Miss you ALL night when I get him up in the morning. He also has a great grasp on "thank you!" He loves to say Thank you....at really random times, and mostly at totally appropriate times :) I was putting him down for his nap after the park and he was shirtless-he said shirt Momma! so I got him a shirt and helped him into it...as he was laying down, he said, "Thanks momma" so so so precious :) Savanna is such a great helper - we sometimes have to reign her in from trying to be a 2nd mommy :) but tonight at dinner she told Wyatt, ...

We got to go to the zoo with our dear friends Jaynah, Brad, Addie and Cason, and Jaime and Paige! We had one last gorgeous week of weather - it was only 77 on May 18Th!!! (For those of you out of state, that is a MIRACLE for AZ in May) So we spent 3 hours of fun enjoying the gorgeous weather - and got to see all the animals actually moving around and eating and such --prob enjoying the weather too :) This is their "we are so excited to go to the zoo dance" :)

I love homemade pizza. Even tho it can be a lot of work, it is so worth the effort. PW has a GREAT, super easy pizza crust recipe - it has 4 ingredients - flour, yeast, EVOO, and Kosher salt, oh and water, so I guess that makes 5 ingredients. :) Simple, DELICIOUS. I've never cooked anything at 500 before! didn't even know my oven went that high!!! So the toppings were not a PW recipe, just our favorite s- Pesto, cheese, pizza sauce and pepperoni. But the crust delivered! thin and just the right texture. As usual, fabulous :) Ok so the PW Roasted Corn Salad is SUPER YUMMMMMMMMY. It is filled with FRESH, delicious ingredients - red onion, red bell pepper, lots and lots of corn (8 ears!),  yellow squash, and fresh basil.  You drizzle the veggies in EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) and grill them till they are nice and brown w/o any burn. Yum. Chuck was busy with the kids so I actually did the grilling inside in my Pampered Chef grill pan - it worked quite well!  Simple y...

"Bop!" --->Stop "Miss you" ---> He loves to tell us he misses u - even if he has been with you all day :) it is super precious and usually comes w/ a big hug :)The newest thing is "Miss you all night Momma! (or Daddy)" It is so...precious :) Love you --and tries to do the I love you hand sign - but ends up w/ peace fingers :) Can count to ten easily and work his way to 20. WOW. I'm super impressed with him!!! :) He is talking in more and more complete sentences. I am amazed at how he puts thoughts together and shares them...he loves to play with Savanna's felt boards - they have various themes and lots of different fun parts (fish, plants, mountains, etc) and he makes great little pictures, then says, "Done Momma! Nother one!" 

we still clean up pretty good :)  Charles and I got to go to a fancy wedding for a guy on his squad. It was so fun to dress up and go out - and celebrate a new marriage :)  We got to color eggs at Bryceson's house too. It was so fun :)  Notice his green hand? He decided to dip it not just the egg :) And then he ate the egg - well, sorta. Mostly just smashed it and made a mess :) Papa and Grandma got a kite for the kids for Easter :) it was such fun!! Perfectly posed - :) "do we have to?"