The Johnson Family ~ A year in review Part 1

Jill turned 11

She graduated from the 5th grade

Jessie started Spring soccer

We welcomed summer. Completed the 1st and 5th grade and Josh and the girls went to Six Flags for 3 days!

Jenny came to visit and we lived in the pool

Jennifer celebrated the last year of her 20s by having a mason jar BBQ

Josh infused his own vodka

He took me and the kids to buy our own fireworks. It was mine and Jaxons first time at a firework stand.

We had another HOT summer. So everything was crafty in the house.

Jaxon met his great grandma In July. She passed away Dec 16 2012. She said Jaxon was her blessing and reminded her of Josh when he was his age. She gave Jaxon a guitar that summer and he cherishes it.

our mini road trip to Sapulpa, OK. When we visited great grandma. The kids and Josh relaxing in the hot tub after our 6 hour drive and meeting new family.

All 3 kids started school this year. New backpacks and lunch boxes. Shoes and supplies. Clothes and more clothes.
i am thankful everyday to be a part of my mixed family. Josh blessed me by having a family already. He has also blessed me by becoming a mom myself. We have the best son in the world. I love our crazy abnormal life. I like that its hectic although the stress gets to me. I appreciate the support I have from my family. I was able to become a stay at home this year. i have lost friends and gained new ones. I have developed a stronger back bone thanks to the girls moms. i have gained alot more admiration for the single moms of the world. Considering I am a single mom 2 weeks out of the month due to Josh's job. i try my best not to complain when things go haywire when he leaves. He took this job to provide a better life for his kids and so i could have the opportunity to stay home with them.

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WE GOT MARRIED!!

My dear-to-my-heart little sister got married. September 4, 2012. To the man she met 6 years ago to the date. Love stories like that make me smile. And all though she was hesitant 6 years ago when i twisted her arm enough and forced her to set up a MySpace, in no time she met her husband. So I like to secretly think I had a hand in all this. After all the whole MySpace thing was my idea ;) Tim and Jennifer, I am proud of the two of you. You are both very dear to my heart and always will be. Jennifer, you already know that you are the best little sister this girl could ask for. Tim, I have liked you from day one. And over the years I have grown to love you. You are the best person in the world for my sister. (after all she was able to avoid alot of crazies online after y'all met) HA HA!! I wish you guys many many many years of happiness! You guys are amazing together. And the best aunt and uncle to Jaxon. Love always!! Jessica

All is well...and everyone is home...

Jynx came home today. He has a cast over his pins. They ended up finding more wounds that needed stitches so he has 3 different sets of stitches on his leg and his paw is still really swollen. He is on 3 different pain meds as well. And we are still baffled as to what happened. Josh went to let him and the other dog out and came in for maybe 20 minutes...went back outside and Jynx was hurt. We have searched the backyard and garage but can not figure out what has happened. So who knows. Jynx isn't saying either! It was bad enough to have caused some small places to stitch and 6 pins worth. Its really sad. His little throat is dry from where they had the tube in his throat so he cant really whimper. And the other bad thing is, is we were going to take him to get groomed and now we have to wait 8 weeks! O well. I'm really glad that he is ok and it wasn't AS bad as it could have been and hes home now. Thank goodness for puppy insurance!!!!

When I was your age....

It's funny because I ran across this article about the gadgets kids have these days and the things they will not know existed....or even how they worked. A month or so ago I say to Josh..."Kids these days will never know what watching a TV with antennas will be like or how to rewind a cassette tape." Part of my childhood we had a TV we turned on with a set of pliers and would have to adjust the antennas depending on what channel we were watching out of the 5 we had. Caller ID didn't exist. Walkmans were huge!! You researched homework in an encyclopedia. You recorded shows on a VHS. There was actually a time before "reality TV". You never had the want or need to know what your friends were doing every minute of their day. You actually had to remember someones phone number. Neat Handwriting. Swimming pools with diving boards. Waiting for the #1 hit in the movies to make it to TV. Hershey bars in silver wrappers. Having to manually unlock car doors. Playing ou...

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