Johnson Family Dish

May’s Dish

Dear Friends and Family,

It is time again for your update on the Johnson Family.  It has been a busy month here.

We started the month with our little mans birthday.  He turned seven this month.  He had a really fun birthday party.  The Fletchers suprised us by bringing all of the materials to build a marshmallow gun for all of the boys who were here for the party.  They had a marshmallow war.  I am not sure who had more fun, the little boys or the ‘big’ boys (i.e. the fathers).  Scott got a game boy, which he loves!  Randon and I were worried about starting the whole video game thing but we think that it will be a powerful bargaining tool (or motivator, when motivation is low).  As Dr. Phil would say it is more ‘Currency’.

Scott and I shared Mothers Day this year as his birthday was on the same day as Mothers Day.  We had nice day.

Morgan went to the Dentist three times this last month.  Once for a cleaning and then two follow-ups to fill some tooth decay.  She was petrified because her last dental experience was not great.  This time we found a very good Dr. here in Apache Jct. who was very informative.  Morgan had nightly talks with Grandma DeMarco so that she could tell her exactly what to expect the next day at the dentist.  This helped her to calm down for the procedures.  She was very brave and she loves her ‘new teeth’.  She is taking care of them well.

The boys enjoyed Father and Sons Campout this month.  The marshmallow guns joined them on this adventure and the boys had quite fun following Randon around and attacking him.  Randon would slyly go and stand by a few chioce older men in attendance and fake innocence when marshmallows began pelting the unsuspecting.  Paints a funny picture in my mind too.  Randon decided that setting up a tent was too much trouble this year, and with a jeep he has to pack light, so he got himself a hammock and slept under the stars while Scott and Aaron Scott slept in Scotts little boy tent. 

The girls of course are generally not very happy about this event that is expressly for the boys and men.  Thankfully Morgan had a friends birthday party to occupy her and so just Kelcie was majorly disgruntled about the situation.  She was forced to stay home with her Mom and Mom’s friends, while they scrapbooked and told old lady stories, and she watch both Princess Diary movies and ate take out chinese.  Sounds like torture, ehhh.

The next day brought only more torture for Keclie as she elected to come out shopping with Mom and Becky instead of staying home with Destiny (our babysitter) and her sisters.  And it wasn’t just shopping it was BATHING SUIT SHOPPING!!!  Something that all women (with a pleasantly plump frame, such as mine) would rather skip altogether.  But, Randon took that picture of me in my bathing suit on vacation in the ocean and ever since I have never liked that terrible suit, and the picture you can be sure was destroyed!  Because one of our primary activities this summer will be visiting our community pool daily, I though that I would rather like to have something that I feel half way decent in.  And the night before the (old) girls and I stayed up watching the proper bra and swimsuit wear show that our beloved Oprah did.  And so now armed with knowledge we were ready to tackle this necessary evil.  After trying on and looking through dozens and dozens of styles, and becoming thouroughly disgusted with my shape, we found just the right one.  I have dubbed it the one that holds in, holds up, supports and hides everything possible, for a swim suit.  It is called the ‘Miracle Suit”.  Let’s just say that miracles don’t come cheaply.  I came home and confessed to my husband who is dear and so understanding.  Don’t ask me any more about it, I plead the fifth. 

We are so proud to say that our children had a fabulous school year.  They all did very well!  They improved thier skills and study habits and gained a lot of knowledge.  Scott and Morgan had the most dramatic improvement, they worked especially hard at getting thier homework done every night before playing, and getting thier reading done.  Kelcie earned a metal for achieving and maintaining her grades in such a way that she was on the high honor roll all year long.  She also got a trophy for having 100% attendance.  Scott and Morgan were on the first and second honor roll all year.  We are so happy for thier achievements this year, they worked REALLY HARD! 

Jason and Randon finished the tile in the laundry room and pantry.  It looks so nice!  Thanks for making a special trip out here Jay!

We are so excited to tell you that we hope to start a family web site.  Mr. Bill Brown, of godaddy.com, informs me that Johnsonfamilydish.(something) is avaliable and we hope to have that up and running someday in the not too distant future.  I assume that this will mean learning lots of new skills for me.  Kinda scary.  So, it may take some time to get it all going, this is a VERY PRELIMINARY announcment.  I hope to use this as an excuse to have to get a digital camera so that I can learn to post photos (are you laughing Bill and Sandi?). 

The kids have thier last day of school today and it is a half day.  So, I need to get to Wal-Mart and get my errands done before they get home.  Tonight is also our monthly Scrapbooking Night; aka, time to unwind with the ladies.

Let the summer begin!