Fall is here

My favorite season is fall. I am so happy it is here. I just wanted to share some of my favorite thing that come with this awesome season. The best desserts are in the fall. One of our family favorites is pumpkin roll, I make this 4-5 times a season. I love pumpkin anything so if you have some wonderful pumpkin recipes please pass them on. My friend Brooke also got me addicted to a dessert that is an apple cake with warm sauce. I made it for Enrichment last week and it was a hit. One of my favorite memories as a kid was driving up provo canyon when the leaves where changing. It is the most beautiful sight. Take time this fall for all you locals to drive up Provo canyon with the kids and stop and collect some leaves. Kiah and I were both born in the fall, so we have 2 fun birthdays we celebrate every fall. Halloween is my all time favorite holiday ever. I go over and beyond every year. I usually make all the kids costumes, I do my best house decorating , and when the kids get home we have hot chocolate. Last Halloween we went to 4 parties the week of halloween. When Erick and I were young married and money was tight we had apples with carmel dip once a week and apple spiced cider that is a memory I will always remember every fall. My favorite colors are fall colors. Well I just shared some of the things I love about fall. I would love to hear what you have to say.

Happy Birthday to my guy!!!

Sept 11 1976. Is the day the love of my life was born. I just wanted to express my love for him on this special day. I have know Erick for 14 years, and I feel very blessed to know him, and be his wife. Erick has many loves in his life just to name a few. Water skiing, Snow skiing, Mountain biking, golf, lemon desserts, peanut m&m's, IBC cream soda, microwave popcorn, crossfit, his kids, Me( of course), sunsets, snow, camping, his friends, his life experiences, and his brothers. Erick is the most amazing dad ever, he takes that job very seriously. I just love watching him spend quality time with each child, my children adore him as do I. I treasure every moment I have with him. He truly is the best husband. We laugh together everyday. He has such a love for life that is contagious. Erick is turning 32 today. I have loved these last 14 years with him and I look forward to many more memories.

Sadie and Saylor are so fancy

Fancy Nancy party was a success. These girls were so fancy. We painted nails, made fancy necklaces and decorated our cupcakes to go with the parfaits. What a fun day for the twins

Twins Birthday

Today is Sadie and Saylor's 4th birthday. They woke up this morning to presents. They are into Disney Princesses like the rest of the 4 year old girl population. They recieved some Princess pajama's, dress up shoes and Giselle and Robert barbie dolls from enchanted. When Sadie opened the jammies she said "these are so magical". It was great. Erick and I took them for lunch where they sang happy birthday and gave them free icecream. Later my mom picked them up for more icecream. We had cupcakes after dinner and we are looking forward to there party on Saturday. I can't believe my babies are 4. They are great girls and we love having them as part of our family.

Back to School

My kids just completed there first week back to school. Kiah is a 5th grader this year. I can't believe she is that old. She loves going to Orchard Elementary and we hope we can keep here there. She will be doing the school choir again this year, and taking voice lessons and dance. Kesli is a 3rd grader. She is such a smartie. She has such fun friends this year and is very social. She is taking ballet and jazz this year. Ikey boy is starting Kindergarden on monday. His teacher is Mrs. Jones and I had here in 5th grade and now she is teaching my son, small world. Isaac is hoping to play soccer this year, he loves video games and star wars. He is such a great kid. Sadie and Saylor have another year home with mommy. We are going to have mommy and twins time everyday. They have never received my full attention. I am excited to get to know them better. They love playing outside, shopping, and fancy nancy books. They are turning 4 on Sept 3rd. They are having a Fancy Nancy birthday party. For any of you that have young girls get the Fancy Nancy books they are great. This year I am going to work on myself inside and out. I am picking a topic each month that I want to improve on and I am going to read and do everything I can on that topic to better educate myself. September begins my health and fitness month. I will keep you posted each month and what I've learned. Erick is still training with his job. He travels alot but he likes what he is doing. He is working from home as well so we love having him around.


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Sisters day.

Last summer my sisters and I started a sisters day. It last 4 hours. We always start with lunch and then we either shop, or get a project done together. Since we have all been married we haven't lived in the same state. Now that we are Utah girls we have carried on this tradition this summer as well. Wednesday's are one of my favorite days. We all get babysitters and the fun begins. I have been blest with 2 sisters and we are best of friends. Corey is currently living next door to me and she has been amazing helping me through the last year. She has 2 boys Parker and Jack whom I adore and she married Erick's brother. Jenn is the youngest and she is such a good example to me. She is them most wonderful mother I have ever seen. She has 4 children Kali, Lexi and twins Dominic and Zaxen. We have been working out together every morning and of course sisters day. I will post a picture of the three of us later. If you have sisters you live close to try this out you can even add sister in laws.

We just returned yesterday evening from our annual Johnson family reunion. This year We headed down to Zions National Park, We stayed in a cabin just outside of the park at a ranch called Zions Ponderosa. We headed down to St. George on the afternoon of the 4th and we stayed at a house across the street from Erick's Grandma Call. We went to a church parking lot and we did our fireworks and sparklers. Kiah our accident prone child stepped on a sparkler and got a nice burn on the bottom of her foot (poor girl). The next morning we woke up and headed to Zions. The kids loved the scenery and of course the mile long tunnel. We finally made it to our cabin, It was perfect for us. It had 8 bedrooms including a room full of bunkbeds for the kids. We brought all of our food and it had a perfect kitchen for all of our needs. Erick's parent, and His brother Spencer's family, Dave's family, Curtis and his girlfriend and our family were there. We sure missed Emily's family, Jenn's family and Matt's family but we hope next year they will be there. We had so much fun. They had a great pool where we spent most of our time. We also attended a small rodeo. We did crafts, played games, the men had some competitive basketball games. Saturday morning a group of us went on a hike in Zions to the Emerald Pools. We sure enjoyed the whole experience. The kids are hoping to go back next year.