Help Please!

We're trying to pick out backsplash tile for our kitchen which will also be on the wall behind the vent hood we're getting so I'll stop setting off the smoke alarms every time I make something on the stove. However, Caleb and I differ on what we like, Blythe changes her answer every time you ask her, and Joe just keeps pointing at the bananas. We're struggling because we inherited the countertops which are great, but probably not what we would've picked out. So anything we pick out tends to not really go with the countertops, but here's what we're looking at so far...

Option #1

Neutral stone tile with a glass & stone mosaic stripe running through it

Option #2

Glass tile with gold/bronze in it

Option #3

Good old white

So if anyone is out there and still paying attention to this blog, please cast a vote. We're stuck!

Time Flies

I emptied the pictures off the camera and here's what I found...

Playing ball in the hallway. I don't know how it works when they all sit together.

SNOW!!

Helping with the laundry.

Sup

Blythe putting Joe to bed in the middle of the kitchen floor.

Sweet hugs

He thought he was pretty cool with this back pack on. This is one of his new faces.

This is his thinking face. It was hard work getting all the crayons out of the box.

Deep Thoughts, By the Johnsons

"You can't even begin to wonder at the capacity at which I wonder." - Caleb

After a rough day at Expertus...

"It's just another day." - Caleb

"And there's always another one. Until there's not... and then who cares." - Court

Happy Birthday, B!!

Blythe turned 3 on December 12th and she had decided many months ago she was going to have a snake birthday. I don't know where this idea came from cause I'm not much of a snake person, so it's not like we talk about or look at snakes. But a snake birthday is what she wanted so a snake birthday is what she got. Here is my attempt at a snake cake...

After Joe's party, we decided to just have a low key dinner at home with the grandparents. It was nice and laid back, much like us. Here's the birthday girl enjoying her snake cake.

This is Gramma K. She's my 98 year old grandmother. The birthday hat was a bit too big for Blythe, but fit her perfectly!

One of Blythe's presents was this digital camera. The rest of these pictures are ones she took.

The inverse of the one above...

Some of the party goers, Paw, Ben, and Grammie. She kept telling us all to get together and love each other. I'm guessing this was a product of those instructions!

Papa Tim. I will admit I had a hard time choosing one of Papa Tim. She took some great ones!

Mama J posing for the photographer.

This is what a lot of them look like. She has trouble being still when she takes a picture, but I thought this was funny.

Happy Birthday, Blythe! You are such a sweet and loving girl. We love you so much!!

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year all. I'm gonna try and be really good this week and catch up on the major happenings around the Johnson house. I don't really know what happened in November, so I'm just going to skip to December.

First up, Joe's First Birthday! Joe turned one on December 23rd, but we had his party on the 11th. I really had a hard time finding enough days in the month for all the birthdays in our family so in all future years I think we'll be having just one big party.

It ended up being a beautiful day so most of the party played outside. Here's the birthday boy enjoying the nice weather.

Joe started walking pretty early so he has now moved on to climbing. This is a little stool Mama J gave him to climb on.
Opening up some presents...
Happy Birthday, Joe Joe!!
Joe is such a fun addition to our family. He is pretty much the complete opposite of Blythe which makes life oh so much more interesting :) We love you, Joe, Happy Birthday!

Thanks again to the Sears!! I found myself without a camera that worked when it was time to cut the cake so these are all from their collection!

Happy Halloween!!

The one semi-happy picture I could get with both of them in it.

Then the lion fell over backwards (yes, I took pictures instead of helping him up)

The giant lion head made it so that he couldn't get up, which made him mad.

"Get this off my head, or I will be forced to hurt you."

So on to the giraffe. Who was super excited to discover she had a tail.

The rest don't really require explanation.

It's a little girl in a giraffe costume.

What more could you ask for?

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

The Good Stuff

Blythe spent the night with Lainee and Paw last night, and Joe missed her terribly. This morning he crawled into her room, over to her bed and started pulling on her covers. He was very upset when he couldn't find her. Around noon, Joe and I met my parents in Lewisville to get Blythe back. The minute she got in the car Joe started talking to her and screaming with joy. During one of the first pauses in his welcome back racket Blythe said to him, "I love you too, Joe."

I'm not ashamed to admit, I teared up a little bit.