Brook's Baptism

We were so honored to be asked to be Brook Anne's Godparents.

Our little family-all smiles after the baptism!

(During the baptism I held Connor, while she was chowing down on a bag of apple jacks.  Easier to do that then listen to her scream the whole time if she wasn't up there with me...and Jace was up there too and it seemed as though he had ants in his pants!)

Prepping the Johnson kids for a picture with Brook.

"This is where you are going to sit.  Connor, put your foot down.  Connor, don't touch Brook.  Jace, you are holding Brook...you have to sit still."  (Notice Jace's arms are ready for Brook!)

All was well, until we actually put Brook in the picture.  Connor wasn't happy that she wasn't holding Brook....

Gave Brook to Connor (with me just barely out of the picture...) and Connor sits still and everyone is happy.  Thank goodness Jace is so easy going!

Then you try to get pictures of Grandparents.  Connor, once again, wants to hold Brook.

Once Connor looks at the camera (even though she isn't happy...) Grandma's eyes are closed.  Sigh.  And so it begins.....

But look at Jace in all these pictures...he knows his job and does it well!

 

Brook Anne.  7 weeks old!

A Royals WIN!

So, Monday we went to a Royals game.

We didn't tell Jace we were going.

Just told him a babysitter was coming to watch Connor, so that Dad, Jace and I could go work in my classroom.

And he bought it.

Then we met some friends in town, and told Jace we were going to follow them.   And then he fell asleep.

He woke up, and after awhile we went by the Royals stadium.

Jace: "Hey!  That's the Royals stadium!"
Us: "Are they playing tonight?"

Jace: "Yeah"

Us: "Wanna go to the game?"

Jace: "Yeah!"

He was super excited, and so were we.

Selfies by Jace during the game....we had great seats for only $30 a ticket!

We went with the Grables...

It was an awesome night--the weather was great, the company was awesome, and the Royals won!

The next day Jace and I headed out to find school shoes and jeans...we shopped all day, and he was a trooper!  But finally, after getting ice cream for on the way home, he crashed.

The last couple evenings we have been going for a ranger ride in the evenings...it has been a lot of fun, and the weather has been great!  Of course we don't just ride...we do field checks!

And, trying to squeeze every last drop out of summer...pancakes for breakfast!

Milford Lake Fish Hatchery

The last day of vacation was cold....but we took the boat out for a cruise anyway...just didn't last long!

We left and headed for the fish hatchery that wasn't very far away....the hatchery was misleading, we didn't see hardly any fish at all.  But, there was a great nature center, butterfly barn, and playground we got to visit for free! 

Snakes didn't bother Connor, but these prairie dogs scared the heck out of her!

But everyone loved the playground!

Coincidence that Jace is on the little turtle and Connor is on the big one?  I think not.

That's better.

The day after we got home we had a little nature center of our own....Jed and Jace were showing me where they found a large snake skin, just as Jed is saying, "He can't be far away..." turned around and there he was.

We voted on whether to kill him or set him free....tried to set him free (even though majority (me) wanted him killed), but he kept heading for the shop, so he got killed.  So long....

Vacation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We decided to rent a cabin at Milford Lake for a few days in August.  Jay and Morgan brought their boat, and Jerry and Janie joined us too!

Connor was ready to go!

Which was good...considering the night before she fell out of bed...and the floors were wood, so it was a loud thump, and a lot of screaming, and waking up the whole house....whoops.

Jace asked if he could tube by himself....um, yes!

Connor asked Grandpa to tube with her...how can you say no?  So Grandpa gets on the tube....and she won't get off the boat.  Thank goodness Jace was willing to go.

My little fish family! 

So, you kind of have to trick Connor to get her on the tube....or just put her there crying...but once they get away from the boat, she is ready to go!

Only took 4 tries...but I've still got it!  Not something I really wanted to do, knowing how sore I would be the next day, but wanted to show Jace that sometimes you have to try, try again in order to do something!

Jace loves to tube with everyone...

This was the beginning of a rough ride...not too long into this ride they hit a wave, that made Jace fly up and hit his head on Jed's chin...resulting in a bloody nose for Jace.  He cried, of course, but didn't do too bad...and got right back out on the tube.

Oh Connor!  What a water baby!

Who is enjoying this ride the most?  Maybe the sleeping baby?

Johnson, party of 4!

This kid has just taken off this summer.  Lot less fear in the water period, tubing, swimming, and learning how to swim....it's amazing what a difference a few weeks or a year makes! 

We loved cuddle time on the couch...

Especially after we got the DVD player hooked up.

We were walking distance away from the lake, so we did some fishing in the evenings.  

Grandma and Grandpa, checking their phones while fishing...

And Jace, who wouldn't let Jay and especially Morgan out of his sight.  To the point where, the second night we wouldn't let him sleep on the air mattress with them, and it resulted in Jace throwing a fit and getting in trouble.

"I just love Morgan so much!"