These are Our Moments

2.04.2011

OUR cHrIStMaS tRee & lItTlE hElPeRs

I love Christmas time and everything about it... the decorations, gift giving, Christmas music and movies, the lights and parties, tree decorating and most of all celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

What a wonderful holiday!!

Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree, we love decorating our Christmas tree!!

2.01.2011

NiNE bLissFul yEarS

Happy Anniversary to my wonderful husband,

you are my everything!!

I love you and am so grateful

for all that you do for me and our little family.

You are a wonderful husband and father,

our children are in awe of you,

WE all are in awe of you!!

It has been an amazing nine years!!

I love you and I cannot wait

to continue this journey with you by my side!!

****(Just a side note)****

Brookelyn had her first day of ballet today!!

She looked so cute with her hair in a bun,

wearing all pink in her flowing little tutu!!

She really enjoyed her first day

and can't wait to go back!!

12.07.2010

OuR liTtLe lAdY iS iN K-I-N-D-E-R-G-A-R-T-E-N!!

This is a long over due post....

I know, but I feel like I am almost

caught up with blogging.

There are just a few more milestones

and adventures I need to post

about before I forget!!

Brookelyn is in Kindergarten now

and absolutely loves it!!

She registered on 08.10.10

and went to her first back

to school party on this day as well.

08.18.2010 was her first day of school.

Her teacher is Miss Gardner and she is wonderful!!

Brookelyn and Miss Gardner

On Brookelyn's first day of school,

we were staying at my parents house

because our house was not ready for us

to move into. So needless to say,

we had to commute for a couple of days.

Waking up extra early to get to school on time

because of the time change was kind of difficult

but we managed to do it.

Her back to school outfit laid out right before bed like her dad and I used to do.

I was able to go in Brookelyn's class

and see how she interacted with the

other students on the first day.

She went right to her desk and started coloring,

right after she wrote her name on her paper.

She was very comfortable and acted like

she had been going to school for months.

She has been so ready for school to start,

she is extremely excited about learning!!

First day of school!!

It was very hard for her dad and I

to drop her off and drive away.

On the way home as we drove away

from the elementary,

Nate and I shed a few tears...

our little girl is getting so big

and we cannot believe how fast she is growing up!!

In front of her classroom after her first day!!

It seems like yesterday

we brought her home from the hospital.

We are so proud of her and the amazing

little lady she is turning into.

We love her very much!!

12.05.2010

KrU's bAbY BLeSsinG

11.27.2010

We finally were able to bless our precious little boy.

We wanted to have our families

here with us for such a special occasion

and so we have prolonged doing it

because we were living in Colorado for the summer

and now we are finally settled in a new home.

So over the Thanksgiving break

we finally did it,

we felt it was the most perfect time!!

We did it in a more personal setting,

in our home.

It was very nice and most

of our family member's were able to make it.

(Dustyn, Kyla, Heather, Parker, Shaylee, Daniel, Alyssa, Lori, Elise, Nate, Trey, Britney, Kru, Brookelyn, Danielle, Brianne, Matt, Shellene and Moses)

(Troy, Kizzy, Chloe, Kelvin, Trey, Nate, Kru, Britney, Brookelyn, Tel, Tanzee, Jeremy, Rigz and Kelsha)

Kru Holt Johnson

was blessed by his father Nathan

who did an amazing job.

I loved seeing my husband hold our infant

in his arms and give him a blessing.

It truly is a beautiful sight.

Kru was blessed with health, strength,

love, safety and the privilege of someday finding a

beautiful young woman to take to the temple

to be sealed for time and all eternity with.

It was a beautiful blessing!

The wonderful men who stood in the circle.

(Brother Hendrix, Daniel, Kelvin, Moses, Kru and Nate, Dustyn and Matt)

Kru looked so handsome in his white suit

and he was very reverent during his blessing.

We love our little Kru man so much

and are truly thankful and

feel so blessed to have

such an amazing perfect

little being in our family.

I can't help but think

that not so long ago

he left our Heavenly Father's presence

to be with us and that our

Heavenly Father trusts

Nate and I enough to care for,

love unconditionally and raise this little guy

the way he would want us to.

What a blessing and a privilege!!

12.02.2010

OUr FiRsT ThAnKsgiViNg At hOmE

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year!!

We were very excited

to have all of Nate's family come

to our home and celebrate it with us!!

We had a fun-filled week of

shopping, golfing, resting,

eating, running,

cooking,

watching lots of football,

going to the movie "Tangled",

playing games and shopping some more.

This year it was mine and Nate's turn

to plan Thanksgiving,

so needless to say,

I was a bit stressed and overwhelmed...

but we couldn't have asked it to turn

out any better than it did.

I was in charge of the Turkey this year

so with a lot of help from my mother-in-law

and some words of advice from my mom,

my first turkey turned out pretty darn good!!

We had a splendid feast

of Turkey, gravy, rolls, stuffing,

mashed potato's, cranberry sauce,

green bean casserole,

corn, strawberry jam,

pomegranate salad, green salad

and a variety of scrumptious pies

( apple, chocolate oreo, razzleberry,

banana cream, pumpkin and a red velvet cake).

The table was decorated with name tags for all

placed on the front of a pine cone

(courteous of Nate and Moses)

while they were golfing

they gathered some cones for me.

Little Kru man had a yummy first feast as well

of baby food

(sweet potato's, applesauce,

mashed potato's and gravy from my plate).

We loved having everyone here with us this year.

We are so THANKFUL

for each of you and your love, support,

willingness to help, kindness and generosity...

you are all amazing and we love you very much!!

Thank you for making

Thanksgiving at our home so SPECIAL!!

12.01.2010

HaPpY 6th BirThDaY BaBy giRL!!

11.02.10

Our little girl turned 6 years old today!!

I cannot believe how fast she is growing up!!

It is so fun to see her getting older,

but at the same time it breaks my heart because she is that much closer to

becoming a young lady and no longer a little girl!

The morning started off with Kindergarten...

yes she is in Kindergarten (that is another post).

She wanted donuts and chocolate milk for her classroom party.

Here is the birthday girl in her classroom.

After school we baked her favorite cupcakes....

and took them around to friends!!

Later that evening, we went to feed the ducks.

Brookelyn almost got ran over by the flock

of geese and ducks that she was feeding.

After our run in with the ducks...

we went to Fiesta fun center where she,

Trey and her dad rode the bumper boats....

and drove the race cars/ bumper cars...

she had a blast!!

As a birthday tradition,

Brookelyn got to pick what she wanted for dinner that night...

and she chose

her favorite......

..........

a bean and cheese burrito

at the one and only

Dell Taco!!!

What a great night celebrating as a family!!

11/05/10

Brookelyn had a birthday party with her friends and cousins that

following Friday.

She was so excited all week for her party,

she could not stop talking about it!!

For her birthday,

all of the kids made a car out of a box

and got to decorate it.

They were all so creative....

there were seat belts, steering wheels,

speedometers and very colorful, glittery cars!!

They all did such a great job decorating their boxes!!

When they were through,

we had them come inside for a drive in movie.

They parked their cars on the front room floor

and were served popcorn, pizza and punch

while they watched

"Princess and the frog".

After the show, we sang

"Happy Birthday"

and Brookelyn blew out her candle.

Then she opened her presents

as everyone ate cake and ice cream.

Brookelyn received a lot of great gifts

and had a wonderful birthday,

especially because she got to celebrate it

with her friends and cousins!!

(Nicole, Katie, Brookelyn, Kezney, Tanzee, Camryn, Kaylee, Jasmine, Andrew, Decker, Gracee, Kaden and Trey)

Happy Birthday Princess...

we love you so much and we feel so blessed

to have you in our lives!!

You are such an amazing little girl

and you bring our family so much joy!!

11.14.2010

BrookIeS 1st PrImArY PrOGrAm

Today our little girl had her very first Primary Program

where she had a part and memorized it.

She did such a great job

her mom and dad are so proud of her!!

Her part was " I can serve my family

by obeying my mom and dad".

The program was wonderful, it even made me cry.

Grandpa and Grandma Johnson and

Aunt Elise & Alyssa were all in attendance.

Thanks, Grandma & Grandpa, Elise & Alyssa

for coming all this way for Brookelyn.

Good Job Brookelyn,

we can't wait for the Christmas program!!