Today was a gorgeous day. The first real spring day we have had so around noon I decided it would be fun to leave early (just like all my co-workers with spring fever)and come home and take the kids on a walk to deliver a few books to some neighbors. I left work around 3:30 and when I got home the boys were over at the neighbors playing and my 15 month old nephew was at the house. No problem. So I changed out of my heels and work clothes, got Claire and Talon in the stroller, found the leash and collar for Shadow and headed off to the neighbors. Luke wanted to hold the leash and be in charge of Shadow and within minutes Tayson was crying since he had the leash wrapped around his body and his razor scooter at least 4 times. So I went over told Luke to stop which caused him to throw a fit, unwrapped Tayson and within a few more minutes we were off. Luke wanted to push the stroller so we ended up running into the curb a few times so I took over stroller duty and Shadow duty. Tayson liked to ride within inches of the stroller and Shadow so we kept stopping and starting and getting all tangled up. Poor Claire almost got clotheslined a few times by the leash. Then Luke decided he wanted to ride in the double stroller so I put the back down and put him in behind Talon. Talon didn't like this idea at all so I had to take everyone out and move Claire to the back with Luke and put Talon in the front of the stroller. Claire decided it would be fun to hit Talon in the head the entire ride from this point since she was directly behind him. Then Luke decided to get out of the stroller to walk and after running about 6 steps face planted on the street and rocks. So now I am carrying Luke, pushing the stroller and holding Shadow's leash....ugh! I still hadn't made it to the first house. I finally calmed Luke down and got him back in the stroller and we made it to both houses. The walk back wasn't half as exciting as the walk there but Talon and Claire cried the entire way - oh well. That's what I get for sleeping in this morning and trying to get a little exercise with the kids. I will remember today the next time I turn off my alarm in the morning!

So today I read posts on Alice and Lacey's blogs about safety and sex offenders. Yuck!!! It is just one of those topics that makes you completely sick as a parent. My kids are just so sweet and little and I can't imagine how someone could hurt a child, but it happens way too much. We have had lots of "stranger danger" talks with the kids and I sure hope they remember them when it matters most. Sadly, it isn't always the strangers and those are the people I fear the most with my kids.

So, I looked on the familywatchdog website that Alice posted and lucky for me there are NO registered/convicted sex offenders in my neighborhood (yet) and the great news is that there are several police officers in my neighborhood and I LOVE that they park their cars out on the street. It makes me feel safer for my family. My kids love to play outside especially now that it's officially spring in Utah! Woo Hoo!! I'm sure it will still snow several times, but if it's in the 40's and 50's between those storms it's fine with me.

I am soooo lazy these days and really need some motivation. I have such an "easy" excuse with being prego to just sleep in and not do anything. But it is starting to get to me. For the last 3 weeks all I have done is teach my spin class (2 days a week) and not do one additional minute of exercise. I realize this is still doing something...but so not like me! I am a 5-6 days a week exerciser and have been with all 3 of my other pregnancies. I'm packing on the pounds and just getting lazier by the day. I've put on more weight the first half of this pregnancy than any of the other 3 and at this rate it will take me 5 years to get back in shape after this little one is born. Hopefully by posting this cry for help it will help me want to get my butt out of bed and stay fit and healthy for 19 more weeks.

I saw this quiz on my friend Alice's blog so I thought I'd give it a shot.


You Are Mulan!

Strong and spirited. You're no one's girly girl; actually you are very determined person with a strong sense of self. Never let go of that! The only thing that equals your sense of self is your family, but the traditions of society can always be bent to protect something or someone you love.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

We had our ultrasound today and we didn't peek! It wasn't hard since Todd was there with me and is all about not finding out. I just need to keep him around every time I go to the mall and walk by the ultrasound place there. Although I've always sworn that I wouldn't get an ultrasound at the mall...so I know I can hold strong for 19 more weeks.

For those of you who want to guess we have decided not to release the DVD until after the birth just in case you think you can make something out of the fuzz on the screen. But I will tell you what we know at this point and you can decide for yourself.

Heart rate: 128 bpm

The baby is measuring a full week ahead (July 3rd instead of the 12th)

I am gaining a nice amount of weight this pregnancy - no need to tell specifics but it's a good amount (please remember I've been lazy this pregnancy and I really like chocolate lately)

The Chinese Gender Chart says girl:
Woman's Birth Year: 1972 Month: 9 Day: 20 Time Zone: PST
Conception Year: 2007 Month: 10 Day: 5 Time Zone: MST
It's a girl! (Chinese Age 36 at Lunar month 8)
(it said girl for Tayson and Luke too though)

Everything is healthy and looks great!

Feel free to guess on the poll

We are really excited that the baby is healthy and that my blood pressure is low (116/69 - I think that's a record for me).

Last week we finally got Claire in to see a specialist (Pediatric GI doctor). I made her appointment 2 months ago and was hoping all her issues would be gone before now. Oh well. It was a great appointment. In case you aren't aware of her issues - she cries really hard every time she needs to poo - which has made potty training a little easier since we know it's coming hours before but it's horrible to watch her cry. She has always had issues with constipation and we have had her on Milk of Magnesia since November. Anyways, her appointment was great and the doc said she has a "sluggish colon" but nothing else so we need to give her a high fiber diet. I realize this is healthy and everyone should eat like this .... but she is still short a few teeth (4 on top, 2 on bottom and her 4 molars but lots missing in between) so high fiber foods aren't her favorite. But we are on it - I even bought whole grain mac-n-cheese which has 4 grams of fiber instead of 1 per serving. Who knew? So basically we need to keep her on a light laxative until she gets over the fear of pooping.

The best part of the visit, aside from the fact that there is nothing really wrong with Claire, is that the doc had lots of good advice for potty training. He suggested that we have different types of rewards (star stickers for trying and special stickers for going) as well as secondary rewards like nickles for trying and quarters for going. And trust me I am all about buying off my kids if they will potty train. We are trying these tactics on Luke so hopefully now he'll at least try to potty train. He still only has 4 stickers on his chart...pathetic.

Another funny side note to the whole chart thing is that Tayson (who is very competitive) is really bugged that Luke and Claire have charts and he doesn't. He asked me if he could have a potty chart and I of course said no. So instead he rubs it in. He told Luke that he didn't need a chart when he was potty training and I even caught him lecturing Claire about not needing a chart to potty train (like she was as bad as Luke or something). So I told Tayson that she isn't even 2 and he was 3 when he potty trained so he should lay off her a little. But I did decide that since he is competitive and there is something I really want him to do we'll start a chart for him - a book chart. Every book he reads (we help with the big words) he can get a sticker and for every 10 stickers he can get a little something. His first prize is a General Grievous action figure (he's very into Star Wars right now). I'd say the chart works for Tayson because this morning right when he woke up he came in and told me he wanted to read a book and we got one in before school this morning! Yippee. Now if it would only work with Luke my life would be perfect!!!

My younger brother Timmy lives with us and has for almost 2 years now. This is a great setup for us and we absolultely don't want him to leave. For a slightly higher food bill and a monthly subscription to World of Warcraft we have a built-in babysitter and get to go on dates every week (he even watched the kids for 10 days when we went on our cruise). Plus the kids adore him and he's a blast to have around. Tonight when he was leaving on a blind date we were talking about it with Tayson and Luke. They were asking why Timmy would go on a date...so Todd said "so he can get married" and Tayson reponds quickly with "but he's a good person we don't want him to get married!" After a few laughs and asking him why good people shouldn't get married he explained that he's a good person to have in our family so he didn't want him to get married and leave. Then Luke started asking why Timmy would want to go on a date with a girl since girls are "funny". Sadly, I found out tonight that Claire and I also fall into this uncool "funny" category in Luke's book. For now he only likes boys and can think that all girls are "funny". I'm sure he'll change his tune all too soon for my liking.

A while back my friend Alice posted an entry on her blog with famous mormons she has met. This got me thinking of the celebrities I have met throughout my life...most in very funny situations as I look back. Todd and I talked about what "celebrity" means on this post and it is simply someone well known to any group of people or that I could find on IMDB or Wikipedia.

Flo Jo and Al_Joyner:
I met Flo Jo and Al through Nu Skin. We sponsored both of them for a few years. She is amazing and I loved watching her run in the Olympics a true athlete and woman.

Peter Vidmar: When I was pretty young (in 1984) we went to Ohio and Peter Vidmar was there speaking at a church site so we got to take our pictures with him and get his autograph. I was young enough that he was still taller than me.





Steve Young: I met Steve Young for the first time in 1984 at the same venue as Peter Vidmar then several other times when I was at BYU.



Ty Detmer: I was a freshman at BYU the year Ty Detmer won the Heisman Trophy and I met him on campus a few times.

James Worthy: Todd and I got to go to game 5 of the NBA western conference finals (Lakers vs. Trailblazers in 2000) thanks to Bob Davis. We had box seats and James Worthy came into the box and he even called Todd “big guy”.

Shawn Bradley: I met Shawn when I was in High School. His HS basketball team came out to play the Missouri State Champs. Shawn and a couple of his other teammates spoke at a stake fireside and I jokingly got his autograph then Danny, Heidi and I skipped school the next day and went downtown to watch the game. It was really fun. Then Shawn ended up dating a girl in my dorms freshman year so we saw each other a lot and even went on a big group date to Preference freshman year and we had Biology together freshman year.


Shawn, Jodi and I hanging out at Tingey Hall


BYU Preference Dance - Fall of 1990

Dave Nibley: I worked with Dave at “Stevenetts” malt shoppe back in 1991 before his mission. Lucky for me that my friend Alice got me a job there so I could add him to my celebrity fame.


Mark Stevenett, me and Dave Nibley at the Malt Shoppe - luckily I wasn't working this day so I'm not wearing all white with a sweet apron and visor

Donny Osmond: I met Donny while working at Stevenettes – it was celebrity central

Katherine Nelson Thompson: I lived with Katherine’s older sister Morinda while at BYU back when Kat was in High School. She is staring as Emma in the new LDS movie and has a CD with her music on it.

Matt Biedel: Matt and I were friends at BYU back when he was performing at the theater as an aspiring actor. Looks like he managed to live his dreams. (I know I have pictures with him too, but I couldn't find the box)

Cari French: I met Cari when I was in High School at a Tremaine dance convention. She was a Fly Girl on In Living Colour.



Abe Mills: Abe grew up in my home ward back in St. Charles, Missouri. His family moved early in High School, but then we were at BYU together. For those of you who don't know Mormon celebrities he has been in movies, on "Center Street" a BYU production, a weatherman at BYU and he was also in the band Jericho Road.

I met the following people while I was a flight attendant with TWA: Johnny Cash, Keith Sweat and Anthony Kiedis.

The Aquabats: back in the BYU days one of my roommates was friends with a couple of the guys from the band so when they came up to play in Provo they came by our apartment to hang out.

SOFA: Only the best band that ever hit the music scene in Provo.


Brett, Mike, Darin and Jason


After a show we would always hang out on the "Velvet Elvis"

Warrant: This is the funniest of all my celebrity encounters. When I was 16 I worked at Six Flags Amusement Park with my friend Windy and one day when we worked Warrant was playing there so she wanted to go meet them. I honestly had no idea who they were (I wasn’t that into glam rock at the time) so we found them and met them then the singer Jani and the drummer Steve somehow ended up wanting to go to see the Arch the next day. Windy volunteered taking them but she didn’t have a car or license so I ended up picking up Windy, driving to their hotel, going to their hotel room, took them downtown to the arch, they took us out to dinner then I took them back to their hotel. It was an all day event and now looking back I don’t know what I was thinking...I was a very naive 16 year old.


Windy, Steve (drummer) and I at the top of the arch


Jani (singer), me and Steve in the arch. Nice polariod picture!


Steve, me and Jani outside of the arch. Don't ask me what I was doing in this picture I guess it was my attempt to look cool or something

Have you heard they finished casting the Cullen Family? I'm just so excited about the movie I can't even be picky about who they cast. I'm very happy with Alice. She looks perfect! I can hardly wait for book 4 and the movie to come out later this year. I'm totally addicted and might need to re-read them all again just to get my vampire fix. :)

Nope not me....I haven't had my ultrasound yet. It's next week, and even then we've decided we aren't going to find out. But we found out today that Danny and Emily are having a girl and I couldn't be happier for them. I just don't know how a sweet little girl will ever survive growing up under the kraken Ethan. :) Congrats Danny and Emily!!!


Danny and Ethan (aka "the Kraken")


Emily and Adam

Poor Luke! He got the worst haircut of his life this past weekend. I can't fully blame the girl at SuperCuts...he was a little wiggly. But honestly it looks like he cut his own bangs and we tried "fixing" the problem. UGH! After calling him "Lloyd" from Dumb and Dumber for an entire day Timmy decided to take the clippers to Luke's head and fix the problem. Now he just looks like he's ready for summer and the pool. (Which we are all ready for at this point....I'm getting sick of all this snow!). The sad part is that I love Luke's hair long - it's soft and wavy and so cute when it's longer and I love to play with it and of course the best part is that it covers up his huge block head. Oh well at least all hair cuts are temporary and at least it wasn't my hair that got botched up so bad - could you imagine if I had to buzz it all off to fix the problem. AHHHHHHHHHH!


Before the haircut


after supercuts - check out the sweet line right on top of his head (not the best pictures...but they were taken on a phone and he wouldn't hold still)


and the final buzz

Todd is a lego master and has been since childhood. Last week when he was at Wal-Mart picking up "1 quick thing" he fell prey to one of the "sale tables" at the front of the store and came home with 2 floor puzzles for Luke and a big kid lego set for Tayson (poor Claire didn't get anything). Then he spent Saturday night and Sunday afternoon helping Tayson put together a sweet lego house. It was so much fun for them and Tayson now knows he has the coolest dad ever!! Check out the entire process...



Todd was a great help with directions, but Tayson did most of the building


After 2 days and lots of hours of work they finished the house....pretty impressive if you ask me. It's still sitting on top of our fridge because none of us have the heart to take it apart

This post is a little late since it's been over a week since this happened. But it took me a while to get the pictures on my computer (due mainly to laziness no actual technical difficulties). Amy and Todd came in town for a family wedding and we got to spend a few hours with them and their darling kids on Saturday.


Amy rockin' out to guitar hero


Sweet little Emma playing



Carson, Tayson and Emma playing in the "treehouse" down in the basement.


Wyatt being as crazy and cute as ever

As many of you know from an earlier post the entire Schultz family got shirts for Thanksgiving with our family numbers on the back. I asked my sister to order me an extra one ....because we are expecting baby #4 this summer (July 12). Little did I know at the time that it might not end up being mine. Right now there are 4 of us pregnant in the family. Jeannie is due in a few weeks so she'll for sure walk away with her #38 shirt and I knew Kami was due the month before me so she got her own shirt. But then at Christmas we found out that Danny and Emily are due at the same time as me. Her C-Section is already scheduled for July 12th!!! Hopefully I won't end up going late this time like I did with Claire so I can keep my cute shirt :)

I decided that it would be fun to post random facts and lots of reasons why I completely love Todd for valentines day as well as some of my favorite pictures of him. What better way to remember why I love this man so much. So here are 100 things about Todd.

1. Todd David Johnson is his full name
2. He was born in Westminster, California
3. He is the oldest in his family and has 1 sister
4. His nickname is TJiddy
5. He’s a big Lakers fan
6. He really likes the Clippers too
7. He is a Taurus (born in May)
8. Our horoscope says we are a perfect match (Taurus and Virgo)
9. He is a bi-centennial baby (’76)
10. He is the sign of the Dragon on the Chinese Horoscope
11. We are also a perfect match on the Chinese horoscope (Dragon and Rat) – in case you were wondering why we are so perfect for each other :)
12. He loves rap music
13. He was a DJ in a band after his mission (Ebonics)
14. He served a mission in Brazil
15. He doesn’t speak Portuguese anymore
16. He likes to eat Brazilian food (especially Rodizio’s)
17. He’s a great public speaker
18. He still believes in the sock fairy (you know the one that magically picks up the socks you leave on the side of the bed, or around the house – washes them then puts them back in the drawer)
19. He loves in-n-out (double-double animal style)
20. He is consistent with what he eats at every restaurant we go to. You name the place and I can tell you exactly what he will order.
21. He hates tomatoes
22. Sometimes he forgets what he orders and I have to remind him
23. He has an arrowhead shaped birthmark on his stomach
24. He has the perfect amount of chest hair
25. He has a bald spot on the top of his head
26. His bald spot has no feeling – it doesn’t matter how hard I push on it he can’t feel it
27. He has big brown eyes (they have been called puppy dog eyes before)
28. He is a little over 6 feet tall
29. He has gorgeous legs (just ask Tanya)
30. He has a perfect round butt
31. He has a big broad chest
32. He can grow facial hair very fast and has lots of it
33. He has extremely strong toenails (they can break a pair of nail clippers if you aren’t careful)
34. He has a deviated septum and can’t breathe through his left nostril
35. Sometimes he snores if he is laying on his back and requires a good push to stop
36. He talks in his sleep (about computer languages, programs, computer games, etc)
37. He can sing really well although he shows this talent to very few
38. He has a ton of patience
39. He can put up with my many moods no problem
40. I have never heard him yell (except on the basketball court, but that doesn’t count)
41. He is a GREAT dad!
42. When he reads to the kids he has “voices” for all the characters
43. He beat Mario Galaxy Quest on the wii (which makes him the coolest dad around in my kids book)
44. He is also a professional tennis player and boxer on the wii (according to Tayson “Dad can beat all the chics”)
45. He said “I love you” first when we were dating
46. He kissed me first
47. He’s a really good kisser :)
48. He proposed to me on the beach in California
49. He has lost his wedding ring twice!
50. He has only kept 2 phones for longer than a 6 months without losing it for weeks at a time
51. He lost his wallet for 3 months once and found it in his volleyball shoes
52. He bites his nails (although he’s working on stopping)
53. He graduated from UVSC in Computer Science
54. He works as a computer programmer
55. He is one of the smartest people I know (and I know some smart people…i.e. Steve)
56. He is the funniest person I know
57. He makes me laugh everyday – that’s why I married him!
58. He loves to have his back scratched (and his arms, stomach, sides, etc)
59. He has to do a complete rotation every night when having his back scratched
60. He loves to play basketball
61. He loves to play volleyball
62. He likes to go to the theater (the real theater and the movie theater)
63. We have seen Les Mis, Phantom, Joseph, Miss Saigon and Wicked (twice)
64. On my first b-day we were together he gave me Les Mis tickets and I knew he was the man for me
65. He also gave me a Star Trek comic book on that b-day (because I always make fun of him for being a nerd)
66. Once he tried to breathe as fast as Shadow (our dog) once and couldn’t keep up
67. He thinks chicken is part of the vegetable food group
68. He ran 10 miles just to prove me wrong (after not running for over a year – I was impressed!)
69. He loves board games
70. I have only beat him twice at any board game (sequence and pay day)
71. He can do anything with a computer (and is the family “geek squad”)
72. He has a tuxedo t-shirt (but I’ve never actually seen him wear it)
73. He is an early adopter with all things technical
74. He owns more computer books than a small library
75. He loves Star Wars – especially Yoda
76. He would rather have red vines than twizzlers
77. He can’t shop at Wal-Mart without coming home with at least 10 extra items to every 1 item I have on the list (once he came home with 3 pair of nail clippers)
78. He is in charge of all vacuuming at home and does a great job with it
79. He has had cellulitis 3 times
80. He is a very hard worker and always puts in extra time to get the projects done
81. We met at work (set up by someone on his team)
82. He has developed great shopping skills over the years and bought me a great purse for my b-day without any help
83. He can make any joke funny (great delivery)
84. He is always the life of the party
85. He is a night owl (and rarely goes to bed before 2:00 am)
86. He’s never happy in the morning
87. He gives great hugs
88. He forgets everything – except his really hard passwords for some reason
89. He has never forgotten my b-day, our anniversary or valentine’s day
90. He is an Eagle Scout
91. He has needed stitches on almost every boy scout outing he has been on (including Philmont 5 years ago when he went as a leader with my dad and brothers)
92. Todd is very strong – he won the log throwing contest at Philmont
93. He is really into salt water fish and talks about it non-stop and recently bought his first one
94. He has competed in 2 triathlons and is signed up for another one this summer
95. He ran with me all the time when we were dating
96. He hasn’t run with me once since we tied the knot
97. He hates talking on the phone
98. He loves playing games on his phone though
99. He tells me he loves me every day
100. If you know Todd you love him!

Happy Valentines Day Todd. I love you!!!

This week has been hard on me since my kids haven't slept much. I'm one of the lucky few who has been blessed with very good sleepers. Claire has slept 13 hours at night since she was 6 months old and only got up to eat and go right back to sleep before that. I usually have no idea when she wakes up because she will play in her crib quietly until I actually open her door to see if she's awake yet. Luke loves to sleep and is also a 13 hour sleeper and has been forever. Tayson wasn't quite as good but has been sleeping through the night since 18 months and his biggest issue is getting up at the crack of dawn. But he can entertain himself most of the time now so we can still sleep in. However, this past week the kids have been up every single night and it has killed me! So I finally took them to the doctors yesterday (to which Luke said .... "do I get a shot?" in a very excited voice - he's crazy) and we had 5 out of 6 ears that were infected. Luke and Claire both had double ear infections and Tayson was just coming out of an ear infection. No wonder I wanted to kill my kids this week! Thank goodness for good drugs which means my kids will be back to normal within days and I can go on sleeping as much as I want. :)

OK we've all heard of the six degrees of Kevin Bacon game - I found a very crazy website that explains them if you need a refresher. Beware, this site has CRAZY music on it.

I'm rather new to the blogging world (just started last October) but in my short 4 months of blogging I've learned that the mormon blogging world is very small. Not only do you make new friends through links on your real-life friends blogs, but I swear if you followed the right links you could play the six degrees game and get back to a real-life friend's blog. I'll need to spend some time trying all the links on each of your blogs and do some serious blog stalking to check my theory. So that should be a fun thing to do instead of work. :) j/k

This is a Johnson Family favorite. I laughed so hard when a friend from work showed me this...then I was showing it to my brother at home and the kids saw it. They were hooked and have watched it several times since then. The best part is that they continually quote this with the accent. Everytime they go down the slide down in the playroom and hit the ground they say "that really hurt" with an accent. On Saturday their cousin Carson was over playing and he had never seen the video but they had him quoting it too. Luke can't say his "r" sound at all unless he's saying "that really hurt charlie" in the accent of course. I guess if we moved to England he'd be fine.

This year has been very disappointing so far because of the writers strike. Most of my favorite shows have be limited to less than 10 episodes. So sad! I usually only have to go through these entertainment withdrawls for a few months during the summer.

I have chosen to deal with all my free time by reading books and have gone through them too fast and am now running short on fun books to read. Looks like I'll be back to re-reading Harry Potter and the Twilight Series again if I don't find some new books soon. Todd on the other hand has been filling his free time with side-work, salt water fish tank research and catching up on other tv shows through netflix rentals.

Last night was the season premier of Lost and how great it was to have fresh tv again. Especially something so great!! We love Lost. We had some friends over to watch it with us in the theater and it was a blast. It was fun to get excited about the show and then talk through all the details after it was over, plus we ate pizza and cake (no complaints here). I'm looking forward to having new tv for the next few months and I sure hope the writers strike ends soon.