Mini recap

I can't believe I haven't blogged since Halloween... Crazy how time flies right?  So much has happened between Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years.  So I guess I'll do a recap and then try for a fresh start this month.

Thanksgiving was crazy with traveling to Jong's parents, spending time and the night with them.  Then traveling to my Aunts house the next morning (where all my Dads family gets together) and having Thanksgiving dinner (and a movie-our tradition).  Then back to work for Black Friday the very next day.  Thats one of the downsides to retail-not getting to spend much time with family-just sell, sell, sell.  Needless to day it was fun and great getting to see everyone.  Kensleigh did not sleep Thanksgiving Eve though, so mommy and daddy were very tired.   However, we did squeeze in a nap on Thanksgiving thanks to DeeDee taking Kensleigh off our hands for a little while!

DeeDee and Kensleigh

Aunt Beth and David Ryan

Aunt Lynn preparing the Turkey!

Throwing Kens up in the air- I think she liked it...

Several generations of the Johnson women.

Just call us the three little piggies! lol

Christmas, was spent at our house.  With both myself and Jong working so much we weren't in the spirits to do another crazy one day trip.  So I cooked a big breakfast- waffles, cheesy o'brian scramble, bacon, biscuits, grits, fruit...We pretty much ate off of it all day.   We snuggled, watched movies, and watched Kensleigh play with her new toys.

Santa brought Kensleigh a kitchen set.  She is one lucky little girl because I'm pretty sure Santa's elves spent a good chunk of time building that kitchen set.   She had a blast with it and still does every day.  I mean I am a little surprised at how much she does love it.  She likes to stir things in her pot, try and cut her fruit, bathe her baby in the sink, as well as feed the baby popsicles in the sink-lol.  Everyday she has a ton of fun creating one big mess for mommy to clean up later!  Her DeeDee got her a cute little apron to wear and I know i'm biased but she is pretty darn cute with it on.

Would anyone like some tea?

Kensleighs Kitchen

What, I'm cooking?

Going grocery shopping

Stir, stir, stir

Toast!

Well, Kensleigh has awakened from her nap so duty calls!  I'll try to getting better at blogging more often and catch ya'll up on whats been going on around here!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

We hope you had as much fun as this little butterfly did!

We played...

And danced...

And pretended to fly!

and even tried to jump on the bed.

We had BIG smiles,

and lots of laughs.

and don't forget the candy!

Yum!

I think I'll have some more...

and more.

All done...

We got dressed up,

to play trick or treat,

and pass out lots of candy!

M&M's anyone?

It wore me out-

Needless to say.

So I picked up all my candy

and

crawled up the stairs to bed.

Are you coming mom?

Perfect Fall Weekend...

Oh my what a weekend we had-Shopping, Goldrush, Burt's Pumpkin Patch, and most of all quality time with family...

Kensleigh, my mom, and myself drove up to Dahlonega on Saturday for Goldrush, where thousands come out to celebrate Dahlonega's 1828 discovery of  gold.  There are around 300 craft vendors and plenty of delicious food!  I went to college in Dahlonega and Goldrush was always one of the highlights of the year.  So if I am able, I enjoy getting to go.  This year we meet a really good friend of mine, her family, and her little munchkin!  Kensleigh and him had a blast watching the parade together!

Then, on Sunday we decided it was time to drive up to Burts!  Jong and I have been going there to get our pumpkins for several years now.  We started the tradition a few years back and now with Kensleigh its a must!  She really enjoyed it.  Last year, she was only four weeks old when we went, so this year it was really fun to see her watch all the people and excitement and get excited herself.  I think I may have to get the girl a wheelbarrow, because that by far was her favorite thing.  She kept going up to peoples and tried to hijack them!  She especially like pushing trying to push the wheelbarrow.  Needless to say after much effort it was just too heavy for her.  So also like all the wood chips on the ground-just fascinated.  I think she could have stayed there all day playing with them.

Dee Dee-where are my sunglasses? 

Loves riding on Daddy's back!

Fascinated by the wood chips

and all the pumpkins.

What about this one?

 Oh my, our cute pumpkin on a pumpkin!

 Hey there!

Sweet girl.

No more pictures please-I just want to play!

Our little pumpkin.

Can I have this one, please?

 Swing me, swing me!

Standing in line for BBQ!

Silly girl!

Love the Wheelbarrow.

 Thats a mighty big pumpkin you've got there.

Making Friends (while trying to take their wheelbarrow)

Laughing at Daddy!

So we picked our pumpkins, had some lunch, and drove back home to take a big nap! Well, daddy did at least; Kensleigh decided it was play time, so we had fun playing and grocery shopping while we let daddy sleep.  Overall, it was a very eventful weekend with lots of family fun!  In my opinion it was just about as perfect as it gets and just what I needed too.