HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANDY!!

SO.... my little guy is now a big grown up "thirty-something" dad, who is having a swell birthday today!  My, how time flies!  So, my friend and bud, today I want you to know how very proud we are of you!  You're a wonderful hubby and daddy, and a marvelous son, brother and grandson.  We're all very blessed to have you as part of our family.

I wish I could upload the cutie pie picture I picked out, but I suspect I'll have to just change my internet service to do that.  They just won't load for some reason.  Have a VERY great day, and I'm sure there'll be some well deserved spoilage!

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

LOVE YOU!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BABY BOY!

HERE'S WISHING MY HANDSOME BABY BOY A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Ok, I give up.  At 1:30 this morning I began composing this post.  I had the pictures selected and ready to import, so my baby boy would know his momma was thinking of him on his birthday.  I waited about an hour for the pictures to download, and finally went to bed, leaving the computer doin' it's thing.  I was very disappointed  this morning to see the words "action failed" on my screen.  BUT, undaunted, I began again this morning -- this time selecting fewer photos.  Alas, I left for my workout with the computer working away...only to return to the same message!  I hate this!  

I'm repeatedly getting "failed" messages, and I'm starting to feel like a failure.  BUT, how can that be, you say?  Having produced 4 such magnificent babies....I can't be a failure!  So today, my young Zakasaurus, this mommy is thinking of you, and what a wonderful man you've become.  Kate and Kennedy are lucky indeed!  Hope you have a wonderful day -- can't wait to see you on Friday!!!

love you,

mommy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KATE!

ISN'T SHE HOT??

What a beautiful mom, daughter, in-law, sister, friend she is!  And what a great addition to our family!  Lucky lucky Johnson's!!   Hope your birthday is especially nice.... we love you!!

I OWE ARIE FIFTY BUCKS!

SO... in a desperate attempt to be recognized and in fact acknowledged by my darling granddaughter, Arie, I offered the tot $50 if she would say "grandma Barb" or some close semblance of such, to ME.  Stubborn though she is, whilst playing here at grandma's (along with Allie & Bree), in a moment of glee (and possibly a mental lapse) she CLEARLY uttered, "Barb!"  Some far stretch causes me to think I have heard "grandma"(in some foreign dialect, of course) uttered on one or two occasions.  I figure it's only a matter of time before she addresses me as "grandma Barb" as she hears Allie do, and no doubt Bree will so speak in the not too distant future!  Way to make my day, Arden!  Grandma Barb loves you!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO.....ME!

So, today's the day.  A mere 34 years ago today, I became Mrs. Kerry Johnson!  As I recall, I was throwing up until minutes before the ceremony.  Yes.  Sweet little temple workers were trying to push soda crackers down me, while I fought them off - assuring them that I would, indeed, throw up if they persisted.  Kerry's uncle, the pharmacist, arrived at the temple with some "magic pills" in hand.  Now, I still don't know if it was the pills, or the ceremony being over, but something caused me to feel wonderful!  Today.... well, it's Kerry who's throwing up!  Ha!  Actually, I don't think he has thrown up all day - but I could be wrong.  

Through thick and thin, good times and bad, we stuck together.   I have no intention of ever changing that.  So today, my love, let me just say that you are my rock, and my "softie."  You inspire me, you believe in me, you support me, and definitely you spoil me.  Without you, there's not much to me.  You make me a complete person, and you keep me grounded when I need to be, sane, when I'm ready to crack, happy when I'm feeling blue and you always make me laugh (I think that's why I married you).  Add to all that, 4 magnificent babies, 3 fabulous daughters-in-law, a terrific son-in-law and the 4 cutest granddaughters we could ever hope for.  More?  How about wonderful parents, siblings and friends.  Blessed I am.  The world is mine.

The Perfect Weekend! .. almost!

All we were missing were Jeremy, Sharla & Bree!  Wish they could have been here.. 

Baby Kennedy's Blessing Day

Sept. 14

I don't want to steal too much of Zak & Kates bragging rights, but I just had to put a few of my favorite pictures up from our terrific weekend!

Three of our 4 granddaughters - Kennedy, Allie & Arie

Grandpa Kerry with Kennedy

As usual, Arie has everyone grinning!

Family & Friends

So, the last weekend of summer brought the troops south for a final R&R.  Here's how the weekend went:  It started off with Tracy arriving late Thursday night.  She had no work and no school on Friday, so she got a jump on the weekend.  Friday morning was time to hit the irons!  We took Andy with us, and the 4 of us golfed at Red Hills.  I must say I was only along for the entertainment value.  Everyone else played pretty well.  Tracy even out-shot the boys at times!   Jon and 2 other couples (friends of theirs) arrived late Friday night.  It seems everyone else was on the freeway headed south too!  Saturday morning, after delicious waffles with fresh peaches and cream, the gang headed here:

There was also lots of girly time with the granddaughters/nieces

Bree loves the pool!

We also ate LOTS of FANTASTIC peaches!

Thanks to Jeremy and Apple TV, there were also plenty of movies to watch!

Kerry took everyone to see Jeremy's vintage car collection at the airport.  They loved that!  I think their favorite part was when Kerry let them drive one of them down the street -- where it ran out of gas and they had to push it back to the hangar!  Ha!  Good times, huh boys?

Sunday evening we toured Jer & Sharla's new house and treehouse.  Amazing place!  Can't wait till it's finished.  Jon was particularly impressed with the beautiful staircase that will have no supports.  Monday (when they finally got out of bed) they all enjoyed fresh peach slobber for breakfast, played a little tennis, then headed for the pool again.  All in all, it was a fun, busy weekend.  Hope you kids enjoyed your last taste of summer!