Mother's Day

Mother's Day. It's a difficult holiday for those of us struggling with infertility or the loss of a child. In the past, Mother's Day has been a day full of anguish and people having to walk on egg shells around me. We've spent Mother's Day pent up in home, skipping church, crying, angry, etc. Luckily, for everyone involved, this Mother's Day was different. I called and wished others happy Mother's Day. I accepted and thanked others when they told me the same. I went to all of church and I didn't hide out. I didn't even cry at all. What made the difference? This Mother's Day I tried to have a different perspective.

1. I realized that I could celebrate mothers, even if I don't have a child here with me.
2. I realized that I am a mother, my baby is just in Heaven. I needed to gracefully go through the day for Baby J.
3. Motherhood is obviously a miracle and should be celebrated.
4. I've been trying to fake it til I make it. 
5. I realized that I needed to be strong on Mother's Day to be an example for others who are also struggling. 
6. This article helped a lot too.
7. Of course Adam helped too. He was very sensitive about the upcoming holiday so he gave me a gift for "Wife's Day" on Friday.

Anyway, we had a great weekend. We attended a wedding at the beautiful Brigham City Utah temple. It was for one of Adam's mission companions.

We also visited with Grandpa Johnson and heard him tell some awesome stories.

We also made a surprise visit to family on Sunday, because a visit from us is a great gift!

P.S. Nora, thank you for the Aunt's Day Card!

Onion Tip

Here in the Johnson household, we have a devil of a time chopping onions. We are talking blood, sweat, and tears. Lots and lots of tears. Adam decided to try a new onion chopping technique:

Swimming goggles. He reported that it worked quite well, and there were no tears, but by the time he was done chopping his view was pretty foggy. Make sure you wait awhile before showing your face again in public. Adam learned the hard way by answering the door with goggle imprints around his eyes! HOW DO YOU CHOP ONIONS?

I also wanted to show off another project. This is quite possibly the cutest skirt that I have made to date. Think little Miss Nora would like one?

Catch Up

Well, it looks like it is time for a little catch up again! Let's start out by showing you some of my latest projects shall we?

Cloth Diaper Burp Rags

Lil Nightgown

Valentine Banner

And now, it is time for a shout out. You know how we kinda wish we were food critics? Well, who likes BBQ? We do! And how lucky are we because some friends of ours just opened up a BBQ restaurant! Y'all seriously need to go to Idaho Falls and try Pitmaster Bar B Que for some serious Y-U-M! Adam was moaning while he ate! And, heck, if you are in Idaho Falls, you might as well get yourself some delicious ice cream at Reed's Dairy. It's been my favorite since I was a little girl. Last time Adam and I went "home"  we were able to enjoy out very first pancake and ice cream breakfast at Reed's.

Abby, Adam, and I enjoyed pancakes and ice cream.

Meanwhile, Locklynn enjoyed his shades.

Coming soon... 2013 Johnson Family pictures, and hopefully some new and improved pictures of my own (I have enrolled in a photography and editting course).

Goofin' off between pictures

Does Everybody Know What Time It Is?

Nope! You guessed wrong. It is not Tool Time. It is National Infertility Awareness Week (all week from the 21st until the 27th)! And while we all know I love me some J.T.T (I even had a whole calendar with his handsomeness), I am also all about infertility awareness!

* Want to learn about pregnancy loss and how to support your friends and family members that have experienced it? CLICK HERE

*  Infertility got you down? Maybe this can help. CLICK HERE

* Is infertility putting a strain on your marriage? CLICK HERE

* Know someone who is thinking of placing a baby for adoption. Consider telling them about an infertile couple you may know about. LIKE US!!! Or maybe some of our peeps.
CLICK HERE
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OR HERE

* Struggling with infertility and need to feel empowered? CLICK HERE 

* Have a friend that is struggling with infertility/miscarriage/adoption and you want to give them a little something?
CLICK HERE
OR HERE

* Don't want to step on any of your struggling friend's toes? CLICK HERE

* Want to understand why your infertile friend is grieving? CLICK HERE

Keep checking back for more helps in the days to come.

Spring Break 2013 Again

Last one, I promise...

• Going to the live broadcast of Music and the Spoken Word
  
• Walking around Temple Square
  
• Visiting 93 year old Grandpa Johnson

Spring Break 2013 continued...

Here are some more things we did on our wild Spring Break:

• Eating at the Blue Lemon and being mistaken for food critics since we were taking pitures of our food
• Eating at Zupas
• Swimming in the motel pool with family
  
  
  
  
• Color Festival in Spanish Fork
  
  
  
  
• Ugh, another full post. I will do one more quick one. I am almost done, I promise.

Spring Break 2013

It was Spring Break last week and our anniversary this week. This is the time of year that we get itchy for travel. I took a couple of days off work and we went to... Utah. It doesn't seem that exciting because it is so close by and we have been there so many times, but there are so many things to do and we had a lot of fun. Here's what our trip looked like:

1. Attending the historic the Salt Lake Temple
2. Eating a pastrami burger at Crown Burger which was featured on Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives
3. Visiting the Hogle Zoo
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
4.  Fulfilling Adam's childhood dream of playing minature golf at Mulligan's
   
5. Hiking Ensign Peak with family
   
6. Ugh, I think my post is too long. Time for another...