Savanna Banana

My older sister's name is Savanna. Savanna got married shortly after I graduated from high school. She lives in New Mexico with her husband Joe and daughter Nora. Savanna is a dental hygienist. As such, she has to take continuing education classes, the most recent of which brought her back to Idaho. My mom and dad, Abby, Locklynn, Adam, and I packed up and headed to see her for the weekend. It was a lot of driving and too short of a trip, but very worth it.

I always wished for a brother while I was growing up, but I think I am pretty blessed with the family that I have. I know we will all be together forever, but I sure wish we were closer together now!

More about Savanna:
- She is obsessed with teeth. Even her nightmares are about teeth.
- Her curly hair... it is all natural and gorgeous.
- Abby and I once tied Savanna to a door while she was baby sitting us.
- I will never eat a meatloaf that Savanna cooks. Once she had to put one in the oven for our mom and she left the plastic wrap over the top.
- She sings and plays the piano. She even dabbles in the violin. She was in several choirs and plays in her teens.
- When she was little, she had to get stitches after she ran into the corner of the wall and split her head open.

Anyway, here is another Before & After photo edit for my class. Feedback is always welcome.

The assignment was to edit out a power line by using the "clone tool". Plus, I tried to bump up the color as much as I knew how. Can you tell that there used to be a power line?

Photo Shoot

This last weekend, after General Conference, I took Locklynn's one year pictures. I am excited because I think I got some good ones. I am trying to edit them little by little. This is the first time I have done that outside of my class. What do you think?
Before:

After:

Any suggestions? There may be more to come from Blue J Prhotography. 

Girl's Night

This weekend I went to the conference center in Utah for the General Relief Society Broadcast with Adam's mom, Karen, and his sisters Tiffany and Alesha. It was really nice to be there in person and I was so glad that they invited me to go along with them. I had never been to any conference session before!

After the conference we went to dinner at this cute little place called Ruth's Diner. It is an old fashioned diner in a trolley car. Fun and yummy!

While we were in Utah, Adam and I took little Sam (Tiffany's son) out shopping with us. On the way home we stopped at Zuppas for lunch. He loved his kids meal. He was super excited that his sandwich had cheese inside of it (it was grilled cheese). He also loved his chocolate covered strawberry. He ate all of the chocolate off first and then ate the strawberry. After our last stop for the afternoon Sam said, "Let's go to another store and have a good time!" Later, when Tiffany asked what he did with us he said that he had just gone to lunch and got pop! I guess we know the way to that kid's heart!

The Post In Which Locklynn Turns 1

Our nephew, Locklynn, turned 1 a couple of weeks ago. He is such a cutie and he is growing up so fast. So is Nora, our niece. For example, Lock is on the verge of walking. He took 4 steps the other day. Nora is sleeping in a big girl bed now because she learned how to climb out of her crib.

Abby and Nate went all out for Lock's party. There was a photo booth, cupcakes, popcorn, and a lion pinata (which Lock was scared of). What a lucky little boy! I think he got partied out!

 He was really funny with his very 1st birthday cake. He wouldn't really put his hands in it, but he dove in face first.

He even shared with his Grandma.

We sure love our nieces and nephews!

Labor Day Weekend 2013

Adam went bow huntin' over Labor Day weekend with Josh. He brought home 2 pine grouse, but not the elk that he wanted so bad. He and Josh also ran into a grizzly bear. Luckily they came home safe and sound.

My parents didn't want me to be a lonely hunting widow, so they took me to Utah over the weekend. We had a really nice time. Here is what we did:

• Attended the historic Salt Lake City Temple
• Toured around Temple Square

• Attended the Broadcast of Music and the Spoken Word

• Visited the Red Butte Gardens

• Shopped at Ikea for hours
• Got some great deals on clearance racks 

 And lookie here... Adam saw a moose on his hunting trip, but so did we!

Thanks mom and dad fun the fun trip!

Family Visit

This summer has been busy, busy, busy. Or so it seems. We have been busy with work, school, church, family, hunting (for Adam), etc! Of course the major highlight of the summer was the visit from Savanna (my sister), Joe (my brother-in-law), and Nora (my niece) from New Mexico. Remember how they moved to New Mexico last Thanksgiving because Savanna got a really good dental hygiene job there? Well, except for Skype, we haven't seen them since then! It is so strange to be away from your family so long. It was great to see everyone. Nora has gotten so big! Isn't she a cutie patootie?!

While they were visiting, Lockie and Nora had fun at Brooklyn's Playground. But then again, the rest of us did too.

Having fun at Brooklyn's Playground

Kid at heart...

My mom, myself, and my sister just SO happy to be together. Awww!

We had fun swimming at Rexburg Rapids too.

Lockie got cold so I put him in his daddy's shirt!

The kiddos also had fun playing in a big box in my parent's basement.

Cute! Cute! Cute!

Thanks for visiting guys! We can't wait to see you again! Slow down your growing Nora!

P.S. For you readers out there, what would you like to learn about Adam and I or our families?

Go, go, go

Whew! It was a heck of a busy week. I worked, Adam enjoyed his small school break, we traveled to Utah for a wedding, attended the Oquirrh Mountain Temple, visited Grandapa Johnson and got a haul from his garden, searched for Adam's lost car keys 3 times, grocery shopping and bra shopping, got the cv joint in my car repaired and tires rotated on both of our cars, went to a wedding reception in Aberdeen, had a date night, and reconnected with friends we haven't seen in a long time. Now it's back to work all over again!

Don't worry, Adam isn't with another woman... it's me! I just colored my hair. I've been trying to get back to my natural hair color, but it's not meant to be.

Jordan River Temple. This temple is right across the street from where Adam's Grandpa Mabey used to live.

Me and S-I-L Alesha. Alesha is super cool. No joke.

Adam and I after game night with Taylor and Vanessa. Adam and I went to high school with Taylor. Adam and Taylor grew up in together in scouts and young mens. He is currently going to pharmacy school in Arkansas, so we love to see them anytime we can.

P.S. We are super excited! Savanna, Joe, and Nora are coming to visit from New Mexico next week! AHHHHHHHHH! I can't wait to see see them, especially Nora. She tried to share some toys with me while we Skyped on Sunday. So cute.