Apologies and Christmas Activites - Part 1

I first have to start out by saying that I am so sorry about the lack of updates. I have no idea where December went, but needless to say it is gone and the month obviously did not include any blog updates. I especially need to say to Heather that I am sorry for all the times that I made fun of you for not updating your blog, because I seem to suck just as much as you do with this kind of stuff! :)


Anyways, December was of course a very busy month for us, as it was for all I am sure. Here are some pictures to help sum up the month.

This is Brayden helping Daddy put the tree together.

And helping Mommy put ornaments on the tree. He was such a big help decorating the tree this year.

Here is Brayden trying to sit under the tree. If you look at the branches right around him, you will notice that they are the branches that he decorated. There are at least 3 ornaments on each branch - he really liked those branches.

And our boy with the finished product.

December brought a lot of opportunities to clean up the snowfall. Here Daddy and Brayden are shoveling the deck! He really does enjoy it - I promise!

He so desperately wants to be a big boy so he can do what Daddy does!

We went to Lowell's Christmas Parade, which was held at night this year. We had a great time, even though it was FREEZING that night.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We hope that you all had as great of a day as we did. We have so much to be thankful for.

We started out our day just hanging out, watching the Macy's parade, eating a big breakfast and being lazy. Later in the afternoon we went to my Grandma's house to visit for a little while before we headed to Kyle's mom's house for dinner.

It was a great day to just spend together, eating.

And this is how our day ended -

Fun around the house

Brayden being a marker monster!


Showing his Johnston blood - helping mom make the pudding pie for Thanksgiving.



Making hand Turkeys - except that they didn't really look like turkeys...
And he wasn't very interested in looking at the camera.

So much fun!

This has been their routine since Brayden was just a baby!

We have a jumper!

Time just flies!

Sorry it has been so long since an update. I can't believe how time just flies. We haven't been up to much of any excitement which is part of the reason for the delay. No point in posting if there isn't anything to talk about. I did realize though that I never even posted Halloween pictures.

On Halloween Kyle and I had to chaperon a Halloween Party at our church, so we didn't have much time for Trick-Or-Treating. We met up with Grandma Maryanne and Tiyler and went trunk-or-treating at the Impact Church in Lowell. Whoever came up with this concept was brilliant. It took us about 20 minutes to hit a parking lot full of cars. The kids ended up with more than enough candy, and it didn't involve dragging a toddler to a bunch of houses. Brayden of course didn't really understand the concept at first, but once he realized that he was getting candy and that all the other kids were really excited about it, he started to really get into it.

We also took Brayden to his very first Red Arrow football game. The Red Arrows took on Caledonia for a very good game. I have to say that I have never seen Red Arrow Stadium so full. The game was pretty stressful right around half time, but they ended up pulling of a win. Unfortunately, they couldn't keep the streak going and have now ended their season. :( We only stayed until the end of the third quarter, but he had a blast. We had to park at an elementary school and take a shuttle to the stadium, so he got to take his very first bus ride, which was beyond super exciting. Once we got to the game he got to see Brittany and Travis, some of his favorite people in the world. Brittany is a cheerleader, and since this is her senior year, this was also our last chance to see her cheer. Unfortunately, the picture I have of Brit isn't very good, the stinkin cheerleaders kept moving.

Bowling Champ!

Brayden's first attempt at bowling - he had an absolute blast. He did pretty good - a 98 the first game and an 86 the second. ( The pictures aren't very good. I didn't know that we were actually going to bowl so I didn't bring my camera. A nice lady on one of the leagues down there took some pictures with her cell phone and emailed them to me.)