tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73196157681902266412024-03-14T10:56:39.369-07:00Smarty Two ShoesKrystle and Corey JohnsonKjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00300393374992474231noreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319615768190226641.post-37121170551649535052012-06-17T19:20:00.004-07:002012-06-17T19:21:04.655-07:00Oh so today is Father's Day?<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
So, last week I wrapped Corey's Father's Day present.</div>
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Forced him to have a little photo shoot with the baby.<br />
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Then let him open his present.</div>
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Then my mom informed us we were a week early.</div>
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What?</div>
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I have been in zombie land.</div>
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It's this really fun place where new moms get to visit.</div>
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I'm just barely starting to feel like a normal human being again.</div>
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But in honor of Father's Day, be it this week, or last....</div>
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I wanted to do a little post for my husband.</div>
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The Father of my child. Children if you count the dog.<br />
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Let's be honest. We totally count her.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">"Is that normal?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">To which each nurse and doctor would reply, yes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I loved all the questions Corey had for the staff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">"My baby keeps jerking her arms up in these quick fast motions."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">"Is that normal?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Yes. That's normal. It's just her nervous system getting used to things.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">One thing I'm pretty thankful for is Corey's family here in Minnesota.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I was especially grateful when his brother and family showed up at the hospital with Subway.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I was STARVING.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Then another sister in law showed up with her girls and some books for baby girl.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Mostly I am grateful for Corey's parents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I am thankful for this son of theirs and the way they raised him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It was pretty special that they were able to be around for Corey's first days as a father.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">They found him just as amusing as I did.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">My mother in law and Sister in law and her girls held Hazel in the hospital while I had my first bath. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Yes I had to wait 24 hours for a bath. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I was so relieved that they were there to love on Hazel while I relaxed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Also Corey's father told me he used to go in their rooms to check if they were breathing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I don't think he has any idea how normal that made me feel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I constantly check to make sure she's breathing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">At least I did in the beginning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">How appropriate that on Father's Day Corey has earned the title "the Hazel Whisperer".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I had no idea of Corey's capacity to love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It's amazing how much love he has for our little family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">And that makes me really thankful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">One of which was;</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">"Is it normal for her to be rolling over already?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Turns out it is. Only because she was such a little button.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Not going to lie though, Betty and I thought she was freakishly strong.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Corey jumped up and shouted, "What do we do?!?!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">He wanted to make sure everything was put away and the house was clean.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Him and his mother spent at least an hour cleaning the bath tub.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I was so thankful for that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Not to mention the rest of our house that they cleaned and organized while I snoozed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Then Corey wanted to make sure we had plenty of food. </span><br />
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It was a relief to know that Corey was all over it.</div>
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If I wasn't holding Hazel then Corey was. Or one of his parents was.</div>
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And as obsessive as that is, it was exactly what I needed to get through the first couple of days.</div>
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For that I am eternally grateful for all 3 of them.</div>
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But not to worry.</div>
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All is well.</div>
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Her Dad is holding her.</div>
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And she could not be in better hands.</div>
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Before Hazel was here I would tell Corey about girls and their dads.</div>
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I told him how he will be her first boyfriend.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I told him how Hazel will choose someone to marry based on what kind of husband and Father her own dad was. </span><br />
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Because he is a good husband.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">And he is a rockstar dad.</span><br />
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As a side note, this was Corey's Father's Day present.</div>
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He's been asking for one pretty much since we found out we were expecting.</div>
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All his dreams came true.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Now if she would just gain 2 pounds so he could start using it. </span><br />
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I just want to say how thankful I am for my own father. I am blessed to have two.</div>
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I'm thankful for my Dad and his example. I'm grateful for his testimony, and his ability to love all of us the same. Or so he claims.</div>
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I'm thankful for the conversation I had with him on Friday. You know the one I speak of Dad. I needed to hear what you said. I'm grateful for your words.</div>
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I'm thankful for John. I'm so grateful for his example also and for his ability to love me as his own daughter. I'm also grateful for John's testimony. I'm thankful for his talents and the way that he shares them with everyone he meets.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I love them both and I am blessed to be their daughter.</span>Kjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00300393374992474231noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319615768190226641.post-50336819419034322102012-06-15T21:30:00.000-07:002012-06-15T21:30:43.831-07:00Dear Button,My dear, sweet, precious, little button,<br />
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I can not believe you are here. I can not believe we can hold you in our arms and actually love on you. You arrived Thursday May 31st at 5:37 pm. I will never be able to look at that time on the clock again without thinking of you and when you entered the world.<br />
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Screaming, they placed you on my chest and I knew things would never again be the same. I knew then, that my heart would forever be yours.<br />
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I often wondered, as I felt you moving inside of me, what your sweet face would look like. Would you resemble me? Or would you look like your dad? Would I recognize you? The first time I held you I had my answer. There you were kicking and screaming and I knew your face immediately. It had been engraved in my heart all along and I felt like I'd known you for eternity. You were destined to be my baby girl and I was made to be your mother. <br />
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There are things I never want to forget about that day so I want to jot them down.<br />
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I was often terrified of your Father's ability to be an attentive birth partner. Let me tell you something, he was amazing. You will learn that about your Dad. He always comes through when things get tough, and he will always be someone you want fighting for your cause. He is determined, turns out so are you. I know where you get that from. He whispered words of encouragement when I thought the pain would never end. And he held my hand and reminded of how much I loved him. I am so grateful we were able to create such a beautiful being together. We were able to create you. And he rubbed my arm, cheered me on, and together we brought you in to this world. Side by side. Let it not be forgotten I did most of the work :) and I was so glad he didn't pass out. He also told me I was a total rock star. I love thinking about how much you will love him when you get older and understand things a little better. He is a keeper.<br />
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It all happened so fast, and slow at the same time. I remember when they put you on my chest I looked at the 2 nurses and the 2 doctors. Dr. Fischer (my doctor) was there but it was the resident who delivered you while she oversaw things. Actually for some of it she sat on the chair and watched Real Housewives of New York City ( a show you are never allowed to watch). I remember looking at the 4 of them and thanking them through sobs. I thanked them for helping you get here safely.<br />
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Then I looked at your Dad. And Hazel, I never want to forget the look on his face. I knew right then you had stolen his heart. And I was absolutely okay with that. I want to remember forever the look in his eyes as he wiped the tears away with the sleeves of his sweatshirt. Then he kissed me on the cheek and told me good job while he rubbed my head. <br />
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Then they weighed you and announced that you weighed 6lbs and 3.1ounces! And 20 inches long! We were so excited, you see, they were worried about you being very small. They even did a special ultrasound a couple of weeks before and estimated that you weighed around 4lbs 11ounces. We were so glad you were bigger than that.<br />
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We never stopped praying in the hospital. Your father and I. We thanked Heavenly Father that you had gotten here safely. We thanked him for the spirit you brought with you. You have such a sweet spirit about you. I just know you are going to be a special girl.<br />
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Family came to visit in the hospital and family that couldn't visit sent you things. And we skyped some of those who were far away! You are so loved already. Your Aunt Natalie wrote you a special card that I read to you the night you were born. She's pretty special too. All of your family thinks you are pretty neat. Grandpa Virg thought it was pretty cute how you would bring your hands up to your face and hide behind them. You are lucky to have so many people who cherish you. Don't ever forget that. <br />
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That Saturday morning they came in and told us you had failed your hearing screening and you had jaundice. Both not very serious things but they sound horrifying to first time parents. No one told us until later that it's perfectly normal for newborns to fail their hearing screening the 1st and sometimes 2nd time. So we prayed some more. We prayed that you would pass the next time and we prayed that you we would be able to take you home with a billy blanket instead of leaving you overnight in the hospital under the 'tanning bed' lights. They took you away from us to do some more testing and together your Dad and I had a nice good cry. And we prayed some more. Don't worry you passed your hearing screening the second time. And you came home with that rotten billy blanket, but truth be told it could've been worse and hey, we got to bring you home! I swear your Dad was NOT leaving that hospital without you. Even if it meant he slept in the parking lot.<br />
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Hazel, I haven't stopped praying since I got admitted to the hospital early that Thursday morning. I want you to know you are a daughter of a God who loves you so very much. And he will answer your prayers. Don't ever stop praying. Don't ever stop talking to him and thanking him for your blessings. We are so blessed.<br />
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Your Grandma Lulu flew in on Saturday the 9th and she is pretty much obsessed with you. She says you resemble me when I was a baby. We will all be sad when she leaves. She has bought us groceries, baked, cooked, cleaned, changed diapers, done laundry. I really haven't done anything but feed you since she got here. We are lucky to have her. I never realized how much I treasured my mother until I became one myself. <br />
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Well baby girl, it is getting late and I have a feeling I won't be getting much sleep tonight. I just wanted to document some of my favorite moments from the past couple of weeks. We are so happy you are here. It seems like you've been here all along, and we are so thankful for you. I wanted to tell you what peace you bring to our home, even with the crying and late night feedings and the messy diapers we wouldn't trade you for anything.<br />
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Love Always,<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">I almost had to take a prozac.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">Then I remembered I don't have a prescription for prozac and to top it off I'm with child.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">So Natalie got Rachel all dolled up.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The end result.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Natalie captured the images while I posed and styled Rachel.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">This was fun for me to play "assistant" and be more hands on with the subject.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I can get grabby ya know. </div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Somehow during the shoot we decided;</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Rachel's sweater wasn't working.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">So I literally gave her the shirt off my back.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sister of the year.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I stood in the pecan groves with my gross pregnant self hanging out of Rachel's sweater.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">My appearance was borderline offensive.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">But Rachel looked great.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Her hair wasn't working.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">So Natalie jazzed it up with this messy bun.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Sometimes you just gotta make some changes.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">So enjoy these gorgeous photos of one of my baby sisters who isn't so baby anymore.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Remember these gems were captured by Natalie and edited by yours truly.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Yeah we make a great team.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">She is the best sister.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">She is obedient.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">She is a Champion. No, seriously she is a reigning State Champ.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">She is accepting.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">She is love. Rachel has this ability to unconditionally love everyone she meets. </div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">She is encouraging.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">She is beautiful, in every aspect.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">She is totally cray cray but we love her just the way she is.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">I wonder if I see a someone on the playground picking on my kid if I'll be able to teach them how to stand up for themselves,</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Or teach them how to walk away.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigjN2vC8z9y3Bu46msAWGNf87-RTGF_d2hyr1hyphenhyphenJngodOIPCdJEMYP-_HR6cWFFlQ3ynVIRIFCiLY9Ww1FGgAkTjEHAKhndhX36w1wvcvv8m-9GHkcYPsH8lfd0N7Qu0OO38U7ywY2XU25/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigjN2vC8z9y3Bu46msAWGNf87-RTGF_d2hyr1hyphenhyphenJngodOIPCdJEMYP-_HR6cWFFlQ3ynVIRIFCiLY9Ww1FGgAkTjEHAKhndhX36w1wvcvv8m-9GHkcYPsH8lfd0N7Qu0OO38U7ywY2XU25/s1600/images.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">I made friends with the mean girls at school to insure they weren't my enemies.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">(Probably the best advise my Mother ever gave me.) </div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">Don't get me wrong I didn't hang out with them on weekends but I slapped them 5 every time I passed them in school.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">It paid of too when Taylor Ryan saved me in the Nathan Hale girls' bathroom.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">I swear I was about to get pounded by a 250 pound Mexican girl*.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">(I was in the 5th grade BTW) </div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">Until Taylor stepped in. "Let her go guys, she's cool."</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">I was swimming with 2 of my nieces and nephew in our community pool.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">And some little brat who was probably 5, kept stealing our pool toys.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">It was seriously obnoxious and her mom was nowhere to be found.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">I told Kylee(8), Kalyn(4) and Koltyn(2) that we should just ignore her and keep playing.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">Well she kept stealing Kalyn's toy.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">Kylee looked at me waiting for me to respond.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">The eternal peacemaker that I am I just got our other toys and gave them to my nieces and nephew.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">After the little bully kept stealing those toys, Kylee had finally had enough.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">"Hey! Those are our pool toys. Stop taking them from my sister it's not nice."</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">I felt like such a loser.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">I promised myself I would not be that person ever again.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">December 22, 2011.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">In Kayenta, Arizona.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">At the Burger King playland.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">Meet my niece Rylie....</div><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">It was her 3rd birthday.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">And she was having a blast playing with all the big kids in the play land.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">We were on our way to Utah to spend Christmas with our family,</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">And we stopped for lunch and to give her a break from the car ride.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">Hey, It was her birthday, she deserved it.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">She was trying to conquer the jungle gym stairs but her legs simply were not long enough. </div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">She needed help.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">Her Dad was getting our food. Her Mom was holding her baby brother.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">So Aunt Krystle stepped in.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">I am not small. But Rylie needed help.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">So I lodged myself on the first step and began to assist her.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">First step. Done. Second step.....just about there.....</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">And then I hear this voice.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">Monotonous.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">Yelling....</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">"MOVE. MOVE. MOVE."</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">I give Rylie a shove up the 3rd and final step and hear it again.....</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">"MOVE. MOVE. MOVE."</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">Then it occurs to me that these commands are directed towards me.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">I look down and what do you know.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">The meanest looking Indian kid* is looking me right in the eye.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
And he is yelling at me.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">"MOVE! MOVE! MOVE!"</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">And then something inside me snapped. </div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">And I yelled.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">"I'll move when I'm ready!!!"</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">"Can't you see that I'm helping a little girl!?!?!? Are you freaking kidding me?"</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">I then moved and he proceeded to race up the steps.....</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">No apology. Nothing. </div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">I ducked, stepping through the net curtains and my Sister Natalie was standing there holding her baby.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">With her mouth hanging open.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">And then we cracked up laughing.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
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Natalie later proclaimed that she was pretty proud of me.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">"I heard you say you'd move when you were ready. I thought good for Krystle standing up for herself. And then you just kept on going at him. It was awesome."</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">So as it turns out. </div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">I think I'll teach my kids how to stand up for themselves.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">No one likes a scare-dy cat.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">** I am not prejudice. Bullies come in all shapes, sizes and colors. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Kjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00300393374992474231noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319615768190226641.post-23988944975303471032012-01-11T19:08:00.000-08:002012-01-11T19:08:44.243-08:00The Trip That Changed Everything.........<a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i472.photobucket.com/albums/rr89/KAGJohnson/GarrettFam-1EFB-1.jpg" /></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- The drive up with Natalie and David.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- I loved Rylie's temper tantrum 40 minutes in to the trip. For heaven sakes it was her 3rd birthday and she was spending it on the road strapped in to a seat. I can't wait to tease her about it when she's 16. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Pulling over on the side of the road. swinging open the van door and David holding Rylie out over a pile of snow while she pinched a loaf. Yep, It was 22 degrees. She is a sport.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Natalie coaching David the whole time...."David what you gotta do is keep her feet on the ledge and hold her hands. My mom used to do it to us all the time."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Learning how to stand up for myself (and Rylie) in the play land at Burger King. Turns out I think I'm going to do just fine as a mom. (This little ditty deserves it's own extra post later this week.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Getting out of hiking ALL the way to Delicate Arch because I'm pregnant. Yep I milked it. I don't care if Natalie did the hike 7 months pregnant with Jude last March. Good for her.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Listening to Corey talk about said hike in bed later on.... "Krystle, I might as well have hiked Everest today. That is what it felt like. I'll never do it again." I tried telling him, but to no avail.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- I also found out Corey made David carry my camera bag on the way up even though David had a horrible head cold and sore throat. Maybe that is why Corey declared last night that he considers David the 'MVP' of the trip?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">-Also Jude having an explosion in his diaper, on my watch, while everyone else was out conquering Delicate Arch.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- My Dad and Gordon announcing that they took a vote and declared Rachel the funniest sibling. Um, that did not bode well with Natalie or myself. Dad pretty much spent the rest of the trip trying to make it up to us......</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Rachel informing us (Natalie and I) that she is going to be a stay at home mom but she will not be doing any cleaning. That lead to an interesting conversation between the three of us. That conversation lead to Rachel picking up a rag and helping us clean out the fridge. A big "YOU ARE WELCOME" to Rachel's future husband.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Emily Bennett-Garrett. Annabelle's American Girl doll. Featured in the family photo above. Enough said.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Watching Annabelle open up "Coconut"...... Emily's small white fluffy dog. I freaking tell you, hands down, the best thing I've ever seen. Her reaction was priceless. Tears in eyes, heart palpitating, hands shaking amazingness. You would have thought she was just crowned Miss Universe. I will act it out, in person, for anyone that asks.....</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Corey reading to our baby (still in my tummy) for the first time. Freaking awesome. I may or may not have shed a couple tears. We are having a baby.I still can't believe it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Speaking of unborn babes... Nicole and Chris announcing the gender of theirs! My parents unwrapped a small gift signed from the baby and inside was blue tissue paper. They were so sneaky!! Baby Hansen is a boy!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Watching Nicole conquer at Just Dance 3. I loved watching that perfectly petite baby belly while she shook her groove thing :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Airsoft war. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Going to church on Sunday with the whole family...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Corey (in sacrament) dodging Jude's drool like it was poop. Seriously bro? Better get used to it, your going to be wiping a lot more then drool off your shirt.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Annabelle bringing Emily Bennett-Garrett to church. Along with the doll's crutches, and woven basket bed carrier. And of course 'Coconut'.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- My Dad standing up to speak (he serves as Bishop in his ward) and Rylie saying, "Abelle that's your dad, Abelle that's your dad." Over and over again. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Corey leaning over while dad was speaking and whispering very sincerely, "He's kind of a big deal isn't he?" To which I responded, "Corey, all of the Garrett's are a big deal."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- I will forever be grateful for the things My Dad said over the pulpit that Christmas morning. The kind things he said about his own children. And the thoughtful things he said about the men we chose to marry.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Eating with my family.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Laughing with my family.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Praying with my family.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- I've always been grateful for my siblings. On this trip though I realized something else. I think I can speak for all of my siblings when I say that we just really want the best for each other. We truly enjoy each other's company and genuinely like the people that each of us have become.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- The letter that my parents gave to Corey and I as we said goodbye at the airport. I cherish the special things that they said to us as individuals and as a couple.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Hugging my sister Nicole goodbye at the curb. We never know when the next time we will see each other will be. As I hugged her I said (while crying), "Next time I see you, you will be a mom." To which she replied, "So will you." I wish we lived closer so we could experience this pregnancy thing together.I am so grateful to be able to go through this with her. She got me through a lot of really sick days in the beginning :) knowing that they would pass and things would get better. She was a good coach. Sometimes that's just what you need in a sister.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">So many great things happened on this trip. I know I'll press 'publish post' and then think of 5 other things that should be added to the list. Oh well...... I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas and wonderful new year. I'm hoping to be able to blog more this year!</span><br />
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</span>Kjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00300393374992474231noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319615768190226641.post-76975046364679559802011-12-28T08:08:00.000-08:002011-12-28T08:08:26.626-08:00This Means War...<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">The men on the Garrett side had quite the battle yesterday.....</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">I knew I wanted to take footage and they were good sports acting out all my cheesy shots I was insistent on getting.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Check it out, you won't regret it.... or you might. I don't know?</span></div><br />
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<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Keep an eye (or ear) out for my favorite parts;</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I offer to deliver the baby and my 10 year old sister says, "uh gross."</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Mom talking on the phone about how Annabelle will have to leave the room during the actual delivery.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Annabelle suggesting she just ducks behind the chair. I think she was serious?</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Nat and I cracking up. </span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">While no private parts are exposed this is titled 'Jude's Arrival'.....</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">You will see my sister's legs in stirrups in a couple of still shots but that is it.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We designed some notebook covers as a 'back to school' surprise for Bryton and Ivy.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">They were totally awesome.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">So a couple weeks ago I made one for myself;</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">This image is totally appropriate if you ask me. </span></span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">First I was working.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then I was playing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Taylor came back to HUMID Minnie with me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We've had lots of fun.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I had lots of fun,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">She probably wanted to gouge her eyes out.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Either way I will be taking her to the airport shortly </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I may or may not cry my eyes out at Terminal 1.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Enjoy some pics from our Sunday drive.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We took lots of pics and even crafted it up.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">He informed me earlier today he thinks he can still pass for 25.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I thought he was being funny.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Turns out he was serious.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">He asked me yesterday if I still loved him even though he is 35 now.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I said ya I think so.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then we had a little convo that went like this;</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Me: Do you love me now that I'm 28?</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Corey: Ya.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Me: How do you know when you love somebody?</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Corey: You can feel it in your heart.....and in your privets.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So Without further ado.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Birthday to the man I love with all my heart....</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And my privets.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">She is growing up way too fast.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It doesn't help that she looks 14.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Seriously, Dad lock the doors!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">On top of being beautiful,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">She is loving,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Since I began taking photography more seriously,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've noticed I'm missing from most of the photographs that make up the story of our life.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">When I develop pictures they are mostly of Corey and Bailey.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's not that people don't offer to take the picture while I jump in to the shot.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's that I'm that much of a control freak.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am really working on it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've made it a goal to be more present in photographs.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I want my kids to have pictures of me long after I'm gone.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I want them to have proof that I was here and I was kinda fun.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">When I took pictures of Sisty in the hospital I made it a point to capture myself in some of them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm thankful I did.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">That was a special day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">A day I will forever recall with fondness.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I will probably always shed a tear or two when I look at the pictures.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I sat here tonight going through them and I thought of something else.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am grateful for a brother in law who strapped my camera around his neck and snapped away.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">He did that when my niece was born too.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Some of my most loved pictures of myself are the ones where I am holding Rylie.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just hours old.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And now Jude.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just minutes old.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I will forever cherish the picture below.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My sister was contracting hard core.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">She was ready to go. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The doctor had arrived.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I was terrified.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">That face I'm making is legit fear.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was a wreck, and cried for most of it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Holding Baby Jude.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I feel really blessed to have been a part of it all.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I feel really blessed to have visual proof that I was there.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">She just got herself some brand new granite counter tops.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">It's quite the controversy if you ask me.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">See,</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">If you shimmied just underneath the bar.....</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">and laid on your back..... </div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">You could read my Aunt Mysti's ode of love to her High School BF.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">What a busy month June has been for me thus far.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Had a few projects up in the air.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I am quite a juggler,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">You should see me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">One such project was quite special.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It involves my sisty and her new baby boy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I think I am having heart burn right now?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I don't get heart burn so I'm not sure what it feels like.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I feel like I've had a foreign object shoved halfway down my throat all day?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Is that heart burn?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Or is there just a foreign object shoved down my throat?</span></div>Kjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00300393374992474231noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7319615768190226641.post-79788617148920758182011-06-06T15:36:00.000-07:002011-06-06T15:36:47.407-07:00Family Fun Photos<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">Is it weird I was clueless until I stepped behind my camera?</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">It's amazing how capturing images can remind you about the progression of life.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">I stand amazed as I take photos of my friends, their children, their growing families.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">I had no idea we were all so grown up.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">On my most recent trip to Arizona I had the pleasure of photographing one of my homegirls and her lover.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">They are professional bowlers.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">Yes you read that right.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">Bowlers.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">Yes I glitter-banged the crap out of some old bowling shoes.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">And she wore them like a champ.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">They met bowling.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">He proposed in Vienna.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">Yes Vi- freaking-enna.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">I asked Josh how he knew he loved Aimee.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">What moment he knew he wanted to spend forever with her.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">He replied;</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">"I knew I loved her the first time I laid eyes on her beautiful face. I could see her smile from a mile away and it drew me in right away.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">Seriously, he means it too.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">I love the way he looks at her.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">And props to anyone that can make Aimee laugh like that.</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Steal my pictures, and I steal your first born.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">To my Beloved Mr. Johnson.</span></span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I am off to Arizona. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Tucked inside my carry on will be the sweet card he gave me earlier.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">And when I get sad this week, thinking of how I had to leave for work the day of our 3rd anniversary,</span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I will read it and smile.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">And when I get mad this week because he doesn't feel like chit chatting on the phone,</span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I will read it and remember I don't always want to strangle him.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">She just about split her lip open on the cement stairs.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">And all in the name of a Diet Coke.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">My Diet Coke.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">That she was trying to keep from spilling.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">You are a modern day hero Kalyn.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">I admire any girl with that kind of dedication.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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You are freaking rude Corey Johnson.<br />
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I have been in Arizona this past week.<br />
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I have some freaking cute pics to edit and post for those of you that still read my blog.<br />
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One of my besties had a birthday :)<br />
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I swear I will post more regularly.<br />
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I'm also thinking of a giveaway but I'm not sure what I want to give away.<br />
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Any suggestions?<br />
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I could have this print of myself done up real nice for one of you readers?<br />
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I'm thinking 24 x 30?<br />
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Aren't I special?<br />
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Photo compliments of Taylor Brown. She makes me laugh too hard to take a serious shot.<br />
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I have to man the camera.<br />
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For his class he has to video it so he can be graded on how he actually administers the test.<br />
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It's called the Woodcock Johnson.<br />
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He actually tested me last month.<br />
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And thank heavens he didn't have to video tape that episode.<br />
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His teacher would have had a front row seat to a 'Johnson Domestic'.<br />
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He was not impressed by my intellect when we got to the math portion.<br />
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That's putting it mildly.<br />
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And I just wanted to quit.<br />
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That's putting it mildly.<br />
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I am honestly sitting here dripping sweat, so nervous for her.<br />
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She is on the math portion now.<br />
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May the force be with you.<br />
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He served a two year mission for our <a href="http://lds.org/?lang=eng">church</a> .<br />
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The majority of his mission Spanish was his primary language.<br />
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So the first song is him singing a hymn in Spanish. I made him.<br />
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I just can't even believe he is home.<br />
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It was hands down one of the most emotional things I have ever had the pleasure of witnessing.<br />
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My favorite is the video footage at the end when he sees his mom. <br />
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Waiting for him to walk through the gate, and then actually seeing him.<br />
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Ugh I could cry right now just thinking about it.<br />
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Yes I know the video is long. Just watch it, you will laugh. And maybe cry.<br />
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Who knows how you will react? I am not a psychic.<br />
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But seriously, him and a few of the other missionaries made a music video which I had to include.<br />
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He is the bouncy missionary in the shorts, red plaid shirt, tie and beanie. Don't even worry you'll know him once you see him :)<br />
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Also please note how easily the Garrett Girls' entertain themselves.<br />
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We waited at that airport for about 3 hours.<br />
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To my brother,<br />
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One of my favorite people.<br />
I am so impressed by you and the grown up man you have become.<br />
It was fabulous to see you.<br />
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Love your oldest sister,<br />
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Krys<br />
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(He always called me that growing up. I hated it and threatened to hurt him all the time. I heard him call me that when we were all up in Utah and I didn't even mind. THAT is how much I missed him.)<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/22053644">Elder Garrett's Mission Video</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user6167570">Krystle Johnson</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Fun facts about the video:<br />
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Okay so my sisters and I all agree if we ever meet the other young man with the red shirt from the music video (the one that is not our brother) we will ask him for his autograph. Check out his body roll around 5:36. We rolled on the floor laughing.<br />
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Feel free to fall in love with my brother from 6:53 to 7:04. Try not to faint ladies. He totally gets his dance moves from me.<br />
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8:37- This is a tradition they do on the last free day (P-day) in the field for the missionaries getting ready to leave. They call it "flying home". They 'flew' my brother home. They almost flew him right to the hospital in take 2.<br />
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10:58- Listen to me bark out orders to Natalie. See how quickly she obeys. Boo Ya.Kjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00300393374992474231noreply@blogger.com14