Trips

Ok I didnt realize how many trips we went on in the last year til I started posting so here are some of my fave pics from each trip this year...

Brandon Scott

Brandon has had a crazy year... Brandon has been very busy being a dad, husband, and hard working Railroader... Brandon is still gone alot so when he is off work we play as much as we can... Brandon is still like a kid at heart he cant help racing my dad on the little boys 4 wheelers camping, he cant help climbing fully clothed into the shower with his friend Matt and then calling me and Jen and then busting out laughing... he loves to spend time with his family and is so greatful anytime he gets to see his family in california, he loves his little princess and I swear he can not get enough of her he loves doing new things with the kids like fishing or going to the zoo... Brandon can not help putting his goofy winter hat on as soon as he gets it and wears it all christmas morning and he especially can't help blushing when marily monroe tells him he is handsome.... Brandon gave me quite a scare this winter... he had lost weight very rapidly Im not tlkn 5 lbs he lost between 30 and 40 lbs in a matter of months was constantly tired and shakey... finally right before new years I took him to the Dr. now knowing he has Graves disease and if it goes untreated to long it can eventually cause stroke or heart attack when I took him into the Dr his hear rate was 178 beats per min and that was sitting still (usually 178 beats a min for someone Brandons size it should be that after sprinting a mile) we finally got him into the specialist and he is starting to gain his weight back and act more like him self I am so glad they are getting him taken care of... and I am proud of all the hard work he does.

ABOUT ME

All about me... Oh where do I begin- well I am still at my same job been there 3 years now and I am really starting to love it. I just moved up to another position and am nervous but so excited... lets see what did I do this year... Last May we went on my first trip to Las Vegas with my best friend Jen and her husband Matt we had so much fun the weather was perfect we caught some awesome shows hung out by the pool and made memories I will never forget  as I told you Reagan fell this summer and had to get stitches in her forehead. I honestly had to say that was one of the worst things in the world... watching her screaming as they stitched her fore head... broke my heart... honestly I hope my kids dont have to many trips to the ER cuz it was so sad!!!! Fourth of July came and went as it always does... I think that honestly has to be my favorite holiday... all my favorite things... Fire works BBQs parades family friends it is the best... oh PS yes I made my 4th of july shirt... thanks pinterest oh ya I discovered pinterest this year which may have contributed to my non blogging also :) Our trip to yellowstone was so fun I hadnt been there in about 10 years. This fall my sister put on a witches night out where all us girls got to dress up go have a delish dinner visit and have fun... It was so much fun and I hope it becomes an anual tradition oh ya ps thanks to pinterest i also made my withc costume yes I loved it!!!! Our trips to California were long driving but so much fun... I was so glad we were able to go a trip with my whole family we haven't done that since before Brandon and I got married so that was great... Speaking of Brandon we just celebrated our 5 year anniversary... some days I think wow 5 years flew by and other days I think that was a long 5 years... but I am glad we have made it this far and I cant wait to spen many more years with Brandon he is the love of my life...

Brakken Steven

Brakken has had a big year. Brakken turned 4 on his birthday this year and he has def gotten into the boy stuff. He has always been a def boy but this year I swear it has intensified by a million... Brakken had a dirt bike birthday what else... ha ha he got his very own "real" 4 wheeler no more power wheels!!!! We thought he would love it but actually I think it scares him a little but he got to the point where he was getting better :) Brakken got his first fishing pole and tackle box for his b day and went on his first fishing day which was hot miserable and unsuccessful. (Later on this year however he became quite the fisherman and out fished his dad) Brakken loves to swim in the creek, his pool the hot tub or the Ross Park Pool :) Brakken took gymnastics this summer at EP and loved it. Brakken started pre school this year and will go to kindergarten next school year... its so sad where did the time go it makes me so sad... it seems like just yesterday he was my little baby laying in my arms... and now we start school... we i say that like I get to go... He starts school :( SO SAD!!!! Brakken loves to get his picture taken and will pose up a storm it is hilarious... Brakken had fun on our trips this year to... he saw "Calfalos" aka baby buffalo calves, ha ha and discovered bumpy road ice cream ay yellowstone. Brakken was spider man for Halloween and thought he was so cool with those big huge muscles... ha ha ha. He was re-united with his "circle face" cousin ha ha (funny story) Wyatt and also got to see new and old cousins in California. Brakken got exactly what he wanted from Santa for christmas, a new iron man and advenger dress up clothes. Brakken had a lot of fun on our trip to California later this year he got to meet Mater, Lightening Mcqueen, Mickey Mouse, Bumble bee and Optimus Prime. He thought that was great. Brakken is such a smart boy and he makes his momma proud... 

Reagan Nikkole

Oh my goodness I dont even know where to begin so i decided to start with the youngest of our family and work my way right on up. Reagan is now 2 years old (26 mos. actually). She is def a girly girl which I love!!!! Everything for the exception of the drama melt downs :) She is a girly girl but she also loves to do whatever Daddy or Brother are doing... she loves to play trucks and dirt bikes with Brakken and watch whatever movie or cartoon Brakken is watching, but back to the important girly stuff... In about May of 2012 Reagan started her love for Babies!!!! She would put them in her stroller and cruise through the house! It was so cute... Reagan also met her arranged marriage husband (if us moms get any say) Mason on the 4th of July they were so cute just hanging out talking jibberish non-sense it was so cute! Last summer Reagan fell and split her fore head open and had to get 4 stitches. That was the worst thing in the world her first real trip to the hospital! Reagan loved camping this summer four wheeling with mom and dad wading in the river took some warming up to but by the end of the year she was pretty brave. We took the kids to Hogle Zoo which was Reagans first trip to a "real" zoo. I say "real" because here in Pocky the zoo isn't super fabulous but we like it better than nothing. :) Reagan also took her first trips to California this year and her first trip toYellowstone National Park. Reagan was Minnie Mouse for Halloween. She loved trick or treating and got the hang of it pretty quick. Like I said Reagan had her first trip to California in November and there she got to meet her cousins on Brandon's side of the family which was great. She also got to meet her Great great Grandma Bertha which was so cute!!!!!! In about November Reagan becam obsessed with Cinderella or as she is known at our house D-rella ha ha. So of course we had to change all Birthday plans and switch to Cinderella. We had Reagans b day party a few days before her real b day so she could have a whole day dedicated to her... Its so hard with a christmas b day so we try to make a special day that is just for her. Reagan got tons of babies for her B day daddy jokes that we have an entire orphanange at our house. Reagan had a great christmas and got exactly what she wanted. Baby stuff she got a new stroller, a diaper bag full of baby supplies, a play penn, and a high chair. Reagan also loves to play kitchen and pre tend to cook us dinner... its great. Reagans favorite animal is of course a Kitty which her momma dreads but Grandma Patty and Daddy couldnt be happier. Reagan had her first trip to sea world, universal, lego land, disneyland, and California adventure. Where she got to meet all of her favorites. Dora, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Cinderella, and Snow White. It was great. Since we got home from our trip Reagan has found a great interest in going potty. Which this momma is not going to argue with she has been doing pretty well considering she is the one who tells us its time to go potty and it took her brother an entire year to figure it out. I wouldnt say she has it nailed by any means but she is doing great so far.

WOW

Ok so I haven't posted in over a year. So let me catch you up on all that has gone on at the Johnston house this year... Its been nuts

Christmas Parade

Friday after thanksgiving we loaded up and did a little christmas shopping in Idaho Falls and then Brandons parents met up with us and we took the kids to the parade in Pocky... it was a long parade and it was freezing we finally gave up and went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner when we left Reagan was crying Seth was crying and shelby was crying sounds fun... right???? it was SOOO COLD!!!!!

Thanksgiving 2011

We had thanksgiving this year with my family and it was great... We went down to Bear Lake Wednesday night and stayed at my parents house, then THursday we got up and headed to Soda to my Grandma Glorias, the guys went and shooted skeet and us girls stayed and helped grandma cook dinner the kids all had such a blast it was so good to have all my family together at Grandmas just like old times... It was great... after dinner we hung out for a while the guys watched football and then we all loaded up and headed back to my moms for family game night... Its gets pretty competitive especially when it turns into guys vs. girls... sorry but those guys dont stand a chance when the higgins girls gang up on them... we had so much fun I love going home for the holidays...

Disney On Ice

Last month my parents got us all tickets to go to disney on ice in salt lake Nica and Chris werent able to go but the rest of us were it was great me and my mom sari and harlee and reagan got to go to gardners village which is like my new favorite place!!!!! ha ha and Rick and Brandon took the little boys to cabelas and honda world and im sure they were all in heaven... Dayna and Trevor met up with us later and then we all met for dinner when dad got out of class... It was such an awesome show they had every princess you could imagine and lion king and incredibles well you get the idea... it was awesome Brakken loved it... and Reagan and Harleed got to dress up like Snow White... And yes i made that snow white TuTu... CUTE right?

Happy Halloween

So this halloween was no different from most we had my work party the weekend before halloween... and of course Brandon had to out do himself from last year so whats better than Polly Bleeker... Harry from Dumb and Dumber... he and my friends husband Darren went as Harry and Llyod I dont have any pics of them because I forgot my camera but they were hilarious... I went as a rag doll it was fun another late night but very fun!!!!! We took our kids to tha A.J. Winters Halloween carnival and they had a blast and then we came home for trick or treating... it was fun we just did a few close friends houses and then our neighborhood so we just rode the wheelers it was great made the night go pretty fast... Brakken was a pirate man and according to him his pirate name was Jackson Hook.... ha ha Reagan was the cutest Ladybug i have EVER seen!!!! I dont have pics right now because my sister took them with out layers of warm clothes on under... ha ha so i will have to post those another day

Carving Pumpkins

We of course carved pumpkins for halloween. Brakken didnt really like the stuff inside the pumpkins but we let him choose what kind of eyes nose and smile his pumpkin had and he loved doing that... Reagan didnt mind carving cuz she just sat in her high chair and snacked... her favorite thing to do... ha ha Excuse Brakkens no pants... for those of who dont know... we can not keep pants on this kid as soon as he wakes up he goes potty and leaves his pj pants off... as soon as we get home from day the pants literally come off as soon as he walks in the door so for those of you thinking im only posting pics of him in underwear thats because thats all he ever wears...

Believe it or not...

Believe it... Yep we got another dog!!!!! In October we got another dog... She is a blood hound and her name is Harper she is def. a high strung hound but she is pretty good and so cute... how could you not bring that home from the pet store... ha ha

What a poser...

Anytime I get the camera out Brakken is always saying mom take a picture of me so these were when we were camping. And some of them actually turned out really cute... To bad has a dirty camping shirt on thats covered in paint from one of our previous camp trips... ha ha

Our last camp trip for 2011!

We made it on one last camp trip the first of october. We were supposed to go with Brady and Rachel and there kids but Rachel and kids had to leave and go to montana so it was us and Brady. We went up big springs camp ground and got quite a bit of use out of the 4 wheelers... it was alot of fun and so hard to come back home knowing that was going to be the last camp trip til next year.... It was alot of fun and reagan loved the 4 wheeler again. THey were a good investmemt. And yes I am still part of this family even though I am always the one behind the camera instead of in front... ha ha

After

And here are the AFTER Photos...

Look what we got...

After going back and forth and doing alot of talking we finally come to a rational decision that our dirt bikes were just nor practical for our family... they were hardly getting ridden because we didnt want to have to find a sitter everytime we went riding so we took them in and traded them off on some new 4-wheelers, which we love... we took them for a ride and the kids loved it i think this was a smart choice for our family... mine is the red its a 2012 Polaris sportsman and Brandons is a 2011 Polaris Sportsman of course in what color CAMO....

Derby Driving

Brandon got hung up the first heat and his transmission started to go... so by the time he made it to the consilation heat he only had park and drive no reverse, but considering this he still did very well good job babe!!!!

Double Rainbow

I just had to share this awesome Double Rainbow with you all so pretty!!!!

Derby Day!!!!

The demolition derby is an all day event for those of who dont know you have to do inspections, drivers meetings, on and on and on... But I am pretty sure Brandon had one of the biggest cheering sections at the derby... it was alot of fun... I just love the pic of the pit crew guys all in there matching shirts... they all had a blast thanks GUYS

Hinder

So during the fair we met up with Rick and Sari and went to the hinder concert they were up in the stands and we were down by the stage but after a little convincing they came down and joined us with some of the crazies... but it was an awesome concert and alot of fun. They put on a pretty good show!!!!

Stage 2

Time to Weld and then Paint... thank you Rick and Sari for letting us invade your house for 2 and 1/2 weeks straight to get this thing finished....

BEST BUDDIES

I just had to share these... these two just love to play Brakken is so good with Reagan and she just shines every time he comes in the room... she is always watching his every move... Her first word "BUBBA" and she says it everytime she sees him... they are so cute together... oh and P.S. Reagan cut her first 2 teeth last week where is the time going...

AT LAST!!!!!

After a year of trying to do the potty training thing we have finally mastered it and everyone was absolutely right they do it when "THEY" are ready... No tricks no bribes no treats no nothing works except their will power and want to do it... Thank goodness we finally got it I am so proud of our little man... and he loves to show off and tell everyone that he goes potty in the toilet... HOORAY!!!!!

Looky Looky

So look who is crawling and pulling herself up she started crawling aroung the middle of July and started pulling herself up around the middle of August... It is so crazy to this that she is already big enough to be doing these things... :(

And here is the reason...

And here is the reason we have been so busy for the entire summer... Brandon informed he would love to do the demolition derby at the State Fair in Blackfoot... so being supportive and said lets do it (not realizing how much time it takes to prepare a car to just get beat to crap) any way so who knew demolition derby could be such a family sport... A special thanks to Uncle Rick because with out you this car prob. would not have gotten finished... SO Brandon foung himself a Buick Park Avenue which was a tank so we brought it home and it took up residency in our garage... It took a few long good nights to get the thing gutted out and as you can see Brakken especially loved being able to hit the car with a hammer... ha ha ha so this was phase one...