do what comes naturally

this past sunday, some friends of ours at church gave us this little comic strip. they said it "made us think of you guys."

wow.

how did they know?

:)

The Outlaws

found this old picture in the family archives. the johnson clan circa 1889.

ps. don't mess with dad.

Bathtime!!

waylen loves the bathtub. like my dad did with me, i get to educate him on all types of fish & sea creatures. for example, dolphins & sea turtles are gentle, and they swim right past waylen. they aren't looking for any trouble. however, you need to watch out for baby piranhas.. they bite, pinch and nibble!

Happy Christmas

Here's to a holiday celebration filled with bad reindeer sweaters, flannel, long johns, egg-nog, uncle eddie, gingerbread, frosting, sparkling lights, tinsel, tree skits, bing crosby, frank sinatra, manger scene displays, hot chocolate, hot wassail, toboggans, stripped socks, leg lamps, fake turtle necks, scratchy wool scarfs, log cabins, smoking chimneys, snow days, snow angels, gift cards, tylenol, festive caroling, and the like.

Love,

Waylen and Shiloh

A family sweater...5 generations

Here is Shiloh wearing a bonnet and sweater made by my great, great, great grandmother. It has been worn by my great grandmother, my grandma, my mom and my sister! :)

She's so beautiful in it!!

Colleen

Reading to my Sister

"look shy, this is a digger. this here is a tractor. this is a bull dozer.....this is a dump truck......"

I've seen a lot of things in my life...but that was AWESOME!!

this morning something incredible happened. at approximately 8:20am waylen exclaimed "doggie!!" loudly while looking out our side window. i was getting ready to leave for work, and i caught something large out of the corner of my eye.

it wasn't a dog.

it was deer. and he was outside in our driveway.

that's right. a real (non mounted) deer. we both stated out in amazement. after a moment he decided to scamper across our busy street (shiawassee) and wander aimlessly around various neighbor's front yards. i'm pretty sure he was lost. it's not everyday you get to see deer outside of their non-wooded environments. let alone your front yard in downtown farmington.