Sweetums,

If you send me flowers I’ll gape in disgust
If you buy me chocolates I just might combust
Don’t take me to dinner
(I want to be thinner!)
Just help with the dishes, the laundry and dust…… Read the rest

I haven’t been blogging lately because I have not had the time or inclination to do it. This morning I finally had the thought to take some pictures of my two adorable children to post here, but alas, the batteries in the camera were dead and I do not have any extra AA batteries. I have like a zillion AAA batteries (because of the new pulsating toothbrushes we recently invested in). Maybe I’ll have to take some pictures of our super clean teeth for later…

Here’s a little snippet about each person in the extraordinary Johnson family:

Isaac – I … Read the rest

Today in sacrament meeting it was announced that there would be a youth fireside this evening at the stake center featuring David Archuletta of American Idol fame. Although I had never watched American Idol, I did recognize the name from the news.

This evening I had a Relief Society meeting at the church and who should show up at the church to warm up before travelling to the stake center? Well, you can guess. The RS president wanted to see him so she could brag to her daughter so we went out in the hallway as a group of guys … Read the rest

All of my previous attempts at making rolls left me with NO motivation to try again. Little bricks are no fun to eat no matter how much butter you slather on them.

Well, in a moment of deep humility, I turned to Peter and asked him to teach me. I wrote down the instructions in detail to help me in the future. The result: the rolls turned out quite nicely! I love my bread baking husband!

Sydney – She has had fun making some outrageous head pieces out of paper that she has been attaching to her headbands to wear (i.e. a crown, a large bow, cat ears, etc). Pictures to follow. Right now she is learning to play the Minuet in G by Bach (for her Spring recital piece) and I am a Child of God (she is going to accompany us at our next Family Home Evening!).

We are in the process of figuring out how to post MP3’s to our blog so you (mostly meaning Grandma) can hear Sydney’s last few recital and … Read the rest

My friend Melissa and I played a duet of Sleigh Ride on Christmas Eve. If you would like to see the video click on the link below to watch:

willandmelissawatson.blogspot.com/2008/12/sleigh-ride.html

*Special thanks to Peter for being our page turner.

Peter’s Christmas presents:

• A new Glock .40 caliber revolver (he saved his allowance for about six months to buy this)
• Two snappy suits
• White shirt and three new ties

Liz’s Christmas loot:

• 2009 Temple Calendar
• 2009 I Love Lucy Calendar (from Peter – he didn’t know that I already bought a calendar)
• An almost-paid-off grand piano
• Butterfly pin from Sydney
• Bleak House and Our Mutual Friend, both by Charles Dickens

Go to the following link to read Sydney’s Christmas book. She would like you to know that the pictures are simple on purpose because it is a book for preschoolers.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/9616787/In-the-Stable

(We’ll keep working on her handwriting…)