Just a matter of time...

It happened today...and it was not surprise. Kirk decided to wash the car today and take Ty, Crew and Faith with him. He buckled Ty in his carseat but came in the house for a minute before he went back to buckle Crew. In that short amount of time Crew found the keys (which had been left in the middle console by me...shame on me) and put them in the ignition. He then turned the car on enough to allow him to put the car in neutral. When Kirk went back outside, Crew, Ty and Faith (who was in the passenger seat looking helpless) were slowly rolling backwards out of the garage. The car was halfway out when Kirk moved Crew over and put the car back in park. Of course I blamed Kirk for not buckling Crew...and of course Kirk blamed me for leaving the keys in the car. So, we're both at fault and both glad nothing major happened. Lesson learned...must have eyes on Crew at ALL times!

Ridiculous...I know

I know it's been forever since I've posted to my blog. No excuses. I need to sort through our summer pic.'s and then upload them...I'm working on that so check back soon. I will say that Crew is CRAZY...there, that's one big excuse why I haven't had time to blog.

Some of the things Crew does that make it hard for me to get much done are:

Climb on all of our counters...kitchen, bathroom and upstairs bar. He pulls out the bottom drawer and then pulls himself up on the counter. This is a problem...just ask Chase whose DS no longer works due to water damage. (Crew climbed on the bar upstairs then turned on the faucet and moved the faucet onto the counter...which got water on Chase's DS not to mention lots of other things).

He takes his already duck taped diaper off.

He takes the childproof doorknob covers off.

He also takes the duck tape off the childproof doorknobs.

He takes my curling irons out of my bathroom and hides by an outlet to plug them in.

Oh yea, the best is when he gets our car keys, goes into the garage, one of the older kids lets him in the car and he puts the key into the ignition...this is his all time favorite thing to to.

CRAZY KID! Anyone have any advice???

Summer so far

We've had a fun summer so far. Here's what we've been up to lately:

Faith's been laughing a lot. She has such a fun personality. She's a bit sassy at times. She's lucky she has several good friends that live in our neighborhood. She's been busy playing w/them, helping w/the babies and swimming in our neighborhood pool (sometimes 2 or 3 times a day).

I'm one of the activity day leaders for church. Faith isn't quite old enough to be in the group yet, but since I'm a leader, she often comes to our activities. We recently visited the Boise temple. The girls loved this activity. We ate lunch there and talked abt. how lucky we are to have a temple close by. The temple grounds were so beautiful!

Crew is SO busy. He figures out how to get most anything he wants. And, he got it...donuts.


I went on a field trip w/Chase and his class recently. We went to the Birds of Prey and then stopped at a park and ate lunch. He had a great year....thanks to his teacher, Mrs. Nixon.


Here are some of Chase's friends...Nick and Jackson. I think boys are all goofy at this age.


Here is the horse whisperer w/his horse.


Kingston is an arabian horse...he's pretty when he runs. He puts his tail up in the air (kinda hard to see here).


We went to Utah to visit family and go to our nephew's baby blessing. Here are some of the Johnson clan at the Legacy pool.

Here are Ty and Crew on the way home. Wish they liked watching movies.

On the way home from our Ut. trip, we stopped in at my parents' and took a spin in the golf cart. Crew is especially a fan. The minute we pull up to my parent's place he wants to go for a ride.

Ty and Crew...19 months

I took Ty and Crew over to my sister Laura's house Friday so she could take a few pictures of them. They haven't had their picture taken for awhile and I thought I'd see if we could get a few. Check out Laura's blog to see what she got:

http://laurafarrisphotography.blogspot.com/

As you can see from Laura's post...it didn't go so well. Ty started crying immediately followed quickly by Crew. Before Crew broke down he managed to give Ty a kiss for comfort. I love 'em both.

The Latest...

Here are a few recent pictures: (I am frustrated w/the spacing b/t each picture. I've decided I'm not going to spend any more time trying the fix this...maybe later).

One of Ty and Crew's favorite past times. Ty was laughing here...guess he thought Crew looked funny.

They love to sit here and spray eachother w/the water bottle.

Faith got to be a cheerleader for a day. Here she is at the high school doing her cheer.

Faith just finished her soccer season. She did GREAT!

She turned 7 on April 3. As I said in my last post, she's been planning her party since last year. She'd plan my day if I'd let her. I wish I were more like her. She had specific things in mind for her party w/her friends...she planned the whole thing. We expect great things from her. We love you Faith.

One of Faith's friends gave her a Jonas Brothers CD...she listens to it EVERY day.

Faith and her friends at her party.

Easter morning.

I love this kid. Even though sometimes he drives me crazy, he's a really good kid. He's VERY kind to Ty and Crew...they LOVE him to pieces. Lately they've been wanting Chase to pick them up. When he does, they'll lay their heads down on his shoulder and snuggle w/him. Here he is about to dye Easter eggs.

Chase and his cousins dying eggs.

My sis. Noelle and her daughter, Josie.

And my sis. Tara w/Crew and Faith. Tara's the "cool" aunt. The kiddies all love her.

Faith, Chase and I went to Pocatello last month. Faith and I watched my nieces Kiya and Marlee in one of their dance competitions. Here's Kiya (right before her dance), Faith and me. They are AWESOME dancers!!! Both my nieces are so talented.

After the competition we went out to eat. Here's Faith and Kiya...they LOVE hanging out.

And here's Marlee and Faith...Faith thinks her cousins walk on water.

Chase had to make a robot for science. He really took ownership of this project and did most of it himself. He named his robot BOB. My favorite part was the green heart he made. Bob didn't make it back from school in one piece...but at least he made it there in one piece. May he rest in peace.

Kirk went to Vegas for work so I decided to go for a quick weekend w/him. Some of our friends came too. We got hooked up w/a cabana at The Palms pool. Here we met Kevin from the "Office". He was very nice...had to laugh though, he was w/a group of young, very young girls who were giggling and laughing. Hmmmm.

Inside the cabana.

The whole group after Le Reve.

April

Just a quick update since I haven't posted anything lately. Kirk's parents came to visit Easter weekend. It's always good to have them here. The kids always get excited when they know they're coming and start a countdown on their calendars. We had a great time spending time with them. Chase cried when it came time for them to leave...wish Sandy was a bit closer to Boise. Faith also had a birthday this month...she's 7 now! She has had her birthday planned out since the day after her last birthday. She had several of her friends over. She LOVES being the center of attention. Last weekend, Chase, Faith and I went to Pocatello to watch my nieces dance in a dance competition. Those girls can DANCE! They're awesome. Way to go Marlee and Kiya. Ty and Crew were well taken care of by their dad. They stayed behind for a nice quiet (well, quiet probably isn't the best word to use) weekend. I'll post pic.'s soon...

Lately...

It's been awhile so here's what we've been up to lately...

Faith singing to us all. Notice the microphone holder...whatever works, right?

Kirk's birthday. The kids were teasing him that it was his 40th birthday...they're not too far off.

Our friend Will came to celebrate Kirk's b-day. Cute matching sweatshirts.

Lovely cake and even lovlier birthday banner (thanks Liz...I just took it down last week; very cute).

Our friends invited us to spend the weekend in McCall to go sledding. The kids had a blast! Here's Faith...

and Chase...

Faith warming up w/some hot chocolate.

She later caught some air.

The whole gang.

Chase started basketball this year. He loves it! The season is almost over...he has his first tournament game tonight.

I know some of you may be surprised that I actually posted this pic. So am I frankly. But the story warrants it. I had just come home from the dentist and half my face was numb. Chase saw me walk through the door and wanted to know why I looked weird. I told him my face was paralyzed but it wasn't a big deal. I started laughing which only made things worse and he came over and gave me a hug w/tears in his eyes. Shame on me...but I couldn't help myself. He was slightly relieved to find out it was temporary. Thank goodness! (The chocolate smear above my lip was from the Butterfinger I found in the car. Now I know how my dad feels).

Faith and her friend Dylan. We're lucky to have great neighbors!

Innocent Ty...

but not so innocent Crew. If Crew were older, he'd be in time out for a week. He managed to clog our toilet w/a baby moniter, pencils, maybe Kirk's ipod (it's missing) and many other things. Kirk had the fun job of lifting the whole toilet up to find the clog. During the procedure, the tank was cracked...so we had to buy a new one. Just yesterday little C-bear (as Chase calls him) took our only phone that wasn't lost and used it to try to get a drink out of the fridge. It's now broken and we are unable to receive any calls. Leave us a message...we'll call you back on our cell phones.

Here's Crew, diaperless, w/his favorite toy...the remote.