6 Reasons Not to Mess With Children

My friend Jen sent me this and I thought it was so funny! And made me excited to see the personalities that our kids will develop... with Matt as their dad, I'm sure we are in for a treat.

6 Reasons Not to Mess with Children

1. A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal, its throat was very small.

The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale.Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible. The little girl said, "When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah".

The teacher asked, "What if Jonah went to hell?" The little girl replied, "Then you ask him."


2. A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they were drawing. She would occasionally walk around to see each child's work. As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was.

The girl replied, "I'm drawing God." The teacher paused and said, "But no one knows what God looks like." Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, "They will in a minute."

3. A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds. After explaining the commandment to "honor" thy Father and thy Mother, she asked, "Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?" One little boy (the oldest of a family) answered, "Thou shalt not kill."

4. The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture."Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, 'There's Jennifer; she's a lawyer,' or 'That's Michael; he's a doctor."A small voice at the back of the room rang out, "And there's the teacher; she's dead."

5. A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to make the matter clearer, she said, "Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it, and I would turn red in the face."Yes," the class said." Then why is it that while I am standing upright in the ordinary position, the blood doesn't run into my feet?"

A little fellow shouted, "Cause your feet ain't empty."

6. The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray:"Take only ONE. God is watching."

Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies. A child had written a note, "Take all you want. God is watching the apples."

Countdown: Less than 90 days

September 20th does not seem that far away... it is already appearing on my three month church calendars, work schedules, holiday planning, and more. Everyone says time flies once you have kids - but it is already happening! I'm not panicking...

We are starting to get our baby room decorated. Part of me is like - hey, this kid will not come out of the womb saying, "I can't believe you chose GREEN for my room" but the other part wants it to be cute and all ready for Baby Hiller.

So, last weekend my sisters-in-law and Betty came over to help get our house organized (in order to create more room for the plethora of baby gear that we still need to get) and to start working on the nursery.

We are doing kelly green and navy blue in the fabrics, and the walls are white on white stripes. I know, what's the point of that, right? But the stripes are different color whites, and different finishes. An eggshell painted with a high-gloss stripe, so it will be subtle but hopefully still noticeable. And that way we can decorate and change the room a lot without worrying about the walls. That's the plan anyway.

Matt and I are learning we have different taste in decor - we really haven't done a thing to the house since we got married. I think it will be fun when we get a new house someday and we can decorate it together. But for now, we will work on this baby room and try to make room in our house for all the baby accessories and gear that one little person needs.

P.S. I'm registered at Babys R Us...

Cute Pics

Just some pictures of me and Matt - they are a few months old, but I still wanted to post them. I can't believe I thought I was already getting big in these pictures - I feel HUGE now.

My feet and ankles have started to swell every day, and this 100+ degree heat doesn't help... the doc said there's not much I can do. He said to put my feet up more. Ok, I'll just quit my job and go home and put my feet up and watch tv. Sounds good!

Evie is mobile!

Evie, our niece (Jonelle & Charlie's little girl) crawled for the first time yesterday. She is nine months old now and such a happy baby. I hope our's is as mild-mannered as she seems to be.

Pictures of Lily

Here are a few pictures of the newest Johnson grandchild - Lily Johnson. Erick looks very professional with his blue gloves on, don't you think? :) I haven't talked with Erick and Megan much since the baby was born - just trying to give them some space to get adjusted. But I hear everyone is doing well.

Trip to CA - Memorial Day

So this is a little late, but I had to put up some of these cute pictures from our trip to Placerville over Memorial Day weekend. My little (tall) brother Matty graduated from Union Mine High School, the last Johnson kid to graduate from high school! He will be going to BYU-Idaho in the Fall.

We had fun hanging out with everyone at my parent's house - they had a full house, with Becky, Danny and McKinley and Erick and Megan there as well. And we can't forget the dogs... in addition to my parents' three yellow labs - Nicki, Polar and Max - they had a few new dogs as well - Jake (Becky and Danny's yellow lab), Rocky (Erick and Megan's bulldog) and Duke (Kenny's rat terrier that my parents have adopted). The dogs made for interesting entertainment and discussion - all these different dynamics coming together at once.

McKinley was also a fun part of the trip - Matt and I were convinced that she would walk while we were there. I had been there to see her roll over for the first time, and we helped her crawl (using a pair of my sparkly earrings as bait) while at our house for a visit. So, we were the lucky charms! So we thought.... she's almost ready to walk, but just not yet. So, she will probably walk soon and we will be there to miss it. Kind of sad that we will miss a lot of things, with us living far away.

Anyway, enjoy the pictures!

Welcome Lily Johnson!

My brother Erick and his wife Megan had their first baby last week June 4th to be exact - a cute little girl they named Lily Johnson (after much debate between Halley and Lola as close runners).

As predicted, she is already very girly, sporting a cute little pink bow just hours after birth. I would expect nothing less from Megan's daughter...

I will post some pictures soon!

Prego Friends

Everyone says that pregnant women naturally become friends with other pregnant women, and form bonds that help them stay friends over the years.

I think it's even more fun when friends that I already have are pregnant at the same time - I have at least four good friends and a sister in law pregnant right now with me, and we can talk about being pregnant, baby stuff, and still have other things to talk about since we've been friends for so long.

I got to visit with my friend Ali Steed Bailey in California over Memorial Day weekend. She is due in less than two weeks, and it was so fun to see her glowing with that pregnancy beauty. Here we are in our matching pink and black outfits.

Good luck this month Ali!