Saturday, May 30, 2015

Spring busy-ness!

For a few months in the spring, we did an art class or two on Fridays in Bountiful in addition to the Saturday classes at mom's house. Yes, it kept us very busy, with the girls usually doing the one on Friday with their cute friends and then Caleb waiting until Saturday at grandma's house! So many fun projects!









I love these monster faces to go along with what they created!

Amberly, Erin (and Henry) and I went up to East Canyon for a little getaway for a day and a half - look at all the yummy food we made for ourselves!  Lots and lots of talking, a walk here and there and maybe a movie...my sisters are the best!




Then for a couple days during spring break, we went up again and spent some time just as a family (dad too for the first part) and then with Jeppson cousins.  It wasn't a very pretty time of year because things weren't quite greening up in the mountains yet.  In fact, the second morning we woke up to a dusting of snow!  But, the kids brought their bikes and rode around quite a bit and we played miniature golf and there were movies of course!  Amberly got out some fun chocolate molds at some point and had everyone gather...



It's that time of year - Easter Egg decorating!



Congratulation Avery and Presley!  Here they are before going into the Bountiful Library for their 3rd year Let's Play Music recital - way to finish!



Here's the five girls in their class - they're singing Let's Find the Root with their sunglasses on and getting into it with their snapping!


They both played their very own songs flawlessly on a beautiful grand piano!








The Johanson's came to support them - so nice!  And dad handed them each a rose.  They worked so hard for this day - all the classes, practicing, homework, flashcards, more practicing.  Good job girls - and mom!


One of the last art classes we looked closely at pictures of butterflies and did these - they turned out beautifully!  Favorite step was doing the frame with the soft pastels...what a creative idea.








How's this fun collaborative Syrett kid drawing?  Not anything from art class, just a spare time, take your turn and draw an animal thing - not even suggested by mom!  Awesome!


The Johnson's welcomed their fourth baby into the world - Jax William!


Something new and a little uncomfortable for Caleb - a GREEN retainer that fits onto his teeth and sits on the top of his mouth.  It's going to help his bite widen out a bit on the top.  Good sport!


Dad's company that he recently started working for, Overstock, had a Lagoon Day.  Lucky us!



These pictures were taken at Station Park in Farmington.  Probably one of our favorite places the last little while - movie theater, fountains, and lot of places to get a treat including a huge candy store we recently discovered!



And the last very important thing that happened this spring was the discovery of this house in the Daybreak community in South Jordan.  We'll be moving again soon!





Wednesday, March 18, 2015

An outing with this one


These pictures say it all about Caleb right now.  Ten years old with shaggy long hair, wearing a Harry Potter shirt and sipping a Butter Beer drink from Fiz.  He loves his long hair, talks about HP every chance he gets (currently reading the last book in the series) and I think one of his favorite treats is this concoction.  Dates with just the two of us don't happen very often, so I had to document!


Saturday, March 14, 2015

Winter continued...


Baby Henry Nils Johanson came the first week of January!  I went to see Erin in the hospital - so glad we can jump in the car and go see him!



So sweet - newborn faces are the best!  I went down to see him and help do something for Erin a few times those first weeks...took Kayla to the library, folded laundry, dishes, baby things of course and my favorite - hung out and talked to Erin.  One day we even made some yummy chocolate chip banana bread...


Kayla and her new little brother!


Crazy girls - they came home looking like this after a play date at their favorite friend, Ashley's house!



We did a winter birch tree project in art class - a definite favorite!  So many steps in the process and pretty challenging too.  Each one unique and different...



Here's grandma again modeling how to sketch a frog on another day...



At the beginning of the school year I volunteered to be the art mom in Avery's class and Presley's too.  Presley's teacher didn't have me do things that often, but here's something we did that was a hit - the birch tree idea again, with a cardinal.  This is mine that I had for an example...



Loved how they turned out - it was so entertaining to see the different kids do such different things!  Some of them were a little interesting -



We did these winter penguins in Avery's class and she put them up outside the classroom.  What a group!



Another piano concert for Caleb and this time he played two pieces - so well!!