Into new cyperspace we are heading. With the occasional complaints about blogger either being down or not being able to upload photos and wanting the peace of mind that my blog will always be around (because who wouldn't want this blog around?) Tyler has changed my site. We have always had the domain name of www.thomasmichaeljohnston.com, but have just always linked it to my blogger account. Well, we have officially moved on over. So, come visit us at www.thomasmichaeljohnston.com and see what we've done.
Saturday, June 10, 2006
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Well, my cousin Mary Beth who was one of the photographers at the wedding just sent me this shot. I think it is further proof that I am to blame for any stuff down the dress. She did blame me for throwing a full rice bag in the comments for the last post. This is not true. I only threw a wee little bit down the front of Heather's dress. I spoke with Heather tonight and she knew it was me and didn't seem too angry so I think I'll be fine.
I can say that for the first time today I feel as if I am getting back to normal. I have just been so tired. So hopefully soon I will get to post and tell about all the fun things that we did the past couple of weeks. And I was right before, I am now missing Jen and Heather and can't believe that I said it was nice to have everyone gone. But, Heather will be back for a couple of days this weekend and Jen will be in Cedar Key in July and then Heather and I are meeting up with Jen in South Carolina this September so luckily we have some fun things coming up.
Monday, June 05, 2006
The wedding is over, we are recovering, and everyone has again left us. While I miss them, this time it actually is kind of nice. We can sit back and take it easy for a while and then next week I will be missing them like crazy again and ready for them to come back. Here is a teaser wedding photo of Jen, Heather, and I before the wedding courtesy of my cousin Mary Beth.
The wedding was beautiful and pretty much went off without a hitch. Of course, Jen did forget Blake's ring which added a little humor. More pictures to come, but for now I am just going to veg in front of the TV and do a little bit of nothing.
Edited to add: For a short video check out Billy's site. Unfortunately it incriminates me as being the one to throw "rice" directly down Heather's dress.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
This is not going to be a Wordless Wednesday only because I want to explain... some of the blogs I read do WW and I was thinking I might start. Sometimes I have pictures such as this one that really don't need an explanation. So pretend this is wordless and enjoy the picture.
Friday, May 26, 2006
I think there are so many lessons that come with being a parent. The first of many is selflessness which unfortunately some parents never learn, but fortunately most parents do. Along with that comes many other lessons and you begin to see changes in yourself and realize that you have become only a similar version of the person that you were prior to entering your parenthood role. Jen, Heather, and I all went to Cedar Key this past Thursday to take pictures of Heather. We also took Thomas and Martha. Needless to say the day did not go as we might have had it pictured in our minds.
Martha did love Addie, my parents dog. And my dad which is weird because up until this very point on their trip to FL she had hated all non-Jen humans. This did give Jen a very nice break and my dad couldn't have loved his role as super hero any more.
Thomas was doing great the beginning of the day. He was tired due to not napping on the way there, but otherwise seemed to be a trooper. Until dinner time. I couldn't get him to eat which is very unusual. It was explained later when I picked him up and he puked all over me. Not just once, but about 5 times.
I got us all cleaned off and we headed off to take pictures. And can anyone guess what happened in the car??? Come on and guess. Yay for whoever guessed Thomas puking more. We dropped Heather and the photographers (my mom and cousin) off and went to my brothers to clean up yet again. This was luckily the last puking incident of the trip.
But can anyone guess what I did all night long that night??? Yeah, yeah, exactly.
I remember us girls going to Cedar Key once pre-babies. It involved boat rides, sun bathing, napping, yummy food, site seeing, shopping, etc. I had a similar expectation going into this trip it just involved the occasional diaper changing, but boy was I wrong. It's times like these that I realize what having children does to you. It makes you such a bigger person who can cope with what seems like the worst of situations. It also makes you realize that those situations aren't so bad. Yeah, the tripped seemed a little hellish, but we did laugh and we did have fun so all in all we can see a little bright side to it. It's just not a very shiny one.
Monday, May 22, 2006
Oh geez, where to even begin about where I have been how busy I have been and how it is only the beginning. I couldn't give earlier details, but I was baby sitting last week for the family I worked for for 5 years. It was their 10th anniversary on Thursday and he surprised her with a trip away for 5 days. She had no idea and was blown away. So, for 5 days I had 4 kids (including my own.) We had school to do, swimming, baseball, stitches to have removed, movies, not to mention feeding them, washing them, and getting them all to bed. I AM EXHAUSTED!! It was great to be back with the kids though and Thomas loves them so much. I did not ever remember to take my camera to their house so I go no pictures. No shots of all 4 playing baseball in the backyard, the 2 youngest playing with Thomas on the jungle gym, all 4 in the bath tub because if one got to take a bath with Thomas then all 3 had to take a bath with Thomas. It was a great time. We had a ton of fun and I do wish I had my camera with me, but hopefully the memories will stay. I do have some pictures to post though. And here they are with little captions and only some type of order.
William turned 6 on April 30th. We attended a little dinner for him the next Sunday. He actually requested that I make his cake. Box cake with store bought icing. It was always my favorite and it looks like it might be his too. And since it was his birthday we let him eat the icing straight from the container.
Matthew, William, & Megan
Thomas loved having all of the kids to play with at the party.
Just because I love it & think it's funny.
Hmmm, is he trying to tell me something??
I didn't get the hint, because this next picture was taken about 20 minutes later.
He was promptly put into bed.
I do have some more recent pictures that I will try to get up, but the next two weeks will be a little crazy so I will try and get to them, but I'm not making any promises.
Monday, May 15, 2006
So, it's been a while since I have posted anything and this post will hardly be one. I have a CRAZY week coming up (More details to follow.) so it may be a while before I put up a post that is worth you even coming to read, but once my crazy week is over I will have posting beyond postings. With the upcoming wedding & friends coming and going to Cedar Key and parties and so much fun there will be tons of pictures which I know you will all be dying to see. I had a very nice mother's day and I hope all of you did too. It's always nice to be made feel special and that is what my boys did. Of course, in true fashion, we did not have the camera for anything that we did. Have a great week, and I will try to get up at least one post later in the week.
