Johnson Smiles

After a weekend of running and everyone going their separate ways it felt good to get us all back together again today.    The morning started slow, and so did my photos.  Today was a pretty typical weekend day for us.  The destinations may vary, but we always have a fair amount errands and running around mixed with being home. Sunday This morning started with house guests and no kids.  It's such a strange feeling for me to wake up when even one of my kids is gone, but to wake up to no kids is just surreal.  After getting to bed very late last night, I didn't set my alarm.  I woke up around 6.  The sun was up so I was too.  I can not sleep during the day, and that includes sleeping in (although in my world sleeping until the sun is up would qualify as sleeping in).  Megan was up shortly after me and we sipped coffee as the rest of the house came alive.  It didn't take long, everyone was up before 7.  By then I was ...

Saturday was not a typical day for our family.  At first this bothered me because I didn't feel it would show what a weekend in our life is like right now.  But the more I thought about it I realized that every week has something in it that isn't typical, especially on the weekends.  This particular day just involved us all going in different directions.  Our day was full of fun and people and conversations and going from here to there.  I didn't get many pictures in comparison to the rest of the week, but I'm ok with that. Saturday The day started with Megan and I having coffee on the couch.  Luke's sister, Chelsea, is getting married in October, so today is the Bachelor/Bachelorette parties.  I had an 8 mile run on the training plan so by 6am I knew I needed to get ready and get out the door in order to have time to get the kids down to Grandma and Grandpa's before guests started arriving.  I love getting my long weekend runs done r...

I had the day off on Friday so I could take Beau and Cora to their meet the teacher appointments.  Being that we were out of our normal routine I found getting photos taken and words down was more difficult, especially since the day was full of a lot of social interaction.  I found myself leaving my camera and often thinking " oh I should have gotten a picture of that!".  I did my best, and I'm ok with letting the words fill in where photos may be lacking. Friday I finally heard and woke up to my alarm at 4:30am this morning, a change from the rest of the week. Our morning started as it usually does, with Luke and I meeting in the kitchen.  Sometimes it's after a run, but today I'm just stumbling out of bed.   Him with a bowl of cereal before he leaves for work, and me pouring that first cup of coffee. Luke leaves for work at 5:30 and my morning continues as normal with coffee, devotionals, and today, finishing up school paperwork before...