Johnson Smiles

 Right now Beau is a senior and has a schedule that has him home most of the afternoon.  He is currently between jobs.  He worked at Hartmann Lawn Care for the summer and fall, and is re-starting at Fleet Farm this week (today, actually).  He worked there throughout the school year last year too, and they hired him back for this year. Right now Cora is a sophomore and just finished up her school volleyball season.  She played middle hitter for the JV team this year, and then was moved up to Varsity for sections and state.  She got to spend a week up in the Cities with the team, and they ended up placing 3rd.  She will play for the 17s team for JO this winter.  Practices for that will start after Thanksgiving, with tournaments starting in January.  She will be doing an off season workout program through the school this winter until softball practices start up in early spring. Right now Sylvie is in 7th grade and starting her first year of sch...

After we carved pumpkins and did our annual pumpkin photo shoot this year we realized that our photo shoots started in 2008 and we had one for every year except 2009.  That prompted me to look back through our 2009 photos (thank you Lightroom for your automatic date organization).  Sure enough we didn't have one.  We took a picture of the three of us the first year we carved (2008), but in 2009 there were no photos of all of us.  So I guess the annual tradition actually didn't start until Cora came along in 2010, but I love it just the same and I'm keeping 2008 in there anyway.   As I was scrolling through the 2009 photos I came across a photo of Beau looking out the window at a sunrise.  It stopped me in my scroll and I brought a smile to my face.  The photo itself wasn't anything special, but it brought up a feeling of joy in me.  Not a memory specifically, but just a joyful feeling about that time in our lives.  Luke was sitting next to m...