New Directions

Have you ever been randomly inspired to change things up in your life? This totally happened to me last week. I was at work, surfing the web (on my break of course) for cheap decorating ideas for our church. One thing led to another and I suddenly found myself browsing the blogs of random women who write about crafting, baking, recycling....etc. I found myself amazed because I didn't realize this world of blogs existed! Suddenly I was reading awesome ideas on how to recycle every day products into works of art, how to make every day home items yourself, and how to create amazing crafts using little to no money! I was immediately inspired to start trying these things myself. I love to craft when I have inspiration and time...but it's something I rarely do and it's usually around the holidays when I do it. I like to find an interesting craft/ornament/something to make for others or for myself....but once the holidays pass, so does my crafting time. Reading these various blogs really sparked my passion for making pretty things. I didn't realize how EASY it is to make something beautiful....and I didn't realize how happy it makes me to be productive in that way. Taking time out of my day to do something that really makes me happy and that I completely enjoy (aside from spending time with my family/friends) doesn't happen very often. Crafting is something I've always wanted to do more of but have never taken the time to do it. So here it is--my belated New Years Resolution: to work on a craft at least once a week..(as time permits of course). I hope to keep up this resolution and hopefully will make the time to occasionally blog about my recent projects. I'm excited to start doing something for ME that is not only fun, but also productive.
Yay for positive changes in the Johnson household!! Stay tuned!

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year...and all that jazz.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year! We had a great Christmas this year and Bryson really enjoyed himself. He of course got more stuff than he knows what to do with! We made Christmas cookies on Christmas Eve, set out our plate for Santa...and wouldn't you know it, the big fat man came to see us!



As you can see, Bryson's big gift was his kitchen which he absolutely loves. His little imagination is really taking off and he's really starting to "pretend play" which is so fun to watch. The stuff he comes up with just absolutely amazes me. Every day is something new!
We are still struggling a lot with his toddler attitude, but hopefully we'll make it thru this phase soon. Some phrases we hear pretty frequently now are: "I bad boy!" "You don't tell me no!" ----Yeah. Don't really know what to do about that! Sometimes when we are telling him not to do something he even comes back with "Excuse me??" (which is what I say to him when he says something bad) Ohhhh boy oh boy. Oh and did I mention we are now referred to as "Mom and Dad"? Very rarely are we Mama/Mommy and Daddy anymore. I feel like we have a little mini teenager in the house sometimes!

(Blurry pic of Mr. Attitude himself sitting in time out)
One new thing that we did this Christmas season was we took our first family trip to the movies! We went and saw:

Bryson did SO good and sat thru the entire movie! He loves movies so I was pretty confident he would do great. We all really enjoyed the movie...it was so cute! ....and yes...I even shed a few tears at the end. I'm such a sucker for Disney movies. Anyways, we will definitely have to purchase this one when it comes out on DVD. It's a keeper! Such a cute twist on an old fairy tale.
Here's Bryson watching the big screen while enjoying his bag of popcorn:

And of course, last but not least:
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!