It was bound to happen sometime.

It was bound to happen sometime.

My child cutting his own hair.

I mentioned in the morning that we needed to give the boys haircuts.

He was just being...helpful.

I walked out of my bedroom and noticed a child-size chair in front of the open hall closet door.

*NOT GOOD*

I went downstairs and saw that Kam had gotten the hair scissors, held to the scalp and snip snip.

Now, it could have been worse.

Like, a cut in the front.

Or it could have been a girl with long locks of golden fleece.

It was funny but not funny enough that he should EVER do that again to ANYONE'S hair! 

:)

Ohio State Fair...eh

 So...everyone and I mean EVERYONE was talking about The Ohio State Fair.

How great it was. All the fun stuff to do and see. It was supposed to be just smashing!

Well, the traffic was HORRIBLE! We were sitting, waiting to get in for over and hour...in the ghetto.

Once we got there, it was after 7pm and parking was a nightmare. I spotted a space across the way and so I jumped out of the car to hold it. 

15 minutes later, still no hubs.

Well, his cell phone was dead, (story of our lives) but he did have mine. After defending the spot from angry parking-spot-searchers, a nice lady that had been chilling in her lawn chair, watching the whole time, offered her cell phone. I called Jeff, he couldn't find me and that is why he never showed. We easily spotted each other (how horrible was life before cell phones? maybe not horrible but miserable...haha.)and headed toward the fair.

Right into the entrance where the Budweiser Horses.

I was impressed. My dad always has a Budweiser Horse calender up somewhere in our house. Not for the beer sillies, for the horses.

Maybe the fair was going to be pretty awesome after all.

 That was about the extent of the awesomeness.

Neither of us enjoyed the food. (Which hello, that's the best part of a fair)

ALL of the animal expect for about 3 horses had been taken home or sold. :(

We are el cheapo when it comes to the carny rides. We said the boys could choose one.

The first couple of laps were fun but on about lap 20, they were done.

But I do love this picture. I think they are just so adorable.

 Now let me just say, I'm not complaining here, we just didn't have quite the experience we had hoped for.

I think the sitting in traffic for over an hour at dinner time may have had something to do with it.

Our experience was almost comical at the end of the night when we were leaving and didn't accomplish any of the things we had hoped to.

Give me the Caribou County Fair any day. :)

Palmyra

Palmyra Temple

The Sacred Grove

Kamden was looking at these pictures as I was posting them. He said, "I remember that place." I said, "What did we do there?" He said, "We went there to see Heavenly Father." I thought that was so sweet.

The Sacred Grove with John & Shirley

In front of the Smith Frame Home is a big, beautiful ash tree. The tree was planted by the Smith Family when their son Alvin died in 1823. I thought that was so special. McKay is sitting in front of that tree.

Looking toward the Sacred Grove.

At the Pageant an hour or so before it began.

Kamden loved watching the cast walk around before.

We even saw some people from our ward in NC! That was fun.

This boy was from Abu Dhabi.

The Pageant

 What a GREAT experience this whole trip was.

Niagra Falls

Niagra Falls was our next stop.

I was the only one who had never been there so we decided to go on the Maid of the Mist.

We went right up, almost into, Horseshoe Falls.

I think the boys had a pretty good time too.

Kamden likes to pose for EVERY picture. He's such a ham.

American Falls

Cutest 2 year old on the ferry!

 I just had to laugh at these pics. I was sitting on a bench and could tell that Jeff was sharing some of his "knowledge" with his mom.

 We like to call him "Tour Guide Johnson".

View from the US/Canada bridge.

Crossin the border.

Horseshoe Falls

We ate at this restaurant that had these porcelain faced mannequins.

It was weird. But, the boys thought they were awesome.

They kept touching them, I think to make sure they weren't going to move.

View from the top of Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side.

Mac was beat from the long walk.

He finally fell asleep once we reached the top of the path.

He wasn't sweaty. His hair is wet from the mist of the falls.

 Kamden and his Grandma. :)

John Johnson Farm

 In July, Jeff's parents came to visit. We went to the John Johnson Farm just outside of Kirtland, Ohio. It was such a great experience.

In about...NO pictures were Kamden and McKay looking at the camera.

l

 All of these doors were hand painted. Jeff was impressed.

And, he's too tall for the doors. Watch your head.

 Family Pic in the John Johnson Home

 The man on the left is not THE actual John Johnson, he is John Johnson however and just so happens to have dressed the part. :)

Jeff kept teasing his dad that he looked Amish. 

He kinda did. :)

 Gatorade=Happiness

 We went through the largest Amish community in Ohio.

We tried our darnest to get some good pics.

These guys were going so FAST!

 I had to put this picture on here. My mother-in-law and I were laughing so hard. As we passed the buggy, we both tried to get a good picture. I got the front of the buggy and she got the back. 

It was hilarious. 

Maybe you had to be there. :)

#3 & #4

Yep...that's right. We're having TWINS!

We went in this morning for my first trimester ultrasound. As soon as it was on there, I saw 2 little circles and knew it was twins. Jeff thought, "Huh, that's interesting. There's a mirror image." That's no mirror image Jeff.

The Dr. said, "I've got a surprise for you two. It's twins." I was so excited, I got a little teary. Jeff about fell off the chair. He said, "What?!" He kept asking, "Are you SURE?" The Dr. kept saying, "100%."

I'm 11 weeks and they are due around March 18th. So, for about 2 weeks we'll have 4 kids, 4 and under. (Kam turns 5 the end of March) 

Who's ready to come visit?

Buck Creek

What creek? Yeah, I don't think it's a very good name for it either. It sounds like butt or some other thing that nobody should be saying. 

But, it's very fun and we got to spend the day of the 4th with great friends.

McKay loved the beach, the water, all of it. He loved the water so much that he would just walk out in it, right up to his shoulders.

Jeff was playing football and had to run for the water to stop Mac. Mac didn't stop so yes, Jeff had to run in with his shoes on to catch him. 

 All the kids loved our friends little doggy.

 Most of the guys were content to not swim but rather play football and catch.

I loved this pic cause Jeff is getting ready for the long distance throw.

 The Johnson's, Talbot's, Hayslip's, Crowley's, Rasmussen's & Fisher's.

I don't know where Eric was for the pic.

The Thompson's and Beeston's had left by the time we got a pic. 

 At the fireworks in Hilliard.

They played music and it's pretty obvious that the kids had a great time!