Halloween 2014

Happy Halloween!  Here are a few pictures of our Halloween activities throughout the month!

First, a picture of Jacob with a lot of hair!  What a cool dude!

 

These were taken at Brandon's Fall concert.  He borrowed a costume from his band teacher, Amber, and decided to be Tigger.  I bet he was sooooo hot up there.  (What were you thinking Brandon?) 

 

  Here he is with his good friend, Sam, who just happened to be Aladdin.  Fun times.  They performed a duet and they were amazing!!!

 



 

Mom and "Tigger" and Grandpa Jones photo bombing on the left.  (I liked it, so I decided to keep it!)  :)  It's ok Grandpa.  We love you!

 



Here are a few pictures of Dallin's Fall concert.  No costumes for this one, but it was awesome just the same!  This is one of the numbers where he played the clarinet.

But he played the piano most of the night...

 



Oh, and one more of Brandon in his bunny ears for the play, Shrek.  He participated in the pit and they were absolutely amazing!!

 

(And there's Jacob photo bombing Brandon's picture!)  HA!

 



Now on to Halloween night.  Kyle was Link from Zelda.  It was such a warm night this year that seriously, this is all Kyle wore trick-or-treating.  It was like a late summer evening!  AWESOMENESS!

 

And this is Jacob.  He was Knuckles from the game, Sonic.  He looked so cute. 

 



The two "cool" brothers!

 



Sibling rivalry....gotta love it!  :)  (That's more like it!)  :)

 



Our decorated porch (amazing, right?)  HA!

  I like this picture because poor Ziggy is sitting at the front door pleading, "please let me come out and play!"  So sad for Ziggy.   :(

 



 

This one in the front is the one that Dallin carved.  It's a shriveled Pikachu!  (It wasn't shriveled the whole time, just at the end of the month, when I finally got around to taking pictures of it....of course.)  Sorry Dallin.  It still does look like Pikachu though!  :)  Good job son!

 



 

More pumpkins from the porch...

 



 

Dallin wanted to be a missionary for Halloween!  He even wore Todd's old mission tag. 

 



I love this picture!!!

And this is what Todd wore on Halloween night.  Hilarious!  Everyone in our neighborhood was like, "Is that our stake president?"  Yep, it is!!!  I loved it!

 



 

 

 

This picture was taken before we even started!  They already look tired!  Funny kids....

 



 

We had a very festive October with lots of Halloween activities!  Now onto Thanksgiving....what?  (How did that happen?)  Happy Halloween everyone!

 



Johnson Halloween party

We had our annual Johnson Halloween party a couple of weeks ago.  We always have such a great time!  I'm so glad we get together for this every year!

Michelle and Grandma

We each usually plan a game and a treat.  The last couple of years, Brad has brought the game "Fear Factor."  He plans 5 rounds, with each round getting grosser than the last.  It's pretty funny.  We can all play, but we can also quit at any time.  If we complete a round, we get a treat.  And everyone who finishes 5 rounds gets a bigger surprise.  (1st, 2nd, 3rd--whoever finishes the fifth round first gets to choose out of the 3 prizes and so on...)

 The first round is usually pretty easy....like a sweet and sour piece of candy.  But, after that, the mixture of foods Brad comes up with for each round are pretty gross.  Not like bugs or anything.  He does offer real food, but the mixes are pretty disgusting.

Here are a few pictures of the gang at the beginning of Fear Factor...

Jacob doesn't look too happy...

Oh yeah, and one more rule is that you can't spit it out.  In order for a round to count, you have to swallow the food.  Yuck!

Brad's kids always win!  The Jones kids usually only try the first couple of rounds, and then they give up.  Of course, I don't even try the first round, so I don't blame them.  Either way, it's pretty funny!  (These guys are eating dry sardines)!  

And then we played a simple bean bag game.  The kids really liked that one too.

And this is Joshie eating the dried sardines right out of the bag.  He actually liked them!  Gross!  (But, to each his own, right?)  :)

After the games, we always watch "It's a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown."  It's always such a fun evening.

Here is the treat I made.  Cupcakes with a plastic "finger."  Doesn't get much better than that, does it?  HA!

We had a great time!  Halloween just wouldn't be the same without our Johnson party.  Happy Halloween!

Joshua's Baptism

 My cute little nephew, Joshua, got baptized last Saturday.  He is the one right in the middle between the two boys.  It was such a great program and such a fun day.

The Johnson Family  

(from left clockwise) Moriah, Caleb, Michelle, Brad, Josiah, Joshie

 I even got a picture with him.  He is growing up so fast!  What a sweetheart!

 Of course, we had to go to Leatherby's afterwards....it's like a rule with the Johnson family!

Brandon and Dallin

Kyle won't ever let me take a picture of him, but in this picture he photo bombed it and I decided to keep it!  (Ha Ha Kyle)

Grandpa and Grandma Johnson

I love this picture of Jacob and Caleb!

And here's a close-up!  So stinkin' cute!

It was a great day!  

Congratulations Joshua!  We love you!

Brandon's Homecoming 2014

Brandon had a great time at Homecoming.  Here he is before the big night.

This is Zach Park, Brandon, and Cy Kitchens  (They are such awesome boys!)

 During the day, Brandon went to the zoo with a big group of people.  It rained and rained and rained some more.  It was a very soggy day, but it didn't stop any of them.  They still had a great time.  (Who wouldn't want to share an umbrella for a few hours?)  HA!

Oh yeah, this is Alena and Brandon...

 Since I'm the mother of the "boy," I don't get to see the couple exchange their flowers before the big date or when Brandon picks up the girl.  (It's kind-of sad for me.)  BUT I threatened Brandon to take some pictures with his phone, so these are what I got...

Brandon putting on the corsage...

 This is Alena laughing at how to pin the rose on Brandon.  Don't you remember those days?  They were a little awkward, weren't they?

Does it go like this?

 Zach and his date (I don't know her name), and Alena and Brandon  (I'm not wanting to point out any flaws or anything, but do you see Brandon's rose?  Does it look upside to you?  Just saying....)  HA!

Yep, I'm pretty sure that is upside down...(very cute picture though).

This is just a picture of their dance pictures.  That's why it's grainy and blurry.  But honestly, it is one of the cutest pictures I've ever seen.  They were both smiling so cute!  Ahhhh

This is the group photo....it was a very big group!

The highlight of the evening was when Brandon "True Colted."  What is that, you ask?  That is a great question.  Apparently it's when a girl and a boy kiss each other over the big C painted on the floor of the school (you know, for Cottonwood Colts).  Of course it has to be on Homecoming night and everyone who is there gets to watch.  So funny!  (You can "true colt" any other time of the year, too, but it has to be on a full moon and with someone who is already a "true colt.")  Hilarious!  Way to go Brandon.  You've made me so proud!  (First kiss, too....I'll bet that was romantic!)  HA!

It was a successful night and I'm glad they all had a good time.  Brandon's last Homecoming too....oh the time is going way too fast!  :(

Brandon asked a girl to Homecoming!

Brandon asked a girl to Homecoming!  And she said Yes (of course)!  He had a really cute idea to ask her....this is what he did.

First we copied a picture of Brandon when he was in 1st grade.  Then we printed out a "puzzle template," so we could cut it up.  We glued them together and then we laminated it.  Here is the front.  (Oh my gosh, he was so cute!)

And here's the back...

I started to cut it into pieces, but it was really hard because it was so thick and the pieces were so tiny.  So I made another copy of Brandon's picture and then just cut it up into regular little squares.  That was much easier.

Then we put all of the pieces into a little baggie and attached a note.

This is what the note said....(and by the way, Brandon made this up himself.  I thought it was really clever).  We decided to use a young picture of him so it would be harder for the girl to guess who was asking.  It worked pretty well, because she had no idea who it was.  I thought he looked just like his 1st grade picture, don't you think?  :)

A few days later, Brandon opened his locker and found this inside.

There were tons of balloons and inside each one of them was a message, like "keep looking," "not this one," etc.

He had to pop a lot of balloons until he got to her answer...

And here it is...

So cute!  Way to go Brandon.  I hope you have fun on your date!