Happy Birthday!

 

 

Happy Birthday to my Mom today! She is an amazing support and example to me, and also my very best friend. (not to mention, totally hilarious and a blast to be around) I am who I am today because of her. How lucky I feel to be loved by her unconditionally (especially during some on the wild-cat teenage years--so, so, sorry Mom!) Not a day has gone by that I have not known that! What comfort that brings to me. Her children & grandchildren are her priority and her life = Happiness for all! I can only hope that I can be the kind of mother that she was and is to me! I don't know what I would do without her. How blessed I am to be her daughter! Love You Mom, Happy Birthday!!

What do you get when you substitute 4 1/2 cups of half & half for 1 1/2 cups of heavy whipping cream and 3 cups of 2% milk?


Back ache from stirring this concoction for 2.5 hours.
Weird curd-ily carmels with tears on top!
Garbage can full of 6c sugar, 3c corn syrup, 3c evaporated milk, 3/4c butter and 2T vanilla. (Not to mention the 4 1/2 cups of freaking half and half!)
It may be a few weeks before I can make this amazing caramel recipe again!
Huge disappointment!!!!

Happy Birthday!

 

Today is Jeff's Mothers Birthday! She is the kindest, most patient and non-judgemental person we know and love. I am so thankful to her for raising such a wonderful son. He possesses many of her angelic qualities. For that I am blessed. Lela is a selfless wife and mother, just as my Jeff is to me and our children. Happy Happy Birthday!

Hello, my name is.....

 

"Helpful?" I dropped, cracked and cleaned up an egg off of the floor today. (Smearing it around a 3 foot radius)




"Loved" immensely by his wife and kids!

 

"Resourseful" My amazing Dad on Thanksgiving day! Gives the grandkids countless rides on the tractor--around the yard and up the lane. Decided to give all 11 a ride at the same time. Good time to be had by all. And, saved a little on gas.




"Running Bear" His new and improved Indian name. Can I ever get a normal picture of this child?

 

Oh, there it is! (Sigh)




.....I am speechless..... "styling fuzzball, rabbit, tricks are for kids!, what the heck are you wearing?" Our little neice, Holly with my mom's rated #1 dress up's. (Walker had on a comparable crazy outfit for the cousin costume parade but moved with lightning speed when I grabbed my camera--We'll get him next time!)




"Humble" Yes, just like big fat Wilbur on Charlotte's Web. Humble because I am still driving my mini-van around town, instead of this hot ride! I am happy that I do not have a payment and that I get great gas mileage. Also happy that I made Jeff take this picture. He was paranoid that the car dealership people would see him! For Shame! I know you need a magnifying glass to see me... It was taken in the safety and security of Jeff's gas guzzling ride...100 yards away. Now you know!

 

"Thankful" to be in 1st grade! She loves school, her teacher and all of her friends. We are thankful for her good nature. We completely enjoyed her 1st grade Thanksgiving program---she was a green frog--hence her great lime green sweater and skirt that she was dying to wear to school!

What does my house look like at 9:29 this evening????





Oh the sweetness of a clean house on the evening of "Saturday the Special Day"
(even though it took all day and I am still not finished with my 10 loads of laundry)
I am enjoying the peace and quite of sleeping children!




VVVVVVRRRRrrrtttttt......Wait a cotton-picking minute. You two are supposed to be asleep---Not watching Bambi! (You would think a movie that is actually entertaining would have been chosen) These two may look cute and sweet to the untrained eye...but beware. Any excuse that can be used to prolong time awake has been tried, carried out and on occasion, been successful. (Kind of like tonight) They never cease to amaze me. Especially the master mind in the red and white PJ's.

I have decided to make my blog private. If interested, mail me your address and I will send you an invite. idaho.johnson@gmail.com :)JaNae

facebook pay back

* Step 1. Eat way too much sugar and caffeine
* Step 2. Empty Bladders.
* Step 3. Steal Facebook passwords from husbands
* Step 4. Add Jeff to Steve's friends on Facebook
* Step 5. Write a witty conversation between the two men on their Facebook pages(self respect and masculinity now diminished)


Jeff: Hey Steve, I was thinking, how did we do it man? How did two losers like us marry such hot babes? Those Walker sisters! I guess you can only win the lottery once!

Steve: I don't know. I ask myself that everyday. I feel lucky, but I feel bad for them...they married so below their status.

Jeff: I really feel obligated to pay her back for all she does for me. I was thinking a new Sequoia, or maybe an all inclusive paid vacation for her and Jill to go somewhere relaxing. They work so hard...they need some happiness. They do have to put up with our stinky breath every morning.

Steve: I totally agree. Did you know that poor Jill has had to drive that booger-dent excuse for a car for years now? I think a silver Pilot with leather interior would really help her out. She is too gorgeous to be driving that wreck. Oh, the guilt I feel everyday! I think a vacation for them would be awesome. I'll pay for the plane tickets. Jill has always wanted to go to Hawaii- first class.

Jeff: Steve, you always have the best ideas, and the best goatee. If I could only grow hair like that on my face, instead of my back.

Steve: Yes, but you the Silver Fox look going for you. Come on, you know the ladies dig the Sean Connery look. Anyhoo, back to the original conversation- those amazing wives of ours. They truly are the best things that have ever happened to us. I love Jill so much that I will not get mad at her (or JaNae) for stealing our passwords to facebook and writing a fake conversation for us. I will also never, NEVER invite someone to Jill's blog without her permission again.

Jeff: Good plan Steve. And I vow to always clear with my wonderful wife the pictures that I post of her on facebook, so she will look more like the super model that she is (oh, and Jill looks like one too) instead of the dead dog she resembles in this picture.