{happy thanksgiving}

This was G's first thanksgiving & i am pretty sure she had a great time munching on turkey, green beans, stuffing, & sweet potatoes :)

We spent the entire day with our family & friends & it was Fabulous!

We have so much to be thankful for this year & always.

Hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving!

love the johnstons

{happy birthday my love}

To the handsome, sweet, hard working, loving man that is my husband:

23 years ago you were born, & i am so thankful 

Over the last 8 years, you have become a big part of my life in so many ways

You have been such a wonderful friend, boyfriend, husband & now, a wonderful father to our sweet little girl

words cannot express the amount of love, respect & appreciation i have for you

I promise to love you for the rest of forever

Happy Birthday

{our family celebration}

{William, his broher James, My mother in law & g, My father in law, My mom, my sister} 

{Willy wanted devils food donuts as his special treat this year}

Make a wish!!

Happy birthday Daddy! 

{from our very VERY dirty lasagna covered baby}

{Halloween 2012}

This year was G's first halloween! 

We went with a disney theme for our costumes. 

Little miss G was Cinderella! We bought her sweet little cinderella onesie at the disney store & I made her Crown.

William & i were "A hipster version" of rapunzel & flynn ryder :) We just threw together clothes we already had and made it work! It actually turned out pretty well! I was surprised.

We walked our neighborhood as we always do & visited with friends & family, then came back home & TONS of our friends, family, & other people showed up at our house. Seriously, people we didnt even know were walking through our door! It was crazy! But oh so much fun :) We put G to bed & everyone ate snacks, drank apple cider punch, & played old school Mario Brothers on our Nintendo NES. It was a great night :) 

Hope everyone had a fun halloween!!

oh, & here are the recipes for the Cider punch & our halloween snack!
Enjoy :)

Apple Cider punch

6 Cups apple cider

2 Cups OJ

1/2 C lemon juice

1 Bottle Martinellis Sparkling cider

Monster munch

ok i just threw stuff in the jar and mixed it together

this is what i used:

Candy corn

Chocolate gold fish

Golden Grahams 

Caramel corn

Cashews

honey nut cheerios

Pretzels

Pretzel m&ms

Reeses pieces