{A word of thanks!}

We just wanted to take a moment to thank all of our wonderful readers for following, commenting, mentioning & encouraging us! It really does mean a lot :) 

We originally started this blog just as a way to keep our families in the know. My husbands family is mostly here in state. {Most of them actually live down the street from us :) } But my side of the family lives all over the place. Seriously! I have family in Colorado, Kansas, Texas, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Mexico, & even Croatia. So, this blog was kind of our way to keep everyone on the same page with our new addition on the way. 

& now it has become so much more than that! We are not only letting our families see what were doing & what were working on & how were growing, but we are able to encourage & share with you all as well. It is kind of fun :) 

Now i know you all know who we are, but we would like to get to know you! Leave us a comment on this post telling us who you are & where you're from & whatever else you feel like saying!

 if you have a blog or website, leave that too!! 

Thanks again!

~The Johnstons

{Happy 4th of July!}

This 4th of July, William & i spent the day with some wonderful friends. Two of our friends, Travis & Taylor, are getting married in October {& we are totally psyched}. We spend quite a bit of time with them as it is, so of course it was natural to spend a holiday with them! We spent the 4th of July at Travis' parents' house. We are absolutely in LOVE with his parents, Mark & Loretta. They are the neatest people I have ever met & they really like us too :) Oh! & I cant forget about Luke, travis' younger brother, he celebrated with us as well! He is a total sweetheart :) Here are some pics from the day:

{Travis & Taylor}

{Mark & Loretta}

{William & Luke}

{William & myself}

{We played poker for hours...}

{& Taylor cleaned us all out!!!}

{The boys set off lots of fireworks..}

{Woohoo!}

{The girls had fun with sparklers}

{Here we are!}

{We ate Mark's Home smoked ribs. Delicious!}

{We enjoyed Tylor's homemade apple pie. This was the first one she made completely from scratch & it was absolutely wonderful!}

{We ate LOTS of watermelon too!!} 

What did you do for the 4th of July?? Happy Monday!