christmas time magic

it snowed in portland on christmas day...making for a magical day!

holiday card photo

the rooster smiling!

the rooster is such a happy boy, but it rarely gets captured in photos. here is one to make papa proud!

happy sam

santa!

two out of three on santa's lap! the boys have long lists for santa and mak is constantly keeping track of who has been good (mak) and who has been bad (ryder)...in his opinion. he thinks santa has a special telescope to watch all of the little boys and girls around the world.

florida trip

we had the best time in florida! bo and his dad went to the florida vs. florida state game at the swamp and the gators won. then we were off to st. augustine to a great condo on the beach. it was fabulous...walks on the beach, swimming in the pool and great food with nana and grandpa...with a highlight going to the gun and rod club's annual shrimp fry and osyter shuck. then we went to disney and stayed at the african safari hotel. the boys loved the bunk beds in the room and the visit with their cousins.

sam at 3 months

betty + allen visit

betty and allen came to visit and meet sam. we had so much fun and the boys loved playing with nana and grandpa. sam is named after betty's dad and we loved soaking up the daddy buck stories.

star of the week

mak was star of the week in his class. he had to present all of his favorite things...scooby doo, hot lips pizza, the beach, the color orange and we played the had a bad day song. he was super cute and very silly.

happy halloween!

it was a star wars / batman halloween. bo arrived home from europe in time to take the boys trick or treating. we went to a friend's house in a super kid friendly and flat neighborhood so the boys could load up on candy.

a day at the farm

mia + kemper flood had their fourth birthday celebration at a farm in washington. it was a sunny october day full of pony rides and ho-down fun.

sam is two months

sam is two months today! he weighed in at 13 lbs. + 2 ozs. and is 24 inches, which puts him in the 90th percentile. he had four shots plus an oral vaccine and screamed his heart out.

pumpkin patch

the school trip to the pumpkin patch...it poured down rain but the boys had a great time.

chalk art

johnson five chalk art.

family photo

in late september, troy, cynthia and carlton came down to play with sam for the weekend. on sunday we had a brunch with my parents and scott, tracy, austin and sam's new cousin tyler. we attempted to take a family photo...this was the best one of the bunch.

pirate festival

mak at the parrot show at portland's pirate festival in september.

ryder starts pre-school

ryder's first day of school photo. he was not sure about pre-school for the first bit and screamed! then he calmed down and played with his buddies...both tatum and duke are in his class. the class is 1.5 hours on tues. + thurs. and should be a nice intro for him.

mak back to school

mak's first day of school photo. he is in his last year at hillside and is loving the three day a week schedule.

sam shaffer johnson

sam is almost two months and so super cute! and he is even starting to sleep a bit at night. kidding! not really, but we are hopeful.