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.