Now we are friends

Lars and Lemon have found each other to be fun playmates. Lars laughs and laughs while she enjoys playing with him.

Gardening

I really enjoy working in the garden but sometimes the weeds really get ahead of me. So this fine lady came to help me with my celery patch. I do hope her work there will encourage the celery to grow because it sure has been slow going!

Update

So, it's been a really long time since I felt like putting any effort into anything....
But because I know you care about us/me way more than I deserve or comprehend here's the news. :)
I am feeling really great these days!!!! My week of isolation went well. I was well cared for by our church family here and I had plenty to do to while away the time with packets of things to do for each day from Abbi and family and plus my host family loaned DVDs to me and the weather was such that I could get out and walk too.
The kids did really well here with their grandma taking care of them. They had tea party's and got to have a picnic even on a rainy day, in the garage.
We were also blessed to get to have Derek back sooner than we thought we would!
I had a scan this past week and all is well, there is no other cancer and the treatment did what it was supposed to do!
So, in short, God has blessed us in big ways every day. Thank you so much for your prayers!
Love to all, MJ

:)

Heidi with her new friend, Hannah.Hannah arrived in a box today! Heidi asked us what her name was, we, of course, did not know and had her ask the doll. She did. Then looked at the doll for a few minuets then said, "she said her name is Hannah. Later she asked me, "what was her name?" And again later, "why did you buy me a Hannah doll?"
Just one of the fun things that has happened today!

We did go on a vacation!

Here is a small sampling of the pictures we took while on vacation!(I have posted many more on facebook!) The top picture is of us at my favorite place to visit. We hiked through the woods to a really cool mountain of fallen GIANT rocks.
At the WWII memorial in Washington DC.
Riding on our cousins pony. Lars and Heidi really loved to get to ride it.
We got to see family. What can be better than being with family in the great outdoors?
Some of us got to meet new friends. (One of us got to see old friends!)

Alphabeticly odd questions = Tag

A Attached or Single: Totally attached, married 7 years
B Best Friend: my husband!
C Cake or Pie: Today, cheesecake
D Day of Choice: Fridays, The anticipation of spending the whole weekend playing with the family.
E Essential Item: military ID. :)
F Flavor of Ice cream: Edy's Grand Rocky road
G Gummy Bears or Worms: sour worms are o-kay
H Hometown: Bemidji, MN
I Indulgence: books or computer games
J January or July: July summer is great!
K Kids: Molly, Heidi and Lars, my 3-ring circus
L Last movie I saw at a theater: Horten hears a who
M Musician: Derek Johnson
N Number of Siblings: 5
O Oranges or Apples: the one that is in season.
P Phobias or Fears: needles!!
Q Quote: "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give."
R Reason to Smile: My sweet babies, my husbands phone calls, etc.
S Season: right now I like summer
T Tag: Becky M., Emily M., Miranda M.
U Unknown fact: unknown by whom? I think I'm pretty much an open book.;)
V Vegetarian or oppressor of Animals: I am not a vegetarian. nor do I oppress animals.
W Worst habit: fidgeting, I can't seem to keep my hands still, ever.
X Xray or Ultrasound: 3 ultrasounds this spring and 2 x-rays in my past.
Y Your favorite food: I still have to say Pizza
Z Zodiac sign: ?

recent events

We have been doing a lot of running around lately. We went to Brandt and Jenny's for two days. the kids had fun pretending and playing together. I got to go with Jenny to her knitting club. I had fun watching them and visiting with the ladies.









Then we went to Travis and Anna's for three days. right after we got there we went to watch Bea and Margaret at their ballet lessons.
The days were nice and warm so the kids were able to go out and ride bikes in the lane.
Anna's kids have lots of dress up clothes so my girls are often wearing princess dress' when we are there.




We then went to Dennis and Karen's. We got there after Karen and Keli had gone to work so we went down to see them while they were on their lunch break.
We went up to the city the next morning for shopping and eating out fun. We even stopped at a coffee shop. yay.


why don't blogs work the way I want them too?

visiting

We just traveled halfway across the country. We got to see lots of family and friends. The top picture is at my aunt Ellens house.



this next picture we met more family at a restaurant and Lars made a new friend.



We went to church in Mooresville Sunday morning.



At Grandma Cleone's house Heidi and Lars really enjoyed getting to help Grandpa make supper.

My friend Lemon

Molly has always had lots of imaginary friends. They have done many strange things, mostly the way they eat. as in strange combinations of food and they'll hold their silverware oddly. Molly will think of these things while we are eating our meal and tell us all about them. They all live at collage and she knows all of their names. and it is usually one of their birthdays that day.
Heidi has one friend. her name is lemon. she can do all the things Heidi can not do like have candy when Heidi can't or put her socks on by herself. And she lives up the hill from us. But, Heidi can't go to her house. nor can she see her. and I think Lemon has a birthday at least once a week. I think this is how Lemon dresses, if I remember right.