Christmas Tree Hunt 2024

 

It's the most wonderful time of the year!!

We headed out today to Schmiddlin Farms to get our tree.

Here's a little photo recap of our day:

It's Christmastime!!

BOISE!!

The kids and I were missing my sister and her family something awful so since there was no school the whole week of Thanksgiving we decided to go spend a few days up in Boise and we are all SO glad we did!

One of best friends Abby. Her family just moved to Boise and we were so excited to see her and her boys. BUT they actually were heading to Portland the same time we were headed to Boise. We met at a truck stop along the way for a quick hello... so fun!

Let's face it, we really come to get Stella snuggles...haha!

My niece is the BEST!!

Sebastian loves are needed as well!

Can't be in Boise without eating at Wyld Child!

We took this opportunity for Evelyn to tour Boise State while we were there. Abby gave us a great tour (she's a senior!) and Evelyn enjoyed seeing the campus up close. 

We ended our last night in Boise with ice cream from STIL. If you know, you know!

SO GOOD!!

Such a quick but fun trip.. thanks for having us Johnson's! We love you!

Band Concert

 

First band concert of the year was tonight and Matthew and the kids did SO amazing!

So proud of our trombone player!

National Honor Society

 Evelyn applied to and was accepted into Southridge's chapter of the National Honor Society.

The induction ceremony was this evening.

Friends since 1st grade

Besties for life! :) 

Love this girlie!

I am so proud of Evelyn and her friends and know they have a bright future in front of them. 

Zach and Jaysea's Wedding

 

My nephew is married!!

Zach married Jaysea yesterday down in Salem and it was such a lovely day celebrating them and being together with family!

Here are some pics of the day..

The Morris grandboys

Momma (sister in law Deanna) and sister of the bride

The Bride and Groom!

They are the cutest!!

Cousins..minus Zach!!

Matthew found a beer bottle out where we were taking pics and I love his face in this shot! 

We grabbed Zach to grab a full cousin pic...ha!

The whole Morris family!

Congrats Zach and Jaysea!

We love you!

Halloween 2024

 

Happy Halloween!

This year Evelyn had a few friends over to watch movies and hang out, and Matthew went trick or treating with friends. Love that they both did their own thing and ok with Doug and I just staying home. 

It ended up being a quiet night with very few trick or treaters at our house, but I am really loving Halloween with big kids these days! 

BWW with Matthew

 

Each year the youth football program does a fundraising event, selling pies. The past 3 years Matthew has been the top seller and has always gotten a gift card. 

 I do a lot of the leg work with pie sales, which I don't mind, and Matthew is always grateful for that.  This year after he won he told me he wanted to take me to lunch with his money to thank me. I suggested Buffalo Wild Wings on a Sunday to watch football. It was a win for us both! We went today after church and had the best time, watching football games, eating good food and chatting about everything.

This year's top pie sellers

I love this kid and so grateful for a fun afternoon with him!