Chik-Fil-A Appreciation Day

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Back to School Again

Did those words come out of my mouth?

YES they did.  Where has the summer gone? 

I went yesterday to register my girls for school.  They were both excited about their teachers for the new school year.  I was excited for the teachers they got as well.

As I left Lakewood yesterday it hit me....  Taylor will not be here next year!  WOW!!!  We have always said we have many years to worry about what we will do with her after she finishes Lakewood...  but that time is closer than we think.  As I got in my car, I thought .... my girls are about to enter 2nd and 5th grade.  What happened to day care and sippy cups????

Crowning Moment

How in the world do I let my children talk me into the things that they do????  Well we are on yet another adventure......  This weekend we will be participating in the Miss Phenix City Pageant.  Yep!  You heard me....   Tillery will be competing in the Little Miss Phenix City pageant and Taylor in the Pre-Teen Pageant.  They wanted to do it so I agreed....  Little did I know what would come with it.  Every Friday we have fun Friday where we go and do something fun.  We have done the movies, Chuck E Cheese, beach & white Water this summer.  Well this last Friday we spent all day picking out their picture for the program and for the photogenic competition.  Then went shopping!!!!  I already had two dresses that we had bought for another event that I thought would be great.  Well little did I know the girls thought differently.  Tillery was pretty easy her dress fit and she wanted a new sash and needed new shoes and of course a new hair bow to match her new sash.  Taylor on the other hand a lot more difficult.  I found the fabric at Hobby Lobby and ribbon as well.  We got Tillery's shoes and Tillery is READY!!!!  We shopped all day for Taylor, I must say she is lot like me when it comes to shopping.  It drives my husband NUTS.  But hey we both know what we are looking for and are a little picky.  Did I say LITTLE?  I would say that my husband might say that is a slight understatement.  Taylor needed to find a Party dress and her talent is optional.  Well we looked for a party dress.  She has a gorgeous one that she wore and looks great on her.  So after all day looking, I convinced her that this was the dress and we went and bought shoes to go with the dress.  When we got home I decided to go online and look at the dresses they wore last year.  PARTY DRESS????  All the girls had on long formal pageant dresses.  SO I took a deep breath and sent a lady from the pageant an email asking what was the correct dress for the pageant.  Her response was basically it says Party Dress but some choose to wear something more formal.  Basically it was up to me.  AHHHHH!!!!  Here it is Monday and NO DRESS!!!!  So Monday's mission was to find a dress.  I am not a crazy pageant mom but I do want my child equipped with what she needs.  I never want to set them up for failure!  So my mom took Taylor to the local pageant shop in town.  The dresses that they had were a little out of our price range.  The were kind enough to tell us about another shop in the area that had dresses.  I get a text at work about the dress and how it is the dream dress.  I agreed! So we now have the dress. 
For talent, Taylor decided to do her tap dance that she learned at dance.  It is to Zoot Suit Riot.  It is a really good dance.  After watching her practice I decided to call her dance instructor for a little help.  Well she agreed and met with Taylor and worked with her for an hour.  She helped Taylor out a lot and is meeting with her again tomorrow.  They also decided to bedazzle her costume. 
So here it is Wednesday and the girls are going to practice with someone today on their walk.  I honestly feel like I could be on an episode of Toddlers and Tiaras.  I had no idea that we would do ALL of this.
I am excited and the girls are excited as well.  If you are not busy this Saturday please join us at CVCC to cheer them on in the Miss Phenix City Pageant.  I will also blog tomorrow again on our pageant update.  :)

My Oh My

WOW!  It has been some time since our last post.  So let me use this post to give a brief update....

• Pregnancy  --- We found out on our 11th week that there was no baby!  This was very difficult for our family.  As unexpected as the pregnancy was we were sooo excited to be adding another to our little family.  We told the girls and they were completely devastated.  We cried and in the midst of the hurt we grew closer together.
• End of School -- we finished out the school year with all a's and b's.  Both girls got 1 B all year.  We are so proud!  Taylor also received an award for getting 1st place in the science fair project.  they will be in 5th and 2nd grade this next year.  Time sure does fly!
• Taylor's Birthday -- Taylor turned 10 last month.  We partied for days.  I agreed to a sleepover and the girls had a blast.  We camped out in the backyard and stayed up all night.  The next day we had a pool party for family / friends.  Then on her birthday she wanted to go eat at Shogun.  So like I said earlier we literally partied for days!
• Quick Trip -- We tagged along with Adam to Appalachicola.  He was going fishing and we tagged along for a beach trip.  We needed a getaway ao bad so this was sooo needed. 
• DANCE -- We had our dance recital and it was amazing.  Both girls did so well.  Taylor tried out and made dance company.  This is a group of girls that are selected to travel and compete.  I am very excited for her.  She is dancing with Prodigy and funny thing is...  The guy who owns it danced with me years ago...
• Church -- We had VBS last week and we had so many kids!  Each night the numbers grew throughout the week.  It was a very successful week!  Not only did we celebrate VBS that week we also got to celebrate a big step in the growth of our church.  We have now started building our church.   We were granted land from Russell County board of Education.  This is such a great thing and I can't wait to keep you updated over the next months to come.

Johnson Party of Five

Yes the title is correct!

The Johnson family will become a party of 5 in November. 

Dance Moms

Okay so I will start off by saying that we have COMPLETELEY enjoyed our time not being so busy with softball.  We have enjoyed being at home together!  Doing so we have enjoyed watching a couple of shows as a family.  Our favorites:  Once upon a time, GCB, and Lizard Lick Towing.  Adam and I enjoy Swamp People.  The girls don't to much care for this one but we love it.  We can't wait for Toddlers and Tiaras to come back on.  Tillery started watching The Voice and I don't like those type of shows but we did watch last night to see who got sent home.  Last night we stumbled across a show ....  Dance Moms....  WOW!!!  If you have not watched this please do! It was amazing and so reminded me of the way that people act in any competitve sport.  Here is a clip:  The new season Dance Moms Miami aired last night and we can't wait for the next one...  Just what we needed another tv show to DVR...

Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines Day

From the Johnson's