Sponge Bob Jr. Pants...

Check out Jr's Sponge Bob impression:

Side note- this softball stuff aint no joke- I tried to stand behind the umpire to take pictures of Kaylyn and EVERYONE in the crowd shouted "No flash photography!"... apparently it can distract the pitcher, the umpire was nice to me this time, but I hear that there are other Ump's that aren't so nice... they've been known to stop games and yell at people over it! crazy!

Spirit Week

The girls had Crazy Sunglasses day at school one day this week...
Notice Kenna choose my sunglasses as the "crazy" pair she wanted to wear.

My girls love getting their pictures taken- I wonder where they get that from!

Happy Birthday Mr. McGinnis!

Not only do MJ and I celebrate our anniversary on the 22nd of February, but Michael McGinnis celebrates his birthday as well!!

Happy 40th Birthday Michael, we love you!!

oh and check out Maddies serious face:

Lucky #7

MJ and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary today!
Check out our one and only wedding picture- (Taken in the parking lot of the SD County Clerks Office)

This is us 2/22/02:

And this is us: 2/22/09!!

Bee-lieve it or not...

I made this bee at work yesterday...
Weird right?
I think Murphy got it in a Chik-Fil-A kids meal one day and gave it to me, knowing I was lame enough to put it together. And can I just say that as a paper craft that was intended for children, it was quite difficult to assemble! It took me forever!

The flowers are made out of paper too. I made them forever ago and have them sitting on my file cabinet in my office. I figured it was only fitting that the ginormous paper bee would be placed on the paper flowers.

(I put an orange next to the vase in one picture so you could get the idea of how big this creepy bee really is... it's got to be like 5 or 6 inches long!)

Edible playdough...

Wow- give the kids free reign of the kitchen and they go crazy!
Thanks to Jon & Kate + 8, we got the recipe for edible playdough... the girls went crazy and whipped up a batch yesterday afternoon... surprisingly enough, they didn't actually eat any, as they didnt really care for the taste!

Edible Playdough:

Equal parts Peanut Butter & Powdered Milk. Add a touch of honey and mix well... add flour till it becomes the consistency of playdough and viola!

Happy Valentines Day!

For our 9th Valentines together Michael and I celebrated in a unconventional way.
We spent the morning at a Mary Kay event. It was the first ever Satellite Education Event at the movies, broadcast live from Dallas. We had to be at the Mira Mesa Edwards Theater at 8am! MJ is such a trooper to sacrifice not only his sleep but his Valentines Day in support of me and my business.

After the "movies" I surprised him with an incredible lunch at Chef Deborah Scott's C-Level at Harbor Island in San Diego. If you haven’t been there yet, go NOW!
Check out the menu on line: http://www.cohnrestaurants.com/restaurants/islandprime/

The view was spectacular, the service was amazing, the drinks were heavy handed and the food was too die for! It was a perfect day date with my love !

After our cruise of Point Loma, and our lunch at C-Level, we cruised up the coast to Yogi's.

Ew.
I do not recommend that place.

Let’s just say that it was much better years ago when MJ and I lived in Cardiff and would go there with the old Encinitas crew... but all these years later, and a new location didn’t do it justice. We had a quick beer and bailed. The service sucked, the place was a dump, and you have to valet. Actually the valet was the only nice employee we met there. Aside from the view, I think this place is better left for drunken college kids.

Eventually we ended up at home, where the girls surprised us with an afternoon of snackies. champagne and appetizers and GIFTS! They decorated and everything! All in all the day was perfect... couldn’t have been any better really. Until dinner time that is.

MJ and I wanted to have a family Valentines date with the girls so we stayed home and did “dinner and a movie”. We decorated the dinning room table with super cheesy decorations, and made them their favorite meal of Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese Sandwiches. Of course the tomato soup had a heart shaped piece of mozzarella floating in it, and the grilled cheese sammies were heart shaped as well. And although MJ and I love soup and sammies for dinner, we opted for steak with chive butter, roasted asparagus, and gratin potatoes with gruyere… so amazing.

We stuffed ourselves silly, then lounged in the living room and watched a true love story- The Corpse Bride!

It was a perfect day! I love my family!

Choco-Coma!

Team Johnson had a pre-Valentine's Day chocolate fest on Friday night. After dinner we gorged ourselves on this massive dark chocolate bar Grandma Ginger gave us...
We barely made a dent, but it wasn't long before the choco-coma took effect. You know it's a good night when your kids crash out on the couch before 9pm!

Don't worry- we know chocolate is bad for dogs...

Milo clearly didn't partake in the chocolaty goodness, but that didn't stop him from snoring like the rest of us!

Lani Girl Gorgeous

This is what happens when you tell a 5 year old to get dressed before she goes outside to ride her scooter. A ballerina outfit and rain boots. Done deal.