The Johnson Family: November 2014

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Brock Basketball

Thanks again to my friend, Sheryl. Since she lived here already, she was able to get the information about the basketball team before we even moved here. So, by the time we moved here they were already on a team and were able to start practicing immediately.

It also helped because two kids on their basketball team were also in their class.

I also thought their coach was really nice and worked well with the boys (I can’t imagine coaching 1st and 2nd grade basketball!)

They also had a great referee for each of the games. He was wonderful.

The boys’ season wasn’t the greatest, but they loved it! Basketball, again, seems to be the favorite sport.

Friday, November 28, 2014

Christmas Decorations

After the Thanksgiving celebrations, we talked Jeremy into helping us put up Christmas decorations.

We even talked him into Christmas lights outside. I honestly didn’t think it looked too high – until I tried to help and about half way up the ladder, I discovered just how high it was. So, I stopped and only encouraged.

But, we thought he did a great job!

(That rabbit looking thing in the front yard is a deer!)

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Family Pictures and Thanksgiving

Since we were now close to family, we hosted for the first year. So fun being able to host!

Thanksgiving turned out great! I did not get a picture of everyone. Oops.

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Gran’s Birthday

We made Gran her must have chocolate pie for her birthday.

I find it funny that for Gran’s birthday, she seems to be singing the loudest! Ha!

Friday, November 21, 2014

My Best Friend

Going through pictures and found this one from our night out in November. Love her!

Saturday, November 15, 2014

80s Night

Our good friends from TC invited us out for a night of 80s. Jeremy is a huge fan of 80s music, so he was very excited!

Silly boy, having too much fun!

Sweet friends! Glad to know even with us moving, we will still make it a point to get together.

"How Preemie Moms Are Chosen" by Erma Bombeck

Did you ever wonder how the mothers of premature babies are chosen?
Somehow, I visualize God hovering Earth, selecting his instruments for propagation with great care and deliberation. As he observes, he instructs his angels to take notes in a giant ledger. "Armstrong, Beth, son. Patron Saint...give her Gerard. He's used to profanity." Finally, he passes a name to an angel and smiles.
"Give her a preemie."
The angel is curious. "Why this one God? She's so happy."
"Exactly," smiles God. "Could I give a premature baby a mother who knows no laughter? That would be cruel."
"But does she have the patience?" asks the angel.
"I don't want her to have too much patience, or she'll drown in a sea of self-pity and despair. Once the shock and resentment wear off, she'll handle it. I watched her today. She has that sense of self and independence so rare and so necessary in a mother. You see, the child I am going to give her has a world of it's own. She has to make it live in her world, and that's not going to be easy."
God smiles. "This one is perfect. She has just the right amount of selfishness. "
The angel gasps, "Selfishness! Is that a virtue?"
God nods. "If she can't separate herself from the child occasionally, she will never survive. Yes, here is a woman whom I will bless with a child less than perfect. She doesn't know it yet, but she is to be envied. She will never take for granted a spoken word. She will never consider a step ordinary. When her child says momma for the first time, she will be witness to a miracle and know it. I will permit her to see cleary the things that I see - ignorance, cruelty, prejudice - and allow her to rise above them. She will never be alone. I will be at her side every minute of every day of her life because she is doing my work as surely as she is here by my side."
"But what about her Patron Saint?" asks the angel, his pen poised in the air.
God smiles.
"A mirror will suffice."

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