Here she is!!!!!

well.....here she is.....AUDREY REESE WAITS. she was born on monday, february 26th, weighing 6 lbs 12 oz. and my my my is she a spitting image of her big sister Claire!!!! everyone seems to be doing very well!!!! so far she seems to be a very good baby! i posted both a color & b&W just because i like to see both! still working on the rest of the pics but thought i'd share my favorite so far! may God continue to Bless and protect this family!

Johnson grandkids.....

well.....now that xmas is over, i can post these pics of all 5 johnson grandkids! drew & i and my brother & his wife, gave mom and dad these pictures 4 xmas; therefore couldn't post them till now! although, like a ding-dong....i DID post them for a short time right after i took them!

They are 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

we are getting ready to celebrate "the twins" birthdays this weekend....can you believe that!!! it's been 3 years already!!!! and thank the Lord we've made it thus far!!!! anything is better than that first year.......ugg.......it exhausts me thinking about it!

anyway, here are just a couple of snapshots to share how tiny weeny N&S were!!! they were both exactly 4 lbs 6 oz when we came home from the hospital. VERY yellow when they came home, but healthy! i'll never forget, wrapping them both in bili-blankets for jaundice, and they both fit into ONE bouncy seat!!! what a sight that was!!! and i didn't even get a picture of it!!! oh well......it's very vivid in MY mind! if you'll notice in the above picture, olivia still looks like a bit of baby too.......she was feeding her baby by a bottle.......but it wasn't long after that she only fed her baby by lifting up her shirt! typical for a big sister!!!

i know not everyone will enjoy these pics like me, but it's always fun to look back!!! i'm just thankful i'm not in that stage anymore!!! or at least with 2 in that stage!!!!! while this mathematically doesn't make sense, having infant twins isn't just double the work........it's TRULY about 4x the work of one baby. and no one who hasn't experienced twins will ever understand how that's possible.......but trust me.....it is.

the windmill.....

there is nothing better than sitting on a front porch, listening to nothing but the creeks of an old windmill. this is our neighbors windmill, and it's old and beautiful!!! i was just at their house a little bit ago, where my neighbor and friend, lois, was teaching me some 'knitting' skills! yes, can you believe it!!! KNITTING!!! ha!

anyway, i was walking to the car, and i heard the noise of the windmill turning, and looked up, and saw beautiful white clouds, blue sky, and the windmill. and i HAPPEN to have my camera! so i couldn't resist! such a beautiful sight! don't know if i captured it good enough for you to enjoy it as much as i did......but here it is anyway!

FALL IS HERE!!!!!!

the kids said, "mommy make us a leaf pile to play in!!!"..........so i did. i don't think they quite knew what to do with them after getting in them??? i don't think they understood why mommy was "allowing them to roll on the ground :) " but they did have fun, and this picture was 1 of my favorties.

Couple more favorites......

Like father, like son, like grandson.......

we never really know what our children our going to grow up to be until they get much much older. but, it's becoming quite apparent, everyday, that the older our son nathan gets, the more he loves tractors, combines, wagons, piggies, cows, skid loaders, ect... pretty much anything that daddy or papaw uses. nathan, as he gets older, is becoming easier to take on the farm, where he loves to learn sooooo much of the farming world. oh, by the way, i know this picture would have been MUCH cuter with "work clothes" on.....but he had JUST got out of bed!!!

so this nice HOT morning before olivia got on the bus, we had cement poured for our approach to our garage. i'm inside getting her ready, and my phone rings. my father-in-law is on the other end saying, "you might want to come out here....you'll want a picture of this....." nathan, walked right over, picked up a shovel, and just waited patiently, hoping for someone to tell him to use it! well, i don't think he really got to "help" on this project, but, we did end up with some rocks in our yard!!!!



this picture was "pre-cement"....daddy working on leveling the ground out, when nathan felt the need to find a spot on the skid loader to watch. he LOVES those skid loaders. and once again, he is definitely a "cole jr."......sorry, but only a few people will get that inside joke!