"WEEK"END IN REVIEW AND A TUESDAY TREAT!!

IT WAS ANOTHER BUSY...BUT FUN-FILLED WEEKEND FOR THE JOHNSON SIX-PACK...FRIDAY NIGHT WE RODE OVER TO MY MOM AND DAD'S...THEY LIVE DOWN A LONG DIRT PATH WHICH IS ALSO WHERE MY GRANDMA DOT AND GRANDPA LUBY LIVE...WE LIKE TO REFER TO IT AS "THE FARM"... AND  ON THE FARM IS WHERE WE HAVE OUR PIG PICKINGS THAT MY GRANDPA LUBY LIKES TO HAVE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR TIMES A YEAR...SO FRIDAY NIGHT WE HEADED OVER SO THAT SCOTT COULD WATCH THEM "PUT ON" THE PIG FOR SATURDAY'S PIG PICKIN'..AND ME AND THE KIDDOS HUNG OUT WITH MY MOM WHILE THE BOYS DID THAT...SHE FIXED THEM CRESCENT ROLLS WITH HOT DOGS AND CHEESE INSIDE OF THEM FOR DINNER... AND YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS THE BEST MEAL THEY EVER HAD...THEY WERE WOUND SLAM UP TO SAY THE LEAST...JUMPING OFF THE WALLS FROM THE HOT DOGS AND CHOCOLATE MILK, I GUESS :)

I WAS ON A MISSION FIRST THING SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE EVERYONE ARRIVED TO ATTEMPT A GROUP SHOT OF ME AND THE KIDS WITH MY PARENTS..I THINK THIS WAS THE FIFTH TAKE...BUT AT LEAST WE GOT ONE :)

THE "HOG"...OR KNOWN TO LONDON AS "CHICKEN"..AND LONDON LOVES HER SOME CHICKEN

I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS PICTURE..SINCE I'VE JUST STARTED BLOGGING, I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO REALLY TALK ABOUT MY GRANDMA (MY MOM'S MOM)..BUT SHE PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 29, 2009...SHE LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO SEE MY TWINS AFTER THEY WERE BORN..AND SHE MADE IT THRU MADDOX'S 5th BIRTHDAY BUT THEN SHE PASSED AWAY THE DAY AFTER THAT..HER DEATH WAS REALLY HARD FOR ME..AND STILL IS....I'M SURE I'LL DO A POST ON THAT SOMETIME..BUT NOT TODAY..THE MAIN THING I SO WISH IS THAT MY KIDS COULD KNOW HER NOW...THE TWINS WILL NEVER REMEMBER SEEING HER WHILE SHE WAS LIVING AND I KNOW SHE WOULD LOVE THEM ALL SO MUCH...ALL THE THINGS I LOVE TO DO WITH THEM NOW ARE THINGS SHE USE TO LOVE TO DO WITH ME..LIKE EAT STRAWBERRIES..AND GO TO THE BEACH..AND NO ONE LOVED SHOPPING MORE THAN HER....AND I KNOW DEATH IS PART OF THE REALITY OF LIFE..BUT SOMETIMES LIFE REALLY STINKS..MAINLY THE PARTS THAT ARE SAD WHEN YOU LOSE THE ONES YOU LOVE..BUT I AM VERY THANKFUL THAT MY GRANDMA DOT (MY DAD'S MOM) IS STILL LIVING AND THAT I WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE A PICTURE OF HER WITH HER GREAT GRAND KIDS THIS WEEKEND...BLESS HER HEART..SHE GETS REALLY CONFUSED THESE DAYS...AND WILL ASK ME THEIR NAMES OVER AND OVER OR SAY.."STEPH...IS THIS REALLY YOUR CHILD?"...NORMALLY WHEN SHE IS POINTING TO MADDOX..OR SHE WILL SAY.. "ARE ALL THESE BABIES YOURS?"...THAT ONE MAKES ME LAUGH OUT LOUD....I LOVE THIS WOMAN!!..SHE LOVES TO TELL ME HOW BEAUTIFUL I AM AND HOW BEAUTIFUL MY BABIES ARE..SHE WILL TELL ME THAT 100 TIMES IF NOT MORE WHEN I SEE HER...I JUST TELL HER..."GRANDMA..KEEP GOING..YOU ARE SOOOO GOOD FOR MY EGO"...SHE WILL LOOK AT SCOTT AND SAY "YOU LOVE HER, DON'T YOU SON?"...AND OF COURSE HE ALWAYS SAYS "YES MAM"..AND THEN SHE'LL LOOK AT ME AND SAY.. "DO YOU THINK HE'S CUTE..HE'S BEAUTIFUL AIN'T HE STEPHANIE?"..AND I'LL SAY "YES MAM"..AND SHE LOVES TO SAY.."YOU KNOW NO ONE LOVES YOU LIKE YOUR DADDY DOES"...AND I'LL ALWAYS SAY "I KNOW GRANDMA"...I'M SOOOO THANKFUL FOR THIS PICTURE..TO HAVE TO CHERISH FOREVER!!

MY SWEET LIL' GRANDMA DOT!!!

MY COUSIN PHEBE WHO LOVES THE TWILIGHT SERIES ALMOST MORE THAN ME :)

"TRIPLE-TROUBLE"...BROOKS, WHO SURE CAN HELP FRY UP A MEAN HUSH PUPPY...MY GRANDPA LUBY (THE "HOG" COOKER).. AND MY GREAT UNCLE RODNEY

THE KIDS LOVED FISHING IN MY GRANDPARENTS POND..I REMEMBER FISHING THERE AS A CHILD..THE WATER USE TO BE A LOT HIGHER..I THINK AS THE WATER HAS DRIED UP, THE FISH HAVE GOTTEN SMARTER AND THEY AREN'T SO EAGER TO TAKE THE BAIT...

SHE MAY BE A GIRLY GIRL..BUT THAT LONDON SURE WAS SERIOUS ABOUT FISHING!!

DO WE HAVE A LEFT-HANDER IN THE FAMILY?

NOW....THAT'S MY KIND OF FISHING, SCOTTJ!!!...WHERE HE'S SITTING IS WHERE THE WATER USE TO BE..IT'S CRAZY HOW MUCH WATER THAT POND HAS LOST..

MIMI'S LIL' HELPER

URBAN...THINKING HE CAUGHT THE "BIG ONE"...AND IT WAS ONLY ALGAE

I LOVE IT WHEN YOU CAN FEEL THE LOVE IN PICTURES..GRANDMA DOT AND MY COUSIN LISA WERE SURE HAVING A GREAT TIME CHATTING ABOUT SOMETHING..GOOD TIMES!!!

LISA WAS CONNED INTO HELPING GRANDPA LUBY CHOP UP WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE PIG SO HE COULD HAND IT OUT TO HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY....

SMILE....EVEN A FAKE SMILE...IF YOU LOVE SCOOPING UP THE PIG WITH YOUR HANDS

WHAT A GREAT PLACE TO RIDE THE KIDS AROUND ON THE 4-WHEELERS

SAYLOR AS WELL AS THE REST OF US  DIDN'T WANT THE DAY TO END...WHO REALLY EVER WANTS WEEKENDS TO END?..THEY ARE MY FAVORITE FOR SURE!!

THIS MORNING WE HAD A TUESDAY TREAT

CAN YOU SAY.....RED VELVET PANCAKES??...OMG..THEY WERE SOOOO GOOD...THEY WERE SUGGESTED ON A BLOG THAT I READ... SO I TEXTED AMANDA LAST FRIDAY WHILE SHE WAS ON HER WILLIAMSBURG, VA "SHOPPING EXTRAVAGANZA".. AND TOLD HER TO ADD IT TO HER SUPER TARGET SHOPPING LIST...THEY WERE A MUST HAVE...SO SHE NEEDED TO PICK ME UP AT LEAST TWO BOXES!!!

IF YOU LOVE RED VELVET CAKE...AND PANCAKES..THEN YOU MUST GO TO YOUR LOCAL TARGET AND SWOOP YOU UP A BOX BEFORE THE WORD GETS OUT AND THEY ARE ALL GONE :) I'M SERIOUS!! I'M PLANNING ON MAKING THESE CHRISTMAS MORNING SINCE THEY ARE RED AND WE COOK BREAKFAST WITH BOTH SETS OF GRANDPARENTS AND UNCLE-E ON CHRISTMAS MORNING...THE BOX OF MIX IS ONLY $2.99...I THOUGHT THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD DEAL...I MUST SAY THAT AS YUMMY AS THE ICING WAS..IT WAS A LIL' DISAPPOINTING COLOR WISE..ACCORDING TO THE BOX..IT LOOKS WHITE..IT CAME OUT MORE OF A YELLOW COLOR AND WE HAD SOME LUMPS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A MIXER AT WORK...WE GOTTA FIX THAT PRONTO!! THE LIL' BLACK STUFF FREAKED ME OUT BECAUSE I THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS IN OUR MIX...BUT THEN AMANDA REMINDED ME THAT IT WAS THE VANILLA BEAN..BLESS MY SOUL..I SOOOO AM NOT THE COOK!!

EVEN SCOTTJ'S MAN-POWER COULDN'T GET OUR LUMPS OUT...BUT IT WAS STILL SUPER SUPER GOOD..I THINK THAT FRUIT DIP YOU CAN MAKE...THE ONE WITH THE MARSHMELLOW CREAM, CREAM CHEESE AND COOLWHIP WOULD BE AWESOME ON THEM..AND ALSO IF THEY SOLD THE ICING THAT COMES WITH TOASTER STRUDDLES..THAT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD ON THEM TOO..BUT A MIXER NEXT TIME...NOW THAT'S THE TICKET!!