A DOUBLE DOSE OF LOVE

 IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT ON DECEMBER 4th...THESE LIL' BOOGERS WILL BE 3 1/2 YEARS OLD...I STILL CAN REMEMBER...LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.. WHEN WE WERE GIVEN THE SHOCKING NEWS THAT WE WERE HAVING TWINS!! (THAT'S MY BIG SHOCK CHEESE-GRIN DOWN BELOW)..EVEN WITH THE ULTRASOUND, IT STILL DIDN'T SEEM REAL...I GUESS NEEDING MATERNITY CLOTHES AT 5 WEEKS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A CLEAR SIGN :)

FROM THE DAY THEY ENTERED OUR LIL' WORLD...IT HAS BEEN A DOUBLE DOSE OF LOVE...FIRSTS...DIAPERS...CAR SEATS....STROLLERS...DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS....FEEDINGS...CLOTHING CHANGES.....MEMORIES....MADNESS...LOUDNESS...CRAZINESS....YOU NAME IT...ANY OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT COME WITH HAVING TWINS!! THESE TWO CRACK ME UP...THEY WERE HEAD DOWN FOR ALMOST 36 WEEKS UNTIL PRISS DECIDED SHE WANTED TO TURN UPSIDE DOWN...AND STAY THAT WAY UNTIL THE BIG DAY..HER FOOT WAS IN FRONT OF URBAN'S HEAD, SO THERE WAS NO WAY TO ATTEMPT A "V" BIRTH..SO "HELLO C-SECTION"..THANK YOU LONDON!!!

THIS WAS MY AWESOME BIRTH TEAM..KERRI ON THE FAR RIGHT HAS LUCKILY BEEN MY NURSE FOR ALL THREE OF MY BIRTHS...AND I LOVE HER!!!

IT WAS SO STRANGE HOLDING TWO BABIES AT ONE TIME..NOW WHEN I LOOK BACK AT THEIR BABY PICTURES, EVEN THOUGH ONE WAS A BOY AND ONE WAS A GIRL..IT'S REALLY WILD HOW MUCH ALIKE THEY LOOKED!!

BOY...WE HAD NO IDEA HOW FULL OUR HANDS WOULD BE...AS WELL AS OUR HEARTS!

THEY LOVED TO BE TOGETHER....

URBAN USE TO BE MY OVER THE TOP WILD CHILD..AND LONDON WAS MY PRIM AND PROPER QUIET PRINCESS...HE USE TO PICK ON HER..AND SHE USE TO LET HIM..NOW HE HAS MELLOWED OUT....JUST A SMIDGE :) AND SHE HAS BECOME "THE BOSS"!!

EVEN WHEN WE ARE ALL OUT TOGETHER AND THEY ARE DOING THEIR ON SEPARATE THINGS...THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO MIGRATE BACK TOGETHER...JUST TO MAKE SURE THE OTHER ONE IS OKAY.

LIL' MAMA PROTECTING HER BROTHER FROM A BIG WAVE (IN HER EYES)

            AND SOMETIMES THEIR SWEETNESS COMES IN SINGLE PACKAGES  

WE LOVE YOU TWIN-O'S...AND ARE SOOOOO BLESSED THAT GOD DECIDED TO LET US BE THE MOMMY AND DADDY TO YOU BOTH!!

WHEN IN DOUBT.....GO SEE IT TWICE

THE NIGHT FINALLY ARRIVED!!

AND IT COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN HERE SOON ENOUGH!!!

A GROUP OF MY FRIENDS FROM WORK...AND SCOTT AND MY FRIEND, LIZ ALL WENT TO SEE THE MUCH ANTICIPATED BREAKING DAWN ON THE TUESDAY AFTER OPENING WEEKEND (11*22*11)....WEIRD THING IS..THAT IS THE SAME EXACT NIGHT WE WENT WHEN ECLIPSE CAME OUT..APPARENTLY, WE LIKE GOING THE TUESDAY AFTER OPENING WEEKEND..NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE WHOLE THEATER WAS WELL AWARE WHEN WE ARRIVED..I WAS THE LOUDEST (IMAGINE THAT) ACTING LIKE A 14 YEAR OLD SCHOOL GIRL...I SPORTED MY "TEAM EDWARD" SHIRT WITH PRIDE AND HAD THE BIGGEST GRIN ON MY FACE...AND I MAY HAVE JUMPED UP AND DOWN A FEW TIMES...AND WE WERE DEFINITELY NOT EMBARRASSED TO TAKE PICTURE AFTER PICTURE NEXT TO THE POSTER ADVERTISEMENTS :)

AMANDA * ME * LIZ * KIM * SUSIE

THE FIRST TWI-FANS TO ARRIVE!!

SCOTTJ BEING "JUST ONE OF THE GIRLS"...HE WAS TEAM ALICE UNTIL AFTER WATCHING THIS MOVIE..NOW HE'S TEAM ROSALIE ALL THE WAY!!!

YES...WE ARE 30 AND OLDER GROWN ADULTS POSING NEXT TO POSTERS!!!

                        SUSIE STICKING BY HER MAN....TEAM JACOB!!

I GUESS I WOULDN'T READ ANYMORE IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON SEEING THE MOVIE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO RUIN IT FOR YA...WE HAD A GREAT TIME..BUT I GUESS YOU CAN SAY I WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THE MOVIE..SCOTT AGREED..WE BOTH DECIDED THE PROBLEM IS YOU WAIT A WHOLE YEAR FOR IT TO COME OUT..AND YOU ARE WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING..AND WAITING SOME MORE..THEN YOU ARE SOOOOOO PUMPED UP THAT IT HAS FINALLY ARRIVED... AND WHEN YOU FINALLY DO GET TO SEE IT, IT'S A LET DOWN....NOT BECAUSE THE MOVIE IS BAD...BUT BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY POSSIBLE IT CAN  LIVE UP TO HOW EXCITED YOU HAVE BEEN FOR A WHOLE YEAR..AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE READ THE BOOKS...AND I'M NOT EVEN A BIG BOOK READER..BUT THERE WERE SO MANY PARTS THAT I WANTED TO SEE IN THE MOVIE THAT WERE IN THE BOOK AND IT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN..ONE BEING THE OPENING OF THE BOOK WHERE SHE IS DRIVING THE CAR EDWARD BOUGHT FOR HER TO KEEP HER SAFE AND SHE PULLS UP TO THE GAS STATION TO PUMP GAS...THEN SOMETHING FUNNY EDWARD SAYS IN THE BOOK AFTER HE REALIZES HE'S TORN THE PILLOWS ALL APART..AND IF YOU READ THE BOOK THOSE ARE THE PARTS YOU REMEMBER.....THEN THERE IS THE WEDDING..THE WEDDING SCENE WAS AWESOME..AND YOU EVEN GET TO SEE STEPHENIE MEYERS (THE AUTHOR) IN THAT SCENE...BUT THE DRESS WAS A TOTAL LET DOWN FOR ME...LOVED THE BACK..BUT THE FRONT WAS JUST SUPER PLAIN AND BORING...BUT THE ACTUAL WEDDING SET UP WAS AWESOME...AND SOME PARTS WERE JUST CRAZY WEIRD!! BUT I LEFT THE MOVIE HAPPY THAT I HAD SEEN IT..BUT I KNEW I WANTED TO SEE IT AGAIN..................SO WE DID :) SCOTT AND I WENT WITH OUR FRIENDS..JAMES AND JESSICA TO SEE IT AGAIN ON THAT FOLLOWING SATURDAY NIGHT..(AND COME TO FIND OUT KIM SAW IT AGAIN ALSO WHILE ON THANKSGIVING BREAK)...AND I'M SO GLAD I DID...IT WAS SOOOOO MUCH BETTER THE SECOND TIME AROUND..AND I TRULY THINK IT WAS BECAUSE I WAS NOT SO PUMPED UP ABOUT SEEING IT....IT MAKES ME SAD FOR THE END BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER WHOLE YEAR...WHICH MEANS I'LL PROBABLY FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT THE LAST MOVIE..BUT THAT'S OKAY..I CAN ALWAYS GO SEE IT AGAIN..AND AGAIN!! AND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS ON THE BIG SCREEN...IT REALLY CAN'T BE THAT BAD, NOW CAN IT?

MORE POSTING TO COME..I TRIED OVER THANKSGIVING BREAK TO POST LIKE CRAZY AND WHILE I CLEANED I TRIED FOR THREE HOURS TO DOWNLOAD ONE PICTURE AND IT NEVER WOULD DOWNLOAD..SO IT APPEARS I'M GOING TO HAVE TO BECOME AN AT WORK BLOGGER..YIPPEE!!!

SCRAM TO CRAM

I SO SEE NOW HOW YOU CAN GET OBSESSED WITH BLOGGING..I LOVE IT!!..BUT HONESTLY IT COULD BE A FULL TIME JOB..AND WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS..AND A HUSBAND..AND A FULL TIME JOB ALREADY..WHETHER THAT BE STAYING AT HOME WITH YOUR KIDS ALL DAY...OR WORKING OUTSIDE OF THE HOME, IT MAKES IT REALLY HARD TO BLOG LIKE YOU WANT TO...I WOULD LOVE TO BLOG EVERYDAY..BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING MEMORABLE THAT HAPPENS EVERYDAY THAT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK ON...BUT LIFE WITH THE JOHNSON SIX-PACK IS JAMMED PACK AND DOESN'T LEAVE MUCH TIME TO SIT DOWN AND BLOG...WE HAVE BEEN SO BUSY THESE PAST TWO WEEKS..I THINK I'LL PROBABLY SAY THAT WORD FROM HERE ON OUT UNTIL MY KIDS ARE ALL GROWN.."BUSY"..THE STORY OF MY LIFE..BUT, I'M OKAY WITH THAT...SO TWO WEDNESDAYS AGO, WE HAD TRUNK OR TREAT AT OUR CHURCH DUE TO THEM HAVING TO CALL IT OFF ON ACTUAL HALLOWEEN NIGHT DUE TO ALL THE RAIN WE HAD..THE KIDS WERE SO EXCITED AND I WAS HAPPY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SPEND ONE DIME ON COSTUMES THIS YEAR..YEAH!!

MADDOX WAS A NURF GUY...SAYLOR AND LONDON WERE DANCERS (LONDON A BALLERINA MINUS THE BALLET SHOES AND SAYLOR A DISCO DANCER) AND URBAN WAS JASON WITTEN...WORKS FOR ME :) NEXT YEAR WE ARE AIMING TO ALL DRESS UP AS A FAMILY..SO GOTTA START PLANNING AND SAVING FOR THAT!

"AM I A PIN-CESS, MOMMY?".... YES, MY LOVE...YOU ARE!!

HERE IS SAYLOR AND HER FRIEND KRIANNA FROM SCHOOL

TROY AIKMAN (DORI FROM CHURCH) AND JASON WITTEN...GO COWBOYS!!

SAYLOR, MADDOX AND CALEB WAITING TO TRUNK OR TREAT

WHILE THE KIDS WAITED IN LINE, PASTOR CORY (OUR  NEW YOUNG KIDS PASTOR) TOLD A STORY ON CANVAS ...AS HE PAINTED A PICTURE OF JESUS..IT WAS AWESOME AND HE AUCTIONED IT OFF AT THE END OF THE NIGHT..

MORE TO COME ON THE PAINTING..BUT THAT'S ANOTHER POST IN THE MAKING :)

TRUNK OR TREAT IS SO MUCH FUN!!....I LOVE SEEING ALL THE IDEAS EVERYONE COMES UP WITH FOF THEIR TRUNKS...HERE IS OUR FRIENDS, JESSICA AND BRIAN'S DISNEY TRUNK..JESSICA WORE MICKEY EARS AND SHE WAS SO CUTE..

THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR THE TWINS WERE REALLY OLD ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THIS WHOLE TRUNK OR TREAT THING SO THEY WERE A LIL' SLOW GETTING STARTED..I LOVE THE LOOK ON THEIR FACES...LIKE, "WHAT THE HECK!!"

MIMI PRODDING LONDON ALONG LIKE SLOW CATTLE

I TOTALLY DIDN'T SEE THIS DOG UNTIL WE GOT RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM

THIS TRUNK WAS SO PRETTY ALL LIT UP IN THE DARK

AFTER ABOUT 10 TRUNKS..THEY STILL AREN'T SURE WHY ALL THESE PEOPLE THEY SEE AT CHURCH ARE HANDING CANDY OUT FROM THEIR CARS...

EVEN THE MOTOR CYCLE GROUP... THE M-25 GROUP FROM OUR CHURCH PASSED OUT CANDY..AND THEY ALL KNOW HOW MUCH URBAN LOVES MOTOR CYCLES SO HE GOT TO SIT ON THIS ONE AND WEAR THE HELMET..HE WAS BEYOND HAPPY!!

SCOTT AND MADDOXJ

AND...JUST LIKE THAT...WE WERE DONE....MIMI AND NANA WERE TROOPERS..THEY TOOK CHARGE OF GETTING THE KIDS THRU THE TRUNK OR TREAT LINE WHILE I TOOK PICTURES LIKE A MANIAC, OF COURSE....IT WAS SOOOOOOO COLD HERE..FOR SOME REASON THIS HAPPENS EVERY YEAR AT HALLOWEEN..IT'S SCORCHING HOT UNTIL CLOSE TO OCTOBER 30th...THEN WHEN THE 31st  ARRIVES WE EITHER HAVE RAIN OR FREEZING COLD WEATHER..THIS YEAR WAS RAIN...WHICH LED TO MORE DAYS OF COLDNESS..BUT THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME..WE TALKED THEM INTO COMBINING ALL THEIR CANDY INTO ONE BIG BUCKET AND MAN IT SURE LOOKED LIKE THEY RACKED UP...URBAN WAS SPAZZING OUT!!!

THIS PAST MONDAY NIGHT WE ALL HEADED TO THE SKATING RINK FOR PAYTON'S 6th AND AYDEN'S 5th BIRTHDAY...PRIVATE SKATING PARTIES ARE SO MUCH FUN BECAUSE OUR SKATING RINK ALLOWS YOU TO BRING IN SCOOTERS, ROLLER BLADES, AND PRETTY MUCH ANY RIDE-ON TOY AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T HAVE SHARP MEDAL WHEELS...SO THE KIDS WERE PUMPED UP TO SAY THE LEAST....

JESSICA AND AYDEN ON THE POWER WINGS

THIS IS ALLI ON HER NEW ROLLERBLADES SHE JUST GOT FOR HER 7th BIRTHDAY..AND BLESS HER HEART SHE SPENT MORE TIME ON THE FLOOR THAN SHE DID STANDING UP..I HAD TO TAKE PICTURES OF HER ALL SPREAD OUT JUST IN CASE THEY WERE ACCUSED OF CHILD ABUSE (KIDDING)  BECAUSE NO DOUBT THE GIRL WAS SPORTING HER SHARE OF BRUISES THE NEXT MORNING!!

NOW FOR SOME RANDOM CRAZINESS....

THE BEST LOOK-A-LIKE HALLOWEEN COSTUME I SAW THIS YEAR WAS NICOLE RICHIE DRESSED UP LIKE J-LO...SHE ROCKED!!

IS JUSTIN BIEBER A DADDY??

MY MONIES ON "NO-WAY!!!!"...I HONESTLY WILL BE SHOCKED TO THE MAX IF HE HAS FATHERED THIS GIRLS BABY...PEOPLE HAVE JUST LOST IT THESE DAYS....AND I LOVE HIM AND LIL' SELENA TOGETHER..THEY ARE JUST TOO CUTE!!!

I AM TRYING TO TALK MY CO-WORKER/FRIEND KIM INTO GETTING THE JULIANNE HOUGH DONE TO HER HAIR..I LOVE THE COLOR AND I LOVE THE CUT!!!

                                                COME ON KIM...GO FOR IT GIRL!!

AND..THREE MORE DAYS

HAPPY MONDAY!!!