Bye Bye Binky

At the end of August we bid farewell to the binky... Blake and I took a trip to Logan for the weekend and on the way home Preston fell asleep with the Binky in his mouth. I took it out and from that point on he only had it to fall asleep. It only took a week of this for Preston to get used to it. I was very happy it wasn't that big of an ordeal. My goal was to have Preston weaned from it so he wouldn't be stealing the babies for him to suck on. I'm certain that will still happen, but lets hope not as often :)

Vintage Shoot With Karen

For Preston's 11 month session I wanted to do a vintage theme. I love the little outfit that Karen put together. Be sure and check out her website

http://karenandersonphotography.com/.

She does such an amazing job with children and has taught Blake and I so much. Thanks Karen! I love the pictures!

True boy at heart... he loves blocks :)

I'm sure that Grandpa Bryan will like the fact that Preston's hair is parted. It kind of looks funny because it is always CRAZY.

SURPRISE!!

This is how we told our parents the exciting news- the middle of July. I'm obviously catching up on the blog :)

Karli and Denise I really didn't copy you... I had to laugh when I saw that on your blogs. I guess great minds think alike!

Preston's Birthday

Preston's Birthday fell on a Saturday this year and Blake was lucky enough to have the day off. It was such a nice day. The day before it had rained like crazy. We were supposed to have Preston's pictures taken that morning, but our photographer came down with the flu... so we rescheduled. It was fun to be able to hang out and enjoy the day.

While Blake mowed the lawn Preston played with his play lawn mower. He loves that thing. He actually got one for his birthday from his Great Grandparents, so he has two. It is a good thing too, he has already warn one out. That is how much he likes it.

I just thought this picture was funny. He has fallen down and doesn't know quite what to think. And I love this shirt, it shows his little muscles :).

That evening we had a BBQ with family. Even though it was just family we had quite a few people. It was fun to be able to host the event at our own house. Thank you to those that came, we had such a great time.

I had fun making Preston's cake. And to make it even better it tasted good too!

As you can see Preston loved having free reign over his cupcake.

What a silly little boy! We don't know what we would do without him. He is so fun to have! Blake and I have definitely learned a lot from him past year. We love you Preston!

Family Picture

Four wheeling with the Johnston Family

While we were at my parents house for Evie's blessing Ellis, Rochelle, and I rounded up some four wheelers and we took a trek in the wilderness. We were in search for the honey combs. We weren't able to get to them... by the time they were in walking distance (an 8 mile hike) there was a big rain storm getting too close for comfort. By the time that we made it back to the pickup to load up the four wheelers we were getting drenched.

Our happy little family. Preston loved being on the four wheeler and observing everything else going on.


When we first started out on the 'trek' Robin, my mom, and I (and our two babies- Macie and Preston) started walking. After about a half a mile Macie started to get a little fussy because she was tired and we didn't have her pacifier. So Preston's pacifier came to the rescue! After walking 4 or so miles we were looking as far as the road went and realized that they weren't coming back for us. We were unaware of how far everyone else was going, which ended up being 20 some miles. I ran back to the car and my mom and sister started back with the little ones. I literally just got to the car and Ellis came around the bend and picked me up... good timing I guess. As they loaded up the stroller my camera had fallen out of the stroller. I was so sad! Luckily on our way back we were able to find it, it was just enough on the side of the road so it didn't get run over! Phew!

Miss Evie's Blessing

Little Miss Evie herself. She is such a beautiful little girl. Emily has always called her Miss Evie... I think that it has already caught on.
What a beautiful family. It has been so much fun watching Owen be a dad. You can see that Miss Evie already has him wrapped around her little finger.
Here are the babies of the family... for the year. First was Keegan, born the end of December, Preston, end of June, Elise, beginning of September, Maci, end of October, and Miss Evie the middle of March. Needless to say that the Johnston's have increased there numbers. Evie is my mom's 25th grand child.