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Tuesday, Daddy had the day off. We went to Everland on Monday (will post those pics later), so on Tuesday, we had some jobs to take care of...mainly, grooming the dog. Indy does not enjoy it, so you can imagine how fun it is to have a really hairy dog that hates being groomed. Anyway, when it was time for his bath, Abby wanted a snack. I put some cheese on crackers for her & set it on the table. I headed into the bathroom to perform my Vanna White dog grooming assistant role (actually, her gig is MUCH better...I suppose I could wear heels & an evening gown???); I hear Abby at the door. She is standing there with the entire block of cheese, just eating off of it. What?!?! I was laughing so hard, I could barely ask her what she was doing. She said she didn't hear me tell her that I had set the crackers & cheese on the table, so she decided to help herself! Fast forward 15 minutes. We finished Indy Dog's bath & dried him off. While we were cleaning up the bathroom & trying to keep him from rubbing up against all our furniture, it hit me. Where had Abby put the cheese??!! No more than I go running to the kitchen, Indy is turning the corner with the entire block of cheese in his mouth...and a large pool of drool forming under him. Amazingly enough, he dropped it right away. I think he was in shock. Fun times here at the Johnson house... :)


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Too Many Kids...

We have new development at our house...Abby has too many kids. It's not that we don't think it's cute -- it's just that we don't have enough time in the day. As with many 3 year olds, Abby marches to her own drummer...especially when it comes to timeliness. (Note: Mommy has NO idea where she gets this!) Anyhow, she now has to put all of them at the dinner table and to bed. This is VERY time consuming. Tonight, she was breastfeeding a pig. How does she have enough milk for all these kids?? I need her secret. So, I decided to have a conversation with her about getting rid of some of them or sending some on vacation. She responded by saying, "No, Mommy. They are all my kids. God gave them to ME."


p.s. Daddy noticed that all the kids aren't even pictured -- maybe they're in the backpack???

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Monkey See, Monkey Do

Fun weekend project alert...Daddy & Abby made a super cute sock monkey. Last year, Abby got this for Christmas and we're just now getting around to putting it together. Probably a good thing--she has gotten very crafty with age. As you can see below, Abby was very helpful!

Daddy instructing Abby on the fine art of stuffing the monkey

Abby called the stuffing "fur"The finished product. We used buttons (blue to match Abby's) & we skipped the creepy nostrils & eyebrows. Super cute finished product, if you ask us! Abby has named it Clara. :)

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Cause for Celebration

Here's our special bottle of Franciscan Cabernet Sauvignon that we bought to celebrate the closing on our house in Illinois -- that was back in August. I felt like drinking it (and about 3 more!) when our offer fell through the day before closing, but Brad made me save it!

Well, we now have MANY reasons to be happy...and celebrate. I got a phone call last Thursday morning & was surprised to hear our Realtor tell me that we had an offer on our house. We were so excited. Then, we got ANOTHER offer. At this point, we were in shock. In shock. What else could happen, you might ask? We got someone who qualified to rent our house too. It was incredible & we are so thankful. So, we are under contract.

We opened the wine & thoroughly enjoyed every drop. We decided that would be our "we're under contract" wine & to celebrate the closing, we're going out on the town! Celebrate Korean style...

Thank you for all your thoughts & prayers! Praise GOD!

Psalm 66: 1-5
Shout joyfully to God, all the earth;
Sing the glory of His name;
Make His praise glorious.
Say to God, How awesome are your works!
Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will give feigned obedience to You.
All the earth will worship You,
And will sing praises to You;
They will sing praises to Your name.

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Random Cuteness...

***Edited to include picture of our CMOF (canine member of family)*** Seems that my fan base (my mom & Sarah!) were horribly disappointed that I neglected to post a picture of Indy dog. SO, here you go...

I am going to bed now!

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Seoul Grand Park

I did it! Well, with a little help from my friend Kristie, I did it! I drove off base for the very first time! AND...we only got lost once. :) The best part is that we didn't freak out, and we found the right road on our own (like we had any other choice!). It was a little intimidating--mainly because you never know what someone is going to do. You might think you know what I mean, but to give you an idea of what I'm talking about, red lights are really not mandatory here. Anyhow, Seoul Grand Park is a zoo & we had a fun time...once we got there!

Yep--KFC is in Korea too! They also have leaves as big as Abby's head...

One of Beks by herself--she thinks it's finger lickin' good. HA! If you saw how she eats her big girl baby food, you might believe me...

This is the ski lift we took up to the top of the zoo--we took this up & walked down

Funny story...this guy was posing for us so Kristie yells to me to take a picture. I had the camera out, so I turned it on & ran over to get the shot. I was so focused on what I was doing that I didn't pay any attention to a Korean couple who kept yelling something (it's not like I understood them anyway). Turns out that I didn't lock my stroller & it was rolling down the hill. Good news...there was only 1 child in it AND there was a small ledge to keep the child/stroller from plunging down to the next level. Another proud parenting moment...

Not the greatest picture, but can you see my oldest daughter--who is a girly-girl--throwing leaves? The next thing she did was lay down in the leaves & do "leaf angels" AND MY CAMERA DIED. This is the girl who does not like to be dirty. It was so cute. I'm hoping Kristie got a cute shot of her. She was actually cooperating with her, so I'll keep my fingers crossed.

We will definitely go back. I also learned exactly which exit to take for the flower market! Happy Quilt, here I come. :)

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Halloween 2008

Well, I would've had these up earlier, but I have been trying to upload a video of Abby dancing. Needless to say, it has been unsuccessful...it is too large for blogger, so I am trying to figure out YouTube. It would be easy, if I could figure out how to get to the website that I can READ. The Korean YouTube keeps coming up. Go ahead. Comment & tell me how easy it is to change it...please include directions. :)

Now, the exciting photos you have been waiting for...

Bekah & another hair bow...super cute 'little pumpkin' top

Our cookies--they were supposed to go to Brad's office. THEY DIDN'T. The evil things are still at my house...well, the ones that we haven't eaten (or that we didn't give to every member of security forces we saw in our building on Halloween night!).

Can you say, "lambs in the headlights?"

Trick or Treating in our building

Abby ran out of energy & just sat down...it was hysterical!

Family photo...our cool elevators in the background

My favorite picture of the night!
This pretty much sums up Bekah's experience... :) Okay, it wasn't that bad!

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