A lot of randomness....

Leslie graduated from the

 University of Utah with her Masters In Education!!!

Our cute little family!

The whole gang @ graduation, minus the photographer! 

The oh so proud mom and dad! 

Julie Johnson and Grandma Rae Harding

Braxton wanted to wear Momma's cool hat too!

A glimpse into the future, he probably won't be sitting on my lap though! :)

Josh sporting the cap........Someday babe!

So I really finished in December, but the Commencement was in May.  It was fun to go up and walk!  I'm so happy that I choose to get it done, and made it through with the love and help of my hubby and parents.  Life after having nightly classes and homework is amazing.  You have time for everything! :)

Braxton!!!!

Braxton is becoming such a cute big brother.  Boston loves to follow him around and try and do whatever Braxton is doing.  The other morning while I was getting ready for work Braxton took matters of entertainment into his own hands!

Braxton LOVES to play outside in the dirt with his wheelbarrow and shovels!  He will just go out on his own and play for hours.....not even joking!  He takes his flip flops off and gets to work!  The other day he asked for water in his wheelbarrow and he tried to carry it down to the dirt, but it spilled on him.  He told me to take his shirt off, so we got some shirtless pictures.

His Dirt...My Garden....he WON
 the tomatoes are in pot's this year!

on to........

Boston!!

Oh my how times flies!  I can't believe my little man is 10 months old! AHHH  well he is a speed demon when  it comes to crawling!  He absolutely loves the stairs.  He will crawl up turn around hang right over the edge of the first step and holler at me, squill and squeak.  He won't for the life of him turn around and come down on his own.  He loves it when I turn him around and pull his feet down, so he slides on his belly.....just not on his own.  This has led to a few mishaps on the stairs though....he has tumbled down a few times, think he'd learn....apparently NOT!

He has two adorable teeth on the bottom they are a smidge crooked and it's adorable (ya I know won't be adorable if they stay that way! ) He has decided that big people food is where it's at!  He loves oatmeal....mashed potatoes....and esp MAC-N-CHEESE  oh he loves this amazing food, mom can feed him, or he can feed himself.

Boston is also trying to walk, and climbs on everything!! He is constantly climbing up the toys to see what else he can find in the toy box.  If someone, or something is in his way he'll just climb over it!  He tries to climb up my side while I hold him.  He pulls himself up when ever he can, even if  the item isn't stable!  He is using his little walking toy and has figured out how to get himself back down now too!  

Here are a few other random pics of the boys........

Watching Braxton play in the dirt outside!

 

 

If you made it this far.....Congrats!

  I'll be sure to post more frequently, and stay caught up!!

Leslie

The Jivin Update.......

           Well we are slackers when it comes to updating our blog, but I shall attempt to update what I can think of. Braxton is getting big, the time does fly, you older veterans with kids were not kidding that it goes by so fast. He is hilarious, his vocabulary has the cutest phrases, my favorite is that if you sneeze he will say, "Bless you daddy", or "Bless you Mommy", and if he sneezes and you say bless you to him, he will say, "Thank You", and smile, I love this kid. He is sometimes a handful, but to tell you the truth if you truly know your kids, it's not that bad going through that stage. We enjoyed Easter very much, Braxton received a lot of candy that we really have to manage, or ration, because the kid wants candy all the time, he doesn't even eat his healthy food if there is candy in sight or if you slipped out the word, "Candy", in front of him. He loves to go on walks, and ride in the car with his window down, if it gets too cold he will tell you to role it up. He loves his brother Boston, and wants to play with him like a big boy already, but, Boston is not quite there yet. And, he will occasionally share whatever he has, if you ask him, sometimes he is not in the mood to share, and wants it for himself, I don't blame him, because I am sure we can all be like that at times.
                  Boston is crawling, and finally starting to climb the stairs, Daddy is helping him a lot on that part, all Mommy says is, that it's time to get out the gates for the stairs. He has one tooth and more are coming in. He has got the cutest baby giggle in the world, and the cutest smile, he must get it from his mom. He also likes to play with Big Brothers toys when he gets a chance. He really hates it if your eating food that he can't have, so when we make something we have to make sure we make something soft and smooth that he can have. Les, will have a new job next year teaching severe education at Hurricane Elementary, I believe she is exited and ready for the new challenge, I do believe she will miss teaching the second grade , and the many friends she met at Three Falls Elementary. "Good luck honey, WE LOVE YOU!". As for Dad, he is still working hard as a restoration Technician for AAA Disaster, at times it is fun, and at times it is very stressful, but it is very rewarding when you make someones day when they have something fall a part on them. Well, I am sure there is more news I have not mentioned, but that is all I am saying for now. Enjoy life everyone!!

                  

Easter Mania!

 Braxton received a lawn mower for Easter and judging on his face I think he has awhile until the Big lawn mower comes into play. Love the face, bud.

He also received and trike motorcycle, he loves putting anything and everything in the bucket seat, so if we can't find the remote or our keys or even our car keys, we know just where to look!

  Braxton got a wheel barrow and some gardening tools, well Boston thought it was his. Apparently he loves playing with the big boy toys which is fine by us.I think he wants to be grown up so he can play with Braxton more!

Braxton and Grandma Harding playing with his bubbles outside, this kid loves his bubbles, it's great hearing him laugh and try to pop the bubbles when Grandma blew them.

 Braxton needed help from mommy on his Easter egg hunt. I guess the basket started to get heavy. Looks like daddy will start to get heavier with all that candy as well, for those that know I love chocolate.

Apparently the easter bunny was not hiding the eggs hard enough, because this kid found them all, way to go bud!

 With these last pics we could not help but have Boston get in the festivities, so he found one egg and was trying to eat it, too bad it was a hard boiled egg, he is getting there!

 Hope all had a wonderful Easter, and also remembered our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Love to all!

Braxton is 2!

My little man turned 2 Dec. 31st!  We were up in Salt Lake for my Grandpa Hall's 90th birthday shindig so we celebrated while in the snow!  (Grandpa and Braxton share a birthday)

For his birthday we went to the Children's Museum at the Gateway Mall.  He had a blast! :)  oodles of pictures and they are all action shots.  He wasn't about to stop and pose for a picture.

We had Elmo cake and ice cream with the family at Grandpa and Grandma Johnson's house.   Braxton stuck his finger in Elmo and mommy got after him.  So he looks like he's going to cry in some of the pictures.  Bad mommy! :(

After cake and ice cream we got to go visit Josh's friend Nic at work.  Nick is an EMT and Braxton was in heaven to see the ambulances.  Nic went the extra mile and gave us a tour, Braxton got to put on the oxygen mask, watch mommy get hooked up to the heart machine, then decide he wanted to get hooked up to, he got to turn the siren on and sit in the drivers seat.  He was so happy!!  He absolutely loves fire trucks and ambulances.

The next day we went up to Roy and took Grandpa Hall to breakfast, then went out to his open house later in the day!  We sure love Grandpa Hall!!