Halloween Craft #1

As part of this years Halloween Mystery Dinner I decided to add some table decorations to the party that I found on pinterest.  So for FHE I invited Christine, Jeannie, & Kami and their kids over for dinner and crafting.  Dinner was delicious and the craft was a mad house!! We had to modge podge jars then cover them with strips of tissue paper then cover them again with modge podge.  Then they dry then you cut out faces and hot glue ribbons to the top. We only got a few done while working with the kids then yesterday I did three times as many by myself and with Heidi's girls.  I am very excited for these fun lanterns on our tables during the mystery dinner.  The kids had a blast helping too.    

I still need a picture of them all lit up.

Family Pictures

We got our family pictures taken last week.  I stressed and stressed over our outfits.  I went off carbonation to ensure I didn't have any extra bloating.  I went off carbs for a few weeks to lose the extra few pounds I'd put on.  I got fresh haircuts for the girls and myself.  I had my nail done just in case they showed up in any of the pictures (I think you can see them in 1 of 115).  I couldn't be happier with how everything turned out. I absolutely love Jen and her style. If you need pictures you should call her cause she rocks! 

We did pictures in Park City so after pictures we took the kids out to eat then shopping at the outlets.  I was amazed that even after such a long day they were really good. Todd found some great deals shopping - which he needs because he is too skinny to fit into any of his clothes right now.  It was such a fun day spending time as a family and once again I have great pictures to plaster my walls with.  YIPPEE!! 

Goodbye to a good friend

It's official we sold the jeep to Steve & Christine so Eric will have a car in a few months when he turns 16.  I can't believe Eric is old enough to drive.  That is crazy!!  I bought the jeep right after I graduated from BYU in 1998.  It has been the best car and I have absolutely loved it.  I am very happy that it will be loved and cherished by a very deserving 16 year old.  She's still a very pretty car too (sorry Eric but the car is a girl).  No major defects and the body style and color have held their look for a long time.  Well so long my friend.  Please last a long time for Eric so he will love you as much as I do. 

Cornbelly's

Every year for Lexie and Annabell's birthday's we go to Cornbelly's. It ended up being a gorgeous warm day and the kids all had a blast.  It was even bigger than last year.  The kids rode on bouncy horses, dressed up like princesses, went in "the beast" and the haunted clown room, jumped on the big air trampoline thing, watched the pig race, rode on the cow train and did the corn maze.  And the good news is that I only lost Sophie once the whole day!

This was the first family event that Timmy brought Megan too. So I thought I'd throw this picture in for documentation :)  

10 Years

10 years ago my best friend got married. Since Chris is currently serving our country in Afghanistan on their anniversary I called up Heidi yesterday and told her I was taking her out to celebrate her anniversary. We got a babysitter, ordered pizza for the kids and went out to eat. My mom and Timmy joined us for our special date too. I'm no replacement for spending a fun night with her hubby (wink wink) but it was a fun excuse to have some sister time. I love you Heidi and I am so proud of you and Chris for making the sacrifices you do so I can live in a free country.

The Big Winner

I won this signed jersey at work the other day. Since the Johnson's are more Laker fans than Jazz fans I sent this picture to one of the guys on my team who is a huge Jazz fan. Today at work we get a pizza party thrown by him in exchange for this jersey. A good trade on my part I think :)

St. George Marathon

Sherry and Danny both ran the St. George marathon this weekend so we packed up the car and headed down to cheer them on and spend a fun weekend playing with family. My parents, Timmy, Sherry, Brandon, Danny, Emily, their kids, Todd, our kids and I all ended up going down.

When we got to our rooms we saw this sign on Danny's door. I LOVE it!!

Danny finished in 3:13 and qualified for Boston. He rocked his first marathon. The guy is a machine. He said the last few miles were killer and he wasn't mentally prepared for how it would feel but he seriously kicked butt. He averaged a 7:22 pace - CRAZY!!

Sherry finished so strong. She looked so great coming into the finish and pushed fast to the finish. She finished in 3:19 - her fastest marathon in years. She is a machine too!! The girl just isn't going to slow down no matter how old she gets - although I don't think 41 is old.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture of her - both of her feet are off the ground.
She is flying to the finish line.

Of course we wore our Schultz shirts - Timmy's blue was dirty so he pulled out his red one and we forgot to tell Brandon that it's just assumed that when we're together we wear our shirt. It was fun walking around as a big group the whole day. And the shirts make it so easy to find everyone.

Danny and Sherry talking at the end of the race. I am so proud of both of them. I got a little teary as they crossed the finish line. I love cheering them on and seeing how incredible they are. They are truly inspiring with how disciplined and accomplished they are. How I grew up between these two and ended up as normal as I am amazes me.

This is the first race Emily has been at to cheer Danny on - we were all pretty excited about that. And I think she had fun :)

After the race we headed back to the hotel pool. My mom & dad picked up Cafe Rio for us and we played at the pool for hours.

Sophie and Ella have the same water wings and are seriously so dang cute together. Ella is fearless and makes Sophie look almost calm. She was jumping off the highest rock and doing the splits in the air. She is such a crack up. These 2 girls are two peas in a pod.

We went to Texas Roadhouse that night for dinner and split up into 4 tables to get seated faster. My parents ended up with Sophie and Ella. When the waitresses started dancing so did the girls in their booth. This waitress saw them and pulled them down and taught them the dance. They were so cute and the girls were in heaven!
(yes they are both wearing their Schultz shirts with hot pink matching skirts)

Other fun moments of the trip not captured on film:
- when someone at the pool asked my dad how his race was because of how funny he was walking (I'll admit he took a big fall the night before on the slick rocks .... but still it was hilarious)
- eating Golden Spoon yogurt with hot peanut butter!
- taking the kids to the outlets and buying entirely too many things for Claire because she convinced me how cute she would look in them (I'm a sucker for cute shoes and clothes)
- the drive was even great - it was fast and the kids were good