Residence Inn - Lafayette, LA

Well we made it this far. Lisa worked last night so she is actually not to the hotel yet. Oh, and I found out we are breaking some fire codes having this many people in a two bedroom suite at the Residence Inn.

I may have to start smuggling small children in to the rooms in suitcases to prevent mayhem.

We hit New Orleans tomorrow, then push on to Braden the next day.

From Braden - 1

so here's Braden and i haven't posted in awhile and so some stuff has happened here.
1) grampa and i have made a sunflower seed bed with some amazing sun flowers
2) the lawn care guys moed over and destroyed all of my hard work (+ grampas)
3) i got a new 1 time job with baby sitting and got $20 for it
4) mom and dad are coming over tomarow

Asa's Call home

Asa is on a fishing trip to Colorado with a friend and called the other day while on his little mini-vacation.

Asa: Hey Dad, its' Asa and I am alive, don't sell my stuff.
Dad: I've already sold the DS games I found.
Asa: That's o.k., they were Bella's anyway.

Talking to Asa is very one dimensional, very guy. Just the facts, I am alive, don't sell my stuff, I am fishing in Colorado, I peed on a tree.

Very very guy.

jab jab jab cross step step Round House!...I feal like Chuk Noris!

It's Kick box Jams! self defence and cardeo all in one! I had never been to a class and neather had Maranda who we snuk past the cheak in ladys becuse she didn't have a memburship to LiftTime Fitness!

Well warming up with some new gaurd steaches/torcher Tj had showed us we descovered that maranda had no abs in her body. at all. you know how some people have a rock covered in moss for abs? She just had the moss.

Well we get in and the instruter looked at us and said "Alright now this is a lot of abs all standing up! Let's go!"

oh boy....I did not know that the inside of your ears could seawt! half way through this Maranda looks at me and says, "What hell have you goten me into?"

Me, "I don't know but it's sweaty."

The instutor was dripping with it. I don't even swaet that much for band and that's out side! By the end our feet were sore and our water bottles empty. and we had big bottles. needless to say we're going back every Sunday at 2pm and tomarow we're off to Hip-Hop. No idea what it is we're just going to do it! The one in the title was my favorit drill. that or the one with the front strike back block front kick back kick!

Woo-Hoo!

Now it gets harder - name this kid

Face shots were too easy for Aunt Mandy - now try and name which kids this is. Score is currently Aunt Mandy 2 everyone else 0.

Eli's at Philmont in the New Mexico Mountains

Eli is currently on a 100 mile hike in the Mountains in New Mexico. We can't talk to him until the 5th of July and he will not be back until the 6th. Here is a link to a google map that shows you where our hiker is headed each day. No showers, no running water, no bathrooms until they come off the trail.

http://www.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=106052927351458541054.00046caad7859acde59ad&t=h&z=11

Which kid am I - Round 2

The last time we played this game Aunt Mandy was the winner. Which one of the kids is this? Who do you love enough to remember them when they were this little?

Lucy Now Knows All The Important Things In Life

1) The doggie bed is the most comfy thing in the Kitchien.

2) You can't always go to the pool, so spash in the doggie's water bowl, do it fast befor you get caught.

3) Learn the names of evry thing so you can figure out what evry one is saying. hint: if you want to play with it it's called an 'Ah-O' or a 'no-no'

4) When Daddy comes to nibble on you you can bite back, but he's not that tasty

5) Growling at stragers is a fun past time in the store, espeshaly if there old ladies!

6) Climb up the stairs really fast, that way no one knows wear you are! They should have had the baby-gate up any way! hint: learn where the really cool rooms are up there!

7) Katie is usawaly in her room, go knock on the door so she thinks it's Daddy or Zeke and opens the door so you can run in! Even better is if the door isn't closed all the way and you can just skip the nocking completly and run in with triumphent harty laughter and try and find where the music is comeing from! hint: she's showed you twice, just need to remeber where it is!

8) Katie has this really cool rocking chair in her room, have her pick you up when she's trying to read in it! Your cuter than any old book any way!

9) Katie is not alowed to stand and not hold you go grab her leg or fallow her demanding to be heald. She'll pick you up! if not get some one else to pick you up and then twist around and hold your arms out to Katie!

10) Zeke sleeps in to much, throw a bilards ball at his head to wake him up!

11) It's morning and your hungry...Katie's plate sure looks yummy, and you know she'll share...espeshaly if you grab her waffles, don't worry she dosn't mind it's what big sissy are for!

12) Brothers watch to much TV go turn it off for them!

13) Mommy loves the sound of you screaming at the top of your lungs, do it often. hint: she dosen't really mean it when she says 'No-no Lucy', it really means 'Crank it up I want to see some glass shatering here!'

14) always hold in the big sceam till some one is holding you right next to their ear, they love that!

15) Katie, Daddy, and Mommy want a chalange when they change your dipper, Squerm like no tomarow!

16) Swinging must be some kind of high nervana that's why Katie dose it so much *cough* all day *cough*, demand to go out side for the poch swing or up stairs for her cool rocking chair!

17) Evry one enjoys a good puzzle, make sure your fed, clean diper, the works then sream and cry, watch evry one try and figuer out whats worng! remebur after a full 3 hrs or so run around giggaling! It'll have them wondaring for days.

18) there's this really cool big kid toy called a Computer, crawl in to Katie's lap and bang away at the key bord or play with the mouse, she wont mind, it's not like she's writing books or any thing! ^-^

19) The doggie loves it when you give her pretzals! and a good firm twak on the head!

20) when the Big siblings brake out the can of Cool Whip open your mouth really big, they'll squrit some in side!

Freind who just so happens....

It has ocured to me that i do not post much *cough* at all about my-wait dad's waching-Friend who just so happens to be a boy.

Well that might be the fact that we haven't done much recently but we're trying to work around each other's scegulas. We're bouth really active busy people.

Bella quit reading over my shoulder

Over your shoulder is a figuer of speach smarty pants go away I'm blogging! (Izzy says DUDE to you all) Now GO AWAY

Okay, bake on track. Here's my Friend who just so Happens to be a boy. (Put in some kind of format that tose of you who want to set up those wier satalite spy things like dad has can use)

Name: Eathen

Grade: Mine

Activaties: Ac-Dec, Gaurd(he joind for me!) Stratigy club

hight: 6 something probly, he's taller than me even when i'm whaering my wgde lifts wich shoot me up to taller than our frige.

Any who He's super sweet, and a lot of my friends told me ther're jelous becuse he uses old fashon maners and respect. That's right I got the Gentalman in high school! (they're an endagered speches you know!)

Oh and first time he met Daddy:

Dad walks me into the bowling ally, "son I just want you to know they'll never find the body...Have fun Sweetheart!"

his respoce -"Yes sir."

mine-"Bye Daddy!"

Sweat, I mean Scout camp

Just back from our annual trip to Scout Camp. This summer we went to Camp Cherokee in Athens, TX. Nothing more refreshing than summer camp in Texas. NOT. The parents are already encouraging the boys that next years summer camp needs to be in Colorado. But it was a successful camp, Asa earned three merit badges and a rank advancement and Eli, as the troops Senior Patrol Leader, learned the joys of leadership. We also had a visit from one of the camp alligators. Yeah, heat, humidity and animals that can eat you, what's not to love.

Eli also has his Eagle Project approved and looks like we are working at the Tiger rescue place in a month.

Now please excuse me while I start the mound of sweat soaked laundry.

Greta speaks

We went to Target today and after Greta got done with picking out a toy for her buddy Kate's Party wich i quote "She'll Loove it"-greta. and we got my new bathroom set. Pingeins. She paraded around proclaming. "I'm the Queen! I'm the Queen!" and what's more she'd been decent, vivi wasn't there, so no one to fight with, so we said she could have a cookie. (they give out some free cookies) By the time we caught up with her at the bakary counter she was ordaring cupcakes. "Wif prinseses on them for my birf-day. They need alls the pricesses, Arile, Cndrella, Jasmen, Bell, snow white, Tinker bell, alls of themb. for my birf-day..." She told them the day and evrything.

At home I froget what we were talking about but she gose. "Oh I know the Treorists. We're frindes!"

Me-"What? How'd you meet the Terorists?"

G- "Picutrs. They're really big! Bigger than me! We took picturs wif themb"

Me-"Where?"

G-"In a Hall it had really big steps. In the Tower!"

Me-"You took picturs with the Treorists in a tower?"

G-"Yeah and were frinds!"

Me to Z-"Well no wonder we had such trubble finding them they wern't in caves they're in towers!"

Z-"Takeing Picturs with little children!"

Me-"Man, do you think Uncle Rafe knows?"

Z-"We should tell him"

G-"Yeah, so he can take picturs too!!"

At least she's honest

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that was from Lucy, she says......well she said grew.....but other than that i don't know. It was kinda like Zeke i was just letting her bang and she opened up these files i didn't know exested and new windows and hiding things....and she can spell....it makes me feel kinda....8C (extreme sad face)

On with the story.

On the way home from the troop 51 meat and greet at Spring Creek–where i found that they've asked Eli to ask me about Adventure Crew which I want to do for some acwal camping, but he said I wasn't interested, and I've never been asked.–When I asked Mom if I should go for Church Choir.

"I think you'd could sound pretty good in a group with a bunch of other people."

"Mom that sounds like a nice way of saying, gee you stink but if your with a bunch of really good people they can drown you out"

Zeke looked back and said "I was just thinking that too."

That's mom for you no shuger coating, just the cold thorn of truth. really pointy thorn, stabs right in the hart. *Sniff*

Oh and thorny says she'll ground me for posting this so if she's for real I might not see you for a while.

How fast are you?

http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=Electric_Field_Hockey

click the run now button if you get a gole it'll tell you. In this house I'm the only one to have done it on leval three! which is what I'm challenging you on....

Hints (Because hay I'm just that nice!)

1) opposites attract, like forces repeal. It's a lot essayer if you know that.

2) start small and work your way up to three.

3) a positive charge feald goes out like those kindergarten sun beams on the smiling sun. negative goes in to the center like a black hole.

4) Gravity, it's real. The blue lines will pull the 'puck' to them.

5) there's a little "do-do" trumpet and big green letters saying Goal if you get it if not it says Collision. If it doesn't go "do-do" you didn't win. don't cheat.

There you should be faster then me, I had to do this by my self for Physics extra-credit.

Zeke fixed My screen!!!!! I can post from my home port now!!!!! happy face!!!!!

Vivi and Greata like each other for two seconds the other day after a caraclle (mary-go-round) ride.

What are little girls made of? To Much Tude! New Recipe Please!!!!

The Big Sister Tax is amazing! If i see something yummy, it must be taxed! The really cool thing about it...only the oldest sister has the right to tax!

Any way with bella my main tax-y gone I've be forced to watch the most squabaly pair of children on the face of the Johnson house, and that's not counting the boys.

Cell mate 1- Vivi

Solitary confinement- Greta

If one so looks at the other wrong they scream! Greta picked up a book one day for me to read to her OFF THE FLOOR WHERE IT HAD BEEN LAYING ALL OF THREE DAYS Vivi saw it and just about popped a vain because this was her book! (don't get me started on what happen when Greta put on a never used princess dress) Greta wasn't tarring it, chewing on it, nothing. But the way Vivi made it seem with all her screaming, Greta had stolen the Crown Jewels of England, Started a Gang, Caused Cancer, and stole candy from a blind armless baby.

not stretching it here folks.

don't really have to.

Now Greta-oh my imaginary kittens!! She got upset with Vivi and it turned in to an 'I HATE YOU!!! I HATE THIS FAMILY!!!!!!' i think Vivi took her kitchen job of getting out the milk. and it lasted for two days!!!! And no more tv for her! Becuse when ever she get's confronted she gets this diva tude and gos 'ah' as if there's some grate offense, and acts like a spoiled teenager. And it's never her fault, EVER, Vivi did it, Lucy did it, some thing made her, the aliens came down and tap danced. AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

Oh and today I don't even remember what she got in trouble for but it whent on and on and on and on (repet for three pages), and then at lunch she dosnt want to sit down.

"Greta" Says mom who's now awake "You have till we say grace to be sitting down ore you don't eat." tater tot's, Lemon fish, and banna-strawberry-Vilna ice cream-chocolate smoothie.

"I DON"T WANT TO SIT BY LUCY!!! I HATE SITING BY LUCY!!!!" geuss who.

we say grace and she off pouting and mom goes okay time for nap

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

and when mom goes to get Zeke, I have to chase her back up the stairs over five times. Well more like sling her over my shoulder and storm up the stairs as the voices decide not to like her.

And at dinner she got upset becuse she WASN't siting BY LUCY!!!

At Dicks a day or two ago, after she aperently tried to throw things over the edge of the top floor rail (I don't know I was off looking at how much a good Archery set and target would be with the help of the nice Dicks boy, asking if I was going to go hunting or just needed to shoot something. and a good set of sun glasses for marching band boot camp. If your wondaring Diks sporting goods gift card is cool.) while dad tried to get scout things, and just plain was a pain dad told me to take her out side.

she didn't want to come

I had to chase her down

I ended up to the amusement of every one else slinging her over my shoulder like a screaming kicking sack of whiny-tatos saping at Vivi that if she didn't get her little sorce of a migrane rear in gear and start marching to the car I was going to jump kick her in the right direction. She tryed to put her self over the edge along with the other items.

Lucy also has caused migraines. she screams for no resion. She'll be clean, fed, uninjured and she'll just scream and scream and scream. I think I lost hearing in my left ear from holding her.

And those single child people who only watch their baby cousen for two hours and think parenting is just as eseay always wonder why I laugh at their faces (a little crazaly) when they say raising kids will be fun and simple and they want a huge family. one girl said 12.

And some one asked me why i didn't think it was cute to have a baby in high school.....well let's see I already have around 6 who arnt really mine even though evry one who see's me with out mom and all them thinks their mine. Especially I if it's just Lucy and me. or some of the small girls

Central markit lady- You have such a butiful daughter

Me- Thanks,

Lady- How old is she?

me- one (I had greta)

Greta seeing mom- MOMMY

Lady- .....

Me- Bye

Church lady (thins is with evry one up to Eli, I'm holding Lucy)- Are these all yours? how old's this one? points at Lucy

Me- Few Months, got my figur back real fast hua?

Lady not ceaching a clue- Oh yeah you look grate!

Dad- Come on sis

Lady- Your husbend calls you sis?

Me- Coming dad

See I already have kids and I don't want more.

on a brighter note we celebrated early Father's day. Mom gave me the presents and said wrap them and then left me alone.

Asa helping I wrapped a ginomus scout cot. Too big to prank wrap. The other two. heheheheh.

One shirt was put in sie a small box and then that box was put in another box that was filled with packing peanuts and taped shut on all edges and a wrap long and short ways. One layer of paper and some ribbon.

Box two. shirt confetti and lots and lots of paper. layers apon layers. but we were carful to never reuse a design of paper and not tape a layer to another. and we left mesages on the paper.

santa paper- Have you been good steve? Cuz it would stink to go through all this fro just some cole (picture of cole)

green papper- Open the box charlie! yeah open the box! It's a majical box of hope and wonder! Wonder and hope! (Picture of smiling Unicorn)

It's just a stupid box! (angry face)

(pic. of horse rear view) Shun the non believer ssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnn

red stripy paper- at lest you know we put some effort in to this any normal person would have put one layer of paper but we love you enouf for 65!

these are not the gifts you are looking for (pic. of Jedi hand waving)

Second paper from top- 95 layers of paper on the box! 95 layers of paper!

As you can see, don't let us wrap your presents if you want to remain in a serous mode. But it made him feel really loved! When it was all over It looked as if he'd gotten 25 or so presents. ^-^

AMELIA

-Braden:) yup yup

...... PLAY WITH ME ELI
B:No it's Braden
A: nope eli
B;BRADEN
A;ELI
B;BRADEN
A:ELI
B:BRADEN
A:ELI
B:ELI
A:ELI
B:AAAHHAHHAHAGGGGUUGUGUGUU
A:ELI
B:NO ITTTTTTTTTT'TTTTTTSSSSSSSS
A:eli
AL;(LAUGH)
A:BY ELI
B:NO ITS BRADEN
A:okay eli
B:no it is braden
A: ELI AND BRADEM

ya know she thinks i'm eli because she has a picture of him and i didn't have my glasses on so she thought i waz him

My D.I. Running Buddies

okay so this is Breden again and today + yesterday i ran with 2 D.I.s (Drill Instructors) and in traning they seem like pains in the :)
but their really nice guys that can runn really fast, like 15 mph . and so what aunt lorie left out waz that i ran with them twice and bike with them 4 times on of those times i had amelia with me in the child carreg that hooks up with aunt lories bike so i couldn't go veary fast.
so i'm gonna go on a low down thing
RUNNING=
BRADEN 0
D.I.s 2

BIKING=
BRADEN 0
D.I.s 4

1st run they beat me by half the base
2nd run thay still beat me by not as much as last time

1st bike i still lost by 2.34 mi (yup i counted)
2nd bike i got lost at the female traning grounds :) (wink wink)
3rd bike i had amelia with me so i couldn't go veary fast
4th bike i still go beat really bad

( no i did 1 more runn at 5 in the morning because it was cool and i was biking and guess what i kept up with them muhahahahahahahahahahaha. :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):(

OUR ADVENTURES IN THE CAVES OF aunt lorie

okay so today is the 13th of june and we (me and zeke) had a interesting game to day theat consisted of throuing the theripy ball for amelia around betwwen aunt lorie amelia and zeke and me in the living room and then we just added ball after ball after ball...... etc untill the lining room was full of them most of them bouncing off of amelias head and aunl wallys hands
oksy and it justendded a second ago

Boy, i can't fell my legs after that.
p.s. i actually kept up with the D.I.'s today ON FOOT! Muhahahahahhahahahahahahahahahaha............ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha...(2hrs later)AHAHAHAHAHA



Okay so this is braden agian and the other message waz from me tooo so yesterday on the 12th it waz around 5:30 and i sterted sord fighting with amilea (with no parental suppervision and this waz after we tickeld grampa with noodles) with pool noodles that were cut inhalf and bought at the CORE EXGANGE(ya know a marine supermarket) for about $1. and zeke joins inso we really start sword fighting with 2 noodles each (i got amelia on my side) and literally beat Zeke back and on to the couch. then Grampa got in with 1 noodle and beat me back (amelia left my side when grampa came into the fight)
Ya know we didn't beat up the house but aunt lorie waz beweldered that we were fighting and got pictures for grampa and mom. so tommarow were palnning our next random thing to do after we get bored from talking in the living room










pss THIS HADDD NOOOOOOOOOPERENTAL SUPPER VISION FOR A LONG TIMMME
PLUS GRAMPA AND AUNT LORIE FOUGHT WITH NOODLES TO


WHO SAYS ADULTS DON'T HAVE KID MOMENTS ANY MORE.
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TO BE CONTUNUED

Running with the DI's

There are two drill instructors that Braden eyeballed running yesterday. Today he tried keeping up with them on a bike...

And they still smoked him. :)

Grandpa figures if he tries to catch them every day, by the end of the month he should have some pretty good muscles and be able to keep up!

Personally, I think Braden would have smoked them if he hadn't been doing the good "big brother/cousin" thing and pulling Amelia in the bike carrier at the same time. She loved it!

Crazy Road Trip (with amazing beaches)

Okay so heres whathappened on our 2 day road trip with multuple stops and go's. (ANy way im braden using zekkes acount in here.(and yup i spell purrdy) )
so we start off on our perolus journy from sunny texas to even hotter south carolina with tons of healthy food and drinks.
and nothing really happens for thefrist 5hrs just talking fighting and gramps coulerful languge to other drivers, ya know roadtrip stuff. and every thing is fine and danddy until we hit lousiana and then thats when the trouble starts. Grampa volo-told me the NavaGESSUER. yup i get to find our way around the 5 states that were going through and ster our way to destiny or just to the military base(prison) that aunt wally is staying at (kept).
now one of our conversations later we figure out why all those drivers were giving us nice looks and gestures. it was because our brake light was on the whole time. all because of a small blue disc the size of a rollo',which are pretty tasty.
and it fell out and most yahoos thought we were ridding on our brakes that entire time. SOOOOOO later....
we get a suite at the lovly, senic, fair feild inn thtanks to dad.
and out side the suite.
Zeke:plezz leave the gass outside braden.
Grampa:that was you , i tought some thing crawled up and died in the back seat
Braden:(giggl-fart-e)
zeke :he's sleeping with you
gramp: no hes your brother
zeke: hes your grand son
g:you
Z:you
G:you
Z:you
B:ME!.


the next day we fix the brake light light with SUPER GLUE and gramps coulerful languge
then 2 hrs in to the road trip we stop ad the pensucola beach and MAN THEIR WERE SOME FINE GIRLS AND IF zeke hadn't complained about the time i would still be on that beach.
plus the rest of the way i waz asleep. until we got tothe cheack points infront of the military base where crazy aunt wally is staying (being keept).
the last conversation of the night:
Zeke: be quiet because amelia is gonna' be asleep.
ME: kay
(knock knock)
Amelia:THERRRRRE HEEEEEEEERRREEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ME: well shes happy
note- this was all the wat at that bottom of the steps and through two doors that we heard this.
and then we just knocked out in blow up beds after a fun fulled hr of trying to get A' to calm down enough to go to bed so she can go to this kid gym thing on the base

ps-don't take a drill instructors invitation to drill with the marines.

The ultimate Trick or Treat

And then there were 10 . . .

Lucianna

Doesn't she look like a little china doll? Alright, a little china doll that screams like a raptor hunting its' prey, but what can you say.

The full Bluebonnet Shoot

I seem to have somewhat neglected my duties as Guru in Residence, so I apologize. But you may now peruse the full 2009 Johnson Bluebonnet shoot here:

http://gallery.me.com/zekielj/100198

The dark side in my kids comes out in a movie

Tonight we were all watching Prince Caspian. If you have seen this flick there is a point in the movie where Peter, the oldest of the four kids, has a duel with the evil king who has usurped Prince Caspian's throne. It ends, as all Disney fights do, with the the good guy, Peter, winning the duel. It was supposed to be to the death, but he leaves the bad guy alive. When he turns his back on the bad guy my children have this to say;

Bella - "You should never leave the bad guy alive."
Vivi - "Yeah, he really should have finished him off."
Greta - "Why didn't he finish it!"

I'm not sure which of the older kids said this one;

"Keep your friends close and your enemies headless."

Now I don't know if I should feel bad that the kids are this fatalistic, or proud that they wouldn't leave a "chore" undone. Of course these are the same kids that will leave a toilet clogged for days on end unless you banish them from your bathroom.

But, to be safe, I am making sure that I don't play the roll of evil king while playing with the girls.

It could be fatal.

sometimes a bumper sticker says more than you think

Thunderstruck

The thunderstruck that I'm listening to is not AC/DC even though it says it is. It does not sound like them al all.

agents 00K of 2121 and 00B of 991 reporting

Okay I was looking through Izzy's 'Daring book for Girls' because it was a longish trip to the Norwood's birthday dinosaur/swim thing, and I found a page on spys.

But Katie how dose this relate at all to you and Izzy?

Well it was talking about women spys in WWII, and then it said that the girl scouts had wistle signals that they used even before the war and since then. and they weren't "Try the Thin Mints there yummy!"

They were, "Silence", "Fan out", "Scatter", "Halt", "Froward", "Fall Back"

And hand signals for: "Advance" "Retreat" "Circle around" and something else I don't have the book next to me, but it was war like!

AND IT WAS UNDER HOW TO BE A SPY!!!!!!!!!

Sooooo the girl scouts were a spy organization.

In other news the largest marijuana garden was found on a boy scout camp.

Sooooooo the girl scouts are spys but all the boy scouts can do is deal drugs. how nice. I knew there was something in that popcorn!!!!

And this got me thinking again! NEW BOOK!!!!! I blame ADOP (attention deficit...oooo pretty), and Wally for having my other main novel.

I'm going to call it 'Scout'. The ultimate boy- girl show down! I can't have the boys be druggies so they're spys too! The OTHER SPYS!!!!! MUhahahahahahahahaha.....ha.