Keeping Up with the Johnsons

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Howlin' Good Times

Are we there yet??!! YES!!!

We took a mini-vacation back to my old stopping grounds of Concord, NC for a stay at The Great Wolf Lodge. It was a perfect get-away for a long weekend, in honor of Remley's birthday and our first trip as a family of FIVE!

We headed straight for the fun in the 84-degree indoor water park. We splashed the day away in over 80,000 square feet of water-packed excitement,including waves, tubes, and the jaw-dropping Howin' Tornado for Dad, the thrill seeker!!

We had a great time in The Northern Lights Arcade, playing skee-ball, air hockey, and other games as well as coloring, exploring, and doing a little bowling in Ten Paw Alley lanes.

We also tried out Magi Quest!With our magic wands in-hand, we explored an enchanted kingdom and joined in the ultimate adventure... enchanted objects, befriended a pixie, learned from an ancient wizard, battled a goblin and outwitted a dragon.

We had fun at Fort Mackenzie -suspension bridges, swinging cargo nets, treetop slides and spray stations. Dad loved the 1,000-gallon bucket, which tipped from the treetops.

Nightly Story Time was a great way to end of our day of play at Great Wolf Lodge. We wore our pajamas and enjoyed favorite bedtime stories by the fireplace in the Grand Lobby. There was also a life-sized ginger-bread house and SNOW!

In the mornings, we took a walk around the Grand Lobby, playing eye-spy with animals of the Northwoods. Everyone, especially Vera, enjoyed making a souvenir origami wolf!

Our wolf ears are proof... We had a HOWLIN' GOOD TIME!!!

Monday, January 21, 2013

Monster trucks!

David took Rhett to see the infamous monster trucks. He went with friends Rich and Dan and their sons Oscar and Frank. While Rhett was the smallest and youngest, he sure was the bravest and toughest relishing the loud sound and cheering while the other kids covered the ears!

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Dribble it.. Pass it... We want a BASKET!

Last week was back to school and settling into this New Years routine. Rhett started playing basketball and Remley is a cheerleader! This week was their first practice and they seemed to really enjoy themselves and their respective sports. Meanwhile, Vera has also been busy sleeping and getting too big too fast!!

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Happy Noon Year!

The children "rang in the new year" at a 12 o'clock (noon) "ball drop" at the children's museum - Happy Noon Year! with cousins Cally and Cannon (and a few hundred other low country kids). Afterwards, we all had lunch followed by a few hours at the playground and then it was off to spend the night with Mimi where the kids watched fireworks, made gingerbread cookies, and had a blast!
Meanwhile, David and I had a nice low-key night with baby Vera, complete with fondue and a surprise win by Clemson. Cheers to 2013!

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Christmas 2012

Best Gift Ever

Christmas was fabulous! We were busy bees traveling to visit with all of our family and hurrying home to be snug in bed to await Santa! While Vera certainly won the best gift ever award... everyone was beyond blessed with so much love and lots and lots of new stuff!

Christmas Eve was spent in Mt Pleasant at our gracious host The DeMoura's. Aunt Jamie, Uncle Eric, John John, LaLa, Mimi, Mikey, and Cally and Cannon rounded out the bunch.