Like "Twilight"?

If you like Twilight and you like to laugh, read this.

The big 3-0

Did I mention what a big week this is? Did I mention the BIGGEST reason?
Well, here it is: My husband turned 30 today. 30, people. We got married when he was 23. Where have the years gone?

Tomaroo:
You are the best husband a girl could ask for. You are my best friend. You make me laugh so hard I can hardly breath. I adore watching you with Mae. You are smart and talented and handsome and sexy and just a beautiful person.

Happy Birthday!
i love you sooo much

runaway beard

"the runaway beard"

This illustration was inspired by the following conversation on Skype between my brother and I:


Aaron:
I have a semi-beard going
I'm thinking about letting it go

Melissa Mae Johnson
letting it go?
like, releasing it into the wild?

Aaron
BWAAHAHAHAHA
LOL

Melissa Mae Johnson
OH MAN!

Aaron
STILL LAUGHING

Aaron
go free little beard, go!
*tear
GO
I HATE YOU GO!

Melissa Mae Johnson
it scuttles off into the hedges

Aaron
LOL!
holy crap tears
LOL

Melissa Mae Johnson
Don't ever come back!
NO!
Get off me! I don't want you!

Aaron
LOL

Melissa Mae Johnson
it wimpers and slouches away

Aaron
I LOVE YOU! RUN FREE BEARD!

Melissa Mae Johnson
LOL

Aaron
so rad

Melissa Mae Johnson
go! be with the other mustaches and beards!

Aaron
what movie does that sound like?

Melissa Mae Johnson
that would be a rad illustration
it sounds like a scene from E.T. or Curious George

I think I'm ready

This week is going to be a big one.

1st, I'm trying to get all my prints for The Mae Boutique packaged and priced and ready to drop off.

{here are some new additions}

2nd, I have a lot to catch up on in my job as a VA for the lovely Lisa J. Peck

and 3rd, we are going to our favorite place on earth for Thanksgiving with some of our best friends.

A good week, but a busy one!

What are YOU doing this week?

New Moon

Saw this tonight

1st time I read the series: Totally "Team Edward"

2nd time reading them: I was edging towards "Team Jacob" 

After seeing the new movie? All I have to say is: "Bella, you're an idiot. Choose the werewolf."

tis grand

Some things I am looking forward to

Selling my art at The Mae Boutique (I know! How cool is the name?! It was meant to be, I tell you)

Singing three solos all in December! I get the opportunity to sing "Marys Lullaby" at our wards Back To Bethlehem program, sing in sacrament meeting the next day, and then sing "El-Shaddai" at my in-laws Christmas party. I love Christmas music!

Trip to Utah for the holidays. I have visions of late night talks/laughing fests with friends and family, movies, rock band, board games, Temple Square lights, and snow! (I love that I get to come back to 80 degree weather:)

More illustrating, photo taking, memory making, watching Mae grow, snuggling with Tom, and hopefully adding to our family sometime soon. *wink wink*

maybe

I feel like good things are coming
Life is always good, no matter what trials we are facing
But lately, I just feel like there is so much to look forward to
Maybe it's because I have been doing a lot of art and that just makes me feel happy and whole
Or maybe it's because Tom's schooling is nearing an end and the anticipation of not knowing where we'll be in the next six months is exciting
Or perhaps it's because Mae just turned 3 and I'm amazed daily at her amazing little spirit and spunky personality

I don't know
But I am a happy girl
:)

Boutique

If you live in Arizona and want to stop by this awesome boutique, I will have my schtuff there for sale!

wow!

Everything is 19.95 and under here!

I'm particularly fond of the mickey mouse timer!
*adorable*

smore

tick tock tick tock

Well Erin, it's done. Thank you for being so patient with me! I will be accompanying it to the post office tomorrow morning!

I really really hope you like it.

listen to the band

some drawings of my favorite bands by me:

i even sent them to the bands on their twitter pages. that would be neat if they looked at them.
it would just be so swell

I feel so cool

Look at this! I'm so very excited.

hahahahaha

Vote!

*this lady better not give us a bad name!*

Genius!

I came across this website the other day and will definitely be using it next time something goes wrong with our car! http://repairpal.com/
We have been lied to so many times about repair work that needs to be done on our car and ended up paying way too much for work we didn't even need. I always thought it would be nice to have a place you could go to where people would check out the problem and give you an HONEST answer on what really needs to be fixed.
First of all, at http://repairpal.com you can enter the problems your car is having and then they will give you an estimate on what needs to be fixed and about how much it should cost so you can compare pricing.
Second, it has an entire database of shops in the U.S. and all you have to do enter your info to find one near you.
Third, you can store all of your repair history and car info on the website.
So next time Fritz is well...on the fritz, I'll be heading over to http://repairpal.com before I go to any old car shop.

Stop me now!

Two business ventures in one day?! Its true. Looky!

This is halloween, this is halloween!

Can you guess who Mae was for Halloween?

Thats okay. Most people had no clue. Okay, NO one had a clue!
This year Mae wanted to be Coraline for Halloween. (If you haven't seen this movie, you have to make it a priority! Such a great flick!)
So here is our attempt. With limited resources (meaning money) I did the best I could.

Hair: Crappy temporary blue hair color

Rain Jacket: 69 cents rain poncho, which I hemmed because it was an adult size

Clip: Made by me

Boots: Green rainboots found at Ross (Doesn't ANYONE sell yellow rain boots??!) spray painted yellow

The buttons Coralines "other mother" wants to sew on her eyes. creeeepy....

Ward Trunk-or-Treat

Preschool Halloween Party

thrifty finds

Remember when I mentioned this? Well, I did it.

No Divorce!

For YEARS I have been begging my friend MJ to find this video! And she finally found it! BEST PRESENT EVER!

She had this cd that had all these dolphin noises dubbed over cheesy classical music, so we grabbed the video camera and I just went for it. What a dork!

Out of the mouth of Mae

Before bed the other night Mae was being super whiny and throwing a tantrum because she was "Hung-a-ree!". She was standing by the fridge and said "I need foody! I need foody because my tummy is hung-a-ree, see? Its going "boom boom boom! boom boom boom!" as she slapped her tummy in time with the "booms". It was so cute.

I thought that was a great description of what your stomach feels like when your starving!

Tonight Mae was telling me a story that went something like this,"Once upon a time there was a princess named mommy. And her prince was daddy. And they went to the ball and danced! And then princess mommy rode away on a hippo-ma-pot-mamus! And prince daddy was so sad he cwied!" (she pulls a frowny face and fake crys) Then she just stares at me with this huge frown on her face and her eyes wide open and it was so funny that we both started cracking up. You just had to be there...

San Diego cont...

not quite right

Mae walks up to me with a tiny Polly Pocket shirt and says, "Here mom. This is a boob for your boobs" (I think she meant bra) and then proceeded to lift her shirt and point to her nipples.

"Oh, those are your nipples" I say to her matter of factly.

"Oh...then here is a boob for your...your..p..n..n...punilples! (puh-nil-pulls) Here is a boob for your punilples. Put it on!"

I may be small, but I'm not THAT small, darling.

hearts

twice a week Mae has preschool with three of her friends from our ward. We just rotate houses.

It was our turn to hold it at our home the other day, and I was schedule to teach about hearts. So we made heart sugar cookies. It was hit!

especially with me...

i dunno

supper and a scare

Heidi's hubby Roy came into town, so we thought this was the perfect week to go to our favorite Halloween activity: HAUNTED HOUSES!

Our favorite haunted house in SLC was Rocky Point, which was named the Nations Best. It was truly an amazing, and when the owner decided to retire it two years ago, we were devastated. Seriously. Some tears may have been shed as well as some screaming bloody murder into a pillow.

Well, come to find out, someone here in Arizona bought part of it and brought it here! Out of all the places! I knew moving to AZ was a good choice. We were STOKED.

First was din din at 3 Tomatoes and a Mozerella (best Italian ever!)

Roy, you're such a character! (Roy just got his hearing aids about two weeks ago, so it was fun watching his reaction to noise)

April, Heidi, and Me

Our friends Vincent and April and their cute twins, Bryce and Kathryn

We of course didn't get pictures of the Haunted House (The Haunting at Halloween Express) but it was awesome! They had a Pirates of the Caribbean section (you all know how I feel about those movies) and Davy Jones was incredible.

GOOD TIMES!

jack o lanterns

Halloween is my favorite holiday! Last week we had a pumpkin carving party while Roy was in town.

homemade tacos-yum!

last minute decor

our witches brew (dry ice+sprite+apple juice)

Let the fun begin!

Heidi and Mae

together at last!

guts

silence of the pumpkins

Hi-Nee's new helmet. its ALL the rage

I love boobs

Sunday October 11 2009

Race for the Cure - Phoenix, AZ

I woke up to do the 5k in honor of my mom and her sister Kathy (she passed away when I was just a tot). I was late, ended up parking by the END of the race without knowing it (the race was a big square) and ended up walking it the entire way BACKWARDS trying to find the start line. But the time I got there, I had already walked the entire 3 miles. But hey, I did it. I was able to pick up my bib number at the end of the race. One guy still had his computer on and was kind enough to look me up. He gave me bib number "18888" and said "I hope 8 is your lucky number!" The crazy thing? It actually is.

At first I was really frustrated about not doing the race with everyone else, but after about 20 minutes of walking, I finally just turned my iPod off and thought about my mom and how grateful I am for her and that we are so lucky to still have her with us. Tears filled my eyes as I watched a young family pass by, the husband holding his wife so tight she could barely walk and holding a sign that said "Roxy survived!", along with their little girl who was gripping her moms hand tightly. There was a love between those three that really stood out, and I wished my mumsy was there so I could walk hand in hand with her.

I realized it didn't matter if I was running alongside everyone else or crab walking it backwards, I was there and that's what was important.

I love you mom!
on a side note, there were some AWESOME sites, like this old hotel. I love that it is called the "New Windsor Hotel" hee hee