12.31.09

...celebrating the end of an eventful year...

12.30.09

playing in the front yard.

12.29.09

another one already???

12.28.09

i like the way he thinks!!!

12.27.09

mi casa en la nieve.

12.26.09

after the storm...

12.25.09

he came!!! {and he forgot to clean up his snowy boot prints before he left}

12.24.09

sorry santa...no time for cookies from scratch.

12.23.09

our tradition...christmas carol at the playhouse.

12.22.09

love these decorations!

12.21.09

12.20.09

12.19.09

eeny, meeny, miny, moe.

12.18.09

ready to chow down @ chipotle

12.17.09

12.16.09

12.15.09

looks can be deceiving...lots going on...but no time to jot it down.

12.14.09

it has a red hue...just like maui sand { smile }

12.13.09

christmas at the cathedral...sharing the stage with the omaha symphonic chorus & the omaha chamber orchestra...

12.12.09

12.11.09

christmas at the cathedral...an amazing performance opportunity.

12.10.09

12.09.09

it's just the way things are when I travel.

12.08.09

test driving a new recipe.

12.07.09

it's amazing what you can buy in a mexican market...

12.06.09

12.05.09

there's a good story to go with this one...it involves two nephews, two girls, two very tired chaperone's that got more silly as the night wore on, and a late night car ride.

12.04.09

mmmmm...

12.03.09

peek!

12.02.09

a final look...

12.01.09

love this kind of winter...

11.30.09

hello smeeks...i love you.

11.29.09

december atc: reindeer games

11.28.09

collected from the pop shop.

11.27.09

enjoying the mesa temple christmas lights.

11.26.09 {bonus}

all 12 together!

11.26.09

thanksgiving day turkey trotters!

11.25.09

stuffing prep...

11.24.09

a trip to az means a trip to the pop shop.

11.23.09

mitch gets inducted into grandma's polar bear club.

11.22.09

on a lighter note...

11.21.09

a touching farewell...

11.20.09

paying tribute to a wonderful man.

11.19.09

a life well lived.

11.18.09

a loving gesture left on the doorstep.

11.17.09

He returned home to live with our Heavenly Father early this morning. I feel so blessed to have had such a loving, selfless, faithful and tender man to call my dad.

Larry Hooker Johnson
June 17, 1934 - November 17, 2009

11.16.09

i'll always treasure the faint squeeze goodbye that I received this morning. he wasn't conscience, but he knew I was there.

11.15.09

remembering this day...dad was so tired, but he mustered the strength to individually say goodbye to the eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren that came to visit. i hope they remember his love for them.

11.14.09

the look of love & devotion...


and another beautiful concert.

11.13.09

a day full of beautiful music and spiritual moments...

11.12.09

heading home...

to be with this man.

11.11.09

while enjoying these with mitchell, the call came...

11.10.09

the car's hungry.

11.09.09

it's been a playful day.