14 months!

 We've had a pretty busy, yet uneventful couple of weeks. Last weekend, we just ran a lot of errands. Got the windows washed, car washed etc. Getting ready for winter :( Here is a picture of daddy & Harper today before he went out on his first adventure of blowing out sprinklers with a co-worker. He left at 9:30 this morning & just walked in the door, here at 5:30. Made a little bit of money, but got some good exercise. That left Harper & I for the day (Emma went to dad's after Sunday School). Harper & I headed to Michael's to look for some decorations for fall, and then to the mall to get a new battery for Eric's watch. The two of us just hung out mostly.

A few weeks back, Eric started the daunting task of putting the seal coat on the massive fence in our backyard. He got about 1/5 of it done when he quit as it was just too windy & it kept blowing on him. I'm hoping we'll get it done one of these days~

 Our little gal - she's such a happy girl. She loves books, and Elmo! It's her name favorite thing! Don & Shauna gave us some new videos that have Elmo on them. She likes to watch for about 10 minutes, and then gets bored. That's ok. We don't want her to become a t.v. junkie!

Yesterday, we had our bank tickets and went to the Augustana football game. Don & Shauna watched our girls for us. It was a great time and we truly appreciated it! In return, we watched their two kids while they went to dinner for their 11th anniversary. Here is Bella & Emma watching a movie in Emma's room. Max & Eric watched Toy Story in the family room, and Harper & I hung out upstairs.

This was the funniest part of the last few weeks. Eric's mom stopped yesterday prior to the football game. She had just had an awful week of chemo for her leukemia. We had a quick bite to eat, when Harper literally fell asleep while eating in her highchair! She actually slept in here for about 25 minutes before we left for the football game!

Things are going well here at the Salzwedel/Johnson home. Emma's doing well in school and is liking her new-found freedom after school. She's going to an after-school program, where she is more on her own. She has a little more freedom to come & go as she pleases. She always uses a friend's cell phone to let me know if she's leaving the school grounds.. Yes, these kids ALL have cell phones which is a real pain in the butt! Maybe going to have to break down sooner than later..I hate having them call me all the time! UGH. I'd said she wasn't going to get one until she was 13, but...

Other than that, work is still going really well for me. I love my new loan officer..and she loves me. She's very appreciative of me and strives to let me know..which is a nice change. Our branch is beautiful and it's a nice, quick commute. The biggest downfall at this point, is they're open on some holidays that I've always had off. For example, I now have to work tomorrow, Native American Day. So, Eric's going to stay home with the girls:( They're going to come visit me and take me to lunch tomorrow. Then, Eric will take Harper to daycare & take Emma to a movie.

We're getting ready for Emma's first communion the first week of November, as next year she will start confirmation. Hard to believe they grow that fast!

Have a good week!