The Wild Feathers

Hello there! It's been a long time I know! Life has been busy with holidays, preparing for baby girl and just the normal day-to-day stuff that keeps me busy 365 days a year! 

Today I want to write about my brother's band - The Wild Feathers.  They have been touring for the last month and I am just so excited for the guys and proud of my brother.  They made a stop in Dallas on November 13th and I got to see them play with a full band - and it was AMAZING.  If I could attach music on here, I totally would. I swear I'm not being a biased sister but they are one of the best bands I've heard in a while! 

Here are a few pics from the night they played...

 Haven wanted to have a picture backstage photo proving she was there in the beginning! 

 Ricky, Joel, Taylor & Aaron 

(Preston wasn't in this one for some reason)

Taylor stopping mid-song to take a pic with me sporting my Wild Feathers shirt! 

Tonight is a big night. They start their tour with PAUL SIMON! I am so excited and nervous for them! They are playing in Durham, NC and the show is sold out! 

I'm even more excited about tomorrow - because I get to see them in Duluth, Georgia with 13,000 other fans! I am flying out tomorrow morning to Chattanooga to visit my friend Kristin and then we're driving into Georgia for the show.  I looked it up online and I am overwhelmed at the thought of seeing my brother play in this arena...

Talk about big time!! Well, I'm sure I'll have plenty of stories to tell when I get back.  I'll also have family pictures and baby updates.  

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I can't believe we only have 24 days until Christmas! I better get shopping! 

BIG NEWS!!

The Johnson Family has always been a family of three…

But God had plans that were meant to be.

As of March 2012 we’ll for ever more…

Be a sweet little happy, family of FOUR!! J

We had our 2^nd sonogram today and it was so amazing!

You can see a few new pics of our sweet baby below. It was amazing!!

“Baby J” can’t wait to meet his/her Family & Friends!

~Kasey, Jeff & Kylie

LIFE

I seem to be in the habit of only posting text these days and for that I truly apologize.  Hopefully the end of the school year and the summer will bring lots of great photo ops! 

In case you're wondering why you haven't heard from me/us in a while, well, it's because life has been busy. In a great way, but unfortunately that doesn't leave much room for blogging.  I've traveled 36 days so far this year with 3 more trips on the horizon before we even hit August! Let's see, I've been to Chapel Hill, NC, New Orleans back to Raleigh and to Atlanta twice! 

Kylie is coming to the end of her 5th grade year and is excited to move up to Middle School next year.  I am helping plan her end of year celebration and have already signed Jeff up for a round in the dunking booth!  The kids are going to have a DJ, inflatable water obstacle course, snow cones and pizza!  It should be a great party and I'm happy to be a part of the planning process.

Jeff started a new job and is loving it! He's working outside the house and enjoys being a part of the outside world for a change.  He's not too far from the house so it's very convenient.  We are very blessed!  Our marriage is going strong and it's hard to believe that we've almost been together for 6 years and married for 3!

We're going on some fun family getaways this summer so hopefully the posts will be more interesting in a few months!

Much love from the J Crew!

First Post of 2011

It's so sad that I haven't blogged in FOREVER. I really enjoy it but I always seem to put it off and months later I look up and realize just how long it's been since I have written!   My  lack of time has been due in large part to my job.  Not complaining AT ALL - but I have been traveling quite a bit in the last 6 months.  I am really happy to be back on the Operations side of my company. 

For those of you who don't know, I moved to the Sales side of my company not long after we got married because I wasn't sure about the travel part, but sales just wasn't my thing...and I missed the planning and execution of meetings and events.  So, thankfully, the Operations team took me back and I couldn't be happier.  In the last 8 months or so I've had meetings in Orlando, Dallas, several in Raleigh including a 2 week stint in Raleigh.   I also visited Charleston, South Carolina which was beautiful!  I love the old southern charm and wish I could have had J with me there to experience the city! So far I've started 2011 with 2 straight weeks of traveling...and I miss my family but I am also very happy and thankful for my job.

OK! Enough about me!  On to the fam...

We had a wonderful Christmas and New Year.  It was our year to have Kylie and we enjoyed lots of family time and even got to skype with the in-laws.   It was so great because my brother was in town from LA (and Melissa from Austin) and we got to spend some quality time together including a 2 hour trip down memory lane watching videos of me and Taylor as little kids.  It was awesome.  We finished the year with our neighbors and dear friends Dean and Catherine...we cooked an awesome meal, played games and drank champagne until about 2:30 am...the best part was the quick walk home since we were only right next door. 

Kylie is mid-way through her 5th grade year and quickly approaching her 11th birthday.  TIME FLIES! It's so crazy! She's suddenly becoming aware of more things these days like clothes and hair.  She is doing great in school and we couldn't be prouder!  Next week she starts her orientation at the middle school and I am sure it will be so strange to have a middle-schooler in the house next Fall!

Jeff is working so hard and staying busy running his business and also picking up the slack while I'm traveling. I have such a loving and caring husband and I am very blessed. I guess since the last time I blogged we have celebrated our 2 year anniversary! I can't believe how quickly the years go by. 

Marley - our sweet Smooch Pooch will be 3 years old this coming Sunday! We love her so much and she brings an immeasurable amount of joy to our family.  It's hard to believe she's been a member of the Johnson Fam for almost 3 years!

Wow, I'm totally ranting and raving - but I kinda feel like I had to catch up!    If you actually took time to read this blog, I hope it didn't bore you to tears!  One of the many resolutions I have is to blog more often.  We'll see how that pans out.

I hope 2011 is a great year for everyone...including us! We hope and pray it has LOTS of great new adventures in store for us! :-)

Family Pictures

For my Mom's 50th birthday, we gave her a family portrait sitting and it took her almost 2 years to use it! I'm glad she finally did because the pictures turned out great thanks to the amazing Kelly Alexander!  Hope you enjoy the pictures!!

The whole fam! Including the sweet doggies!

The Johnsons

We love those bulldogs!

Our photogenic pup

Our beautiful grandmother Meems!

Mom and her kids

Melissa, Moo & Tay - it looks like Muddy is smiling too!

Good lookin' guys

Girls

Bulldog cousins!

Sweet couple!

My loves :-) (Minus Kylie - see our family pic at the top of the blog, I didn't want to list it twice!)

I'm shocked to know that it's mid-July and Summer is quickly fading! (At least the school summer break) We are excited to get Kylie back after her being gone for 2 weeks and we'll have her for 16 days straight! Let the fun begin!

Much love,

Kasey

Cabo!

Earlier this month, Jeff and I had the pleasure of a week long vacation in this beautiful place.  To make things even better, we were invited by some of our best friends, Kristin and Neil, who moved to Tennessee right after our wedding so we don't see them as often as we'd like.

Our trip started out with a cancelled flight and a 6 hour stay in the DFW airport, followed by a pretty interesting stay at Days Inn with no luggage...but soon we were safe in Cabo and ready to relax!

This is before dinner on our first night. We look pretty relaxed after a day by the pool!

We went to dinner with the Pratts down on the Marina...after making it down the row of the salesmen trying to get us to dine in their restaurant, we ended up at a great little place with an awesome surf and turf special that caught everyone's eye (well, except me...)

Dinner at Ole Ole on the Marina

Did I mention the views from our beautiful resort?  When can we go back?

It was so great to spend time with one of my very best friends...we enjoyed catching up and found that we never ran out of things to talk about!  (The guys were happy with their books and ipods but we love to chat!)

We stayed in a great place that had a full kitchen, 3 bedrooms and a great outdoor sitting area and dining table so we enjoyed making food during the day and then going out for dinner downtown at night.  

This was at La Dolce, a cute little Italian place that Jeff and I found on our last trip to Cabo.  It was great!

Most of the time we laid by the pool and relaxed but a few days Jeff and I ventured out to see the town.  We really enjoyed our walk down around the marina and were amazed at all the beautiful sights that Cabo has to offer!

The marina 

Later in the week, another couple joined us - Clint and Carla....they were friends of Kristin and Neil and we all hit it off and had a great time! 

The girls riding in the convertible Jeep...Jeff and Clint had to take turns riding in the very back which was a little scary considering some of the drivers in Mexico aren't the safest.  

Neil did a great job keeping us safe!

Best buds...

My favorite guy and an infinity pool with a breathtaking view...

life doesn't get any better!

One day we went to explore the beach and then 

 took a water taxi with Clint and Carla to see the famous arch

Took a little break and had a frozen drink...

And the guys smoked some cuban cigars that they picked up along the way! 

It was a great trip and a much needed break from the day-to-day grind of work and life in general.  It's nice to go away from the email and cell phones and get to sleep in and spend time with great friends.  It was like we re-charged our "batteries" and are ready to face the next half of 2010!

Thank you again to our friends for inviting us - we are so blessed to have you in our lives and we hope to see ya'll again soon.  

Can't wait to go back...

Much love,

Kasey & JJ

Goodbye Fourth Grade!!

It's been a great year! 

Hope everyone has a silly, fun summer! 

Thanks to Mrs. Draughon and Mr. Warfield for all they did for Kylie this year. We can't wait to see what 5th grade brings!

Jeff and I are off to Cabo on Sunday - expect pictures and a much more detailed post upon our return! 

Enjoy your Summer! 

Kasey