Life and Times of The Johnston family: Birthday Party, the Wii and a Meltdown

This past weekend we had a birthday party at my parents house for Eric and my mom. My mom had the genius idea to do a brunch buffet which was a huge hit! Anywho, it started at 9:30am on Saturday, so Tony and I, knowing that there was no way we were going to get up get everybody ready, in the car and up there anywhere near 9:30, decided to pack an overnight bag(which I can now do in my sleep) and just head up friday night. Saturday was also my Relief Society Board Meeting, which I felt badly about missing but family does come first, and I took care of all my responsibilities for it before hand, Tony did help a bit by picking up the ice, lemons and limes I was asked to provide, and we dropped it off on our way out of town. Saturday the brunch went really well, most of my extended family even showed up! Ya just never know sometimes. Tony made a pan omelet that I myself not really liking eggs didn't try but everyone gave it great reviews so it much have been fantastic! My mom got doughnuts from Madbrooks who make a chocolate peanut butter one that is to die for!! And after I eat two of them that's pretty much how I feel, but it's so worth it!! After all the company was gone and Elizabeth was down for a nap, we did what we do best...played Wii Sports Resort! I just can't even tell you how much fun we all have playing the many games on there!

Okay random side note...so Lizabeth is supposed to be down for her nap, I put her down about 5 minutes ago WITHOUT her binky just to test out the waters..and she's in there calling "doggie", "doggie!" jabber jabber jabber "doggie!" man she makes me laugh. But at least she's not screaming so I'll take it!

Anyway so back to last Saturday, there is a game on Sports Resort called Frisbee dog, where you throw a frisbee to a target and a dog catches it...well those of you who know Lizabeth know where I'm going with this..she absolutely LOVES it!! She gets so excited about seeing a dog on the tv! And I got pictures of her watching Tony play it, and she was cheering him on, and clapping for the dog when he caught the Frisbee and was occasionally pointing at the dog on the tv, its so freakin' cute I just love that little girl to pieces!

Sunday...oh Sunday. Elizabeth is starting to get to that age I wish General Conference was every week, but this week had good and bad. The good is she did not get taken out of sacrament once! Sunday school we stay in the foyer and pretty much let her run around, then I take her to Relief Society with me as the men meet on the stage and Elizabeth has only had depth perception for a month so I'm not ready to test it out in that way. So the moment we get into RS she starts being ornery, luckily the Young Women were in charge so I didn't have to get prayers or anything so I just did my best to deal with Lizabeth and I got her calmed down as it started. Then she wandered over to the new really expensive piano and started playing it, so I got up ran over picked her up reminded her she is not allowed to touch the really expensive piano and we sat back down. The moment her feet hit the floor she booked it over to the piano and started banging on the keys! I took a deep breath and my sweet President who was sitting next to me whispered, count down from ten on your way over, so I did. I took Elizabeth out to the hall and scolded her something fierce...she slid from my arms and the meltdown began. She threw herself onto the ground, turned over onto her back and started pushing herself towards the wall to smack her head, all the while screaming at the top of her lungs. And being as upset as I was I just sat on the sofa in the foyer and let her do it. After a couple minutes a sister came out and took her for a walk and told me to go back in and hear a lesson for the first time in months, I thanked her immensely and did so...Elizabeth threw a fit the entire time. So I don't care she's not 18 months yet next week she's going to nursery!!! She did snuggle a ton with me when we got home, and I realized I should have told her I wasn't leaving her with a stranger(to her anyway) as punishment, cause I think that's what she thought it was, so I gave her lots of loves before she fell asleep in my arms...she hasn't done that in months! Then my brother came over to redo our computer network as it hasn't worked right in like years(maybe not that long but it feels like it) I watched the Super Bowl only because the Saints were playing, and it was actually a pretty good game! Mostly because the Saints won! Elizabeth was way into the puppy bowl for about a half hour tops, but it totally made her day!
Not much happened during the week...the weather has been pretty good so we've been able to go outside and play a bit more, only problem is Lizabeth thinks she has to play in the parking lot which even though it's 3 in the afternoon and there are no cars there it scares me, so she gets mad when I make her stay on the sidewalk or grass..I really wish we had a better park but oh well.
That's it with us here are as always some pics, enjoy!

Full of BIG smiles!!