Johnny J's Blog

Happy B-Day to ME!!!

2010-10-23T10:53:00.001-07:00

On Thursday night the 21st (Day before my B-Day) I had class from 5:15-7:45. I got a call from Josh right before class, he asked if I would help him put some closet doors on over at my parents house after class. Unfortunately I had a HUGE paper due the next day so I asked Josh if I could possibly do it w/ him later, he said... Ok.. haha. I go to class and in class there are 2 guys from my other class that the paper is due in, & they explained that the paper is not due, but that we are doing a partner review on the paper. So I was so relieved. I got out of class WAY early that day so I cruised home and no one was there. I text Taisha and asked her where she was, she said she had walked to her sisters house. (Which she has done before so it wasn't surprising) She asked me if I'd go pick up a camera lens from my dad I said sure, so I jumped in my car called Josh told him that I was going over to my parents anyway and I could help put the doors on. He said he'd meet me there, so I head out. I pulled up to my parents house and Joshs car was already there.. Wow Josh, you drove fast I though... I walk inside and my dad said, the lens is in my car in the garage. So I walked into the garage and many voices SHOUTED "Surprise!!!!" I've never had a surprise party and I've ALWAYS wanted one! :) I was shocked! No expression on my face I walked into the garage. Come to find out Taisha indeed had walked somewhere... But it wasn't her sisters house that is just right down the road. Taisha walked from our house in St. George to my parents house in Santa Clara... What a woman! (& she's hot too!) I had a fantastic birthday! Thanks guys!

My new RED Buccaneers lanyard. (Taisha thought that my white one was getting tooooo dirty looking.)

My 2nd full out Buccaneer B-Day. New buccaneers Official Sideline Hat! Thank you Kristi and Derrick! New Lanyard! Wife~! & if you are wondering what that dope red picture is that Paxten is holding, that is called a skin it! It has now been placed on my sweet little mini computer, so when I am at school everyone KNOWS that I am a TRUE Buccaneers fan! Thanks Josh and Em! (Other notes, Grama Lain and Grandpa Lawrence were kind enough to give me a PRETTY PENNY. & The next day Jessicas present that she got me came in the mail, the first season of the Mentalist! It is my all time FAVORITE show ever, and I have not seen a single episode from the first season. So I am so excited to get caught up!

We had a Photo Booth after food dessert and presents in some fun garb! It was really neat... That is a tie that Mack is wearing... It's bigger then he is.

2010 Family picture :) Thanks Lawrence!

2010-10-23T10:44:00.001-07:00

I don't even have words to describe this...

I think that Derrick in this picture is better off w/ one of his other heads then the mullet and AWESOME teeth gal... :) I mean unless you like that kinda stuff... Mullets and enough Tarter to eat fish and chips out of her mouth.

I hope that when Bo starts to grow his hair that it comes in curly and yellow! It matches his Binki!

By raise of hands who thinks that Josh should grow his hair out and bleach it platinum!? ME!!! & I think that Lion pulls off a pretty convincing hippy... Serious, she's lookin good!

Sweet Ink Grama Lain, jessica is that my wooden horse that you're holding?

Silver Monsters

2010-09-11T11:04:00.000-07:00

Here are some more pictures of Pax playing soccer...

Stud keeping the ball in play...

The ball belonged to Paxten today!

This kid didn't stand a chance! End result, Silver Monsters - 6 Green Aliens - 2

Silver Monsters 2010

2010-09-11T10:46:00.000-07:00

Soccer is here again!!! This year Paxten is the Silver Monsters. (Last year their team was the Soccer Monsters) Monsters are pretty sweet, and Pax definitely plays like a monster on the field! He was always good at offense, last year he averaged at least 3 goals a game, it could even be higher, I'm just being modest... But his biggest improvement this year that I noticed was he was an animal on D! He used to run to the goal and sit in front of it and wait for the ball, so far he has been on the attack, he always wanted the ball, because he REALLY wanted to score some goals! What a stud! Our little man is a BIG soccer player!

Pax splitting the D to go for the goal!

This was Paxtens first goal of the season! Well done Son!

He is really good at running in the open field w/ the ball! He has really improved on his ball handling skills... I think he's on pace for a break out season... Again...

Here he is playing D. Look at that serious face!!!

Paxtens 4 footer

2010-09-06T17:14:00.000-07:00

Short video of Paxten's fish

Father & Son Fishing Trip

2010-09-06T16:57:00.000-07:00

Paxten and I went on a fishing trip up to Pine Valley on Friday morning. The last time that we went Pax had fun for about 20 min and then wanted to go home. This time was very different. We got there and the first thing that Paxten wanted to do was walk across the dam, and trudge though the water to get to the other side. (He had his new Tony Lama Boots on so he was really excited to use them.) We made it to the other side and started to fish, he was eating his octopus sour treats that we got at the gas station before we left, and I had my line in the water. We caught a fish pretty quick and he said that I could bring in the first fish, then we would take turns, me him me him and so on. . . I catch a fish about the size of my thumb, and when Pax reels in his first fish it was the biggest fish that I've ever seen out of Pine Valley. He did a heck of a job!

After our fishing we went for a mountain climb, again pax was really excited to try out his new boots!

We even climbed up over rocks to get to the top of the mountain.

The fish I caught the size of my thumb...

The fish Paxten caught that is the size of Paxten.

Happy B-Day Taisha

2010-09-01T17:54:00.000-07:00

It was Taishas B-Day on August 30th, she turned the grand ol'e age of 23. Happy Birthday my love~! You're super cool you're super hot, you're the girl I like a LOT!!! You're SUPER SUPER GIRL!!! We had a lot of fun on her B-Day, we had a whole weekend of good times. First we went up to the ranch and enjoyed a much cooler climate in Enterprise. We got to eat at the Corn Fest and also got a lot of good family time in up there. It was good to see some of her family that we don't get to see all the time like Bret and Michelle her moms sister. And of course it was great to see nana and papa up there. We even got to spend the night. Taisha Mack and I slept in a room and Pax and Zadic spent the night in Nanas room at her request. At about 10:00 that night Nana comes into our room and says, "Paxten is in here right? We said, "No, he's not." So she goes out and about 1o min later comes in and is like, "You're kidding me right? He is in here huh..." He really wasn't. So the WHOLE house is in an up roar! PAXTEN IS LOST!!! We look and look and look, yell his name, go in rooms that people are sleeping in and wake them up. NO SIGN OF HIM!!! Jaime throws his boots on and goes looking for him outside. (Paxten is scared of going outside w/o someone, so I knew that he wouldn't have done that.) So I go back into Nanas room and sure enough, he was hiding behind the couch... Little stinker! Needless to say, he was grounded... Fun times. :)

If you want to know how good of a gift Pax, Mack and I got for Taisha, just look at her face, that says it all!!! DQ Blizzard Maker! Stole the day!

Trisha and Mick got Taisha a SWEET Vacuum. I can't pronounce the name of it, it's called a Miele, to me that looks like it says Miley, like Miley Cyrus... So I call the Vacuum Hanna Montana. (It's such a cool vacuum that I got it home and vacuumed the whole house... That takes a pretty cool Vacuum to do that.)

My Hot Momma on her B-Day! I Love you Peaches! You're a doll! Happy B-Day Lov-a.

WakeBoarding

2010-08-20T09:12:00.000-07:00

I'd like to say that while I was wakeboarding I was looking like this the whole time... However...

Most of the time I was looking a bit more like this... :) Still fun! Goooooo FACE PLANT!

Quail Lake Bound!!!

2010-08-20T08:56:00.000-07:00

Went to the Quail lake on Thursday after work w/ D-Rock, Kirkn, Grama Lain, Jess-e-Rica, Lion, Truman, Cruzer, Paxtonian, and myself... What a blast! Derrick was watching his brothers boat for him while he is not in town and he was kind enough to let the Esplin's take advantage of his good fortune. Thanks Stout Family, all parties that were involved... :)

(This pic he has the life jacket on correctly we unfortunately didn't get a pic of it backwards.)

Grama Lain put Crus life jacket on for him when we got in the boat, as you can see that is a darling life jacket that he has on, however, when grama lain put it on, she put it on backwards... Cru looked like he was trying to eat the vest the whole time, thank goodness unkie J realized that it would probably fit better the other way... Kinda similar if you were to put your pants on backwards... It just works better when you do it the right way...

Pax and I swam and swam and swam. Paxten LOVED jumping off the boat into the water! He had a blast!

The WHOLE bunch on the rocky beach. Thank goodness for the 10 second timer on Taishas camera...

Pax and I found a dead crawdad... Paxten didn't like it at all and told me to throw it away.

Taisha was so busy cleaning and organizing earlier that she forgot to make Paxten eat lunch. Thank goodness Grama Lain brought PP&J... It just happens to be Paxtens favorite meal of all time. Paxten didn't go hungry and we all enjoyed ourselves!

Sweetest Faces EVER? Maybe...

2010-08-18T13:18:00.000-07:00

I've seen some pretty sweet faces in my life... Here are just a few of the sweet faces that Taisha, our Seed, and myself are capable of making... :) I'm sure that you are very jealous... If you are interested in lessons on making sweet faces Paxten will take you on as a client for a penny an hour. He works cheap and is very good at it! He also works for playtime at the park, playing legos w/ him, and cuddling in the middle of the summer when you don't want to be cuddled because it's a million degrees outside and you're already sweating... Who's face is the sweetest? You decide.

Sweetest Face Pt. 2

2010-08-18T13:10:00.000-07:00

2010-08-17T17:26:00.000-07:00

You can see that devious little man smiling in the back ground of this picture... I posted this next picture to show why he wasn't immediately destroyed after he CRAPPED all over ME, the floor, the wall, Paxtens Sponge Bob stool, and did I mention ME???... It's a darn good thing that babies are so dang cute, cuz they wouldn't stand a chance if they weren't... :) Love you Mack!

Cute Little Man

2010-08-17T14:23:00.000-07:00

And here we have 4 generations of Mathesons! VERY COOL!

2010-08-17T14:17:00.000-07:00

I thought that this was pretty neat to have 4 generations of Esplins together. Love you Grandma!

The "Lone" Ranger?

2008-07-23T13:09:00.000-07:00

The reason the Lone Ranger was always so successful, and seemed he could be in two places at one time was exactly this... The Lone Ranger wasn't so "Lone" He is actually two, and one is a she!! !! !! Doesn't that tickle your you're innards???

Thank Goodness!!!

2008-07-23T13:08:00.000-07:00

He says it best when he says nothing at all!!!

Mt. Dew Me

2008-07-23T12:58:00.000-07:00

It took me a while, but Mt. Dew finally found me and decided that I should be their spokes person and the new face of the Company. I'm also being sponsored by this skull hat company. I don't even know who they are, but that's how crazy I am people are just begging me to be a part of their image... Ok, well that's actually not totally true, but it should be the case because I look so good with that dew in my hand. :)

2008-07-16T01:53:00.000-07:00

Don't I have the cutest girlfriend in the whole world?!!??!?!?!?!?!!!?!?!???!?!?!?!?!!??!!

2008-07-16T01:40:00.000-07:00

You may want to take notes... That is perfect form for throwing an M&M up high into the air, letting it reach heights never before seen by man, nor woman, and landing safely and tastefully into your mouth, and then belly. And yes, that is a robot gathering butterflies in a patch of flowers on my shirt...

2008-07-16T01:34:00.000-07:00

It was nearing the end of the week. Over the weekend I was going to participate in a Softball Tournament in Cedar City Utah with some of my good ol'e BOYS. I needed to get an edge on the competition, (Some of them have been playing softball for years) and this is what I created! Needless to say, IT WORKED. They were so intimidated by my looks, they wanted nothing to do with me!

You Are Not As Cool As This Guy!!!

2008-07-09T22:54:00.000-07:00

I honestly had no idea who this guy is... One day I was driving down Bluff Street, and I look to my left and there he is. Glowing in the days light. I couldn't believe my eyes so I made a U-Turn on the BLVD. to circle back to see if my eyes were playing tricks on me. I pulled into the Hurst Ace Hardware parking lot and there he was, sitting on the 2 foot high cement wall. I stopped my car, walked up to him with my phone set to camera ready to shoot. I asked him where he got that amazing sight of a jersey, he told me, "Someone bought it for me. They live down in Florida. Ain't no way you could find this beauty here in Utah." I agreed and asked if I could snap a photo for proof that someone else likes Mike Alstott as much as I do. *(Really I just wanted photo proof that this guy is as rad as he is) As fast as I got the picture I sent it to 2 of my best friends who are also Buccaneers fans and said, "Guys, we are not nearly as good of a fan as this guy." They agreed. THE END

p.s. Don't miss the sweet chain he's wearing, and I know you can't miss the hair and facial hair. WOW... I'm jealous.

COWBOYS

2008-07-08T23:19:00.001-07:00

The other day Taisha, Paxten and I we taking a trip up to the Terry Twin Springs Ranch. I wanted to fit in with the true Cowboys so I got on my attire. (Thank you Josh) When I showed up to Taishas house to pick them up Paxten ran out to greet me yelling, "JJ JJ JJ JJ JJ JJ JJ JJ!!!!!" Then he asked, "Why you dressed like a Cowboy?" Then ran into his room telling his mom that he needed his hat and boots. He started putting his boots and hat on when Taisha walked into the room. First she laughed at me because I looked SOOO GOOD! Then asked Pax if he wanted to dress in his CA-BOY outfit. We were looking sooooo good together I had to get a picture. Paxten decided that we needed to do a pose. And this is what we came up with. :) ENJOY *(I KNOW YOU DO)

Can You Help Me?

2008-07-03T16:59:00.000-07:00

Can someone please tell me who this belongs to???

My Attempt at Blogging

2008-07-01T22:11:00.000-07:00

I'm not going to lie to you, I am not sure how this blogging thing really works. I see a place to type so I start to write some words. I suppose what happens after this is people will view my words and then my photographs that are very handsome of me... Then everyone will write me back telling me how dashing and rad I am... If that is not blogging, you're fired. Don't tell me I'm dumb, just laugh and blog something cooler then me. *I DARE YOU!