THE FAMILY JOHNSON

2011-04-15T14:04:00.000-07:00

CLOE IS "SWEET 16"!!!!

CLOE IS SUCH A GIFT IN OUR LIVES.

SHE IS DEFINATELY OUR SUNSHINE!!!

2011-04-15T13:43:00.000-07:00

CLOE'S FIRST INDOOR TRACK MEET

CLOE HAS STARTED RUNNING TRACK AGAIN

THIS YEAR. SHE IS RUNNING FOR

NORTHRIDGE HIGHSCHOOL.

HER COACH IS TEACHING HER TO DO HURDLES.

SHE ALSO RUNS THE 200 AND THE 4X1 RELAY.

SHE IS LOVING IT!!!!

2011-04-15T13:30:00.000-07:00

THERE GOES ANOTHER ONE!

ANYA FINALLY LOST HER

1ST TOP TOOTH.

IT HAS BEEN HANGING THERE...

FOREVER!

SHE FINALLY LET GAVIN

PULL IT OUT!!!

BABY BECK

2011-03-15T22:34:00.000-07:00

CAN YOU SAY YUM!!!!

2011-03-15T21:41:00.001-07:00

THE THEME OF ANYA'S BAPTISM

WERE SNOWFLAKES.

WE USED BLACK AND WHITE

WITH ACCENTS OF PINK AND RED.

I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO

A DESSERT/CANDY BUFFET.

ANYA LOVED THE IDEA, & SHE HELPED

ME MAKE MOST OF IT.

IT WAS SO MUCH FUN TO DO.

MY SISTER JADE HELPED ME A TON! (THANKS SIS)

HERE ARE A FEW PHOTO'S OF THE SPREAD.

HOPE NO ONE GOT A CAVITY!!!

ANYA'S BAPTISM

2011-03-15T21:00:00.000-07:00

ANYA WAS SO EXCITED TO BE BAPTIZED!

SHE COULD HARDLY WAIT.

SHE WAS SO HAPPY THAT HER DADDY

COULD BAPTIZE HER.

THEY PRACTICED DURING F.H.E. THE WEEK BEFORE,

SO THAT SHE WOULD KNOW WHAT TO DO.

ANYA YOU ARE SUCH A SPECIAL YOUNG LADY!!!

WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

WE LOVE YOU, FOREVER!

YOU ARE THE NEWEST MEMBER

OF THE SAND SPRINGS WARD.

ANYA AND GRAMMY JOHNSON.

ANYA AND SOME COUSINS.

I'M TRYING TO BE LIKE JESUS

2011-03-06T20:34:00.001-08:00

ANYA AND I WENT SHOPPING IN SALT LAKE TOGETHER TO FIND HER BAPTISM DRESS. WE HAD SUCH A FUN TIME. SHE LOVED TRYING ON ALL THE DIFFERENT DRESSES, UNTIL SHE FOUND THE ONE THAT SHE LOVED.

JADE AND MYA CAME WITH US BECAUSE MYA WILL GET BAPTIZED LATER THIS YEAR.

ANYA AND MYA BOTH FOUND BEAUTIFUL DRESSES FOR THEIR SPECIAL DAY. SINCE WE ONLY HAD A WEEK BEFORE ANYA'S BAPTISM, AND THE WEATHER WAS SO COLD AND MUDDY OUTSIDE, WE DECIDED TO TAKE A FEW PHOTO'S OF HER IN HER SPECIAL DRESS INSIDE THE HOUSE. I AM SO HAPPY THEY TURNED OUT!!! HOPEFULLY, WE WILL BE ABLE TO GO OUTSIDE THIS SPRING AND GET SOME BEAUTIFUL OUTDOOR PORTRAITS OF HER.

SURF AND SWIM

2011-03-06T19:37:00.000-08:00

WE HAVE TWO COUSINS WITH THE SAME

BIRTHDAY IN OUR FAMILY, AND IT

IS ON DECEMBER 31ST,

NEW YEARS EVE.

WE ALWAYS GO TO SURF AND SWIM

THAT DAY TO CELEBRATE,

BECAUSE WYATT LOVES TO SWIM!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WYATT AND KIYAH!!!

ANYA CATCHIN' A WAVE.

WILSON, LOVED HIS ARM FLOATIES.

CHRISTMAS AT GRAMMY JO'S

2011-03-06T18:15:00.000-08:00

ONE THING YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON...

THE FOOD WILL BE GOOD!!!

HAVIN' FUN AT THE "BIG KIDS TABLE"

THEN THERE WAS THE "KIDS TABLE"

PARTIAL FERLIN FAMILY

UNCLE ELI PLAYING WITH THE KIDS

(HE IS THEIR FAVORITE)

IT WAS SO FUN TO HAVE KIYAH

HERE WITH US THIS YEAR!!!!

ALL THE COUSINS ENJOYED

THEIR GIFTS FROM EACH OTHER

AT THEIR ANNUAL GIFT EXCHANGE.

EVEN THOUGH THESE PHOTO'S

LOOK A LITTLE ON THE GROSS SIDE,

THIS WAS A REALLY FUN ACTIVITY.

WE ALL SPLIT UP INTO GROUPS

AND WERE GIVEN SOME RANDOM FOOD,

LIKE: PRETZELS, TOOTSIE ROLLS, FRUIT LEATHER,

COCONUT, GRAHAM CRACKERS,

CHOCOLATE FROSTING, ETC.

EACH GROUP HAD TO MAKE A NATIVITY

OUT OF THE ITEMS THAT WE WERE GIVEN.

IT WAS CHALLENGING,

BUT FUN TO SEE ALL THE CREATIVITY!!!

CHRISTMAS MORNING

2011-02-28T16:36:00.000-08:00

WE HAD SUCH A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR!

IT WAS OUR VERY FIRST ONE IN OUR NEW HOME.

ANYA ASKED FOR A TETHER BALL POLE,

SHE WAS SO EXCITED TO PLAY DADDY!

GAVIN ASKED FOR A PING PONG TABLE.

CLOE WANTED A NEW TENNIS RACKET.

EVEN BELLA GOT A VISIT FROM SANTA.

SHE LOVES HER TREATS!

WE HAD A GREAT TIME OPENING GIFTS!

LATER,WE WENT TO SEE THE DISNEY SHOW TANGLED

WITH GRAMMY & GRAMPY COLLEDGE, AND UNCLE ELI.

DANI, OLIVIA, AND AERIN CAME OVER THAT NIGHT,

TO PLAY A LITTLE PING PONG.

OR SHOULD I SAY "STING PONG."

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!

ONE SPECIAL VISITOR

2011-02-26T12:12:00.000-08:00

THIS YEAR SANTA CAME TO VISIT US AT

GRAMMY & GRAMPY JOHNSON'S CHRISTMAS PARTY.

THE KIDS WERE SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!

SANTA SANG SONGS WITH US

AND SHARED WITH US

THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS.

TO BELIEVE LIKE A CHILD!

ANYA ASKED SANTA FOR A

TETHER BALL POLE AND BALL.

SHE IS QUITE THE CHAMP AT RECESS AT SCHOOL.

GAVIN ASKED FOR A PING PONG TABLE.

CLOE` ASKED FOR A NEW TENNIS RACKET

VISITING WITH GRANDPA GREAT.

ALL THE KIDS LOVED THEIR NEW CHRISTMAS P.J.'S THAT SANTA BROUGHT.

MESHIA READ US A CHRISTMAS STORY.

WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME!!!

THANK YOU DALE & BJ!

THANK YOU SANTA!

CHRISTMAS IS COMING

2011-02-26T11:07:00.001-08:00

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE ABOUT CHRISTMAS IS THAT IT "HELPS" US GET TOGETHER WITH ALL THE ONES THAT WE LOVE. I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS WITH THE PEOPLE THAT MEAN THE MOST TO ME!

WE ALWAYS LOVE GOING TO VISIT GRANDMA AND GRANDPA JOHNSON, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE COUPLE! I AM GRATEFUL FOR THEIR EXAMPLE AND ALSO FOR THEIR APPARENT LOVE FOR EACH OTHER.

THIS CHRISTMAS WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT AT GRANDPA'S HOUSE, THOUGH GRANDMA ISN'T THERE ANYMORE, WE FELT HER SPIRIT AND LOVE, AND HAD WONDERFUL MEMORIES FLOOD OUR MINDS.

GRANDPA GAVE US EACH A GIFT AND TOLD US WONDERFUL STORIES. WE COULD ALL SIT AND LISTEN TO HIM FOR HOURS. HE OF COURSE LEAD US IN THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SONGS, GAVE US HUGS AND KISSES AND FILLED OUR HEARTS WITH HIS AMAZING SPIRIT. WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH GRANDPA JOHNSON.

(WE LOVE YOU TOO GRANDMA AND MISS YOU DEARLY)

ANYA'S SPECIAL BIRTHDAY

2011-02-26T10:14:00.000-08:00

THIS YEAR WAS ANYA'S EIGHTH BIRTHDAY. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. HER REQUEST FOR HER BIRTHDAY DINNER WAS CHINESE FOOD. WE MADE SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN WITH RICE, HOMEMADE EGGROLLS, & WONTONS. (SO MUCH WORK, BUT "O" SO GOOD) ALL SHE WANTED WAS... "AN IPOD TOUCH, JUST LIKE HER BROTHERS".

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANYA, WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!

ANYA, OPENING UP HER GIFTS

ANYA LOVES ZEBRA'S. THAT IS THE THEME SHE WANTED FOR HER PARTY,

GRAMMY JO MADE THESE AWESOME BIRTHDAY FAVORS FOR ALL THE COUSINS.

(SO CUTE)

ANYA IS SEVEN

2010-01-02T20:42:00.001-08:00

ANYA TURNED SEVEN THIS YEAR. I CANNOT BELIEVE IT. WHERE DOES THE TIME GO. SHE IS SUCH A SPECIAL LITTLE GIRL, AND SUCH A JOY IN OUR LIVES. SHE MAKES ME LAUGH EVERYDAY. I LOVE YOU ANYA!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

GRAMMY JO MADE ANYA'S SPECIAL REQUEST, "A BIRTHDAY WEDDING CAKE, WITH CHOCOLATE AND VANILLA".

SHE LOVED IT, AND SO DID OUR TUMMIES!!!

STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT

2010-01-02T20:21:00.001-08:00

I TOOK CLOE UP TO SNOWBASIN THIS FALL FOR SOME PHOTO'S IN HER SBO JACKET.

IT WAS SO WINDY WHEN WE GOT THERE BUT WE STILL MANAGED TO GET SOME BEAUTIFUL SHOTS OF HER. I AM SO PROUD OF THE YOUNG WOMAN SHE IS BECOMING. SHE IS AS BEAUTIFUL ON THE INSIDE AS SHE IS ON THE OUT. I LOVE YOU SIS!!!

123 CHEESE

2010-01-02T20:08:00.000-08:00

LATELY WHEN I TRY AND TAKE A PHOTO, GAVIN IS INTO PULLING THIS LOVELY FACE, AND THIS TIME CLOE JOINED HIM.

THE PINK SUNSETS

2010-01-02T20:01:00.000-08:00

THIS YEAR ANYA PLAYED SOCCER FOR AYSO ON A TEAM NAMED THE PINK SUNSETS.

THE SIX YEAR OLD GIRLS CAME UP WITH THAT CREATIVE NAME ALL BY THEMSELVES.

THE TEAM PLAYED VERY WELL TOGETHER. IT WAS FUN TO GO AND CHEER FOR HER EACH SATURDAY MORNING.

GO PINK SUNSETS!!!

ANYA AND GRACELYN

HALLOWEEN 2009

2010-01-02T19:50:00.000-08:00

OUR TRADITIONAL COLLEDGE FAMILY HALLOWEEN PARTY

WAS HELD AT GRAMMY AND GRAMPY'S THIS YEAR.

WE HAD A GREAT TIME.

WE ATE OUR TRADITIONAL CHILI STACKS AND WE HAD ALOT OF FUN!!!

WE FIRST GOT PHOTO'S OF ALL THE HALLOWEEN PARTICIPANTS.

BELLA THE BUMBLE BEE

ANYA THE BEAUTIFUL WITCH

GAVIN THE SKATE RAT

CLOE THE CAVE WOMAN

RYAN THE JOKER

THE JOHNSON THREE

WE PLAYED PIN THE FACE ON THE PUMPKIN

WE DID LOTS OF FUN CRAFTS

WE ATE YUMMY DESSERT

GRAMMY GAVE EACH OF US A BAG OF DIFFERENT SHAPES AND WE HAD TO MAKE A MONSTER OUT OF THEM.

WE MADE A GIANT BLACK WIDOW

Bear Lake in September

2009-09-20T19:08:00.000-07:00

Bear Lake in September.

Something about September brings out the best in Bear Lake. There is very little wind, the water is always smooth, the air is the perfect temp, and as always, the food is excellent.

Thursday night we stayed up chit chatting. Riley Johnson was laying on the comedy pretty thick. Riley, did you remember to feed your chicken?

Friday morning we went for an ATV ride, and then we set up camp at the beach.

The dogs had a ball! We played football and dug in the sand.

Saturday we went to the pool and boating.

We took the quads for a nice ride. We saw a moose and got a little dirty.

A couple of notes from this trip:

Click on this web site to see all the pictures

http://picasaweb.google.com/Brianna610/BearLakeSeptember2009?authkey=Gv1sRgCLCDo4GluOrOpwE#

Neeko, we are glad you decided to come back. Your return made the trip complete.

If you go to Bear Lake with Brianna, plan on over eating.

Always wear sunscreen…Ryan!

All children under the age of 10 will be exhausted by 9:00 pm.

It’s really hard to leave, isn’t it mitch?

Last, but not least.

Thanks Mom and Dad!

1st day of school

2009-08-24T20:23:00.000-07:00

Today was the 1st day back to school. The kids were excited to see old friends,

make new ones, and meet their new teachers.

Anya is in 1st grade this year. She is very excited!!! She loves having lunch and recess this year, and riding the bus with her big brother.

Gavin is in 6th grade this year and he is excited to rule the school! He rotates through all 4 teachers this year so he will be ready for

Jr. High next year. Where did my little boy go???

Cloe` is in 9th grade this year. She has a very full load, but can't wait to get going. It was her 1st day as student body president, and her 1st day of seminary. Tomorrow is her 1st match on the highschool tennis team in Logan. Good luck sis!

When I was a little girl, my mom always made cookies for us on the 1st day of school. I always loved running home knowing that she would be waiting for us with her homemade cookies. I am carrying on the tradition with my own kids. Every year I make our favorite chocolate chip cookies. Anya also put in a special request... "Mom I want you to make sugar cookies with no frosting please". So this year I made both. YUMMY!!!

We as a family are expanding the tradition. The kids love to deliver homemade cookies to their friends when they get home from school. What a great day it's been!!!

1st lost tooth!!!

2009-08-24T19:22:00.000-07:00

Anya finally lost her 1st tooth on the 5th of August.

She never thought this day would come. She has

been wiggling her tooth forever.

She was eating dinner over at Cami's house and

she bit into an apple and out popped her tooth.

She was so excited, she came running over to tell

me all about it, and then we had to take some

photo's of course.

2009-07-05T12:28:00.000-07:00

Happy 4th of July!

We had a great Holiday. It all started Thursday night. Brianna and I went to see a movie with Cami and Todd. We are so lucky to have such great neighbors. We'll miss you guys while you're in St. George.

Friday morning we went to 9th Street with Darren and Cami to take the kids climbing and enjoy a "Good Old American Breakfast" at Jeremiah's. It was a great time hanging on the side of the rock with old friends. Friday night we decorated Cloe's SBO trailer/float for the parade. Of course Todd and Cami were there to help.

We are so lucky to have such good friends. Thanks everyone for your support and friendship.

Saturday morning Brianna and I ran our first 5k. We had a great time, came home and changed quickly for the parade. Cloe and her SBO friends cheered until their voices were gone.

We wrapped up the Holiday with a nice BBQ at Ken and Joann's.

2009-07-05T12:17:00.000-07:00

She did it! Suga ran her first 5k. The Layton City Fun Run on July 4th. Her time was 35 minutes. She spent 7 weeks training.

Thanks to Cami and Dani for their help and encouragement.

When she finished the race, they race assistant was slowly removing the time chip from Brianna's shoe. Brianna had to say, "Hurry, I'm going to pass out."

Luckily there was no passing out and we all had a great time.

WE'RE EXPECTING!!!

2009-03-24T08:15:00.001-07:00

   This is a photo of Sadie at just 4 weeks old.   She loves to sleep!
   She is so little she fits in the palm of your hand.
   She loves to be held.

AND THE KIDS...

are totally in love with her and can't wait for her to come home, they are counting down the days!!!

Snowbasin Monday, January 19th, 2009

2009-01-23T23:05:00.000-08:00

We took the kids to Snowbasin on Monday, January 19th, 2009. We had a great time. Jared, Tiffany and Rylie came with us too. Anya and Rylie took a lesson together. She is doing great. Gavin is still trying to snowboard. He isn't sure if he wants to ski or snowboard. Cloe' says her new favorite run is John Paul. We took the tram to the top and came down the cat track because the face had a bunch of moguls and looked intimidating.

Sand Hallow 2008

2008-12-30T16:16:00.000-08:00

We went to Sand Hollow in October.

Cloe loves her quad. She calls it her baby.

Gavin liked the jumps. He couldn't get enough.

Anya couldn't stop giggling. She said it made her stomach feel funny.

Brianna was a little timid at first, but by the end of the trip she was the "Sand Queen."