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New york

2009-06-29T11:39:00.000-07:00

We took the red eye to New York, we didn't want to miss a second of any fun that we could be having. We couldn't check into the hotel as early as we thought we could so we changed are clothes in the bathroom of the hotel, and while walking around we found a store that had make-up! So here we are doing are make-up . I love red eye flights!

Here is Grand Central station My mom and aunt learned the subway! It was so nice to not have to walk everywhere.

Yummy Pizza!

Time Square at night. I see way they say the city that never sleeps!

Sanddunes

2009-05-28T11:00:00.000-07:00

My cute Boys!

Boys will be boys! (even when they are in there 30's!) Here are a few pictures of Jared and his brothers at the sand dunes. No one died but Jason got hurt, he rolled the 4-wheeler over him!

Hi!

2009-05-28T10:51:00.001-07:00

So we aren't dead, we are just busy! I think one of the only reasons I am making a post right now is cause Addi is doing my hair! I love it when my kids play with my hair. Most of the time I have to bribe them to do it, but addison will play with it without bribes. Most of the time when she is playing with my hair we have to call Jared in to undo the brush that got stuck!

YEAH !!!

2009-01-22T20:10:00.000-08:00

Some very nice people gave us an offer on our house!! So right now it is under-contract and we should close on in Feb 18! It is such a stress relief to know that someone is buying it. (I just pray that everything works out.) Work is going better, but I still miss MVH and all the great people there. Not much else is new, just hope that it will snow or the weather will do something, the air here is GROSS!

POOR POOR ME!

2009-01-08T08:53:00.000-08:00

For those who know me, know that I either have a wall up and don't let people in or the wall is down and I expose everything. Jared tells me that my wall is up way to much! So i started my new job last Tuesday. I was excited and had the first day butterflies at the same time. Of coarse I was a little overwhelmed by all the different things they do, but still it was ok. Then I asked her the days that your are scheduled to be on-call do you always go in and she said YES. After she said this I had to do everything in my power not to start crying. I don't want to work full time as it is but to work (7) 12 hours shifts in a pay period is asking way to much of me and work is 5-5 that is such a crappy time to go to work. (I know i am way to selfish and maybe this is my punishment until I learn to give more.) So when my shift is over I go get in my car I call Jared and tell him I hate it and the flood gates open, I cried the the whole way home, not just little tears but BIG crocodile tears. I even passed up going to a free dinner at Chili's with my sister. So since that day my motivation is at 0, I can't get in the ' go and get it done groove.' I am sure like most things this will pass and I will be fine. Thaks for letting me get this off my chest, I feel better already!!

We moved

2009-01-08T08:39:00.000-08:00

So many of you know this already. I think the move for me was bitter sweet for me. All the kids where excited to go to a new school and I think deep down Jared was excited to start school again. The day we moved it was 8 degrees outside. It took 6 hours to load the u-haul. It was like putting together a puzzle. When we finally got to Bountiful people came running out of there house to help us unload. ( you don't realize how much crap you have until you move and then you question yourself do I really need all this stuff.) Thanks to all you of that came and either helped load or un-load us.... or packed or un-packed our crap. But the person who couldn't be there, but wanted to let us know how much she cared bought us Mandarin for dinner. (Thanks grandma Tina you are the best.)

Sundance

2008-10-13T09:43:00.000-07:00

A few weekends ago we went up to Sundance to have a picnic and go on a hike to cascade falls. The weather was really nice and Austin said the colors looked like fruity pebbles! We had a lot fun even though we didn't know where we where going we just found the trail head and went up!

white trash

2008-10-13T09:31:00.000-07:00

Awhile a go my camera broke, and then my phone. So my mom got a new phone and gave me her old one. After having it for about 1 week this is what happened! So I ordered a new phone cause i couldn't use this P.O.S one anymore and the other day I left to work sad cause I thought I had washed my new phone in the waser!! Zac heard it ringing and found it in the clothes hamper!! My luck with electronics isn't so good!!

Where have you been!

2008-09-20T19:46:00.000-07:00

So i told my sister that I don't post cause the only person to look at my blog is my grandma! I guess I was wrong and have a lot of blog stalkers that look at my blog! haha But there where a lot of comments of people saying "it is about time" "we missed you" "it has been such a long time since you posted" and so forth. There are alot of you that haven't posted since AUG yeah mine was JULY but still I am not the only slacker! I wish I could say the reason I havn't blogged is cause my husband surprised me with a 3 week trip to Europe followed by a week long cruise to the Bahamas! The scary picture I posted above was me and Kiley relaxing in the pool by the beach in Florida! Just kidding it was Park City

Addison's First Haircut

2008-09-18T20:29:00.002-07:00

When Addison was around a year her hair started to have natural curl to it, so I didn't want to cut the cute little curls off. As her hair got longer the cute curls weren't so cute anymore and it started to look more like a stringy mullet. So here she is with her new look, she doesn't look so baby anymore. She looks more like a big girl now! (that makes me sad)

Addison's First Haircut

2008-09-18T20:29:00.001-07:00

I am making a POST !

2008-09-18T20:29:00.000-07:00

I know it has been months since i posted. The only good reason I can come up with is my camera died, and I spend all of my free time looking at all the other cute blogs. So for all of you Blog Stalker's this is for you!!!

More BaseBall Pics

2008-07-03T10:10:00.000-07:00

Here are some more Pictures of Austin playing Ball. He is so good and he is starting to get competitive. When he gets someone out on base he tells them they are out and they need to go sit in the dugout. He is also very nice when he plays he tells the runners when to go, he will even tell them if they can run an extra base! He is really a natural athlete. He does not get that from me, i can barely walk without falling down! haha

Raspberry Shakes

2008-07-03T10:01:00.001-07:00

When we where up in Bear Lake we went and got some of the famous Raspberry Shakes. They we so dang dang good and they are HUGE. So the boys shared one, Kiley and I shared one and Jared and Addison where going to share one. When Addison saw Jared's cup and then looked at her cup she decided that she didn't want to share she wanted BOTH. And of coarse we do what ever she wants so she won't cry. But she still cries even when she gets what she wants. ( you think we would learn) So when she wasn't looking or couldn't see through the crocidle tears Jared would steal a bite or two! We Love Addison to death cause she is so darn cute but there are days i wish she weren't so cute cause then maybe it would be easy to tell her NO!!!

Bear Lake

2008-07-03T09:57:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from when we went up to Bear Lake. We sat on the beach for about 30min and then we left. The wind was blowing so the sand was hitting us and it hurt! So we went back to the condo and swam. We had to beg the kids to get out.

ART

2008-07-03T09:42:00.000-07:00

If I asked you who do you think did this art what would you say? Austin, Zac or maybe Addison, the answer to that question is Jared/Me. Jared drew the picture and i painted it (Jared can draw basic things pretty good.) The little person with babies on her lap (yes those are babies) was done by me. Jared told me what needed to be done and I tried to do it. I have NO artistic talent as you can see. So when I say i can't draw a stick figure i am serious. The reason behind the art is, Jared had to take an art class so that he can teach school. So now we just wait until a Principle will hire him.

Austin playing ball

2008-06-09T08:59:00.000-07:00

Austin up to bat! I thought i had more pictures of Austin playing ball. He isn't on a good team this year, it is like watching T-ball all over agian. The kids don't know where to throw the ball or they run with the ball. Austin gets bugged by it. He is doing good this year loves to play first, or pitcher (which is really just to hand the play to the coach so he can pitch it. He played catcher for the first time at his last game and now likes that postion. He truley likes any postion that there is a lot of action. I told him to catch the foul balls in the air and the batter would be out so he said ok, and he caught the next foul ball. He would like to play longer this summer so i am going to try and find a excelerted team that he can play on.

T-Ball

2008-06-09T08:45:00.000-07:00

KILEY playing t-ball. She plays for the Royals, watching t-ball is funny. They catch the ball and then wait until the coach tells them where to throw it. Kiley says it is fun to play.

Kiley Graduation

2008-05-29T10:08:00.000-07:00

Kiley graduated from Kindergarten on May 22. She is so excited to move on to 1st grade. She already has her lunch number memorized! She has grown so much this past year, she had her kindergarten test on wed and got 100% and all she could do was smile and talk about the chocolate kisses that Mrs. Davis gave her.

2nd grade singing

2008-05-29T10:04:00.000-07:00

2nd grade performance

2008-05-29T09:49:00.000-07:00

The boys had there 2nd grade assembly. Austin does not like to perform in front of people, but when he said his part he did really good. Zac loves to perform and was very dramatic when he said his part and did the actions to the song.

Spring Break

2008-05-29T09:36:00.000-07:00

Here are some of are SPRING BREAK pictures. (taken almost 2mo. ago) We went to moab and had a blast. We hiked a ton and the kids never complained. As you can see in one of the pictures Addison had one of her fits, I think that it is a standard thing for her to do while we are on vacation. For anyone who hasn't been to moab it is highly recomended. But make sure you go spring or fall, I think in the summer it would be way to hot.

Piano

2008-04-02T15:57:00.000-07:00

Austin and Zac take piano lesson and they are doing so good. Zac loves to make up ending to his songs. The only way I figured this out was the end of his songs keep changing (the new endings are in tune.) One day I asked why the endings keep changing and he told me he likes to make up new endings.

Potty Training!

2008-04-02T15:49:00.000-07:00

Today Addison took off her diaper and told me it was stinky. I asked her if she wanted to sit on the potty, she said "yes!" She then went into the bathroom and went potty. I was so excited so i put her pony panies on, but an hour later she was all wet. I think we are getting closer to being potty trained. I bought her some M&M's so when ever she does go potty she can have some. Addison LOVES chocolate, so I know the bribe will work.

April Fools

2008-04-02T15:05:00.001-07:00

This is what we ate for dinner on April Fools. I told the kids they could eat dessert first, (the cupcakes) and then dinner (the funny looking meat with mashed potatoes. They thought that it was cool that they got to eat dessert first. Austin took a bite a of the frosting and said that it tasted like mashed potatoes. We then told them april fools. The cupcakes where really meat with whipped mashed potatoes on top. The funny looking meat was a brownie and the mashed potatoes and gravy was vanilla icecream with carmel sauce. The kids where happy when i told them the funny looking meat was a brownie, they said they thought it looked burnt.

Birds

2008-02-26T09:21:00.000-08:00

Kiley was excited to tell me that she can hear the birds again. Most of the snow is gone, and it is getting a little warmer. Addison and toby love to go outside and play. Toby loves to sit in the sun to get warm. Hope everyone has a good day!

Presidents Day

2008-02-20T07:52:00.000-08:00

On monday the kids went out to play in the backyard. I bundled them up from there heads to there toes. I went out side with them to hurry and grab something in just a t-shirt, and it was so dang warm. This makes me want spring to come just that much sooner.

So for presidents day we went to lunch and then took them to a movie. The movie was only .50 a person that is so dang cheap. My kids love to go to the movies. I also needed to run to sams club and all of my kids started to groan, until I told Austin that he could look for an I-pod. It is so funny how he changed his attitude and got all of the other kids to do the same.

Don't break the ice

2008-02-16T22:00:00.000-08:00

Jared, Jon, Jason, Austin and Zac, went on a boys day out. They went down to Yuba Lake and went ice fisred said they walked out on to the lake a little ways and drilled a couple of holes to fish out of. He said the ice was at least 12" deep. They caught a total of 8 fish. When ever Jared or Jon caught a fish, they would let the boys reel them in. Austin and Zac thaught that is was really cool to reel the fish in. They all came back with a little bit of a sunburn on there face. Jared said that it was a really nice day for fishing & they all had a lot of FUN.

My Little Addi Bug

2008-02-15T09:06:00.000-08:00

More pictures of addison. She loves shoes just like kiley. Her new thing is to find the older kids socks and put them one, but she puts one 3 or 4 pairs at a time. She is famous for finding my make-up and putting it on. She was so proud of her self and the good job that she did at putting on my eyeshadow on her face. I will be doing her hair in the morining and she will sneak my make-up and start applying it. Yesterday she was putting on mascara for lipstick. Gotta love it!

girls

2008-02-15T09:02:00.000-08:00

Kiley was so tired from skiing that she had a melt down on her way home. She was screaming about everything. Whitney got the camera and got a picture, once kiley saw that she was getting her picture taken she would smile and then go back to screaming. Girls gotta love them!

first time on skis

2008-02-15T08:58:00.001-08:00

This was kileys first time on skis. She did so good and didn't want to be done with skiing when everybody else was cold and ready to go home. She kept telling Jared just one more time. I am so glad that my kids are all just natural athletes!!!

Fun ski trip

2008-02-15T08:47:00.000-08:00

Jared, Whitney and Phil took the kids skiing. Ausin loves to snowboard and took lessons again and loved it. He is a such a cute kid and a natural athlete. Zachary wanted to try snowboarding but when we told him he would have to take lesson he said never mind he really wanted to ski. When you ski with Zac you follow him, if you tell him to follow you, you will never see him again. He is a natural leader. He loves to ski, he just goes and if you are in his way you need to move, cause he won't. Addison was all in pink, from the hat to the boots. She is so cute. She loves to say Kidee and Dachie and to watch them run to her to see what she needs. She won't say or doesn't know how to say austin but she gets his attention and he will do what ever she wants him to.

the tooth is out

2008-02-15T08:41:00.001-08:00

Kiley has wanted to loose a tooth for about a year. Finally one days she was opening a fruit snack for addison with her teeth and something happened. She came running into the kitchen crying and spitting blood at me while she was talking. I tried to get the tooth to come out, and i had no luck.......I don't have the magic touch like her dad has. So when he came home once he convienced her that it would hurt, and after she asked the boys ten times if her hurt, she finally let him pull it out. She was so excited that the tooth fairy came that night and didn't forget her. The tooth fairy has been know to forget to come to our house!

potty training

2008-02-15T08:37:00.001-08:00

I bought Addison some cute pony panies hoping that she would would want to try and use the potty. No such luck she just thought they where cute and never wanted to wear them agian. But she did put three pairs on over her diaper.

Princess Addison

2008-02-15T08:30:00.000-08:00

This is princess Addison and her assistant kiley. Addison will for the most part let kiley do what ever she wants to her. Sometimes Addison will scream out in protest. Kiley is a good fashion designer, and comes up with some really cute outfits. Kiley loves it when Addison does what she wants her to, she loves it more when Addison doesn't want me and cries out for Ki to hold her.

Yes, we are alive

2008-02-15T08:26:00.000-08:00

The boys where going to move out becasue they got in trouble. I found this note the next day. I was sure glad that I got a P.S we love you!

LET'S GET BLOGGING

2008-02-15T08:17:00.000-08:00

Okay sister it's time for you to start blogging on a regular basis! I know, I know you have 4 kids, a dog, and a cat but you still have time to post the events going on in the JOHNSON home! I know there are many and we want to be apart of the craziness!! I can't wait to see pictures and read all about my favorite little family in Payson, which is the town shortly after Benjamin!

Love ya Sis!

Pack Night

2007-11-06T20:26:00.000-08:00

We had pack night a couple of Thursdays ago. Jared was Akela he was dressed from head to toe in an indian outfit. He said it was really heavy and hot. The boys where advanced from a bobcat to a wolf. They really like scouts and are excited to go, I just hope when they are 14 they will be just as excited to go.

Halloween

2007-11-06T20:10:00.000-08:00

Here are some fun and cute pictures of Halloween. Austin was a cougar football player, Zac a pirate, Kiley a cute witch and Addison a black kitty. We had a family party at our house after trick or treating. We made frozen bloody hands and put them in witches brew and put dry ice in it so it would make smoke. The kids got a ton of candy. What ever candy that was put in addison's bucket she would take out and eat, so she was a sticky mess, but whats new.

What are sisters for?

2007-10-30T12:22:00.000-07:00

Here are some cute pictures of Whitney being so dang cute with my kids. She is really good with them she spoils them and then sends them home. When the day comes she is going to be a really good mom. ( i just hope she remembers to feed them! haha) She post pictures of my kids on her blog so i figured i should post little lilly on mine. This dog is the funniest dog ever, she walks around like a little princess and she looks naked if she isn't wearing any clothes.

GAME DAY!!

2007-10-30T12:12:00.000-07:00

We dress up in are BYU shirts on game day and paint the kids faces. It is really fun. Jared and the boys went to a game the other day when it had been snowing and raining allday. During the game it was good weather, but the 4the quater it started to snow, the boys told jared that they were really cold and asked if they could PLEASE go home. Jared bought Austin a #1 finger and Zac a Cougar claw, they all had a really good time at the game.

OCTOBER

2007-10-30T11:50:00.000-07:00

I LOVE the fall !!! The first part of October we went on a wagon ride and picked out are pumpkins. Zac could hardly carry his because it was so big and heavy. After we found our pumpkins we went to the Red Barn and had yummy ice cream. Jared went out of town a few day later so we went up to my moms house so they could enterain us, and so I would have to be home alone. Whitney made dinner in a pumpkin, I didn't think i would like it but it was really good and festive. For dessert she made carmel apples they were good for the few minutes they were soft. The next day the carmel was so hard you couldn't even bite into it. But we had a blast making them. Hope eveyone has a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

It's great to be 8!

2007-09-18T12:37:00.000-07:00

The boys tunred 8 this year! Time has really gone by fast. We had family party for them at a park in Santaquin. We had a lot of fun there. Jared was sick, but was a good sport and came a long. At the end of this month they will be baptized, they are really excited.

18 months

2007-09-18T12:28:00.000-07:00

Addison has been such a fun baby. She loves to play dress up by herself and also with kiley. She also has a love of shoes just like her sister. Has you can see in one of the pictures she has a pair of dress up high heels on. She says a lot of words ( I think i am the only one who knows what she is saying.) She loves to go side (outside) and to say NO and MINE. But we still loves her!

Yeah!! First day of school

2007-09-18T12:04:00.000-07:00

Kiley was so excited for school. She is the best little student. She was ready for school at 9:30. She told me she was going to wait on the stairs until I told her it was time to go. Her nana and aunt whitney came to see her off to school. On are way walking to school we picked her best friend Addisyn up and she walked with us. They are both in Mrs. Davis class. Kiley loves school, and always comes home and starts on her homework.

1st day of 2nd grade

2007-09-18T11:57:00.000-07:00

Here are the boys setting off for a new year of school. Kiley was a little upset that she didn't get to start school when the boys did. Both of the boys have really cute teachers, and are really going to like.

Swim Lessons

2007-08-08T14:22:00.000-07:00

Here is Kiley and her friend Addisyn at swim lessons. They have learned to float on there back, and have improved on there swimming technique. They are doing so good. I usually have to beg Kiley to wear a one piece, she loves her tankini. She is such a cutie.

YUMMY YUMMY!!!

2007-08-08T14:03:00.001-07:00

Last saturday we went out to a farm in West Mountain and Picked raspberries and some blackberries. All of the kids did such a good job. Austin keep going even when we were done. We had a lot of fun picking the berries. Thank goodness they don't do a before and after weight, I think some of us ate more then we picked. LOL. After picking the berries Renae went over to the Kirstin's and made raspberry jam with her. It is soooooo good.

More of Yellowstone

2007-08-02T10:29:00.000-07:00

We had to get a picture of us all standing by the yellowstone sign! Alan and Norma Rae with all the kids on the cute Bear coach. Everyone thanks for making this a great trip!!!

Not fun at all.

2007-08-02T10:16:00.000-07:00

I always get 4th of July pics done. I wanted them outside this year, so I thought i would do them myself. This was like being pecked to death by a screaming duck. Addison cried the whole time we where there. I think i got 1 maybe 2 pictures of her while she wasn't screaming, she wasn't crying she was screaming. Austin, Zac and Kiley where good sports. On the day of the 24th we went to the park and ate breakfast with my mom and whitneys in-laws. It was really fun.

HAPPY 24th of JULY !!!

2007-08-02T10:13:00.000-07:00

Bear Lake

2007-08-02T10:09:00.000-07:00

Here is one of the most fun stops on our trip home from Yellowstone. Dallas keep saying how she was going to push me in the water, me being 'SMARTER' got her first. The water was so clear blue and warm. I think by the time we left the lake all the kids were soaked and had sand everywhere.

Bear Lake

2007-08-02T10:06:00.001-07:00

Here are some more fun pics from our trip

2007-08-02T09:55:00.000-07:00

Finally!!

2007-08-02T09:47:00.000-07:00

Ok so we went to yellowstone almost a month ago, but my comp was so full of crap (jared's school work from 2002) that we couldn't down load anything. So jared being so nice has worked on it the last 2 nights getting stuff off. I think we only had like 3% of the memory left!

We are standing in front of some water that was boiling it was really cool. In the family picture everyone is there except Addi, i think she slept most of the time, but i wanted to show that she was really there. We had a lot of fun in Yellowstone. saw lots of animals the first day we would stop for everything. As the day went on we would say "no more stopping for bison or hot pots." We missed those who couldn't go. But there is always next time

Napping after a long hard weekend of playing

2007-07-23T16:21:00.000-07:00

Kiley is 4 and has to have a binki when she naps. Just kidding........She found addison's binki put in her mouth and fell a sleep. This is what we call a black mail picture, when she is dating we will pull it out and show her boyfriends.

We told everyone to just go lay down and take a rest, of coarse they all told us they weren't tired. I think they were all a sleep in 5 minutes!

Hope everyone has a good week !

2007-07-23T16:17:00.000-07:00

Jared, Kiley and Addison playing in the water. Thanks Phil and Whitney for playing with us we had a blast.

2007-07-23T16:14:00.000-07:00

Zachary loves the water. Austin is more reserved. I would tell Zac to jump so I could take his picture and he would. Austin only wanted to have his picture taken on the Jet Ski.

2007-07-23T16:07:00.001-07:00

This is a trip to pineview with our family, Phil and Whitney. The water was warm like tub water, and yes the water color even matches our tub water after my kids get out of the tub. We Rented a Jet ski and tube. The kids loved holding up the flag when someone would fall off the tube.

Addiction

2007-07-19T15:02:00.000-07:00

I want to post something agian so i will post pics from my surprise 29th birthday trip to San Fran. My mom, whitney, aunt judy and grandma tina were all there to make the trip supper fun.

My sister made me do it!

2007-07-19T14:24:00.001-07:00

Thaks to my dear sister she has set up a blog spot. So here we go.