Katelyn ended the summer with a fun gymnastics meet. She only participates at a recreational level but in hopes to get more girls to go competitive they put on a sample meet where the girls competed against themselves. Katelyn did great, but realized she doesn’t love competition. She got pretty nervous and uncomfortable. I tried …
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My little seamstress!
Megan has been asking me for the last year or more to teach her how to sew. The only problem is, I don’t know how to sew. I have been watching for sewing classes for sometime now and finally found someone I felt was worth paying. I went ahead and signed her up at “Children …
Annual Johnson Family Campout
Once again the time had arrived for our Johnson Family Campout. We changed things up a little this year and moved to a new campsite (although still at Tanner’s Flat up Little Cottonwood Canyon) and invited along the Rowberrys and Bryan Cryer family to join us. Jake, Josh and Greg trying to start the fire …
Pioneer Day
This year for Pioneer Day we went with a group of our good friends to Jordanelle State Park. Seth, unfortunately, didn’t get the day off so I took all the kids and met the Francis’, the Browns, and the Denney’s at the park for a fun day in the sun. The Francis’ brought their boat. …
A Vacation to Remember
Last Wednesday we began our thirteen-hour trek to Grand Coulee Dam, Washington to visit my best grade-school buddy, Chantel. We were able to make a few stops along the way to visit some friends and family. Although it was a very long trip, we couldn’t have enjoyed it more. The kids were the best travelers! …
An Evening on the Boat
Our sweet friends, the Bergerons, invited our family to spend an evening out on their boat with them. We have only been out on a boat a handful of times and most of our kids have never been out at all so this was a new experience for us. It was a little cooler in …
Mystery Outing
Seth works with Oracle through his job. Each year they do a party at Lagoon for customer appreciation. Only a few employees get to go each time and this year it was us! We were thrilled. The kids love Lagoon but it doesn’t justify the cost for our family of eight. It would cost us …
Happy 10th Birthday Megs!
My Meggie turned 10 last week. Her birthday falls just two days before the Fourth of July so we don’t normally do parties. However, after much pleading, we gave in. She ended up having two birthday celebrations. Her actual birthday began with breakfast in bed (waffles, strawberries/whip cream, and a smoothie). She requested tacos for …
Our Budding Artist
Katelyn has always been my artsy daughter. She can draw on the Etch-A-Sketch like it is a pencil and paper. She is always coming up with fun ways to make stuff. Well the other day she starting making things out of aluminum foil. She made something for most members of our family. She made dad …
Summer Swimming
At the start of the summer I signed up Claire, Drew and Ellie for swim lessons with a friend of mine, Teri Jolley. She is an amazing instructor and my kids have really progressed. Claire is already a decent swimmer. She mostly worked on her strokes and some survival techniques (treading, dead man float, etc.). …
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