Oh how I love the invention fair and the stress that falls upon mom and dad to help come up with something creative. However, as I have gotten older and wiser, I don’t really invest any of my time into this anymore. After all, it is for the kids, not us, right parents? I just …
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Preference Dance – Junior Year
Jake took his friend from elementary school, Emily Ellis, to Preference. They had a great group for the day date and had a wonderful time at the dance. Cute, cute!
Johnson Girl’s GNO
BYU vs Pepperdine. We decided to take advantage of some free BYU boy’s basketball tickets and make a girl’s night of it. I love that my girls get excited to go to a basketball game – girls after my own heart!
Drew’s 9th Birthday!
Drew buddy turned 9! I checked Drew out of school and took him to lunch. Seth met Drew and I at Cafe Rio and we had a great lunch together. While in line, there were some firefighters that overheard it was Drew’s birthday and they had the Cafe Rio employees sing to him. Drew was …
Merry Christmas 2016
Merry Christmas 2016! We had a wonderful Christmas Eve and Christmas day that involved lots of traditions, time with relatives, presents, and most importantly thoughts and reflections of the birth of our Savior. Wishing all of you and yours a wonderful Christmas holiday.
Christmas Festivities 2016
We had another great holiday season filled with lot of activities, concerts and traditions!
Thanksgiving in St. George
This year we went to St. George for Thanksgiving because Megan had a soccer tournament, the Dixie Cup. I always love any excuse to head down and visit with my dad and Kathy. If you haven’t had a deep-fried turkey, you are missing out! My dad makes a killer fried turkey. It makes my mouth …
Happy 7th Birthday Ellie!
This year Ellie’s 7th birthday happened to fall on Thanksgiving. We had plans to spend Thanksgiving at my dad’s home in St. George. Of course G’pa Gary wasn’t gonna let a birthday get by him without an ice-cream cake from DQ (our favorite!). Although she wasn’t able to have a friend party this year, she …
What is Your Story: Reflections 2016
Every year a few of my kids like to enter the Reflections contest that we have at our school. Claire had taken this picture of trails splitting on a hike we had gone on this summer. She entered it into reflections relating it to how your story is determined by the path we take and …
Happy 13th Birthday KK!
This 13 year old got spoiled on her birthday! All the kids love being checked out and especially love it if they get to sneak out and get lunch and/or do their favorite activity. Katelyn couldn’t wait for me to take her to “Color Me Mine” in Provo. She is unbelievable talented and got right …
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