This Halloween the kids got creative! Megan and her friend made gumball machine costumes. Katelyn and her friend made these cute bags and were robbers. Claire decided last minute to be a green M&M. Drew was the cutest lil’ old man ever and kept pointing his crooked finger saying, “When I was young…” Ellie wanted …
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Happy 40th to this old guy!
Happy 40th to this ol’ guy! I know turning forty sounds overwhelming but it didn’t seem to phase Seth one bit. He is fit, healthy, and in his eyes just a youngin’. I love that about him! For his birthday sent the kids off to school and headed out to hike a 8.5 mile loop …
Highland Elementary Hawk Walk
Every year Highland Elementary holds it’s only fundraiser, the Hawk Walk. Normally I am not a fan of fundraisers, but for some reason I look forward to this one every year. The kids can get pledges per lap or a flat amount. My kids usually just have me sponsor them and sometimes a grandparent, but …
Homecoming 2016
It is another first for the Johnson household. Jake attended his first dance. He decided to ask Kambri to homecoming by leaving Ding Dongs on her doorstep saying something to the effect “I would be a ding dong to not ask you to homecoming.” She responded with a bag of Dum-Dum and the sign as …
Claire’s field trip to Timpanogos Cave
I volunteered to go with Claire’s class to hike up to Timpanogos Cave in American Fork Canyon. I have been fortunate enough to have gone on this fifth grade field trip with Miss Louw’s class three times in the past. I always volunteer because I love it. If you’re going to go on a field …
Drew earned his wolf rank!
Drew went into scouts back in January. He absolutely loves scouts. He is always asking what he can work on to earn his next achievement. He is a bit of an overachiever. Well thanks to his leader, Marnie Jones, and Drew’s determination, he earned his wolf badge this week. He was pretty excited to have …
Back to School
All the kids were pretty excited about school this year. I know they really love summer and try to pretend they don’t want school to start, but I could tell in their anxious faces that they were getting excited. Following tradition we had our annual “Back to School” feast and fashion show. I took care …
Finishing Summer Strong…in Bear Lake
We weren’t anticipating another trip this summer. Summer was winding down. Then our good friends (and relatives), the Rowberry’s invited us to go to Bear Lake with them and Nicol family. We couldn’t turn that offer down. So we booked a cabin and went to Bear Lake for four nights the week before school started. …
Swim Team for Ellie
I was dragging my feet when I first heard Ellie mention doing swim team with her friend. I have done swim team in the past and it is a lot of driving. Every. Day. I love summer and I love not having a schedule so swim team was anything but appealing. However, after a little …
Young Women’s 5K Chalk Run
This is our second annual Young Women’s color run. They have chalk stations all along the way, each color representing the values in the young woman program in our church. As you get to the station they throw chalk. None of my girls trained for the 5K so there was a lot of walking and …
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