Adventures of Seth & Manina and their six kids from 2007-2020
Sunday, February 2 After a great day in Puerto Rico, we woke up excited to head to St. Thomas. Ben Forstner had rented a couple cars for us so he, Manina, and I took off early on foot to go get the cars. After completing the paperwork we walked back to the ship and met …
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I’m not a fan of travelogues, but I don’t write this blog for the benefit of the world. MightyJohnsons.com is a small, intimate, family-centered blog, mainly to record and journal our own memories. I love that family and close friends also read it, but the next several posts are mainly for me to look back …
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We returned yesterday from a Caribbean cruise vacation. We spent the last week visiting islands of indescribable beauty and having a great time vacationing with our friends. But, before I tell you all about the wonderful week in paradise, I have to explain our journey getting home. We boarded US Airways flight 770 from San …
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Ellie, Drew and I went up to Mutual Dell (up American Fork canyon) on Thursday for a preschool field trip. Ellie loves being in Miss Molly’s Bear Hollow preschool, and Drew got to tag along because his kindergarten class starts after lunch and he is a distinguished alumni. We had a lot of fun sledding …
Jacob got his project approved a couple months ago, but due to the weather, holidays, and scheduling, he hasn’t been able to make a big push. That changed last weekend. The project was to lead a bike drive for Bicycle Collective, an organization that take the bikes, donates them to needy individuals, but also teaches classes …
Tony and Emily Francis and their cute family are good friends, but we’ve never been able to take our families on a trip together. We’ve done stuff as couples (2012 Caribbean cruise, 2013 Vegas trip, etc.), but haven’t been brave enough to take the whole crew anywhere yet, until this last weekend. We pulled the …
Manina usually gets the short shrift on her birthday since it’s so near Christmas. She used to get fairly frustrated with me and my attitude toward birthdays. You see, I am the oldest of eight kids, we had birthdays all the time growing up and they weren’t a big deal. A couple presents and a …
It’s been cold recently in Utah Valley, and we’ve had an early onslaught of inversion. So, I decided to head up into the mountains for some much-needed fresh air. Jacob, Megan, and Katelyn all decided to come along too. I have two sets of snowshoes, so Jacob used my other pair, and Megan and Katelyn …
Last night we went to a live nativity in Alpine as a way to focus on what Christmas is really about. We knew it was going to be cold, so we bundled up as we left the house, making sure everyone was wearing multiple layers. I made some hot cocoa (from scratch — yum!) and …
Part of the reason we went down to St. George for Thanksgiving was that Megan’s soccer team had at tournament to play on Friday and Saturday. I took Megan to her first game early on Friday morning. I was a little worried that our previous night of early Black Friday shopping would not have her …
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