beach and DISNEYLAND here we come!

after christmas we headed off to sunny california. spent some time at the beach. the kids loved that. ellie found a lot of sea shells to add to her collection. sarah and zac loved the waves hitting them and got soaking wet. it was cute. it was fun to have chad's mom and his brother and fam with us. we had a great time. the next day we all went to disneyland which really is a magical experience. everyone loved it. we got there at 8 am and didn't leave until 12 pm. what a fun experience for our family. we hope to go again soon.

christmas is joy

we celebrated jesus birth by acting out the manger scene. ellie was the heavenly angle zac was joseph sarah was mary cousins were the shepard and donkey. and the two wise guys in the back were chad and his brother. it was very fun. i hope the kids get the point to this story. i am very grateful for the saviour and what he went through and did for me and all of us. christmas is a great time of year to think about how much you love family and friends. thank you everyone for being a part of our lives. we love you and miss you all.

our christmas vacation

we got to go to arizona for christmas. it was very warm(compared to utah). we went to the park and on a little hike. it was great to see grandma b and pap ray. we miss them but i can see why they love it there (so warm and dry). later chad's brother and wife and kids came to join us right before christmas. it was so wonderful to see them. kids grow up so fast.

It's a Tea Party

sarah is turning 7 this year. i can't believe she's growing up so fast. they got to decorate their hats and make cool flower pens. it snowed a lot this day so i'm glad everyone made it safely here and back. well of course i have to show the cake. it was fun making it. thanks to ellie and her friend for helping me get ready and entertaining the girls.
love you all.

merry christmas

the kids got to see santa this year at our church party. they had a great time as you can see.
hope all of you are doing well and have a happy christmas spending time with the ones you love. i/we miss all of you very much. love you all.

knitting is fun

i am learning to knit. i knitted this scarf
and hat for the girls. they love them.
now zac and chad want hats too. hee hee
have a great day!
love you all

Pies Pies and more Pies

ok so i went a little crazy and made five pies for thanksgiving this year for four adults and 7 children. yeah we ate pie for a long time after. (breakfast lunch and dinner hee hee) christy and neal and kids joined us it was very nice traditional thanksgiving. of course i took pics of the pies. not too many pics of the people. love you all. hope your thanksgiving was fun. happy christmas season.
(apple lemon
chocolate cream pumkin cherry)

Sarah is cute

i got to go on a field trip with sarah's class to red butte gardens. it was fun and a little cold, but so beautiful. i just had to show some pics of sarah enjoying herself there. love you all.

Zac finished cubs

he earned his wolf and bear. way to go zac!

Ellie's piano recital

well, it's been awhile. lots of stuff has happened. school started, i had surgery, we went to oregon/idaho for the fourth of july, birthdays came and went. i guess i'm not so good at keeping this up. oh well. these are pics and video of ellie's piano recital. she did great. i can't believe how grown up she is. it's fun to watch.

We finished the Wasatch back relay on Sat. It started Friday at 11:20 am and finished Sat around 4:00 pm. 180.5 miles from Logan to Park City over the mountains. What an accomplishment. It was so fun, We signed up for next year right after we finished. Good friends, hard runs, no sleep, what more could you want? There are 12 people on our team, the Wardies. I was runner one so I got the privilage of starting us off. and I got to finish first. Sweet deal for me. It was so hot during the day, but cooled off nicely for the night run. The heat came back fast the next day for a fun finish.

While Eliie was at camp, Sarah and Zac and I went to the pool.  Fun in the sun.  That night Zac played baseball.  It was the end of season tournament.  He was tired, but still played great!  Threw a guy out at second from the outfield.  Way to go Zac!

Ellie went to girls camp this year!  When did she grow up?  She had such a good time.  She took the camara and took pics herself and got to stay in a great cabin(no tents).  How spoiled is that?  She came home singing and giggling lots.  Was I ever that giggly?  She also, to my wonderful surprise, shared her testimony at the end of camp.  Her leaders and others said she was fun to be around.  I am so happy for her.  Way to go Ellie!

We went to Lagoon on Friday, June 13. It was so fun! Every one is tall enough to ride the rides this year. Yeah! We found a gun museum. Zac thought that was so cool! Ellie and Sarah found the prettiest guns and Zac found the biggest. hee hee!

Ellie on Fire Dragon. Sarah in the Haunted House. Zac in the gun Museum.

Finally, J0n50nz R BlogN! (Posted by Chad)

K so people have begged and pleaded for us to blog or boring life and so here it is. The Inaugural post from the Johnsons and an image of the kids...enjoy.

Tomorrow is O.C Tanners Lagoon (Local amusement park) Day so we are off to have some fun. If we get around to it, we will upload images of it this weekend.

Cathy's race is next weekend. Then Cub country the week after. After that we are off to Oregon for the 4th of July, then a 2 week break before Sandra and kids come to visit. With all that going on, we are also remolding the basement so visitors have a place to stay. Then, we plan to go to SD and visit the mountain of dead presidents.

Like everyone else we know, we have a very busy summer and with Cat signed up for School next year--our fall looks full as well.

- whirled peas
- out

yeah i finished my second marathon april 19th 2008. the fam came to see me and sarah got to finish with me. pretty cool.