New Years Eve 09

Party at the Johnsons house!! Band Hero, pool, jumping off stairs, games, dancing, food and more. We had a great time parting. Band hero was hilarious. They had everyone singing and dancing including Grandma Lee. It was great even though we didn't quite make it until midnight but we were close. Thanks for a wonderful party and good memories.

Skiing at Deer Valley

We had a great time taking the 3 younger kids to Deer Valley. Drake went snowboarding with Kace and Uncle Duff the day before and then went rabbit hunting they day we took the other kids. He had lot of fun doing both. I think his favorite was rabbit hunting. The kids all did great for their first time this year and their second time ever. Sierra went up with Aunt Lesa and Stevie first. It took her a minute but then she caught right on. Makenzie and Tyson we took a few times on a little hill with magic carpet. The edgie wedgie helped both of them a lot and they were both flying down the hill and going down the candy land course and over jumps. Uncle Steve and Jake took Tyson down the race track and he loved it. Thanks to Steve, Lesa, Stevie, and Jake for helping us out. We love you. We can't wait to go skiing again. I can't figure out how to get my pictures and videos off my phone because I didn't carry the camera when we had Tyson and Makenzie skiing. I will try and figure that one out.

Meet MJ and Cadillac

Drake was so excited to get his pigs this year. He went to a pig auction here in the valley and he chose the pig he wanted and worked hard to get it. MJ(pink) was his first choice and Cadillac(striped) was his other choice. He had a great time and was excited to get started again. He has been walking them and getting to know them. The fun is just beginning.

Fun at Red Rock

We had a great time at red rock with the Staheli Clan playing in the sand, hiking, and trying to fit 19 people on a rhino, 4-wheeler, and small broken 4-wheeler. It was great fun. The kids love to drive and always enjoy going there.

Christmas 09

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. We had all of Steve's family here for Christmas and really enjoyed that. We spent most of our time over at G & G Staheli's with them and so after they left Sunday the kids really had fun with their stuff at home. The kids were very patient waiting for Dad until 7:15. They watched a movie and we read a book. I can't believe that it has already been a month since Christmas. We love the Christmas season!!

Sierra's 1st Barrel Race

Grandpa got a new horse named Classy and the kids absolutely love her. She is great at barrels. We took Sierra, Shaylee and Brighton up to their first barrel race. They had a great time and Sierra is already about 5 times faster than this video and looks forward to the next one.

Makenzie's December Adventures

Makenzie lost her first tooth!! The bottom left two pictures are the first time we attempted to pull it out. Notice the sad look after it hurt a little. Then about a week later it was so loose that it laid straight out flat middle picture. She had to wait for dad to pull it out and so after church dad got it out. Middle pict in green shirt, bottom then top are the pictures that day. Now she has 3 more loose teeth.

Makenzie's 1st grade class went on a field trip to the Magical Forest. We had a lot of fun. She did not make me ride the bus and Tyson was able to come too. We had a lot of fun on the slide, merry-go-round, the train ride and seeing Santa. After all that fun we had a nice lunch at the park and then did some last minute shopping and headed home. Mrs. Wilson's class is awesome!!

Makenzie also had a wonderful Christmas program. She sang beautifully and we even got to sing a long with them for a few songs. She also had a gymnastics program. She is doing very well at gymnastics and loves it!!

Fun in the SNOW

We had a great time visiting all those that live in the SNOW. Grandpa got exhausted by pulling the kids at least 3 times a day on the 4-wheeler around the house and up the street. He fit everyone on and no one was hurt too bad. Uncle Brady did relieve him for one round but the rest was on him. We loved to sit in the warm house and watch them and laugh, and laugh, because one would fall off and because he had four in the sleds behind he didn't notice for awhile. We always have to go ice skating. The kids love it and Makenzie was counting how many times she fell (most on purpose) but I think she got up to 67 or something. We also went sledding at a park by Aunt Amy's house. That was a lot of fun too. WE love to play in the snow and then come home to the warm weather.

Thanksgiving 2009

We had a different Thanksgiving this year. We hung out with family in the morning and then headed into the fire station for dinner with Steve. All those he worked with had some family there. They had the barn cleaned out and had set up ping pong, basketball, had tennis rackets, and kick balls out. The kids had a ball playing with everyone. It was nice to meet everyone he works with and their families. They had 5 calls while we were there, so that was fun for the kids to see them leave and come back. We had a delicious dinner and the best part was that I didn't have to cook or clean up!! They did it all for us and did an awesome job. We missed all the family but had a great time meeting and getting to know the families there.

Football State 2009

Sawyer's state football was in Reno this year so Steve and I went with out any kids (Thanks to Mary and Shelley) on the 8 hour drive that was so beautiful (not). It was nice to be able to drive with no kids though. We had a great time. The game didn't end up so great though. It was beautiful weather for Reno but got a little chilly after the sun went down. The boys didn't play well at all so it ended in a loss. Sawyer stayed to come home with us the next day so he got to join us that night when we went to see the New Moon. It wasn't that great and really was bad for Sawyer and Steve. It was nice to spend some one on one with Sawyer and Steve and I had a wonderful time too.

Horse Parade

Horse Parade
Shaylee wanted to have a horse parade and Steve's Aunts and Grandma were here with their kids. So the loaded up the horses and had a horse parade around the house. It was so much fun!! Classy is the kids new best friend. G & G got classy from a friend and now they all want to ride all of the time and they love to run barrels on her. She is wonderful!!

Merrill and Mary's 40th Wedding Anniversary

We thought it would be fun to surprise Merrill and Mary for their anniversary and have everyone come down and go to dinner and get our family pictures done. The surprise didn't go so well, other than stressing Merrill and Mary out that something was terribly wrong with John. So they found out about it, but it always works out for the best. It took a little more planning and I think Mary was glad she knew she was going to have extra guest for Christmas too. We went bowling and Aunt Wendy showed everyone up. Then we had family pictures taken and after that we had babysitters for the kiddos and headed to Vegas for dinner. We had a wonderful time and they sang happy anniversary and brought them shots of Tequila (is that how you spell it?). They just about shoved it down Mary's throat. It was pretty funny. We had a great time. We are so thankful to have them in our lives and to have their examples for us in our marriage. I am sure both of our parents have gone through their hard times but both of us feel so blessed to have parents that are such great examples and hold marriage so sacred. Merrill and Mary thank you for the wonderful examples you are to us and for the wonderful heritage you give to our family. Happy 40th Anniversary!!

BYU at the Vegas Bowl

BYU made it again to the Vegas bowl. We were excited because that means that Uncle Shane and Aunt Carrie come and usually some more visitors. We went in early and went to the Belagio, and MGM to see few sites before we headed to the game. The game was freezing cold and miserable. The game went great but me, Tyson, Makenzie and Addie (Shane's niece) went home at half time. It was so cold windy. BYU won and they had a great time trying to rush to the field after the game. Drake and Sierra were so excited and had a great time. Thanks for the fun, freezing, exciting memories.

Christmas Parties

We had a few Christmas parties this year. We had our ward Christmas party, a party at the firestation, and the kids class parties at school. They were all a lot of fun!!

Sierra Clog, Clog, Clog

Sierra had 4 performances in Dec. (3 in Vegas). She danced in the Boulder City parade, at the Pomegranate festival, Galleria Mall, and had a performance here too. She did an awesome job and loves to clog.

LEAVES

The kids had a great time playing in the pile of leaves Steve raked up at Grandmas. He was going to help clean up but it ended in a great time had by all. The kids each took turns jumping and then had a leave fight.

Christmas tree and Lights

We love to pick out the perfect Christmas tree every year. We have a great time running around the lot for the perfect tree and we found it again. The kids had a great time decorating it and finally were able after crazy schedule and cold weather to get on the roof with dad and put up the lights. Scares me to death but they have a great time and think they are so cool.

Sawyer Christmas Performances

Sawyer stayed busy performing a number of places in Nov. and Dec. He is very talented and is fun to hear play. Here are a few pics. from some of those performances. He got to be Joseph in a live manger scene at the Festival of Trees too.