JOHNSON FAMILY EST. 1/2003

YARD PROJECTS

2009-03-31T15:27:00.000-07:00

With the warmer weather on the way, we have so many projects in the yard that we need to do this spring and summer. We are getting ready to pour some concrete on the side of the house and Mitch rented a backhoe to level out the rock and dirt. Jaycee, of course, wanted to be doing what daddy was doing and had a ball riding in the backhoe helping Mitch.

Thanks to my dad who is always willing to come up and lend us a hand. You are great!

SNOWMOBILING

2009-03-31T15:20:00.000-07:00

It has been a wonderful winter for snowmobiling and Mitch and my dad have definitely enjoyed the abundance of snow. Jaycee absolutely loves to go snowmobiling (she calls it a mower, long story), so we decided we better purchase another sled that she and I could ride on together. My mom was nice enough to watch the baby for us and we took Jaycee up snowmobiling. She had so much fun. She was pointing up the big mountains, saying, "Go fast, up there". She was too cute. We had a lot of fun!

Growing Up.

2009-02-17T20:34:00.000-08:00

I thought that Jaycee grew up too fast, now with Jordyn it seems like the days are just flying by. She is already 7 weeks and it feels like I just brought her home. I feel guilty because I don't have nearly as many pictures of Jordyn that I do for Jaycee, but the day disappears and I am stuck at nighttime wondering what happened! So, I had to take some pictures today. She is such a wonderful baby and we enjoy her so much. Jaycee has also been fabulous. Mitch and I feel so blessed to have such wonderful girls!!! (For now at least, I am sure they will give us a run for our money as they get older, especially teenagers!)

Jaycee saw Jordyn getting her picture taken and went to get on her dress ups. She won't smile for the picture, but she sure likes to be in them!

2 CUTE 4 WORDS

2009-01-27T10:34:00.001-08:00

Here are some very cute pictures of my little girls. I am trying to find a cute one for an announcement.

GIRLS LUNCH

2009-01-27T10:23:00.000-08:00

Maren, Tina, Briana and I had a lunch together with the kids a little while ago. It is pretty scary to think that between the 4 of us, we have 7 children!!! It was fun to get them all together and watch them interact with one and other (Mostly, the babies just sat). Anyways it was great to get together and I look forward to doing it again soon! This is just about the best picture we could get of all the kids together. It is almost impossible to get 7 children to sit still and look at you (forget smiling), especially when 4 are under 8 months!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US!!!

2009-01-27T10:06:00.000-08:00

January has been a busy month for us this year. In addition to Jaycee's 2nd birthday on the 14th, Mitch and I also celebrated our 6th Anniversary on the 18th!!! As hard as it is to believe that Jaycee is now 2, it is much harder to believe that Mitch and I have been married for 6 years. A newborn is not real conducive to a nice romantic weekend or even a romantic night for that matter, so we celebrated with a wonderful dinner out and an anticipated cruise next year on our anniversary.

The last 6 years have brought us so much! In looking back, here is a little bit that has happened in our lives the last 6 years.

We moved across the country and back to end up in Twin Falls, Idaho (2/2003).
Mitch started his career as a Certified Volkswagen Technician (6/2003).
We got another dog (in addition to Rusty who we bought in high school (3/2005).
We bought our first house (4/2005).
We had Jaycee, our beautiful little princess (1/2007).
Alison started her job as a medical transcriptionist (3/2007).
Moved back home to Utah (3/2008).
Bought our second home (5/2008).
Got our first renters for our home in Twin Falls (6/2008).
Welcomed grandma to our house (7/2008).
And finally, had our 2nd beautiful girl, Jordyn (12/2008).

It is hard to express just how grateful I am for the relationship that Mitch and I have. I love him more than words can say!!! Six years ago, I thought that I had reached the very peak of how much I could love someone, but day by day, that amount has grown. I still think that it is not possible to love someone anymore than how much I love Mitch. So, thank you honey for being such a wonderful husband and father!!!! You are the very best and I could not ask for anything more!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAYCEE!!!

2009-01-27T09:52:00.001-08:00

We celebrated Jaycee's 2nd birthday on the 14th of January. It is hard to belive that our little girl is now 2. Boy, does the time go by so fast. We decided with the new baby and all that we should just do a little family party for her and we had a lot of fun.

I absolutely love this little dress I found for Jaycee. I got it in November and I am dying to put it on her and take some pictures. She will look so cute!

Jordyn Paige Johnson!!!!

2009-01-11T15:34:00.000-08:00

We welcomed the newest little member to our family on 12/27/2008. Jordyn Paige Johnson was born at 7:26 p.m. weighing in at 6 pounds 10 ounces and 20 inches long.

She is a wonderful baby and we have enjoyed her so much. It has been pretty crazy around here the last 2 weeks and it is hard to believe that our baby is now 2 weeks old.

Jaycee has been a wonderful big sister. She has loved Jordyn from the time that she first came to see her in the hospital. She has been such a big help too. I was pretty nervous about how she was going to react when we brought Jordyn home, but she has been nothing short of perfect!

Here are a few more pictures that we have taken over the past couple weeks.

Christmas 2008

2009-01-11T15:21:00.000-08:00

Christmas was very exciting for us this year. We had so much fun watching Jaycee's face as she was surprised with all the presents Christmas morning. I realized just now that we did not do a very good job with the picture taking, as we took mostly video. So, here are a couple of pictures from before the presents were unwrapped. More pictures to post later after I get them from my parents. You can always count on the grandparents to have their cameras snapping pictures.

We learned our lesson this year with the little beetle to leave the favorite gifts until the very end. Jaycee saw this car and would not even look at any of the other gifts that she had bee given. It was so bad that Dad had to take the car and hide it (Jaycee cried) to even have her unwrap anything else from under the tree. She absolutely loves this little car!

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

2008-12-22T08:19:00.000-08:00

Last, but not least, we took Jaycee over to see Santa at the mall. We were a little nervous because last year she just screamed and screamed. She actually did really, really well. She was being shy and hardly looked at him, but she sat on his lap so we could get a cute picture!

Okay, I am finally caught up with the majority of what has happened in the last month. We hope you all have a very, very Merry Christmas. Hopefully we will have a new baby to post about next!!!

Too Cute

2008-12-22T08:10:00.000-08:00

Here are a few pictures of Jaycee that I have taken recently that I had to post because she is just too cute. She loves to wear her daddy's hat and his gloves if they are around.

I love Jaycee in this big furry coat. She looks like a little Eskimo.

My sister watched Jaycee for a little while when I went to one of my OB appointments and she took these pictures of Jaycee and Jack reading a book. They are so very cute together.

Ohh, and I cannot forget to post the picture with her and Mitch on the snowmobile. She is learning early to love daddy's hobbies!

Treehouse Museum in Ogden

2008-12-22T08:05:00.000-08:00

I took Jaycee with a mom's group to the Treehouse Museum in Ogden. It was really, really neat. Everything there was for the kids to play with and Jaycee loved it. There was nothing there that she could not touch or play with. Best of all, she could run around from room to room and I didn't have to worry about her going somewhere or touching something she shouldn't. They also had a lot of really neat things for the kids to do. I did not get a whole lot of pictures because Jaycee was going crazy bouncing around the museum and playing with the different things.

Let it snow, Let it snow!!!

2008-12-22T07:56:00.000-08:00

Mitch and Jaycee have had a ball with all of the snow that we have been getting recently. Mitch came up with the idea of pulling Jaycee around in a sled and/or her little ambulance behind the lawnmower. Jaycee absolutely loves this, especially in her car. The other day, they drove around the whole neighborhood and backyard. The next morning, Jaycee was very upset to realize that her dad had gone back to work and would not be able to take her around in the car. She told him so on the phone. It was very cute. I could catch the words "snow", "outside" and "mower". It is so much fun to see these two outside playing together. I wish that I did not feel like hippo, or I would be outside playing too.

THANKSGIVING

2008-12-22T07:37:00.000-08:00

So, I have been a total slacker with the posting. It has been so crazy with the holidays here. It seems like they just creeped up on us this year and it has been a whirlwind ever since! We had Thanksgiving at our house this year and had a wonderful time. I actually had to work (bummer), so Mitch and the rest of the family (mom, dad, aunt and uncle) were left to prepare the majority of the food. I was only upstairs (I work from home doing medical transcription) so I could supervise with a quick trip down the stairs. Thanks to everyone who came and helped out. Ohh, I totally forgot to take pictures too!

Also, we did our traditional Black Friday shopping again this year. I was at Walmart in Syracuse bright and early at 4:30, but not early enough. I went to get Jaycee a riding Barbee Jeep, but by the time I got there, they were all spoken for. People are crazy. There were people that had lined up for the electronics the night before! No worries, I did get her a Volkswagen covertible bug from a different store opening (more fitting I guess since Mitch is a Volkswagen technician). Mitch and I were shopping until 9 o'clock that night, but were very glad that when we were done that night, all our Christmas shopping was done.

Classic Fun Center

2008-12-22T07:32:00.000-08:00

We took Jaycee over to the Classic Fun Center a little while ago here in Layton and she loved the blow up toys (Mitch did too)!!! They actually had quite a few and the ones with the large slides were her favorite. Mitch and I loved having her play in the toys because she could not get hurt. She jumped on them, ran off of them onto other blow up toys and loved it! It was great!

Reading

2008-12-22T07:25:00.001-08:00

Jaycee loves to read books!!! She will sit for a long time just looking at them and talking out loud like she is actually reading what is written on the pages. Her newest thing (now that we have started potty training) is to take off her pants and sit on the toilet to read a good book. It is too cute and I had to take some pictures. She also loves reading to her stuffed animals, etc.

Cutest Cousins

2008-11-13T15:57:00.000-08:00

Jack and Jaycee are so cute together. Everytime Briana and I get together we can't help but take a picture of these two. I can hardly wait until Jack Man gets a little bigger and starts giving Jaycee a dose of her own medicine (she actually is really great with him). He already almost out weighs her, so I know it should be good.

THE BIG DAY!!!!

2008-11-13T15:51:00.000-08:00

We were so excited this year to take Jaycee trick-or-treating! She was so cute dressed up like a snow angel. She loved to carry her "purse" full of the candy and would not let anyone touch it after we were all done. She sat on our table for probably a half hour after we were done looking at it all and sorting it out. Halloween with children is so much fun!!!!

Carving Pumpkins

2008-11-13T15:42:00.000-08:00

We had so much fun carving pumpkins this year. Every year, before we had kids, Mitch and I would carve up a pumpkin for tradition, but it is a lot more fun to have a toddler and a 94-year-old grandmother in the mix. Jaycee thought that the gooey inside was pretty cool and helped us all get our pumpkins cleaned out.

Nana was a great sport and did really well scraping out and carving up a pumpkin.

Of course after the carving was complete, we all had to have a couple pieces of candy to get ready for the upcoming holiday. Jaycee was nice enough to share some previously sucked on M&Ms with Nana. Nana didn't mind too much and just enjoyed watching Jaycee have so much fun!

Johnson Halloween Party

2008-11-13T15:32:00.000-08:00

Every year Mitch's family gets together and has a Halloween party. This was one of the first years that we have been able to go, since we lived in Twin Falls and couldn't get down before.

All the kids looked so cute all dressed up in their costumes. Jaycee and her cousin Jared, who is just a month older, were so cute together. We realized that Jaycee was dressed up like a princess and Jared was a frog. We couldn't get them to kiss, but they would hold hands. They were so cute together!!!

Of course after all the fun was had, Jaycee decided she needed to sit down and it needed to be in the dirt! This is not the best picture, but I had to add it because this is so Jaycee. She loves to look "pretty", but getting dirty is just as much fun!!!

Syracuse Pumpkin Walk

2008-10-24T21:07:00.000-07:00

We took Jaycee over to the Syracuse Pumpkin Walk tonight and it was really neat. There were 800 different carved pumpkins all lit and up lined up for all to see. Jaycee thought it was really neat. They even handed out candy for the little ones for trick-or-treating. Some of the designs were incredible and I could not believe that people actually carved them. None of the pumpkins that I have ever carved have ever looked that good. Anyways, here are a couple of pics.

Halloween Trunk or Treat

2008-10-23T14:04:00.000-07:00

Jaycee had her very first experience with treat-or-treating last night at our ward's Halloween truck or treat. She was a little unsure about taking the candy out of the containers that people were holding, but was very excited to see how full her "purse" was at the end. She was acting really, really shy through the beginning and eventually started to warm up to the idea when she met her first truly dressed up parent. It was our next door neighbor dressed up as a hunter. It scared her to death! She looked so very cute dressed up as a snow fairy, though.

FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON

2008-10-22T16:33:00.000-07:00

I am sure that many of you were just as surprised to wake up on a Sunday morning a few weeks ago and find a whole lot of snow everywhere! This being the first snow for us in our new house, I had to take some pictures. Jaycee's favorite aspect of the snow was eating it.

We couldn't resist getting all bundled up and going out back to try to make our first snowman of the season, but the snow wouldn't cooperate. Jaycee didn't seem to mind though, she was just fine trying eat as much as she could. The dogs absolutely love when it snows outside and covers the ground. They played for hours this Sunday out there chasing each other around the backyard.

Later that night, there was a gorgeous full moon that looked incredible above the snow dusted mountains.

Favorite things

2008-10-22T16:29:00.001-07:00

Jaycee's two favorite things right now are "colors" (crayons, colored pencils, or any type of writing utensil she can find) and talking on the phone. She is getting pretty good and multitasking already and this is a picture of her coloring and just chatting to dad one morning. She is getting to the point that she will actually carry on a full conversation with Mitch on the phone with jabber, side effects and faces. It is pretty funny to watch.

LOVIN' DADDY

2008-10-22T16:23:00.000-07:00

For those of you who do not know, Jaycee absolutely loves, loves, loves her dad! Most mornings, when she gets up, she asks for daddy and after being told he is at work, she wants to call and talk to him on the phone. This week, because she is teething those nasty molars again, she actually cried when I told her that he was at work. Here are a few recent Jaycee and Daddy moments. She especially loves to go crawl in bed after she gets up if Mitch is still in there and just lie down next to him. They are so very cute together!

Black Harvest Festival

2008-10-22T16:07:00.000-07:00

Jaycee and I went to the Black Harvest Festival in Syracuse with a mom's club and had a ball. There were so many things to do there. It was really fun. The slides were definitely Jaycee's favorite, especially the biggest one. Yes, she did go down that and pretty much dragged me to the top because there were so many stairs and this pregnant body just does not move as quickly as hers. The slide was actually really fast and I was quite suprised that it didn't freak her out a little bit, but she loved it!

Believe it or not, this was Jaycee's first time in a bounce house. It was so fun to watch her. She recently learned to say jump, as she loves to jump on the couches, bed, treadmill, etc. The whole time she was in there, she was shouting "jump, jump".

To top off the trip, we went on a tractor trailer ride out to the pumpkin patch and were able to each pick out a pumpkin. Of course, Jaycee went for the biggest that she could find and even to this day, she is able to pick her pumpkin out from mine. She really liked the tractor ride and thought it was really cool.

Chuck E Cheese

2008-10-22T15:56:00.000-07:00

A new Chuck E Cheese just opened here in Layton and we decided it was time to let Jaycee go crazy at a restaurant with no reprimands. I didn't get too many pictures because there were so many moms and dads/kids/grandmas/grandpas/etc. Jaycee was a little too young for most of the entertaining games and things, but we were able to find a horse ride that she thought was pretty cool. Of course, it was even better with Daddy holding

the reins and practically riding the horse too!

Pictures with Jack!!!

2008-09-08T20:39:00.000-07:00

Briana and I decided to go and get Jack and Jaycee's pictures taken together the other day and they turned out so cute!!! I am probably not supposed to post these because of copyright garbage, but I could not resist.

B-day party for cousin Chance

2008-09-08T08:03:00.000-07:00

Jaycee's cousin celebrated his second birthday this weekend with a wonderful pool party! We all had so much fun, especially Jaycee!

Her favorite thing was definately the slide. She loved to climb up it all the way by herself, although she was not opposed to going down with Daddy. She went down by herself too, but there was a hose at the top squirting out water and she tended to hold up the line by playing with this.

She also had a great time with Grandpa!!!

It was a great time and we hope that Chance has a grand birthday on the 11th!

Day Trip to Bear Lake

2008-08-31T20:16:00.000-07:00

We went with some friends up to Bear Lake this weekend to go swimming and had a blast! Chip and Lindsey are our neighbors and they have 2 kids, EmmaLee (4) and Elijah (10 months). We decided to run to Bear Lake to catch a little sun and play on the beach. No boats involved (only time I have gone to Bear Lake and not gone skiing). Yes, it was sad but true, our boat remained parked at the house while we had fun in the sun!! It was gorgeous as always up at Bear Lake. There were shells everywhere and Jaycee loved to try to collect them all in her bucket and dump them back out at the water's edge.

Mitch came up with a floating device to play with (twin air mattress) that the kids absolutely loved to float on. Yes, a tube would have worked just the same, but just didn't quite have the same effect. Ha, Ha.

Jaycee and Mitch had a great time throwing a rock in the water and making it splash. Mostly, it was Mitch playing fetch (yes I said fetch) with our daughter to keep her entertained because she was starting to get cranky with it being so close to nap time.

Jaycee kept saying that she had a "stinky" diaper, so I pulled of the sandy swimsuit and swim diaper to find there was nothing. Now that she knows what "stinky" means, she thinks it is great fun to tell us she is stinky and point to her bum and then have us chase her down to change her. Anyways, false alarm, but there was no way she was going to sit still long enough for me to put the wet and sandy diaper and swim suit back on her, so she went nude for a little while. She would prefer this any day of the week, but I thought it made for a cute picture.

Well, we left very happy and very tired after our day at the beach. The kids all slept the whole way home and the parents wished that they could. Of course, the kids all woke up right as we pulled into the house and were ready for something fun and exciting to do, but all us old folks wanted was a nap!

ULTRASOUND

2008-08-29T17:11:00.001-07:00

Well, things have a been a little crazy around here with summer coming to a close, but we had a very exciting doctor's appointment on 8/20. We are very excited to announce that we will be having another baby GIRL in January. Everything looks great with the baby and I can hardly wait to start putting the nursery together for her. We have already decided that her name will be, Jordyn Paige Johnson! We can hardly wait for her to get here and Jaycee is already practicing being a big sister with a baby doll that she totes around upside down

and tries to give a bath with washcloths. Anyway, her are some of the pictures from our ultrasound!!!

Hiking Near Bountiful Peak

2008-08-11T13:02:00.000-07:00

We took a beautiful hike up near the Bountiful peak yesterday. It was absolutely gorgeous. We went up and around the ponds between Farmington and Bountiful. Jaycee loved playing in the muddy water and picking the wildflowers. Mitch found a huge tree that had fallen down and of course, he had to climb to the top. It made for a good picture though. Jaycee thought it was the greatest being up high! Like father like daughter!!!

I had to post these pictures of Jaycee's first hiking trip with her dad this last fall. She took a nose dive in the dirt. She was a good sport though, she got up and was ready for more.