Jay's Gradutation

On Friday, my brother Jay Gradutated from Weber State University. He is the only one in our family that has gradutated. We are all so proud of him. He is now going to go to graduate school, we don't know where yet. He is going to be a physical Therapist. I will be really sad when he moves away.
After all the Brother and Sister, and mom and dad went to dinner at Olive Garden. I think it is the first time we have all gone out for a long time. We had a good time.

Mom, Jay and Dad

Dad, Mom, Charles, Jay, AnnJillene, and Beth

Day After Thanksgiving

It has been a tradition for 14 years to go and cut down our Christmas tree with the Johanson the day after Thanksgiving. We have done it every year except for one. We usually go to the tree farm in Mt Green, but got bored of that. And last year we went to a cabin for Thanksgiving and cut one down up there. Well Brett has always wanted to go to the Unitas and cut one down. So this year we did. We went up by Christmas meadows and cut down our tree. I am still not sure what it will look like, because it is still in my front yard. (Brett has been to busy to put it in the tree stand. I just might have to do it myself). But we had a lot of fun. We took the 4 wheelers up and drugged the trees out with them. Had soup and Hot chocolate, and even built a fire. We were all cold, but had a blast.

Sierra and Hunter in front of our tree.

We even got Nana on a 4 wheeler. I think she loved it.

Nana and AnnJillene warming up the soup and hot chocolate.

While Brett, Colt, Hunter, and Nathan went off riding 4 wheelers, and Sierra and I and Nana were in the car, Tim and McKenna sat out by the fire chatting away.

Long lost cousins

Brett has a cousin, well actually a 2nd cousin I guess, and she called him to do some plumbing in there basement. It is a older house, and he found a few more things wrong with it then they thought. So he went over there, and took his little helper Colt with him. Well they have 3 little kids and Autumn and Bailey who is 7 and 5 were shy and didn't really talk to Colt. So on Sat he went over there again, and they started talking and playing, and now Colt and Autumn are best friend. It is so cute. They get so excited to see each other, and talk about each other all the time. Sierra and Bailey have now also became best friends, and love to play together. Chalyce and I went to school together, and so we can find plenty to talk about to. So we have alot of fun with them. So we invited them to go 4wheeling today. So we took them up to the V. We all had a blast. Colt drove Autumn around the whole time. They have little boy Wyatt, and he loved to ride the 4wheelers to. We all have a great time with them. We are excited that they found us. They like camping, and now they like 4wheeling. I think we will have a fun summer next year. I am already ready for it, to go camping again.

Shawn and Wyatt

Colt driving Autumn around, they are now best friends.

So I got there a little late with the girl, we went to the Nutcracker. Apparently before we got there Brett took my 4wheeler out in the water and got stuck. He was standing in the seat then there was only a inch of the seat sticking out. So they pulled him out, and the later on in the day, she decided to try it again on his 4 wheeler, and again got stuck. So we had to pull him out again. I just think he likes to use his wench.

Hunter

A couple of weeks ago Hunter was in a wrestling clinic at Davis High. He went every night for a week and on Sat he had a little tournament. I was fun to watch, but as a mom, I did not like it. He took third in his division. And he never got pinned. He is a tough little guy. Then on Friday he got to go and eat lunch with the Mayor. Each class got to pick one student, and Hunter was picked from his class. He is a very good student and is doing very well in school, and is always on task. I am so proud of him. He got to go and have pizza and get a tour of the city building and the library. He was very excited, and keeps telling us facts about the city. It is Very cute.

Random things

This is Sierra and her Cousin Madylaine. She came to our house while her mom was in the hospital.

Verlene had her baby on Thrusday. Quentin Bonsall Johnson. He looks alot like his mom.

McKenna had her 6th grade progam last Thursday. She was a person from Greece. She looked so cute. They all did a great job. Way to go 6th graders

Muddy 4 wheeling

These were some moose we saw on the side of the mountain. Of course Brett had to see how close he could get. It was pretty cool to watch them.

Brett decided he want to try and get one more run in before the snow flies. So Sat we went with our friend Pete and Tina and went to Monte Cristo. It was a muddy mess. But the kids had fun. Sierra want to go and play with all her cousin, since Verlene had her baby last Thursday morning.

This is Hunter and me going through a mud puddle. So much fun.

McKenna has the funnest in the mud. She always is the muddiest when we get done. She will go out of her way just to go in the mud puddle

Colt got a flat tire and we had to fix it in the mud. Thanks goodness it wasn't that bad to fix.

Colt, McKenna and Hunter we taking a break, playing in the snow.

Halloween

Here are pictures of Halloween. It was wierd this year when the kids went there seprate ways. Colt and Hunter went with there friends, and I walked around with the girls. but they were with there friends also. It made me realize they are growing up way to fast.

McKenna was a 50's girl

Sierra a cheerleader .

Hunter was Jeff Gordon

Colt was a plumber, for Johanson Plimbing.

Here is Papa in Bridgers clown hat.

Sierra in Gages gangster hat.

Lydeah. How cute and sweet.

Jay and Bridger. He just climbed up on his lat and sat there for along time

All the cousins, but the flash was not working.

Laundry....may be hazardous to your health

So last Tuesday I was carrying laundry up the stairs when all the sudden I felt a popping in my back, and I couldn't really walk. So I went and layed down for a min thinking it would go away, and it wasn't, so I got up to take some Advil, and I was standing at the sink and it popped again, and I couldn't move. So I layed on the bed in pain, all the time I was talking to my friend Debbie. So I decided to call Brett and tell him, what was happening. And he told me to go to the Dr if I needed to. So I called an made an appointment and called my friend Candace, and bless her and her daughter, they took me to the Dr. It was her daughters b-day and they were going to Chuckie Cheese, and put it off to take me. So I went to the Dr and after bending and twisting me, he said it looked like I slipped a disk. I was confused, because my back didn't hurt so much as my right hip and leg. He said that was because the disk slipped and was sitting on my nerves. So needless to say, I have never been in so much pain in my life. So Candace took me home and got me medicine. Thanks goodness for pain killers. I hate how they make you feel, but the pain went away, somewhat.
So Brett was in SLC working, so he did the next best thing, he sent him mom over to help with the kids. Candace brought dinner in that night. I can't thank all the people that helped me out for the next couple of day. Debbie and Donna brought dinner in and Laura brought it in another night. My mom came up one morning and help out to.
I am feeling better now. The Dr said it could take up to 2 months to feel better. I hope not. But he kids have been a great help. Colt is becoming quite the little cook and cleaner. He will do any job in the house you ask him to, but don't ask him to clean his room. He does not like that.
Soo... Any way Thank to everyone who has helped out, I don't know what I would have done with out you.

Daddy Daughter Date

Brett and McKenna went on a Daddy Daughter Date on Sat night. It was a 50's theme. So on the invation it said to wear your poodle skirts and for the guys slick back your hair and wear your black jacket. So Brett did just that.

Sand Dunes

We went to the Sand Dunes, or Little Sarha. As we was loading up the night before Sierra started to cry, saying that she didn't want to go. So we called Grandma, and she went and had a sleep over with her, and then played with her cousins the next day. So those of us who went, we had a lot of fun. The kids kept getting stuck, and we would push them out. The next day I was so sore. I was the only one who didn't get stuck, well I got stuck, but I was able to get my self out. Even Brett got stuck on on hill and had to be pulled out. There was a big bowl, that I loved going around and around on. I would take the kids, it was so fun. Here are some picutes from out fun day in the sand.

Winter Camping

Hunter wanted to go caming for his birthday, and we told him it was suppose to snow, and he didn't care, he wanted to go. They have tried for about a month to go camping and have not made it. So they were getting stuff ready, and I didn't want them to sleep in the tent, so I talked him into taking him moms trailer. It is just a little one, but it would keep them warm. So he got it and was glad he did. They just went up Bountiful Canyon, and spent the night and came home. But they had fun. Hunter has now had his first winter camp out. Colt has his when he was 2. He has been a slacker with Hunter. To Cold for me.

Dresses

Any of you who know my mom, knows that she is a wonderful crocheter. As was her mom. I am not sure why I did not pick up on this talent. It must have skipped me. I had a baby dress that was my moms when she was a baby, that was made by her mom, and it was pink. Then I have a purple dress that I wore as a baby that was made by mom. Then my mom made McKenna a green dress and Sierra a peach baby dress, and the thread that she used was my grandma thread. So all these dresses have something to so with my mom and Grandma. My mom volunteers at the Syracuse History Museum, and she wanted the pink dress that her mom made, to put on display, with some booties. My Grandma Barber was very famous for making baby booties. So I donated the dress to the museum. So before I let it go I took some pictures of them. My how we all have grown.

Chuckie cheese

Last night we went to Chuckie Cheese for Hunters Birthday. We had a fun time. It was a little crazy there. SIerra was not scared of Chuckie, until I told her to give him a hug, and she didn't want to do that.



Hunter brought his best friend Nick



I was playing skee ball, and all the sudden I had 40,000 point. I didn't know I had gotten that many, and then it just kept spitting out tickets. I got a 122 tickets. I was so suprised


Even Brett got in the fun. Brett got the high score for the football game.