All us Johnson's Christmas 2008

We made ginger bread houses...Nate was our judge! We all got awards but over all Jeremy and Morgan won. Look at Bill and I's because we made the Moulton Ranch CabinEveryone in their Christmas jammies.....and our Talented kids doing their pyramid.This picture is titled where are the grand kids.....try to see if you can find them allSadie couldn't wait to come see Grandma and ride on the rocking horse...she saw a picture of Jackson on it and really wanted to try it out....her she is doing it.Just some shots of my beautiful, wonderful, joyful, special, happy Grand children Holly, well she was obviously just bored with the whole thing! Christmas Eve we really got dumped on with some snow like about 7" of snow here are Jackson and Sadie enjoying a ride on the sleigh in the driveway.

Day after Thanksgiving

Instead of getting up with the early birds to go shopping....I got on my hands and knees and stripped my kitchen floor. Then I put a shiney finish on it........Looks like new huh? Jeff I'm so glad you didn't start this project. It took all day. Well I did take a little break so I could go out shopping for a little while.

Annual Turkey Bowl

~I HATE BLOGGING~

Every time I want to post a picture, it wont' let me. The cutest picture of my Mom's birthday won't let me....Turkey Bowl....won't let me. What's the point of this again Justin?????? UGH.
The Robertson's came, Alyssa and Rhi even came to play, The missionaries came, Of course Jeff Jordan and Dad were there.....and Derreck came with his three kids too. They guys had a good time, me not so much. I missed Jamie and Sister Merrill. NO one in the kitchen to keep me company. Have I mentioned I HATE BLOGGING.

A Thanksgiving SURPRISE

The only picture of this is on Jeff and Jordan's facebook video's. OH MY GOSH. They surprised Bill and I SO GOOD. I was, I can admit it now, down right depressed no kids were going to be home for Christmas. But with everyone living so far from home. We can only send them home for Christmas. So Bill and I were going to take Grandma Johnson out to eat for Thanksgivng.....That is until Saturday night November 22nd Jeff and Jordan showed up on our door step. They drove 27 hours straight and surprised us. I got on the phone that night called Grandma, the Webb's, and the Frank's... And on Sunday I found out the Darlene and Alyssa didn't have anywhere to go, so we invited them too!! We had a house full and a lot of yummy food too. THANKS JEFF AND JORDAN It so great having you home.

Pictures from the Latch-Key Party

Is that a spider in my drink?

I don't want to grow up.....

Cheryl's talent of painting...she's a butterfly

Remember Dad always calling Mom the devil woman??? Is this what he was talking about??

A family picture

The "original" FIVE!!! Sunday we had Julie's family all over and Steven and Lacey came back down, we had dinner and then all the college kids went back up to Idaho. Monday Diane and I cleaned mom's house for her and we ordered pizza for dinner. It was such a fun weekend. THANK-YOU Cheryl for letting me have time off work....again. Have I ever told you how much I love my FAMILY???? you're da best

A very Special Birthday "75"

Well once again my blogspot is not working and I can't post the best picture taken over the weekend. The one where we surprised my Mom in Applebees for her birthday. Let me set this up. Diane flew in Thursday night and spent the day with Lacey. I flew in Friday afternoon and spend a few hours with my Aunt Gay and Uncle Ronnie. Julie found out were Grandma and Grandpa were going to be eating that night (Friday) we all arranged to meet at Applebees. Julie walked in first because it was planned she would meet them their for dinner. Soon after Steven and Jamie walked in. First Dad thought what is Jamie doing here. Her and Nate must be eating here! Then Mom saw Steven and thought why is he all the way down here, as they live in Layton. Then alll the rest of us walked in Diane Me Jeff Jordan and Whitney!!! We all say surprise and Diane had bought this but hat that says :Birthday Princess on it and a whole bunch of balloons. Mom was SO SHOCKED and SURPRISED!!! Way fun

Julie, Sheri Akin, Diane, Me and Carole Akin

We had a "surprise" party for Mom on Saturday. We sort of had to tell her that people might be coming and that she might want to dress up a little and that she might want to clean up the mess her and Dad had on the kitchen table. It was just family party but it sure was nice. AND it was so great that Jeremy and Morgan and the girls could all come down. It really meant a lot to Grandma, because she knows how busy you are.

Jodi Stevens and his partner MaryAnn. Jodi is my Dad's brothers son. His 1/2 sister is the one who came to take care of Grandma after her back surgery after I left. I haven't seen him in about 44 years or so. It was so nice to see everyone. AND once again my blog spot is deciding which pictures I can post or not...........UGH

Cutiest Little Jackman

Jackson in his Memphis shirt....grandma Blake bought him. He is eating a rib at Corky's

This is what he did all through the convocation....played with these donation envelopes.
Sunday Morning ready for church

CORKY'S

Famous Bar-BQ in Memphis. We waited about 40 minutes to be seated and I swear after we ordered our food it took maybe 3 to 4 minutes for it all to be on our plates. It was SOOOO GOOD.

Student Dr. Johnson

Justin showed us some of the things he has to do for school. WISHING YOU WELL JUSTIN!!!

I heart ELIVS

Pink Cadilac it was Elvis's Mom's favorite car GOLD records

Pr

Just a few of the things we saw....His private plane had 24 plated carate buckle's on the seat belts...and on his sink in the bathroom. I can't comprehend being so RICH.

Looking offical

Doesn't Justin look offical? And doesn't Grandma look scared to death? Well the balloon man made this motor cycle balloon for Jackson and I thought Jackson was going to pop it....He really grapped on tight. They had homecoming festivites after the white coat ceremony. We had a lot of fun.

Our weekend in Tennessee

Well on the way down to Tennesse we saw a cotton field....and a cotton picker. Like a machine that picked the cotton. But as luck would have it blogspot won't upload that picture UGH. Who's idea was it to start a stupid blog anyway. I get so frustrated with my pics don't upload. Let's try another one.

We went down because Justin had his convocation. See him in his WHITE COAT??? It was an amazing ceremony. The speaker was Tom Sullivan, who is blind. He sang and told some amazing stories. He has played baseball, football, wrestled, been in movies, he sings. AND Jackson sat there for two and a half hours. It was in a church so he took all the donation slips and would pass them to Haylee, then gather them all up, then he'd pass them to me and gather then all up. And this went on and on. He was so happy and GOOD!!!

A VERY NICE SURPRISE!!!!

We I got home there was this big envelope from State Represenative Jim Sacia with this certificate and a personal letter from him

Little Girls Little Girls

FINALLY we made our way to Chubbuck to see Sadie, Kate and Brooklyn. I felt so bad for them all, as they were sick, and not feeling too well. BUT I LOVED seeing them holding them and giving them hugs and kisses. AND seeing how Kate and Brooklyn have grown and are developing so much. Thanks Jeremy and Morgan for letting us come crash your home....when you probably didn't feel up to company. We loved our visit. However it was WAY TO SHORT for me.

Diane is going through her mid-life Crises

So we got the boys and Whitney all moved in and Diane says hey lets go to Jackson Hole. So we drove not only through the mountain but a mountain PASS. Not a big deal for me I've done it's Lots. BUT FOR DIANE!!!!! A huge mile stone. Dear Haylee's mom let us come stay with her in her home over night. Then we drove over to Signal Mountain Lodge for dinner. Here is a picture of me and the little boys before dinner. Once again I have a better picture of the lake and mountains all around but the dumb blogspot.com won't upload it UGH~~~~

BLOGGING DRIVES ME NUTS

OK so on Wednesday night Diane Whitney and I stayed at a bed and breakfast. Called the Blacksmith Inn. It was so cute and it looked like an oversized YURT. But it was actually called an eagle nest ;) Dumb blog.com won't upload my picture of it.

Moving in Day

Since we had been sick we decided to move Jeff Jordan and Whitney in before going to see the grand daughters. Can you see Jordan behind all of Whitney's things??? This is another view from the back looking to the front....oh and Jeff also has a TV on his lap. I can't believe Whit got everything in on her SIDE of the room. Good Job Jeff and Jordan for packing LIGHT!!!

Taking the "little" boys to College

OK so this was NOT the best trip ever.....I started out with a sinus infection and by the time I got to Utah the Dr. had called in a steroid. UGH Seems I can't travel out west anymore without being SICK. We arrived at Grandma and Grandpa Stevens' August 28th. We also had a surprise visit from Rob Glasgow while we were there. SO good to see you Rob.

Steven and Rob went to the BYU football game, however Steven came down with an awful flu which he shared with many of us. ME being one of them. Sick again for a day and a half. OH this picture is one of Jeff our returned missionary growing out some facial hair while on the road trip. It was shaved off a couple of days later.

More Fun with NATE

We took Nate into the big city. Nate and Jamie took a ride on the Farris wheel at Navy Pier. And we also took Nate to Ed Debevics. WE had the BEST waiter I've ever had there. He was way funny. It felt so good to sit down and relax after walking around and around the block. But we finally got headed in the right direction. Nate also got to go to Nauvoo and Carthage while he was here. Thanks for coming Nate. You're welcome back anytime!!!

~Nate Andrews is a REAL MAN!!!

Nate, Jamie's boyfriend came to spend some time with the family. He sure got to experience a lot while he was here. First night in town we took him to Happy Joe's. YES he ate and LIKE Canadian bacon and Sauerkraut pizza!!! the next "test" was pickled herring that's him eating it....YES people he liked it.

UNCLE HAROLD'S FARM

Roger Called and said "The corn is ready to be picked" We loaded up the car and drove around until we found the farm. (Haylee we were NOT lost)!!! Natem Jamie's boyfriend husked the corn and started eating it right there.....as you can see Jackson loved it too. YES that is uncooked freshly husked corn on the cob he's eating.....it was pretty darn good. We all found out though that field corn is not that great.