Back to School

My kids just completed there first week back to school. Kiah is a 5th grader this year. I can't believe she is that old. She loves going to Orchard Elementary and we hope we can keep here there. She will be doing the school choir again this year, and taking voice lessons and dance. Kesli is a 3rd grader. She is such a smartie. She has such fun friends this year and is very social. She is taking ballet and jazz this year. Ikey boy is starting Kindergarden on monday. His teacher is Mrs. Jones and I had here in 5th grade and now she is teaching my son, small world. Isaac is hoping to play soccer this year, he loves video games and star wars. He is such a great kid. Sadie and Saylor have another year home with mommy. We are going to have mommy and twins time everyday. They have never received my full attention. I am excited to get to know them better. They love playing outside, shopping, and fancy nancy books. They are turning 4 on Sept 3rd. They are having a Fancy Nancy birthday party. For any of you that have young girls get the Fancy Nancy books they are great. This year I am going to work on myself inside and out. I am picking a topic each month that I want to improve on and I am going to read and do everything I can on that topic to better educate myself. September begins my health and fitness month. I will keep you posted each month and what I've learned. Erick is still training with his job. He travels alot but he likes what he is doing. He is working from home as well so we love having him around.


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Sisters day.

Last summer my sisters and I started a sisters day. It last 4 hours. We always start with lunch and then we either shop, or get a project done together. Since we have all been married we haven't lived in the same state. Now that we are Utah girls we have carried on this tradition this summer as well. Wednesday's are one of my favorite days. We all get babysitters and the fun begins. I have been blest with 2 sisters and we are best of friends. Corey is currently living next door to me and she has been amazing helping me through the last year. She has 2 boys Parker and Jack whom I adore and she married Erick's brother. Jenn is the youngest and she is such a good example to me. She is them most wonderful mother I have ever seen. She has 4 children Kali, Lexi and twins Dominic and Zaxen. We have been working out together every morning and of course sisters day. I will post a picture of the three of us later. If you have sisters you live close to try this out you can even add sister in laws.

We just returned yesterday evening from our annual Johnson family reunion. This year We headed down to Zions National Park, We stayed in a cabin just outside of the park at a ranch called Zions Ponderosa. We headed down to St. George on the afternoon of the 4th and we stayed at a house across the street from Erick's Grandma Call. We went to a church parking lot and we did our fireworks and sparklers. Kiah our accident prone child stepped on a sparkler and got a nice burn on the bottom of her foot (poor girl). The next morning we woke up and headed to Zions. The kids loved the scenery and of course the mile long tunnel. We finally made it to our cabin, It was perfect for us. It had 8 bedrooms including a room full of bunkbeds for the kids. We brought all of our food and it had a perfect kitchen for all of our needs. Erick's parent, and His brother Spencer's family, Dave's family, Curtis and his girlfriend and our family were there. We sure missed Emily's family, Jenn's family and Matt's family but we hope next year they will be there. We had so much fun. They had a great pool where we spent most of our time. We also attended a small rodeo. We did crafts, played games, the men had some competitive basketball games. Saturday morning a group of us went on a hike in Zions to the Emerald Pools. We sure enjoyed the whole experience. The kids are hoping to go back next year.

We have had a fun two weeks since Erick has returned. We went to the Orem Summer Fest, which had fun rides, food and booths. Kiah inpressed us all with her rock climbing skills. She made it to the top in a matter of seconds. The twins loved the Carousel, and Ikey and Kesli enjoyed the ferris wheel. Fathers day was special this year seeing how Erick was here to help us celebrate. We gave him a tent that will fit our family. He loves camping and we know have kids the perfect age for this. The kids gave him a car washing kit because they love to wash the car with him. We ate dinner at my parents. One of the things I love most about Erick is the wonderful father he is. He spends such quality time with each child and they love him so much. We also took a trip to St. George Ut this week. My brother lives down there. And he just purchased a boat so we helped them try it out. One of Erick's greatest loves is Waterskiing and Wake boarding. Kiah tried out the knee board and the twins and Kesli tubed It was a great time. Kiah also had the oppourtunity to see Les Miserables and the Tucsan theater with her cousins, it was her first musical and she loved it. We are looking forward to a family reunion in 2 weeks in Zions so there should be some fun pictures and story's to tell soon.