Spring has sprung...

Spring has finally come and the backyard is looking good. Now, if the wind would stop blowing.
We have only two weeks of school left and our much needed break begins!
Come see us!

How I spent my Saturday.

Me and John! My new BFF!

He hugged me and said, "Thanks". (For what, I don't know but, you are welcome!)

Our Spring Break

We had a fun and relaxing spring break.  We spent a couple of days in St. George visiting with family. Went to Brian Head for a beautiful day of skiing and spent time at home doing little things around the yard.  Here are a few spring break pictures.

 

Jack and Ryan having a bath after playing hard! 

Dewey and Jack having fun at Troy's BBQ!  Great lunch!

Taking a break from skiing.

OK, so this might need a little explaining.  I don't have the answer!  I heard it was a Brian Head tradition to thow a bra into this tree.  Next time!

The beginning of our new "east side patio"

And this picture is for Erin!  This is the beginning of my new garden.  I'm trying to go completely organic, so this year I decided I would try planting my own seeds instead of buying starter plants at the nursery.  The corn is doing great, but the tomatoes are struggling.  If they don't make it, off to the nursery I go and will buy starter tomatoes for my garden.  Can't have a garden without them maters!

We enjoyed visiting with Patsy and Tracy.  I forgot my camera when we were with them.

It is always fun to see my sisters.  I miss them.

We love being around our family.  Thanks everyone, you are the best.

Storm of the century...

Hey, Family!! We've had a week of stormy weather and it was fun!  We had some rain and mixed snow for a couple of days but got hit hard on Thursday night and Friday!  School was cancelled so we had another 3-day weekend.  Our TV signal went out a couple of times and Todd had to get up on the ladder to brush the snow off the dish.  Those are the snow flakes, biggest ones I have ever seen.  Today, it is cold and sunny.  We were able to sit out in the sun most of the afternoon.      All-in-all, it made for a nice, relaxing weekend.  We hit the road running tomorrow!  Back to work we go. 

 While we had such a stormy, snowy week, I was struck by how beautiful the geraniums are the bay window in the kitchen.  I had to take out my new camera, and take a picture!   This flower is growing in my breakfast nook!  On the other side of the window, overlooking the patio, our yard is covered in snow.  It made for a nice contrast.

2010

Well, Christmas is over, everything has been packed and put away for next year, and we have seen another New Year's Eve come and go. It was a fun two weeks. Jake and Tyler came home which is ALWAYS great. After three failed attempts to go out of town to Christmas shop because of snow and sickness, we made due with Page offerings. I broke down and got Todd Ninetendo Wii. We've had a lot of fun bowling and playing baseball. Neither of us can quite get the baseball, but I manage to beat Todd at bowling! I rolled a 206 today~~~Todd had a 204.


Something about sitting while playing is not right! Wait until I get him Wii Fit!

Jake had to go back to Scottsdale the Saturday after Christmas, Tyler went back the Wednesday after. Todd and I went to St. George to ring in the new year with the family. It was a fun time. We were able to spend time with Jp, Shelly and boys and Jenny, Jon and family. Katie was in Texas with the Bowman's. Cricket and Tilly got IPod touch and we've had fun receiving text messages from them. Often we have to use some imagination to try to figure out what they are trying to say. Once Tilly wrote, "so". That's all, just "so".

We actually got to shop, go to a couple of movies, go out to dinner and ring in the new year (not so wide eyed) with Patsy and Tracy. We got them out of bed at 9 PM and had a fun visit. After our visit, we found a Del Taco open and had a little midnight snack in our motel and watched the fireworks. Then home to lonely Page and back to work.

School was difficult this week, the kids at Todd's school and at my school were really wound up. It was crazy.

I go to the neurologist this week for follow up and repeat tests. Hope this is IT! When it is all finally over with, I hope I don't have to see another Doctor or have any more test done for a really long time.

Weird being 2010! I remember when the movie came out-Space Odyssey. My brother Paul and I went to see it in SLC at some high tech theater. I don't remember where it was, but I remember being blown away by the movie. Well, HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Highlights

Only two days until Christmas and I still have not gone shopping-and I don't really care. This is so not like me. I was thinking about this month's highlights and Christmas past. Here are some highlights sprinkled with some from Christmas past.

• I survived both Girl's and Boy's NGS with a minimal amount of complaints. (Hey, the food is free!)
• We had a snow day earlier in the month, only it did not snow! Go figure.
• School is out for 2 wonderful weeks.
• My leg is almost healed. There is, however, an apple-sized lump on the cut.
• We woke to snow today and could not go shopping in St. George.
• Tyler is home today and Jake will follow tomorrow.
• I remember Grandma Johnson ho!ho!ho!hoing from the other side of the door when we would arrive in San Diego in the middle of the night. We would drive all night and listen to KNX radio.
• I loved going to Grandma and Grandpa's house in San Diego anytime, but especially at Christmas.
• How about Grandma DeWitt's marching band on Christmas Eve??! I so miss my family at Christmas time. Our Christmas Eve is so quiet. I hate it.
• I loved the jingle of Santa's bells outside letting us know it was time to go to bed.
• and most of all, I loved hearing either Grandpa Johnson or my dad read from Luke.

Add your Christmas memories! Merry Christmas everyone. We love you.

Crazy Month

Where has the time gone? I can not believe it is almost Christmas and I am proud to say I have not begun my shopping, yet!! First time ever I don't have a clue AND I don't really care. Christmas is not about presents. It's about familTodd and I were treated to a night at Amangiri. A new Aman resort hidden in the middle of no where. It was so amazing. The food was fantastic. We were treated like royalty. The tour of the property was most impressive. We pretended to be rich and famous for 24 hours.

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OUR ROOM. THE PATIO OUTSIDE OUR ROOM.

THE AMAZING SWIMMING POOL. DINING ROOM

We also pulled off our Ward Christmas Party Dinner. It was a huge undertaking and that is all I care to say about that! However, I do have to mention that when it was time to clean up, I had a little mishap, to say the least. I gathered 5 poinsettias in my arms from atop the piano. As I turned around to take them into the Chapel, some men had pulled out the folding chair cart and I plowed right into it, sending 5 poinsettias flying and me tripping and falling all over the place. Not a pretty sight. My pride was more hurt than my physical body--or so I thought. When I walked into the dimly lit, quiet Chapel I sat the 5 poinsettias on the organ, turned around and sat down on the first pew. I began to cry and cry and cry. I felt something on my left leg. I rolled up my pants and realized I was hurt more than I thought. Here is a sample of my "Christmas Party" accident. I'm seeing the Doc tomorrow for an unrelated item, but will have him take a look, just in case.

A bit bruised I'd say. My whole leg looks like

I have some dreaded disease!

I did not think the cut needed stitches.

It was deep the further down my leg it went.