Grandpas 91st birthday

We got to celebrate Dad's 91st. birthday. It was a wonderful dinner of course in remembrance of St. Patricks day. Corned beef and cabbage. A beautifully decorated table and the knitted dish cloths from mother for each of us. In one of Dad's journal entries he says, "A Mother who takes such an interest in her children (talking about mom) she just finished personal history books for Jerry, Ed and Bob.) is rare indeed!! We are a blessed family to have the wife and mother we have. And we are blessed to have the Father we have. Another journal entry on August 1977 says " Jogged a mile this morning w/Wanda. She can almost keep up w/me. Dad did exercise, kept a journal, read the scriptures and had family and personal prayer. He served in the church and has stayed true to the covenants he made at baptism. He truly is an example to us all. He has lived a great life to which we all should emulate and be grateful for.

A Day in AF

Amberly and I spent the afternoon a couple Fridays ago down with Grandma and Grandpa Johnson.  We were both nervous that the grandkids would wear Grandpa out, but he did great!

Annalyn wanted to read Grandpa a story, and successfully put him to sleep 3 different times.

Isaac loved playing checkers and Tic Tac Toe with Grandpa Brian.

And Elise just came for the babies.  

In the 60th Wedding Anniversary book that we all helped to put together, Amberly is pictured holding this same dolly outside at the Boise house - she looks about 3 or 4 years old!!  This one is definitely Elise's favorite!

(Who has that original by the way Sarah?  I would love a copy of it as well.)

Update on Grandpa

What a beautiful experience we are all having spending time with Grandpa. I have enjoyed every second I have had to be with him at this time. I feel his spirit so strong, and I am so grateful for the time I have been given with him here on this earth. He is strong and determined, and oh so darn so cute!!!

Today, he came out and sat in his chair. Grandma asked him if he wanted Trudy's kids to come and see him, since he had been sleeping most of the day. His reply was, "no" as he pulled Grandma onto his lap and told her she is all he needed!!! My mom ran and grabbed her camera, and took this picture.


I have had the priviledge of cutting Grandpa's hair and doing Grandma's hair, (it has always felt like an honor, not a service ) Tonight I was able to give Grandpa another hair cut. I can not write the feelings of love and admiration I have for him. Grandpa truly is an amazing man, and a man I am so proud to call GRANDPA!!!!

Reunion update

Well I am sad but not surprised to say that construction isn't going as fast as we had hoped. I know a lot of people have connections to st george and could arrange their own housing and we could schedule 3-4 days of activities and utilize the spa for some of the activities. We could certainly have a few meals there for everyone and arrange some hikes, classes, and activities.

Christmas Break!

This is your cousin/nephew/grandson . . . Jeremy. . .

Our little family is very excited to be able to finally make it out to Utah! It's hard to believe that it's been a year and a half since we've been able to make it out. We've had a lot of crazy/unexpected adventures over the last 18 months that have kept us away (including a new baby girl who is now 9 months old!), but we hope to be able to finally see as many family members as we can! It's been great to follow your individual blogs, we love reading and seeing pictures of all your adventures. We're flying in on December 17th and will be in town for two weeks. I realize that we will probably miss the big Johnson family Christmas get-together, but we will do our best to make the rounds and see whoever is in town.

We Love and Miss you!

Regarding Updated Addresses

Just talked with Laurie and due to privacy and security reasons, which we faced last year, its best not to have addresses and personal info on the blog. Laurie has a pretty updated list, as do I from last year. So her thought was anyone who has moved in the last 6 months, please email me, Laurie or both of us privately and we will update our lists!!
Thanks so much
love to all

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Kim

ADDRESS UPDATE

HI All,

Its Christmas Card Season, I was wondering what would be an easy way for all of us to have updated addresses to send cards out this year? I would like to update my list so I can send out cards and a soon to be baby announcement!!!!! Should we all post on the blog? Laurie any suggestions?? thanks all
lOve kim