Sunday, January 27, 2019

~From Quick to Sick~

I was looking through my journal from last week to this week and it's amazing the difference I saw in our schedules! When healthy we ran everywhere and had so many things each day!

Monday: Gym for Trav, School drop off/Work for Trav, Gym, Read to Addie/nap, Clean house, Apt's/Errands, After school routines, Dinner, Family Home Evening.

Tuesday: Gym for Trav, School drop off/Work for Trav, Gym, Read to Addie/nap, Clean house, Apt's/Errands, After school routines, Dinner, Coach Aaron's basketball, Coach Maddix's Basketball team.

Wednesday: Gym for Trav, School drop off/Work for Trav, Gym, Read to Addie/nap, Clean house, Apt's/Errands, After school routines, Dinner, Mutual/Scouts

Thursday: Gym for Trav, School drop off/Work for Trav, Gym, Read to Addie/nap, Clean house, Apt's/Errands, After school routines, Piano lessons, Dinner, bedtime routine, Travis plays Basketball with the Men.

Friday: Gym for Trav, School drop off/Work for Trav, Gym, Read to Addie/nap, Clean house, Apt's/Errands, After school routines, Dinner, Friday family movie night.

Saturday: Guys Racquetball morning, Basketball games scattered through the day. DATE NIGHT

Sunday: Pancake breakfast, church, lunch/come follow me, quiet times, call family, dinner, bed. 








And then there was this past week: 

Monday: Console Addie

Tuesday: School Cancelled-Snow Day, movies all day, Take Addie to the doctor's: Find out she has RSV and an Ear infection.

Wednesday: A bounce back day! Her shot really helped her feel better and I got the house picked up.

Thursday: She overdid it and ended up pretty miserable again. I came back from the gym to find her asleep in Travis's lap!! This is NOT normal for any of our kids to do! And then after snuggling on the rocking chair, she later fell asleep in my arms!!! It was seriously the best moment of my week!!

Friday: Played Beya-blades with the kids, swapped our Friday movie night and date night, so the kids had a sitter and Travis and I went out for dinner and games with some friends.

Saturday: Admitted that I'm now sick. Made a mad dash to the store... in snowy slick conditions, full of Saturday ppl and hated the trip. Barely made it back in time to snag Aaron and rush back into the storm and over to our basketball pictures/game. Travis later took Maddix to his pictures/game (I opted to not be in the team photo so that Addie didn't have to go out). Then that evening we had our family movie nights: Cheaper By the Dozen 2, and safe to say it was a HIT with our family; we loved it.

Sunday: Pancake breakfast. Addie and I stayed home sick while the boys went to church. Lunch/Come Follow Me, lazy afternoon, and in a bit the Elders will be over for Dinner (it's okay, they won't get sick at this point).

We currently have a snow advisory for a storm rolling in tonight. Tuesday/Wednesday have wind advisories with a high of -19 and a low of -29!!!!!! Ugh!!!!!!!!
I really don't like winter. I seriously loath winter. I hate being stuck inside. And freezing. and sickness!
So we are currently planning out our summer trip to Utah and thinking about how much fun life will be once it warms back up!!!!!











Snow Day/Movie Day

Played Checkers with Aaron (assisted by Maddix), and we
stalemated in our game... I didn't even know that could happen.
Learning to use a spoon!!

Sick... again


Feeling so much better after medicine! 



Sunday, January 20, 2019

~ 2018 Summary! ~

The Johnson's Year of 2018
-in Picture form-

January 
Aaron conducted a choir of snowmen 

Travis bought his dream truck! 

Basketball season started 

I chopped my hair off

Girls Night out! 
February
We had so. much. sickness. 

Valentines Day as a family

Weekend away to Minneapolis/Addie's first pool trip :)

Travis bought me some prescription sunglasses so I don't have
 to do an 18hr drive, balancing two pairs of glasses on my nose!

March
Trav's awesome residency threw a combine party for the
weddings and babies we'd recently had

Decided it was time to repaint our dark brown "cave."

Girls Night, painting activity 

"Spring Break" 

April
13 inch snow storm, followed by a 17 inch snow storm the
following weekend
Easter: The bunny was GRACIOUS this year! We received
a basketball hoop, soccer net, and baseball hitting net!

Maddix taught Aaron how to ride a two-wheeler!

I coached Maddix's soccer team

Took Addie and flew out to Chicago for
Colton's military graduation

Drove to Utah and had Addie blessed out there

Flew to Cali with the boys and went to the
beach and Disneyland! 

Attended the last Johnson sibling's wedding!

May
Took my final FINALS of school, ever! 

Little miss Addie turned 6 months old

We bought gear to organize our garage equipment

Maddix's first piano recital

Finally set up the trampoline Santa so graciously
got us for Christmas

June
Baseball season!!!

Trav's Father's day present

Aaron's preschool graduation

Updated our yard with a garden and trees:)

This cuties 2nd season :D

Our Almost Spartan/Near miss Tornado experience

Swim lessons
Travis's 2nd year Residency Dinner


July

This year we went to Clear Lake's 4th of July Parade

Then we did 4th of July fireworks and a BBQ with
the residency

Aaron turned 5! He had a dinosaur theme
and chose to do his party at the park

Utah Trip!!!
This was hiking in St. George
Zions National park with my trip buddy, Astrid
(We also found out we were pregnant with Baby #4)

August
Maddix rode with Gma and Gpa Johnson to Cali for
the family's beach trip; first time doing a vacation without
his mom or dad! 
Our anniversary trip to New York!

End of summer camping trip
(A massive storm rolled in, flooding the tent and forcing them
into sleeping in the truck... with the windows cracked...
so Maddix become bate for all the Mosquitos in the area)

End of our Harry Potter summer with a H.P.
Potter, hosted by our wonderful friend

Back to School!!
Maddix to 2nd grade, with Mrs. Mehmen
Aaron to Kindergarten, with Ms. Jensen

September
Work schedule aligned and Travis made it to Maddix's
piano recital

Trip to the lake with some friends

Football season began for both boys! 

Residency retreat to Clear Lake
International Talk like a Pirate Day celebration.
Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean 1
Annual Apple Day
October

Mr. Man celebrated his 8th birthday with a
Harry Potter Party
(inspired by his reading all the books over the
summer, and then watching the movies in the fall)

End of football season.
(Aaron is in the middle, gray hood)

We got a visit from "Flat Allie."

Harry Potter themed Halloween costumes

Announced baby #4

Our first murder mystery party! 

November

Little princess turned 1!!!! 
Found out we were having a girl!! 

Drove to Utah. Maddix decided he wanted to
wait and be baptized with his family present

Late night BYU game with G.Gpa Herb and
Travis to finish celebrating his baptism day

Thanksgiving Day Turkey bowl

Addie's Cake Smash Party! 

December
Christmas celebrations

Celebrated Travis's Birthday! 

Another piano Recital for this awesome guy!

Mall of America

~Christmas 2018~
Ready to "skate" into the new year!!!!

In creating this recap, I really didn't realize until now just how awesome this year was!
What a wonderful year :)