The Adventures of the Johnson Clan

Thursday, March 5, 2015

~Final Farewells~

Our time in Utah has come to an end and we are currently enjoying our new place in New York.

Before I get into life here in Queens, I need to recap on all our final farewells!

I was able to get all the packing done (thanks to everyone who helped)

Took my last run around the PG area and really enjoyed it as

it started to lightly snow and I found myself

listening to Apocalyptica as I ended

my run at the temple :)

It was peace.

I was also lucky enough to catch one last girls night with my Chuck Girls, a really fun farewell Chuck-a-rama party (where they surprised me with present that made me tear up, and then ended up at Denny's at 1:00am and leaving at 2:00am without ever even receiving our food), a last girls/my boys day with my mom and sisters.

We were able to have Maddix catch a last playdate with his preschool buddies, take Tayla around

on some last errands, prepare snacks and have the family over to finish the packing, cleaning,

and loading of the moving truck before we hit the road!

Goofballs

Goofballs Continued

My sweet co-workers made me
this compilation book from our years
together.

Maddix, Caitlyn, and Daxton
~The Trio~

I ran into these two beloved customers while buying
my sisters temple clothes... what a blessing to get to see them goodbye

Thursday, February 19, 2015

~Mid February Update~

Life is good... life is busy.

Since February hit we have had one illness after another. The boys got their Flu shots which brought on some fevers and sniffles; nothing bad.

Then we welcomed my sister home from her mission and days later found out we had been given LICE from another family member; the worst part was having to call all our little friends we'd just been with and explain, "Hey check your kids!" Boo... However, we were able to catch the lice early on and aside from having to watch EVERY last blanket, rug, towel and article of clothing because it's ALL OUT TO BE PACKED.... sigh... it really wasn't too bad. Treatments, laundry, repeat. The main hang up was when the dryer broke 11 loads into the 22 estimated loads I had quarantined.

From there we've had colds and I up and lost my voice for 1 1/2 weeks.

We've been packing.

We've been playing.

We run all sorts of errands, and do everything we can to prepare for this next chapter in our life:

We are MOVING to NeW YoRk in 5 days!!

So while we've been here preparing on this end, Travis has been in New York going crazy trying to get ready for our arrival. He has been going out with the realtor time and time again, just hearing no and no with each apartment; I'm not worried though.

Where a door closes, the Lord opens a window... in this case, quite literally.

I seriously worry about Travis as he's preparing for presentations, a mid-term, an upcoming rotational final, presentations, patient write ups, a new resident on unit, and then running around New York trying to find a home for his family who will be arriving in a week! :)

But it will all work out.

There is still so much to do.

There is so much that has been done.

So here is a middle of the month update: