Summer Ends with New Beginnings

We had very exciting news at the end of summer, we received our 9th grand baby!!

Maxwell James Johnson was born Augusr 31. He was 20'. 5" long and weighed 8lbs 14oz.

He was a big boy!!

 

We are so happy that he arrived safely, and even 2 weeks early!

Lindsay was happy about that but even more happy that he was a natural birth and not caesarean(as with Ivy).

He is so darling! We are excited to welcome him to our family!

 

And more exciting new beginnings...4 grandkids in school now! Wow!!

Brooke is in Grade 3 and McKinley is just starting Kindergarten, she loves it! They are going to the new school that just opened near their new home, so they just walk to school together each day. So fun for them!!

 

 

 

 

Ava has just started in Grade 2, and looks so grown up, she likes like she could be going off to college.

 

She and Joshie are both going to a new school this year.

 

 

 

 

Joshie is excited to start Kindergarden this year. He loves his new teacher!

Phoenix has become one of our favorite places. We think it is beautiful there, especially it's sun rises.

We visited our home there for a week in August, and I caught this sun rise the day we were leaving.

 

My brother Kevin and his wife Joeen came down from St George to visit us in Phoenix for several days.

We took a fun trip to Sedona. They had never been there and were awestruck with the beauty of that area!

We had so much fun together!!

 

 

We love the Sedona area and enjoy it when we can visit there or take family or friends there!

We loved this picture, but I especially love this guy!!

We have some great memories of our trips to Arizona!

 

A few weeks, later Dad and I had the opportunity to do a quick road trip in four days to Jackson Hole, Wy.

We went to Cardston to attend a session in the Temple first. We then drove south and caught this beautiful picture of 'Old Cheif' mountain during a storm!

 

 

The next day, we planned our drive to go south through Yellowstone National Park and enjoyed the beauty of the park and watched "Old Faithful' erupt!

 

 

 

 

 

Yellowstone was one of first dates, and we have such sweet memories of this place!

We wanted to take a picture 39 years later. Wow!!

We are so grateful for the many blessings that have come because we've stayed together since that first date!

We went up and through the Teton Pass, the Grand Teton mountains are gorgeous!

 

My brother, Kevin, was playing in the band, "Most Wanted" in Jackson Hole and invited us to come hear him play and have some fun! So we did, and it was so much fun watching him play, he is very good on the bass guitar! We met all the band members, they are so cool!

Just 5 miles north of Jackson Hole is a little town called Wilson. Kevin was excited for us to go over and explore it together. Our great great uncle Nicholas Elijah Wilson founded this town.

 

We had great fun driving around Wilson together, 3 of us packed in our little 2 seat convertible!

 

We had lunch near the river and truly felt Uncle Nick ate on that exact spot!!

What a great road trip and fun memories!!

 

 

 

 

 

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Joshie's 5th Birthday and a Cabin Visit

Joshie turned five Sept 2!!

He is sure a cool kid and growing up so fast!!

 

We loved sharing his birthday with him at he cabin!

He was so excited it was his birthday!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He had so much fun playing with his Cat train set. I think Grandpa had just as much fun as Joshie.

 

 

 

 

 

Uncle Mark gave Joshie a Dinosaur Hot Wheels set and that was such a cool toy!

They had some good playing time together.

 

Fun relaxing time with dad and Ava and Lainie in the hammock.

 

 

 

Watch out!! Now Joshie is the dinosaur!

What a cute picture!!

 

 

 

 

 

Ava spent a lot of time collecting nature items for her fairy garden, it was beautiful!!

 

 

 

 

Tiffy just enjoying the sun and the kids!

 

 

 

 

Uncle James giving fun rides in the wheelbarrow!

Watch out...here we come!

 

 

 

 

 

Ava at the dock, a pretty pose.

 

 

The kids trying to get water balloons out of the the dingy to shoot them at dad!

What's more fun than that on a hot summer day?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Happy Family Happenings

 

 

The Temple was so beautiful as we came out after working last week, dad just couldn't resist this shot!

We truly love the Temple!!

It has become such a refuge and 'home away from home' for us this past year and a half as we have served in the Temple Presidency.

So many blessings have come and continue to be poured out upon us as we serve there!

Brooke's last day of school field trip we went on together. It was so interesting to learn about Ft. Edmonton.

We didn't get to all the historical stuff we should have with our group, but we had alot of fun!

 

Brooke' Last day of school!!

She has officially finished Grade 2!,

 

 

 

Ava worked hard at ballet all year, this is her year end ballet recital.

What a darling butterfly!!

 

 

Ava with her ballet buddies.

She is sure growing up and just finished Grade 1.

 

 

 

 

 

Joshie looks so excited to have finished his 'Pre-Kindergarten' year. He has worked so hard this year in school.

What a handsome little guy!!

 

 

The cabin is coming along.

We had to wait an extra week to get the stone put up on the outside because of the rain.

The stone was finally finished using this monster 'lift' to get the workers up to the top of the chimney! I love it, it's starting to look finished!!

After not having the dock in at all last year because we were building the cabin, it was finally time to get the dock in.

So...James, Mark and dad went to it!!

 

It wasn't too bad of a day for putting in the dock and having some fun!

 

 

Uncle Mark playing around while dad is working!

 

 

Ivy even pitched in to help clean up the beach, raking and washing the rocks.

A few days later after everything was in and cleaned up it was time to get in the water!

Brooke in the canoe with Grandpa getting her first canoe ride of the summer.

Lots more fun coming this summer as we finish the cabin and get to spend time together making some fun memories!

 

Some great news for Mark! He is now a manager for Enterprise and has moved down to Red Deer.

He has a cute apartment there, which he has fully decorated, after pulling a lot of his stuff out of storage.

The store he manages in Red Deer rents cars and trucks, which is an uncommon thing.

He is sure excited to be running his own store after working towards it for eighteen months!!

 

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Spring Birthdays and a Baptism

 

 

 

Grandma turned 60...wow!

It's hard to believe, time goes so fast!

But what a wonderful 60 years it has been!

Having a great husband, with loving kids and grandchildren, it doesn't get better than that!

 

 

 

 

We had fun celebrating with a special dinner.

 

 

 

 

I got some roses And a very special dog!

 

 

 

 

 

And time with my family!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cam also celebrated his birthday with a fun family time!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lindsay celebrated her birthday, too.

As usual, watching Cam blow out the candles on their 'shared' birthday cake.

 

 

 

 

Brooke's celebrated her 8th Birhday on May 5th!!

Grandma got to pick her up from school and take her out for ice cream.

Wow!!! Is she ever growing up!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brooke was baptized by her dad Cameron on Saturday, May 7th at the Riverbend Stake Center in Edmonton.

It was a beautiful baptism, her two Grandpa's gave talks, her two Grandma's said prayers...and her siblings sang " I Love To See The Temple"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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