read the fine print...

hey, turn around!

that's right everyone, we are adding another kid to this family!
we're very excited, charly has no clue, but i know she'll be a very good big sister!

going private...

after playing the debate game, we have decided to make our blog private. we'd love to still have you visit so leave us a comment with your email. thanks friends!

behr's baby blessing....

stacie and carl blessed their cute baby behr on sunday! it was such a fun occasion that we could all be together at! congratulations to them on their super cute little boy! it was such a neat blessing and a great day with family and friends! of course i was in charge of taking all the photos so i have them all and they haven't seen them yet! there are too many pictures to explain it might take me all day....so use your imagination!

lovely....

what a joy it was taking pictures of little miss angela! slightly shy, but oh so sweet! please enjoy your sneak peak, i'll have the disc to ya tomorrow!

my girl...

i keep posting pictures of other peoples kids, but not my own... so here she is, 15 months old and as cute as ever!




what she's up to lately...
***BUSY BUSY BUSY**** i know i say this everytime but she is such a busy girl!
she...
runs, kicks a ball, throws everything (including things at her mama), twirls, dances, climbs, sits in her chair, smells flowers, loves her dolls, gives kisses and good hugs, blows kisses off her forehead, does itsy bitsy spider sorta, knows where her head, belly, toes, feet, ears, and nose are. still eats awesome. says: mom, dad, baby, ball, belly, dog, tractor, what, hot, eat, behr sometimes, shoe, uh oh, ow, hi, bye, oh, num num, and makes sounds like a: dog, duck, pig, chicken, cow, walrus, and i think that's it. most the time her animals sounds are the same for other animals but she tries. overall i'd say we've got a pretty well rounded gal! she's so quick to learn now and is going to be our little athlete! we love her so much! she just keeps getting bigger and so much fun!

oh baby...

heather,

how much fun was today! i can't believe how tiny he is, what a handsome guy! here's just a morsel of all the photo goodness...enjoy!

brandy

p.s. as usual click photo to enlarge!

in memory of....

my grandpa

KEITH W. JOHNSON
His funeral was Monday. It was such a neat and unique service. Just what he wanted. I'm so glad I was able to attend and celebrate his life here on Earth. I'll miss you Grandpa! His obituary follows below, with pictures to follow in another post.

LAKETOWN, Utah - Keith Weston Johnson, 88, left this life peacefully at his home April 30, 2010. He was born in Laketown, Utah, on April 18, 1922, to Willis Dewitt and Lydia Ann Weston Johnson. He married Thelma Satterthwaite on Sept. 19, 1942, and was later sealed in the Logan LDS Temple on March 30 1959.
He was a man of varied interests and talents and was a civic leader. He gave generously of his time and means to the community and LDS Church. He served as president of the Rich County School Board and Bear Lake TV.
Keith has one passion in life, his love for livestock and the Big Creek Ranch. He devoted his life to good, hard, honest work. He was taught this ethic at an early age while working side by side with his father Dewitt.
Keith spent his life adding upon what his father started. He now passes that legacy of ranching to his sons.
Keith had a way with animals; his love and gentleness of them was always visible. His pets were his pals and always on his mind right to the end.
Keith loved and cared deeply for his family; they were what mattered most. He will be greatly missed and always remembered in our hearts. We are grateful we had the time we had and for the wealth of love and knowledge we all received.
He is survived by his wife Thelma; children: Joan (Mark) Mckinnon of Laketown, Utah; Dee (Gaye) Johnson of Dry Fork, Wyo.; Bonnie (Dewey) Forsberg of Logan, Utah; Philip (Bobbi) Johnson of Parker, Colo.; Nola (Farrell) Eastman of Millville, Utah; Kimberly (Brent) Roberts of Providence, Utah; Yale (Lisa) Johnson of Laketown, Utah.
Keith was preceded in death by his parents; a baby boy, Gilbert; two brothers and two sisters.
The family will have a private funeral at 11 a.m. Monday, May 3, 2010, at the Big Creek Ranch. Interment will be in the Big Creek Cemetery.
The Keith Johnson family will welcome friends to celebrate his life with them from 4 to 6 p.m. May 3, 2010, at their home.

meet our nephew...

Stacie,

sorry i got the photos up so late...but here's a taste of a few of my favorites! you'll get to see the rest next week! thanks for the fun, try anything and everything session!

Brandy

p.s. click photos to enlarge

sneak peak....

danielle,

how fun was today! so glad that the lighting was awesome, the tulips were beautiful and so was your little lady! pretty sure you look gorgeous too! i'll have the rest on thursday! see you then!

brandy

p.s. click photo to enlarge!

easter & baby animal days...

can i just say that charly is at such a fun age! she's a handful, don't get me wrong! but 95% of the time she's making us laugh at all she does! does your baby have quirky behavior? we think charly does! things she's doing right now...
...dances to anything with a beat, i mean anything, she just starts wiggling. it's like she can't help it!
...her favorite place to hang out is on the first step of any stair, it's the perfect height for her to sit on!
...is loving her stuffed animals right now...i'll have to take a picture of her with all of them!
...always wants to look out the window or be outside, even when it's snowy and windy!
...loves building towers and knocking them down!
...plays with shoes, so don't leave them around!
...trying to talk more, but still struggling! working on animal sounds, but so far a cow says boo and a duck and pig make the same loud squeak! too funny! she knows the sound a truck, car and tractor make though!

okay that's enough, onto the real post!


Easter.

What a fun time of year! The weather was great, until it snowed, but we still had a fun day! We spent conference weekend up at the lake house relaxing. Easter morning Charly discovered the Easter Bunny had paid her a visit. Isn't it awesome that they always find you, even if you're not at your house! Surprisingly, Charly was pretty excited about hunting for eggs and really good at it. Saying, "ooohh", in a deep whispering voice each time she spotted an egg. She didn't like it when I had her put the eggs in her basket, she wanted to just open it over and over again! But eventually with our help she found all the eggs and goodies left for her! After morning session of conference we went home to Corey's dads birthday party. Dinner was good and then we colored eggs, for the second time (my fav part)! I hate the PAAS brand of egg dye, it sucks, so next year we won't be buying that kind! It wasn't overly exciting and I was bummed we didn't get to all dress up in our Easter attire for church, but we'll do that this Sunday instead! A few pics of course...checkin' out her Easter basket

summer sandals, romper, animal crackers & candyOn her hunt

Baby Animal Days.

So much FUN! And so much CUTENESS! I have never been, but since Charly loves every kind of animal she's ever seen I wanted to take her!Albino Peacock

with the baby billy goats
(dad looks so cute, why did you close your eyes charly?)

petting the baby calf

oink, oink, standing with the pigs!

first pony ride....sorta scary

she didn't love it, but seriously was laughing pretty hard at one point!

on the choo choo train!
(pardon the fattest face in the world, bad angle!)

Who knew that our own Jensen's Historical Farm could be so cool! We're definitely going back next year!