Busy...

That's what we have been.

Here are a few pics along the way!

March 9, 2009 - KADEN 3yr BIRTHDAY!
We took Kaden (and Nick) to the Wildlife World Zoo, he loved it.
One thing we loved about this zoo is how close you can get to all the animals.


This little guy almost took Marks finger off.

Kadens favorite part was feeding the goats and deer.

Cousins came over to celebrate that night. Taco Salad with funfetti cake and ice cream followed.

March 29, 2009
Nick was blessed by his daddy. The spirit was present and strong, family was abundant, it was beautiful.

We had a brunch at Matt and Candees after. Crepes, fresh fruit, bacon and sausage were there to delight out taste buds. Family was there to delight our spirits and souls.

April 12, 2009 Happy Easter...
OR NOT.

Saturday the 11the was spent in Maricopa with the Skousens. Good food and fun.
Egg hunt for the kids. (thx for helping Meagan)
Raw egg toss for the olders. Mark (my hubbie) and Mark Skousen (cousin) won. Shanna and I came in 4th.

Sunday (Easter day) Was with the Johnsons. Egg hunt for the kids. (no camera)Dinner, Yummy Yummy Yummy. All at Tiff and Jasons house.
One BIG announcement, TIFF is PREGNANT. YAY!!! We cant wait to have a new cousin.

April 15, 2009
Nick 2mo Well Check:
Weight - 12lb 8oz
Height - 24in
Head - 15.5
AND GROWING!

April 20, 2009
We are off to UT.
4/23/09 - Karl and Jessica Graduated from BYU!!!

We are so proud of you 2!

This is me and my boys at graduation in the Marriott Center.
Mark and I celebrated our 5yr anniversary on the 23rd as well.
And my 28th. B-day. We Celebrated with dinner at Texas Road House with Karl and Jess and their kids, and Jessica's Mom, and Marks' Parents. They treated us to our yummy steak dinner. Then Mark and I (and Nick) got a little crazy and snuck onto the golf coarse for a short walk and snuggling on the green. I felt like a teenager again doing something we are really not suppose to do. Good thing we didn't get caught. FUN!!

We finally came home on the 27th, and then went back up to Monticello, UT. for Josie's Baptism. We are so proud of you Josie to make this very important decision. Thank you for setting such a good example for your younger cousins.We had lots of fun.
Here are some pics of the kids. Shanna and I let them climb on the rocks while we waited for help to fix the flat tire on the suburban. Turned out to be a lot of fun.




Mark and I stayed another week because Mark was doing some work on my sisters house. So,now that I am home and just getting back into the swing of things. We'll leave again in a week. We are so lucky!!

Life is good!

This is how we feel around here!!

BABY NICK!

Introducing the newest member of our family,
NICK SHERMAN JOHNSON!

2/15/09
5:29am
7lb 15oz
20in long


He came a little late according to the due date, and a little early by way of the induction time, and in no way did he come anywhere near my time. Oh well... better luck next time!

I was expecting to have a more calming and spiritual experience this time around because I knew I was going to be induced, and deliver without an epidural this time. I had it all planed out. I knew when I wanted a priesthood blessing, I knew how I was going to focus, and what primary songs I was going to sing to take me to "my zone" (in my head of course as not to frighten anybody). I knew what clothes I wanted wear, waterproof mascara, and the red lipstick with leg warmers to match. I even knew how and where I wanted Mark to stand and what I wanted him to do. Yeah, It didn't all work out the way I had imagined.

Now, I will briefly share how it all went down!

Sunday morning at 2:40am something wakes me from my not so deep slumber. I think that was a contraction, I cant quite remember what they feel like. So, I do nothing till I realize that they are occurring every 3-5 min. They don't hurt yet, so I think nothing is happening. I time them in out of a drowsy state and finally at around 3:30am I get up to go to the bathroom to relieve some of the pressure I am feeling, and in the mean while I get a drink and some paper so I can more precisely time what I think are contractions. Yep, approximately every 2-4min now. So I am convinced that what I am feeling must be contractions. Still very bearable pain so I don't think anything needs to be rushed. 4:00am now I go the bathroom again, this time I see something different. So, I wake up Mark and tell him we will need to leave soon, but I want to take a shower first. He says ok, helps Kaden go the bathroom (he has woken up for potty break himself) and falls back to sleep fast. Its about 4:50am now I jump in the shower and start shaving my legs when I was suddenly doubled over by some sort of pain I had never felt before, and all the sudden the "urge to push" was slightly unbearable. I hurried and washed out my hair, got out of the shower and went to wake up Mark to tell him we need to go NOW! At that moment I felt more pain that brought me to my knees this time and I think I may have scared Mark and Kaden both, Mark is calling Matt and Candee at this point (thank goodness they live so close.) Kaden comes over to me and asked if I was ok, gave me kiss and was whisked away to the cousins house. Mark was gone approx. 5 min and in that time I had managed to get my bra and blue house coat on in between two more contractions. I was starting to get worried now, so I had started to pray to ask for help to deal with the pain and stop the urge to push, those of you that have had babies know that that is slightly impossible. The second Mark walked back in, my water broke. I now finally realize just how close things are going to be coming to an end and tell Mark to call 911 because I don't think I can make it to the hospital. ( as you can tell I am slightly starting to panic). Then I change my mind and say lets go. 5:10am Mark didn't let me down! We were going 95 mph the whole way there and I had him call the hospital on our way to let them know we were coming. Don't think we stoped for any stop sign's or the 4 red lights we ran (one infront of a cop, he must not have been paying attention.) I only had 4 contractions in the truck and poor Mark all he heard was me praying, ok pleading and begging intensely with the Lord to not let the baby come yet. This no pushing thing is really hard to control. He was very supportive just telling me to wait (yeah right) and we are almost there. So, we pull into the ER entrance and they are there waiting with a bed, they lay me down and take me in. My doctor had just walked in as well, (he was still in his street clothes). He just looked at me and said "yep you can push." FINALLY!!! 4 min. and 4 pushes later here is this beautiful little baby on my chest crying his little lungs out. And I just fell in LOVE all over again. AMAZING!!!

So we left at 5:10am and I delivered at 5:29am. Mind you, the hospital is usually a 20min drive from our house. GO MARK!

Here is what Kaden has been doing lately! He learned how to ride his bike without training wheels about 3 weeks ago! He is not even 3yrs old yet. He practice in his cousins back yard. Sadee practiced with him for about 30 min. then he had it down. Now we cant seem to get him off and he is is learning new tricks on it every day it seems. This kid amazes me.

Still here...

I am slightly depressed to be sitting here able to post SOMETHING. I was hoping to be at the hospital or perhaps bringing home new baby Nick by now! I think I may be overly anxious because I had already delivered Kaden at this point. Oh well... maybe he still needs to cook a little longer! Wish us luck.

How's it going? It's going....

Here are the last few months in a few pictures. I haven’t been diligent in taking very many over the holiday’s even (shame on me), with hosting parties and having company I couldn't’t think past each moment to grab the camera and snap a shot.

For me I think becoming a little loopy during a pregnancy is going to be normal. Or maybe I just get LAZY. Whatever, I feel no guilt as I usually would have going this long without a post. I think that is perk when with child, we have an excuse! RIGHT?

October, halloween, and the cutest darn sheriff you ever did see!

No, Thanksgiving pictures? We were at the dunes the few days before the food festivities. Its all on video.

December...

The treck to Young , we cut our Christmas tree! FUN,(flat tire and all) the weather was beautiful and we sure found a doosy.

Ward Christmas Party. On the same night we lit our front yard.

Brohem Christmas party,best shot at the target got to choose last gift in the gift exchange!

Carl Crandell won!

Girls Christmas Party. We pretty much rock!

Attempt at a fam pic. (not so hot) We did one with all the Johnson's, hopefully that turns out much better.

Along with the holidays comes the coveted time with all the family. We were lucky enough to have both of our families here this year. My fam. was here the week before Christmas and Marks the week after. Fun Fun Fun, no pics to prove it... but it was!

(food, carolling, candy making, food, zipline, shooting, food, hikes, food, movies, TIME TOGETHER, did I mention food?)

Winter in January.... where?