Fathers Day

Yesterday as you know was Fathers Day. It was the first test for Suzanne since she became the Primary Chorister about a month ago. The Primary program went off without a hitch fortunately and the kids all cooperated. After church we went to Trent's Mom's house and met up with everyone in the family to celebrate Fathers Day. We had dinner, played football, and all the kids ended up taking a bath. Fortunately the newest niece Isabella was available to play with. She sure is active, so this was one of the only non-blurry pictures.

Before church, Trent also paid a visit to his dad to wish him a Happy Father's Day but he couldn't stay long because yesterday was also our puppy's birthday as they turned 1 year old. Crazy to think they're that old already. We didn't throw them a party or anything, but they did get several treats and pets yesterday. They're just as cute, but also just as obnoxious as the day we picked them up. We will have had them for a year in about 6 weeks.

Until Next Time...

Sawyer and Wyatt Johnson

I took some pictures of my nephews over the weekend and here are a few of my favorites! They are so cute and such good boys!

Sawyer so excited to hold his little brother Wyatt!

Baby Wyatt



Sawyer happy to have a pillow bounce off his head!



Baby Wyatt saying "Love me!" and you all know we will!!!




My favorite picture of them all! Sawyer and Wyatt's feet. Thanks mom for suggesting this picture, it is so cute!

Dirty Bath Tub.... Post #3 on 6/6/09

My only question is why do they make bathtubs white? We use them to wash off DIRT. Everyone knows dirt shows up the best on white so why is the bathtub, were we clean ourselves from this dirt, white? We want to see exactly how dirty we were so we can appreciate being clean? Apparently. I do think we should start considering changing the standard color of bathtubs though.

On with the story...

Not every dog is a water loving dog, so in the mists on trying to get our dogs use to the bathtub (so bath time is not so hard), they discovered they can get fresh water from the faucet. That was not a problem until we started working on our backyard. When the dogs came in from playing outside, they were thirsty. The water in the tub was fresh and cold, so the logical choice for them was to run to the tub. I don't understand why it didn't click in my head that puppies playing in dirt plus running water would equal mud.... so we ended up with this:

Eww.... Muddy!

Yes, our nice white rugs are now a beautiful tan color!

One puppy caught in the act.

Two puppies caught in the act.
And no, this is not the same dog twice, they are brothers and are almost identical.

Then they go and act all cute like and snuggle up to each other. Who can resist that face?!

This was just too cute of a picture not to share. We took them for a car ride (they know those two words well) and they got so tired they fell asleep. Yes, that is Tucker (red collar) laying his head on top of Sketcher's (blue collar) head.

This is a big month for our boys, they will be turning ONE this month! It is very exciting as we are hoping to be out of the puppy stage soon. I would love to fix the kitchen walls so as soon as they stop chewing them, I can do that. They have been a fun addition to our family and we love them to death. Despite their sometimes obnoxious behavior, the love they give is amazing. I don't care what people say about the responsibility of having a dog, the rewards are great! If I could go back to last year I would not changed a thing! Thank you to all of you who put up with our dogs! They sure love you for it and so do we!

Until Next Time...

Final Cake!!!!

So Becca and I have been taking course one of the Wilton cake decoration classes at Michale's. This week was our final project. You can see a little of how a cake becomes a cake.

Getting ready to frost both layers.

Both layers frosted!

We've got roses, sweet peas, ribbon (which I messed up on).

And a close up. My frosting was pretty soft so my roses are kind of mushy.

Now we will be taking course two in July and work our way through the 4 offered classes.

Stay tuned for more to come!

Until Next time...

Skiing in the Rain Pictures

Here are some pictures from Skiing on May 30, 2009.

Skiing in the Rain....

Among all the fun and exciting things this weekend, I have to tell you about one of them. I called my mom on Saturday morning to see when she was headed up to visit my sister and new baby Wyatt, I wanted to go with her. Well, my dad gets on the phone and asks if I want to go skiing. Seeming as we have been so busy this winter and I hadn't made it up one time, I couldn't say no. So up we went and it was a beautiful day! I was skiing in a short sleeved t-shirt with my ski pants unzipped up to my knees (they have zippers on the sides for venting).

With an afternoon forecast of thunderstorms, we saw some dark clouds heading our way. At first they started to head south, but decided to give us a visit as well. With 20 minutes left before there scheduled closing, they stopped the lift due to lightning. They eventually started it back up to give people a ride to the top so they could take the tram down the mountain, their recommend method. Us being us, do you think we took the tram? Nooo.... we had to take the hardest path possible. So we get to the top and start headed down. As we were on the chair, it started to raining. I can say, I have never skiing in rain before! It was a new experience.

So we start heading over to the Cirque and while on the ridge of the mountain, we here this great roll of thunder. Where there is thunder, there is lightning. As we found ourselves on the top of a mountain, our thought were "get to lower ground!" So as we are trying to get to a spot where we can drop in, we find we have to cross about a 6 foot patch of rock/dirt. We have to take our medal ski's off, hold them straight up and down (to stable us as we walk across the rock) on the top of a very high mountain ridge. We were just two nice lightning rods waiting for its light. Getting across as quickly as possible we put our ski's back on and got off that ridges just as quickly as you could blink. By this time it was raining harder (still not that hard) and my legs were about to drop off they were so tired! I was a little worried the snow on that side of the mountain would be crap but it was really good. It made the first part of the last run of the day go easier.

So further down the mountain we are skiing down Chip's Face and all of a sudden a flash of lightning lights up the sky. Immediately following was one of the biggest rolls of thunder I have ever heard in my life! The only other time I have heard thunder like that is when on my 4th year hike in Young Women's and we were caught in a big thunder storm in the mountains. Anyways... the thunder rolled and cracked on. It was so loud and echoed in the mountain, it was absolutely amazing. I don't know about anyone else, but I am fascinated by natures power. When we got to a stopping point right after that, I told my dad that I didn't want to leave this was so cool. As the tram was over head I was not worried about getting hit by lighting and could have sat down right there and watched. If it wasn't for the rain, and the fact I didn't have any waterproof clothing on, I would have tried to get us to stay longer.

As we ski down Chip's run, we find we are out of snow. With it raining harder, we find we have to take our ski's off an walk the last part of the hill. This is not unusually for spring skiing and is part of the fun. By the time we get to the car we probably have walked at least a mile and a half in ski boots... not the best part of the day. Can I say I was ready to be in my tennis shoes and off my feet.

As soon as we got back, I hopped in the car with my mother and we went to the hospital to visit Liz and Wyatt. It was so fun being there and holding that little baby. He is so cute and so good, it makes me start thinking of when the Bray Family should add to its numbers.

It was so fun riding up the lift with my father and talking about how next year we will be teaching Sawyer how to ski. As I have never taught anyone, this will be a new experience of its own.

It was a great Saturday!

I will add some pictures later day, so check back soon!

Until Next Time....