All together again!!!

Here they all are.....six Johnson brothers and their dad....what a sight!!!

From left to right ---- Billy, Johnny, Andy, Monte, Brett, Drew, Vince
Johnny, who just returned from his mission in Korea and Billy

Grandpa Drew

Monte, Wyatt, and Vince

Grandma Jane, Arie, and Kjersti

Heather and Elodie

Tanna, Arie, and Wyatt

I think that this picture show all too well that.....

....Boys will be boys and girls will be girls!

Elodie and Megan

These two beauties are just about 7 weeks apart in age.

It's so fun to have cousins that are so close in age!

Arie and Tanna enjoying some "Oh So Delicious" Klondike Bars!

Tanna has such a sweet face and personality and I think this picture captures it so well!

Poor little girl got pink eye just the day before, so her eyes looked like they were either huting her or just extremely uncomfortable!

Baby Blue Eyes!

We seriously can't go anywhere without someone commenting on Meg's beautiful blue eyes! Her cuteness and beauty really does stop people right in their tracks! I'm not trying to brag...I'm just telling the truth! :)

First Tahoe outing of 2009

In May we went up to Sand Harbor for the day with most all of Monte's family! It was a very beautiful day and we practically had the entire beach to ourselves! There were tons and tons of lady bugs and other bugs everywhere! I guess that is just a sign of Springtime!

Monte's brother Brett

Johnny---another one of Monte's brothers! And his friend/girlfriend, Daniella. Johnny just got home from his mission in Korea the day before! He is the youngest Johnson brother and the last to return home from his mission! Jane has a lot to be proud of with sending 6 boys on missions all over the world!

Jared Johnson --- 7 years old

It would be wrong to go to the beach and not bury at least one kid in the sand!......

....Or two kids in the sand!

Dane Johnson ----- 6 years old

Arie --- 3, but almost 4 in a few days; and Tanna ----4 years old

these two are the best of friends and love spending time together!!

Daddy and his girl!!!

(Megan at 10 months)

Tanna Johnson

Brett, Dane, and Jared

Jared and Dane.....they always liked to do some funny pose for the camera.

Monte, Megan, Billy, and Vince.

The three older Johnson boys!

I look back at these pictures and ask myself if Wyatt was with us at the lake? He was there....but I must not have gotten any pictures of him....or at least any of him where he would look at the camera and cooperate. Darn kid!

Living, playing, and hanging out at Grandma and Grandpa McCombs house!

Megan and Wyatt playing cars at Grandma and Grandpa's house one morning. Wyatt is really good about playing and sharing with Megan for the most part! Althought just like any other three year old....he does have his moments.The first night we stayed at my parents house I told my mom that we would probably be there for at least a week. Ha ha ha! Who was I kidding?! We ended up staying there for six whole weeks! It's a good thing that we all get along really well, because the whole stay went just fine! I'm not gonna lie though, it was a very stressful and busy 6 weeks! We were practically living at two different houses...which meant cleaning two houses! Not to mention Wyatt having his tonsils out and Megan getting tubes in her ears! Which I think was the worst part of it all!!! When we left to "move" back into our house it was a little bitter sweet!

Wyatt and Allie Hurrle having a snack after playing in the water and enjoying the sunshine!

Miss Megan looking for trouble!

Maxxwell playing the the yard! Gotta love that GQ jacket!

Simon playing in Grandma's garden boxes

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this picture of Maxx! Isn't he so sweet!!

Wyatt and Simon helping Grandma get the dirt ready to plant the garden

Are you wondering why Wyatt is taking baths in the sink at Grandma's house too? Well, If I put Meg in the sink he immediately wants to get in with her. I gotta say though that the sink is so much more convenient than the bathtub!

Finally....Relief!!!!

Our sweet little Megan has had double ear infections almost nonstop since February. As of the middle of April she has been on four different rounds of antibiotics, non of which have cleared up her ear infections...obviously! Finally I took her into the ENT and he gave the okay to put tubes in her ears! That was a big sigh of relief and I was very anxious to get the tubes as soon as possible. We went in on Wednesday to the ENT and she got the tubes the very next morning. Thank you again Dr. West! Poor thing though...she had an extremely hard time with the gas they used for her anesthesia. Her tummy was very upset for hours after and she was very upset and uncomfortable for awhile! To make things even more difficult...I brought Wyatt with me to the surgery center thinking that it would be a really easy just because that was how it was when Wyatt got tubes in his ears when he was 18 months old. Well, it turned out to be quite a disaster trying to keep Wyatt happy and still while Megan was screaming and pushing me away. She was impossible to soothe...she would hardly nurse at all, and if she did she would just cry and push away. I didn't think that I was going to make it through the day with having a very upset and uncomfortable baby and a little boy who was still in alot of pain from getting his tonsils out the week before! I just have to say that it is so much better to look back and know that part of our lives is over!!!
Megan in the port-a-crib at my parents house
I think Megan must have been dreaming that she was running a race!
We have been staying with my parents since the night before Wyatt got his tonsils out. Monte is remodeling our only available bathroom at our house. So since we don't have a bathroom that is useable we needed a place to go! My parents have put up with a lot of crying from Wyatt because of his pain in his throat! I am so grateful to my parents for letting us stay with them for awhile. I don't know how I would have handled Wyatt's awful and long recovery without my mom and dad! Wow....I have such patient and amazing parents!!!

Goodbye tonsils

Wyatt got his tonsils out on April 16th by one of the most wonderful ENT doctors around, Dr. West! Monte and I are really happy with him and his office staff! But more importantly Wyatt absolutely LOVES him and all the other people that work in his office! Anyway, before he went in for the short surgery I had to take him to the lab to get some blood drawn for a complete blood count. I WAS NOT looking forward to taking him because I was expecting a huge freakout and absolutely no cooperation on his part. So, I made sure I told him exactly what was going to happen so that there wouldn't be any surprises. When we got to the lab he sat in my lap and hadn't acted scared or uncooperative at this point. When the lab tech put on the turnicate I thought 'oh no, here we go, get ready for a freakout!' To my surprise....he didn't move a muscle! He watched the whole thing! He didn't whine, cry, or even flinch when the tech took his blood sample! I was absolutely floored at how amazingly well he did! The lab techs were pretty impressed at how he did too! I made sure to give him loads of praise and took him to Target to pick out something special. Of sourse he chose a set of speed racer cars! I am so proud of my big guy!!!
Here he is showing off his bandaid from where he got poked and his new race cars!!! He was pretty proud of them!!!

My sweet guy sleeping the night before he got his tonsils out.

I have to say that Wyatt has been an absolute angel lately. When I told my mom that he was scheduled to get his tonsils out, she told me that it was going to flip his sweet and happy world upside down! And boy oh boy was she so right!!! Not only did the whole thing turn him into the most grouchy, unhappy, whiney, and unpleasant little three year old for miles around....but I felt like my life had taken a wrong turn as well! He was a very unhappy little boy for almost a whole three weeks after he got his tonsils out! I have to say that was the worst and longest three weeks of his and my life ever! I am so so so happy that is all over!!!

HAPPY EASTER!!!

For Easter this year we spent the morning with Monte's family and the afternoon with my family! It's really nice to be so close to both sides of the family! It makes for a crazy and busy time around the holidays, but tons of fun and really great memories!!!

Megan with Uncle Andy!

So many people tell me that Megan looks so much like her mommy...but I gotta say that she looks alot like the Johnson side of the family! I always take the compliment though because Megan is such a pretty baby!

Grandma Johnson and all but three of her grandbabies!

Megan, Wyatt, Jared, and Arie

Gotta love the photo's taken with the camera on a timer....nobody knows when the camera flashes, especially when the sun is in your eyes!
From L -R...Brett, Andy, Grandma, Megan, Me, Wyatt, Monte, Jared, Vince, Kjersti, and Arie

Wyatt and Megan in their Easter Sunday best!

Cool Wyatt and Cute Megan

I LOVE these two like crazy!!!

Geoff letting the kids loose for the Easter Egg Hunt at Grandma and Grandpa McCombs house!

Wyatt took his time hunting for candy while Annacy was a mad woman and found tons on candy and eggs! She was really good at sharing with Wyatt and Simon though!

I didn't have any Easter baskets for the kids this year and I really didn't want to go out and buy any so we made our own out of the plastic milk cartons from Sam's Club. You can't really see from the pictures but they turned out pretty cute! I have to thank Nicole Andrus and Emily Marshall for the milk carton idea from what they did for the kids in nursery last year on Easter!

Wyatt was supposed to hunt for things from the Easter Bunny that were orange! Orange has been his favorite color for a long time now so he had no problem picking out the orange wrapped goodies hidden in the yard!

Isn't she just a doll!!!

Aunt Jessie, Megan, and Slim G (aka Geoff to most people)

Aunt Jessie is my late Grandmother's sister. It is so great to have her around, I almost feel as if my Grandma is with us when we get to visit with Jessie! She is such a fun lady!

OOOOOHHHHH! I see something that I can chew on! See ya later Ezra....I'm off to better things than these lame baby toys that our mom's put out for us to play with!!!!

Okay, so Megan loves getting into trouble when she is down on the floor! She is always looking for fun things to eat, chew on, or just put in her mouth! I literally can not have her out of my site for longer than 30 seconds without her getting something nasty or dangerous in her mouth! So I am always putting her binki back in her mouth or I have to hold her or just watch her like a hawk! She is seriously out of control and it drives me crazy! Now that she is scooting around she finds things from a distance and slowly gets to it and BAM she is eating something or chewing on something that she shouldn't! It worries the heck out of me, so when she is awake I can't get much of anything done because she is always finding something! Even if I just swept, or vacuumed, or cleaned up....she is always able to find something to taste!!!

"I'm not crawling yet, but I am able to get around especially when I see something that I want! I better get there fast before my mom see's it and takes it away!"

"Yes!!!! I got it! MMMmmmmm....this looks yummy! I can't wait to see what it tastes like!

I gotta hurry though before mom sees me....she's such a drag and always likes to ruin my fun and exploring!"

"Grandpa has big feet...where should I start?!"

" UH OH! I think I got caught...I'll try to play it innocent so I can get a taste in before my mom takes it away and ruins all the yummy fun."

" I'll start simple so it's not so obvious, then I'll get to the good part....the bottom of the shoe!"

Well, she DOES usually get to the good part before I can take it away! I will find her chewing on a shoe...so I take it away and all the other shoes in sight....the next thing I know she has found some shoe somewhere else and has that one in her mouth too! I am so thankful and surprised that she hasn't gotten sick from her nasty "shoe in mouth" addiction...on the other hand maybe it is just making her immume system stronger! Who knows....all I know is that it's sick and she loves it!!!

You gotta LUB this CHUB!!

Ezra is so sweet...it's usuallyu never hard to get a cute smile from this little big guy!

I love this picture for a lot of reasons!!! First of all because it is so cute and so sweet of him! He always has such good eye contact with the camera! I also love it because just a few months ago Ezra was not able to move his head to look up in this position because of the distractors that he had placed in his chin. Now that he is free of all that hardware he has full range of motion. I don't think many of us realized how much he was limited until he got them out!

Geoff was able to come to Reno for Easter and stay a few days thanks to being able to make it into a work trip! It's always nice to have Geoff for a visit!

I gotta add...doesn't my mom look so cute in this picture!!!

Uncle Geoff and Ezra!!!

Well, we had a great Easter weekend! We are so grateful for such wonderful families and are so blessed to have the knowledge that the Lord lived and died for us and that He lives again!