Hairspray, The 4th of July, our adventurous weekend, and our 3rd anniversary.

Some good friends of ours gave us tickets to go see hairspray at Tuachan. We had so much fun. We had ben's sweet cousin come babysit Kate. She had so much fun with her!
I can't say I really enjoyed the movie Hairspray, but the actors here did a really great job.

The 4th
The Holmes family asked us if we wanted to hang out with them on the 4th. We all had a blast! We went to the carnival with them. I got a few pictures I will post of that...( I am using my phone to write this post, so my pictures may not be in order.)

After the carnival we came home and got ready for a bbq. We had way too much food. Including these fun flag cookies katie and I made. While we were eating we heard sirens coming from everywhere. I asked Ben if we should go check it out. He said he thought it was a few blocks away. After a half an hour sitting there hearing the sirens, we finally went outside and saw a fire right across the street from us. We all ran over to see what was going on. Some kids were messing around with fireworks and started the empty lot between us and the freeway on fire. Thank goodness it wasn't someone's house. It was way too close though.

Later we went to Ben's aunts house to watch the fireworks. She lives right across the street from the park they were setting them off at. This fireworks show was the best show I have ever seen. They set fireworks off from 3 other places at the same time surrounding the main one at the park. They had music playing, and the fireworks would go off to the music. It was pretty cool.

To avoid the traffic, we went into the backyard and had homemade ice cream with Ben's extended family. It has been so nice getting to know all of them. They are such sweet people. They loved having our friends there as well. ( I think this might have to do with the cute little newborn baby they have. She is a doll. Her brothers are pretty cute too!)

Our crazy spontaneous adventure
Ben's boss found out it was our anniversary last weekend so he gave him Saturday off and told him to go home early on Friday. We spontaneously decided to drive back home for the weekend. It was a very quick trip and very rushed, but so fun! Kate played with her cousins and aunts and uncles, We saw my brother and grandma, we saw our good friends bret, Bekah, and sky, and Justin, Emily and their cute boys and Jen and chad. Chad was celebrating his 23rd birthday. We are so glad we were able to tell him happy birthday in person. And to get some delicious cake. We also made a trip to the Bountiful Temple for an endowment session. We had such a great time with Ben'S parents and sister Char there. Ben's other sister Angela took Kate for us, so we could go. We are so blessed to have such a great family who loves and supports us.

Our Anniversary
We got to visit with more family and had a wonderful time visiting with them. We missed the rest of you who didn't make it over to see us. Hopefully we can see you next time!
We spent most of the evening in the car..... It was an extremely long car ride! We made way too many stops because we had a cranky teething baby. We finally made it home and got unpacked and Ben and I both had homework to do. We were up until 2, so it wasn't the perfect day, but we have had a lot of really great days that I think makes up for it.

What's going on at the Johnson home

I know it has been FOREVER since i posted something! We have been really busy. No pictures will be uploaded on this post, so I am sorry, but if you are my Facebook friend you have more than likely seen it. I think my last post was on Katelynn's 1st birthday? Well we can start with then.

Kate has grown up! She is mommy's minnie me as Ben likes to put it. She loves to clean and carry her purse around and put shoes on. Such a girly girl. The cleaning thing is really cute. Whenever I'm cleaning she has to help or else she grabs onto my legs and won't let go, while screaming MOMMOM to try to get my attention. She started walking at 14 months and I wish i took more videos and pictures.( I need a new camera!) Right now she says Mom, Dad, Juice, Fishes, Woof woof, Makes all kinds of animal sounds, Katey, Shoes, Banana, and her speech improves more and more everyday. I am such a proud Mom. I am so lucky that I got such a cute girl to be my daughter. She reached the 20 lb mark, so Ben and I got her a brand new car seat. She loves it because she can watch movies while we drive places. She is so tall her feet had to be scrunched in her infant car seat, so i really don't blame her for being excited about her new one. Our daily routine consists of walking, eating, napping, and playing with dolls.

Ben is working at Grease Monkey, And going to summer school. He is almost never home. We miss him, but we are so lucky to have him. He is such a hard worker and really good to his girls.

I am going to school as well, Part time. I'm taking a nutrition class, and a computer class ONLINE. Yes they do give me a TON of homework. Thankfully Kate still takes LONG naps so i can get all of my work done. My house wife duties have slacked due to this, but luckily it is summer so we can do a lot of salads and easy things for dinner and my good husband is not a complainer as long as his little girl gets taken care of, and he has clean underwear when he needs it. 

We as a family were sealed for time and all eternity in the St. George Temple on March 3, 2012. It was such a neat experience being there surrounded by our loved ones. The spirit was so strong. Being in the Temple was such a testimony builder. I honestly am still speechless about the whole experience. I would go into more details, but words can not even come into mind about how amazing this was for us.

We also moved to another apartment. Once i get it all decorated the way I want to, and when i find time, I will give you all a tour. Our new address for those of you who want it is 1178 E 300 S Apt G112 St. George UT 84790. 

We still are loving life in St. George(Even with the heat). Life is good.

Little update on us...=)

Wow, We have had a great time over the past month or so.

First of all. Katelynn turned 1! I cannot believe my little baby is 1 already! She has gotten so big. The most common question i get is... Is she walking yet? Well she isn't walking by herself. She still likes to crawl when she has to be independent. She loves to walk when we hold her hand. Most of this walking is her pulling us all around to where she wants to go. She is a busy body. I seriously thought she was a busy girl months ago, but i had no idea what i was really in for. She wears me out! Kate's birthday was a great day! My brother Jared and my Grandmother were able to come and stay with us for a few days over her birthday. We had a blast! We went to the park and played on the slides and the swings. She got to do a little skateboarding with her daddy. Her new friend Eloise from down stairs gave her a puzzle, that she absolutely LOVES! Thanks Black family.
She was also spoiled by her Grandparents! She got so many fun toys and clothes. My Grandma Stanger took us to Olive Garden for dinner, and then came home for some cake. It was such a wonderful day. We had a blast!

The next few days we enjoyed seeing the sites around here with Jared and Grandma. Snow Canyon, Mesquite, and some of our favorite spots. Grandma volunteered to babysit, so Ben, Jared, and I could go bowling. It was fun to spend some time with out our little stinker.

Over the past few weeks we have just been living the good life. We haven't found work yet, but we are still hopeful. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers. Over all things are going good here. We still are loving our new ward. We're trying to get to know more people around here, find more things to do, and Ben is doing really well in school.

We have some pretty exciting things going on in the next few weeks. Most importantly, we get to see some, or most of our family for a couple of days. It will be great getting to see and spend some good quality time with them. We have missed all of them lots!

Well that is it for now. I do have pictures, but most of you have probably seen them on Facebook, so i don't want to add the same ones to this.

Our fun adventures before school

The week before school started Ben and I decided to do some day trips and take advantage of all the wonderful things we are surrounded by. We went to snow canyon, and to zions. How amazing it was to be surrounded by such majestic rocks. Ben and I felt so little.
While we were doing this Ben brought up a good point, faith can move mountains. There are some huge mountains. Especially around here. That would be a lot of faith.
Kate loved it too. We saw some deer right out our car window at zions canyon and she kept pointing over to them.
Zions canyon has a big tunnel about a mile long you drive through. That was a pretty awesome experience.
I have loved spending all of this time with my beautiful family.
Ben started school last week, and he is doing pretty well. He tries to get all of it done so we can spend the weekend together. Ben and I are both currently looking for jobs. Hopefully one of us will find one soon. We think Ben might have a lead for a call center. We are hopeful for that anyway. This way I can continue being a stay at home mom. And I might try to take a few classes over the summer.
Kate will be 1 next week. I can't believe how quick this last year has gone by. I'm still trying to organize her birthday as far as a party and gifts, but I will post pictures and blog about it here soon.
Here are some pictures of our fun day trips.

Driving on our trip. You can see Kate in the mirror. 

I believe this was right out o the tunnel at Zions

At Zions. Very Majestic. And HUGE!

The opening of the Tunnel at Zions

The Deer Kate kept pointing at. 

I made Ben get out of the car so i could take a picture. This is at Zions Canyon. The sign says BIG BEND so he' covering the D lol. 

This is a rock at Snow Canyon that we all climbed. I got pretty nervous with my baby being up so high on this rock. I'm glad we did it, but wow that was a big rock! 

Ben and Kate halfway to the top.

Ben likes to climb. Snow Canyon

Another view of that big rock i guess, 

Our Christmas card.

Well my friends, it has been 1 month since we moved to St. George. This month went by way too fast! It still feels unreal. I keep thinking I just need to pinch myself and we will be back in Davis county. We miss all of you that we left behind. Some days we wonder if there are actual people outside of our little world. And then Aunt Darlene to remind us about Sundays(ice cream) on Sunday at 7 and that helps us to feel more civilized.

Things really aren't bad here though. We have started to make friends. We have neighbors that live below us in our building that have been very kind. We met them at church and started our friendship. They have a little girl is is 1 week younger then Kate. Her name is Eloise. They love to look and point at each other. Kate and I went on a walk to the park with them and played on the swings and went down the slide. It's good to know we have people around us who are in the same situation.

Ben still hasn't found work. He has applied to so many jobs and nothing has worked out yet. We are pretty sure it is going to be pretty difficult especially with a school schedule issue, but we are still hopeful.

Kate is growing up so fast! She has started standing in place for a few seconds. I doubt it will be long before she starts walking! I know right? It seems crazy! She is so entertaining. She likes attention from anywhere she can get it so we get a lot of random people from everywhere we go coming up to talk to her.

I'm still trying to make sure everything has a place. Most of our boxes have been unpacked but there is still a lot of home decore and shoes(mostly bens) and junk to go through. I'm sure a trip to DI will be coming up soon. I've had a lot of fun cooking and baking for my little family especially during the holidays.

And for all of you who are curious about our new life, this is what is going on.

As I think of the past year I feel very blessed. We have had so many wonderful things happen in our home. Our beautiful baby. Wonderful family. Spiritual growth. Our new home. An awesome adventure. What more could we.ask for?

Merry Christmas everyone! And a Happy New Year!

Love, the Johnsons.

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Diy wreath

I made a Christmas wreath today. I had a lot of fun doing something crafty. Best part of this was it didn't cost me a thing. This was all stuff I had laying around.
1. I started with a wire hanger. I bent it until it made a circle.
2. Then I found five different scraps of Christmas material.
3. I cut 1 inch strips out of the material
4. I tied each scrap, in a double knot, in a pattern around the wire 
5. I bent the top piece to make it look more round.
6. Hung it on my door.
Here are the pictures. ENJOY

Hanger bent into a circle

Christmas Material

Tying scraps onto wire

Finished wreath