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15 year class reunion..me in the middle in my homemade shirt lol

 This last weekend (Sept 24-25) was my 15 year class reunion...there was a parade of which I rode on a float showcasing only 11 or so of the 200 people that graduated in from Moberly in 1995.  Might I add that there were more alumni from our class in the parade crowd than on the float.  We tried. Pathetically.

Torey's school pictures finally arrived, and in my opinion (which is somewhat educated) it's one of the best of the 7 yrs of school pictures that she's ever taken.  She's really enjoying Middle school.  She even sat with a large group of them at the homecoming football game Friday night.  (She's in the middle of the pic..good luck!) Ethan was also in the parade.  He marched with the YMCA Flag Footballers and got to help hold the YMCA banner as they marched.  He had a really good time and went around telling everyone he was in a parade.  He is such an entertainer!

Ethan also had a flag football game this last Thursday (Sept 23rd) and we were able to get short video footage of his "action."  I say that lightly cause most of the time, he bounces, cheers, or slumps, and the team is often at the other end of the field before he is.  This clip does show one of his more involved moments. He happens to be in the right place as the guy with the ball is running by and he pulls the flag belt off the kid.  Ethan is wearing blue shorts (no white on them) and a red shirt.  He's the taller one. (It's his first time ever playing football, etc, so we're cutting him some slack. lol)

Jason is finishing off the first of his last couple sessions in college. (He's not sure about getting his Masters yet)  This Sat. Oct 2 are finals, and then he has a two week break before the next session starts.  It will be intense, or more intense because instead of online classes, he'll have two evening inseat classes that go from 5:30 to 10:30pm on Wed and Thursdays.  Boy will this be a test of his resolve.

We're counting down the days now until Christmas, because not only does it mean it's Christmas, but we will be traveling to NY this year to be with family out there.  We'll get to see the Adam and Emily's triplets in person for the first time, and Jason is excited about our kids getting to do some "real" sledding.

I'm still waiting for Jason to download the video footage from the Orscheln party where he rode the mechanical bull, so when he finally does that, I'll get it up to share will everyone.  Other than that, we're still squeaking along...slowly but surely.  Love you ALL!

Our First Flag Football Experience

Neither Jason or I have any experience with flag football at an elementary level.  I played powder puff football in high school, where there was minimal tackling...and Jason played real football his senior year.  So we signed Ethan up for flag football through our local YMCA and he had his first practice and game last week.  He had a good time.  He jumped up and down and watched more than anything, because he was so excited just to be out there...but not a lot of action.  I took some photos to share with you, but there's nothing like seeing it in person.  Maybe next time I'll video.  I had to know what I was getting into, before I shared it with everyone else. lol.  Here are some pictures.



The Huddle



Smell The Fear!



Ready to Run!



Quarterback in the making...

All in all...some of the spectators thought we were at an NFL game and were taking the boundry lines super-seriously...and were all vocal and into it...the rest of us were laughing. After the game, we went straight to Wal-Mart, bought a small Ethan sized football and some cones and started...training. lol

Ethan's Birthday on Sunday 9/12

He's 7, he's spunky, he likes his mac and cheese
He plays legos, he quotes starwars, another popsicle please
He's in first grade, playing flagfootball, watch out here he comes
He's writing, he's reading, he's getting better at math sums
He's growing, he's happy, he keeps us on our toes
With light sabers, he's amazing, battling all his foes
Now onward, and forward, to eight he's looking now
His stare, it's steady, with one slight raised eyebrow...lol

Here's our Ethan!!!

He loves to give the eyebrow...a Jason inherited talent

Legos Legos Legos...that's whats for dinner

My very pathetic attempt 2 hours before the party at making a "Lego Cake"

Ethan and his Great Grandpa Carter share their September birthday.  Ethan of course turned seven and GGpa Carter turned 80.

Torey also has some exciting news...she has decided to play the clarinet in the Middle School Band.  Kids in Moberly start in sixth grade.  She got a clarinet, just tonight, thanks to her dad, Josh, and will be playing soon.  She recently also had school pictures as well.  Here's a snapshot in the car before going in the school...

 Video of Jason riding the mechanical bull at the recent Orscheln Employee Party coming soon....

Ethan's 7th BDay!!

Seven years ago, today, Ethan Thomas Johnson entered this world.  He was anxious to come and has loved living since he got here.  I look back and am so grateful for finding my Eternal companion, thus making Ethan's appearance possible.  Happy Birthday my little love muffin man!


More Pictures and updates to come from his birthday! Stayed tuned!

Torey's First Temple Trip

We packed a homemade sack lunch of sub sandwiches, necturines, chips, snack cakes, and bottled water and set out for the temple in Nauvoo, IL.  We drove 2 hrs 15 mins and arrived around 11:30am.  We ate lunch in a nice little park area behind the temple with the rest of the youth and adults from our ward and then headed for the temple.

We had about 45 people from our ward there.  It was a cool experience to see so many youth willing to give up a Saturday to go to the temple.  I'm proud of our youth!

Torey said she had a good time.  She commented on the beautiful surroundings and how peaceful the temple was.  We hope to go again soon!