The Johnsons

Friday, January 2, 2009

Oops, I forgot a pic!

Here is the Oakland Temple on Christmas Eve-so beautiful! It's been so long since we've seen it at Christmas time and I couldn't let another Christmas pass without seeing it.

Christmas and New Years

Christmas

Our nieces and nephews and cousins, they're growing up so fast

New Year's Eve at Six Flags

Batman ride-one of our faves!

Happy New Year!

This year for Christmas we headed up to Fremont (only a 5 hour drive!) and visited both sides of the family. We managed to visit everyone except for my parents (missed you guys tons!) but hopefully we'll get to see them next year. I missed having a white Christmas this year.

On New Year's Eve we went to Six Flags Magic Mountain and it was a blast! There were barely any lines so we hit almost all the rides multiple times! Despite the fact that it's California, it was very cold. We were all bundled up and when we left my car said 42 degrees. It's very humid here so it felt so much colder than Idaho. This was the first year they hosted a New Year's party, and since we have season passes it was a cheap night!

Hope you all had a good holiday season and have a great 2009!

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

This last year

I saw this on a friend's blog and thought I would post it on mine. I'll try to get Ryan to do it too but we'll see how that goes!

1. What was my greatest accomplishment?
Completing my first year of teaching in May

2. What do I regret the most?
Not having an organized move cuz I'm still paying for it now

3. What was I most thankful for?
My husband and family

4. What will I change for next year?
I have a few things I need to work on: organization, exercise, try harder to have joy in the journey, basic resolutions

5. When did I feel the most loved?
Whenever Ryan and I got to see each other after being apart for weeks at a time

6. What was the most exciting thing that happened?
Sadly I don't think I can say anything "exciting" happened to me this year, I'm still waiting . . .

7. What am I most looking forward to?
Changes that will hopefully come soon like moving again, a new job, taking more advantage of summers in Cali, and hopefully starting a family (still waiting on that one)

Hawaii!!!!!!!

Its set, we're going at the end of June for our friends' wedding and our first vacation since our honeymoon! By that time we'll have been married for almost 6 years so we're long overdue.
I'm soooooooooooooo excited!!!!!!!!!

Monday, December 22, 2008

Kitty Massage

Zoey giving Misha a massage

Ryan's ride in the snow

Here's a more interesting post for any guys that might look at our blog! Ryan went on a ride with the LA weekend riders, a group of guys he met online through a website. They get together and go on dual sport rides, which is a bike that can do street and dirt. Ryan's bike is a 2001 Suzuki DRZ 400 (did I get it right?) and looks just like a dirt bike. The trails that they took were up in the mountains and some of them were covered in snow and ice! Being that we were in Idaho for several years Ryan handled it pretty well but snow is foreign to people in SoCal so not all of the guys felt the same about riding in it.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

We really do have a life!!! Pics from Hensel Phelps Christmas Party and San Diego

Hensel Phelps Christmas Party at the Hilton Bayfront in San Diego, built by Hensel Phelps but not a project that Ryan was on. We got all dressed up, ate a fancy dinner, and gambled without spending any money! We spend the time with our friends Dave and Natalie, and I think we were the only people there not taking advantage of all the free alcohol, but we still had a blast!