Chick a Wow Wow

I finally figured out how to do video on the blog! I saw some video on Tim and Heather's site and knew it could be done, and was finally able to figure it out on my own--it's been driving me nuts. 

The boys love the recent movie, Alvin and the Chipmunks. Joe laughed through the whole movie the first time he saw it, and continues to enjoy it every time he sees it. There is a part in the movie where Alvin does a little "chick a wow wow" dance and Joe would always dance at the same time. I caught some video of the boys doing "their version". Its not what Joe usually does, nor as funny, but I captured a memory.

A Blast of a Reunion!

The pictures of the boys and the rockets on the right are from our 7th annual Johnson Reunion. I didn't get very good pictures this year because Joe was a little afraid of the rockets and wouldn't leave my lap. We started off the reunion with our trip to the reunion--which was a little more eventful than we hoped for. Poor little Matt gets car sick sometimes, but not so often we remember its a problem. It's only happened a few times in the last year--and the boys tell Keith it is because of his crazy driving. Keith is driving every time it happens, so there might be something to their thinking. We got out of the car in Heber to get Matt some air and Josh said "Mom, why does Matt look white?" Dr. Obvious, as we call Josh, doesn't miss a thing--except the conversation about Matt being sick and not looking so good. We just made it through Provo Canyon when Matt couldn't hold it any longer. By the time we hit Macey's--we couldn't handle the smell any longer, so we stopped, picked up large zip lock baggies for cleanup and future issues and were able to throw the smell away! Matt hates being messy so he's pretty careful where he aims and made it mostly into the bag he had. Whew! 

We thought we were late to the reunion, but everyone got stuck behind the Eagle Mountain parade and we all got there at pretty much the same time--we were glad we hadn't missed anything. After lunch, each family was able to build a rocket. Josh decided to help Chellena and told us later that he had to do most of the work. We had a lot of fun launching and re-launching the rockets. They flew so far that we never thought we'd see some of them again, and some we didn't--Chellena and Josh's was never found. We were all surprised because we weren't sure it was going to fly at all due to technical or capable :) difficulties in the building process. 

We were able to end the evening with a pinata, bbq, and Family Home Evening at Dave and Darylin's. Josh made the comment earlier in the day that it wasn't really a Family Reunion because not everyone was there--Darylin had to stay home for part of it with the baby, Jessie and Sammy because the girls were quite sick. They were certainly missed, however they didn't let us forget them as Joe and Keith were able to share in their illness, as well as 14 other members of the family. Thanks for the memories Dave and Darylin! We really did have fun and were glad to be together.

We wished that was the end of our adventure. We stayed with Melanie and Cable Sunday night and she Annalee watched Josh and a sick Joe while we went to Primary Children's Hospital for Matt's Sweat test--which he handled very well and we enjoyed spending some one-on-one time with him. As we were leaving Mel's house that evening to go to Salt Lake to the hotel Keith had for his training that week--the van wouldn't start. After Mel gave us a jump and sent her cables with us, we were on our way--until the van died on the way into the parking garage at the hotel. We were able to coast into a parking spot where we waited for Chellena to come save us this time and gave us a jump so we could roll up the windows and go to the hotel room, then she took Keith to the auto part store to pick up a thing or two to hopefully help out our situation. The booster pack didn't work, but a nice guy who worked at the hotel gave us a jump and we were off again to take Keith to his training--which we drove around for an hour until the van died...again. Keith called his boss and he was able to find us--but before we were able to have him give us a jump, the van actually started! So we sent Keith with his boss, and we headed for home, praying the van wouldn't quit and that we wouldn't have to stop until we reached home. Prayers are answered. I pulled into the driveway, turned the van off, tried to turn it on again with no luck. The kids did well on the drive. Keith's dad was able to come and look at the van, and it was some loose battery cables. What a weird thing to suddenly have problems with, but we were grateful it wasn't costly. It was good to be home and not have to worry about the van anymore--especially for Keith, who ended up being really sick through his training and missed his classes on the last day. Glad we weren't all stuck in a hotel room together for that. We survived our adventure and challenges for the week and realized we must have needed some of the experiences to help us remember the blessings we have and the great families we have to help us out in times of need. Thank you everyone, and we love you!

My three sons!

I posted a picture below of what my boys turned into one day. I fell asleep with Joe for his nap one day, as I was pretty tired too. When I awoke, Josh and Matt had made new sons for me. I had just bought new hats for the boys, since their old ones weren't fitting so well anymore. They had fun explaining to me who was who, and I thought it was so funny I had to take a picture. I love those moments when you can get a glimpse into their little imagination and they had so much fun working together. They wanted to keep the basketball boys around until Keith got home, but Joe woke up and had too much fun tipping over the cans. We were glad we took pictures. 

Scooter or Skater?

Our little Matt....he's always doing something funny. I posted a picture below of him riding his scooter. Matt has "skate shoes" now and loves them for riding his bike and the skateboard and regular things. However, he says they slip off when he rides his scooter and he came up with a solution. He couldn't find both of his old shoes the other day, but was happy that he found the one he needed, so he put it on and went scootering. Since that is the foot he uses to push with, the old shoe worked great and didn't slip off while he played. It was a week or so before we found the mate hiding in the toy box. Matt is pretty flexible and didn't mind running around in two different shoes for a while. I was a little embarrassed the day we went to the store and noticed that he had mis-matched shoes on there. What is a mother to do? I just laughed and shook my head and told myself that no one really looks down at little feet, right? Even if they did, that our Matt!

Results...and Results!

Our first results we received this week were for Matt. As some of you know, he was tested for Cystic Fibrosis. That gave us a bit of a scare and worry as we waited for the results. Well, the good news came on Friday the 13th that he tested negative for the disease. I guess Friday the 13th isn't always bad, but then again, I'm not too superstitious. When I told Matt, he responded with "Awesome!" and was off playing again. That was good news for many of us, and we are so grateful and thankful for everyone's thoughts and prayers. 

Our second results we have been waiting a bit longer for--we had our ultrasound today. The technician said that everything looked good, which puts a mother's mind at ease to some extent. So, Matt was hoping for a girl and Josh was hoping for a boy. The pictures show quite clearly the results, and Keith and I were just happy to know. Now we begin the grueling process of choosing another boy name. I asked Keith if he was up for a Keith the IV, because he joked last time that if we have a 4th boy, he should be named the IV. Apparently he's changed his mind--I think he would like to, it just gets confusing. So, if you would like to post suggestions--I'm all ears!