Iron Chef

Our Iron Chef competition was so much fun! To see the details, click here.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!

Buddies for life! Playing in the back yard. It was chilly but they didn't care.

First Bubble bath ever. Ammon was freaking out when I put them in. He was trying to take the bubbles off his hand and arms and kept getting more on. A few minutes after the picture they were both screaming!
Have you ever seen so many presents! I couldn't believe it! The room looked very magical with the lights turned off and the Christmas tree shinning.
Christmas Eve dinner was Hawaiian haystackes and sparkling cider. It was delicious!
Delicious pumpkin cookies. They stacked these up like a cake and served them to me for my birthday. Thank you everyone for making my birthday special! I got lots of kitchen items from mom (which I really needed), some homemade slippers from Tanya (which are so warm and comfy) and my grandmas funnel (wahoo! I have never had a funnel).

The Johnson family had an awesome Christmas this year. We spent it in Spokane Washington with my family in Tanya and Ryan's new home. It is a beautiful place and there was plenty of room for everyone. Chilly but beautiful! Our road trip up and back were gorgeous with clear roads the entire way and no snow storms. We were very blessed! We were showered with gifts and spoiled by Santa Claus! We played the Wii and had an Iron Chef competition, took pictures of screaming children in their Christmas attire and had a wonderful Christmas Eve dinner. We also got to take a special package to a family and got up at 4:30 a.m. to open presents so that Ryan could go to work at 5. The one thing we missed out on was doing the Nativity scene. It would have been so fun with the 4 kids! Unfortunately Krista and Jaylie bug had to leave early Christmas morning but we enjoyed seeing them. Skeeter and Buzz had a great time playing together and became real good buddies. They even played together in nursery on Sunday. Calvin learned to say Ammon and taught Ammon to say MoMa. We had a great time and feel so very blessed! Auntie Tessa was the biggest help with the kids and I was so grateful she was there to help! She took Alivia for me one evening and let me sleep until 6 a.m.! It was the best present I could have received. Although I love my babies and love holding them all night long, I also love to sleep!!!!
We are looking forward to the blessings of a New Year and can't wait to accomplish our goals. Thank you to all of our friends and family members for blessing our lives and for supporting us in all we do. We are so grateful for our Savior Jesus Christ and his atoning sacrifice for us!

Cut My Chub

So, my work is starting a 'Cut My Chub' competition starting January 4th. I'm really excited to start eating better and planning more 'activity' in my life. It will have only been 6 weeks since I had Alivia when I start so I will have to start off slowly but it will be nice to have some motivation. My sister Tanya stalked me up with a bunch of Weight Watchers tips and a food scale that I'm excited about. I will post a 'before' picture on the 4th and then an 'after' picture on the last day, March 26th. Wish me luck! I will need all that I can get to win the competition!

Thankful for...

I know I'm a little late for a Thanksgiving post but it's never too late to give thanks. Grammy Goodall and Grandma Johnson were here for the birth of Alivia. It was so nice to have their help and to have Tessa here for anything we needed. Look at this gorgeous red hair!
Tessa stayed on Thanksgiving day and helped make dinner. We wouldn't have enjoyed such a wonderful dinner without her! We were so glad that she decided to stay with us and we enjoyed having her at our house. As you can see, we had a delicious dinner and definately didn't do without!

Ammon is so grateful for his new sister. He just kisses her all the time whenever he walks by. It is so cute!

Ammon loves walking around in anyone's shoes that aren't his. He walked the entire kitchen really fast in Grammy's shoes and giggled the entire way.

Grandpa Johnson drove down on Sunday just to see Alivia and to drive back through the canyon with Grandma. We were so grateful to see him for a few minutes. It was so fun to have Sandra here for a few days before the birth. We went on walks and had a good time together. Thanks for all the fun times!

Tessa has been so busy with school that we don't see her much but it has been so fun to see her more often now that we live in Logan with her. Alivia loves her Auntie Tessa and Ammon has learned to say Tessa. It's so cute!

What a proud daddy! He's so good with the kids and I'm so grateful to have him home to play with them and to help me out around the house. You couldn't ask for a better daddy! I was so grateful he was there for me during the birth. Couldn't have done it without him!

This was at our ward Christmas party. Darren had to work but mom came with me and the kids were so cute in their new little outfits. They got to sit on Santa's lap (Ammon didn't like it much) and we enjoyed a ventrilaquist for the program. Ammon really liked the puppets.

Here's Grammy with the babies. I was so grateful for all that she did for me these past few weeks. I couldn't have survived without her doing the laundry, meals, dishes, cleaning toilets etc. Thanks so much for everything you did for us! My dad was also able to come for a few days for Thanksgiving. I was so glad that he took the time to drive down even though it was a short trip for him it was so nice to see him!

Baby Alivia is here!

Alivia came flying out Saturday the 21st at 9:21 pm. She is 8 lbs 12 oz and 21.25" long with fire red hair. We had her at home, which made Tyeanna really happy. Tyeanna didn't go into hard labor until about 7pm. and we had practically no warning that Alivia was coming. Chris our midwife barely made it to Tyeanna in order to catch it and I barely made it there to see. As Grandpa Stone always said "we don't do ugly!" There will be more pics posted shortly, of course.

Thank you for your prayers, we needed them, and they were answered!

Baby Contest

We're having everyone guess what the new baby will be. It has been so fun to see what everyone thinks. If you haven't participated in our fun 'new' baby contest (Natalie) and would like to, please leave a comment with the following information and maybe a prize will be waiting for you if you get anything right (prize has not yet been determined):

Your Name
Baby Gender
Date of birth
Time of birth
Weight
Length
Baby Name

Hurry, don't miss out on the fun! It's coming up fast!

Here is what I have so far:

*Grandpa Johnson---Girl 2:10 am 7 lb 12 oz 17" Bert
*Darren--- ?????? 11/21/09 10.20 am 8 lb 5 oz 19" no comment
*Grandma Johnson--- Girl 11:30 am 8 lb 3 oz 19"
*Coray--- Girl 4:32 am 7 lb 14 oz 18" Alice
*Kathrine--- Girl 3:24 am 5 lb 2 oz 20" Elmo
*Tyeanna--- Boy 11/19/09 7:00 am 8 lb 7 oz 20" Braydon
*Anna--- Boy 3:00 am 8 lb 6 oz 20" Nu
*Elizabeth--- Girl 2:00 pm 8 lb 2 oz 20" Bethy
*Tessa--- Boy 11/23/09 9:53 am 8.67 lbs 20.5" Braden
*Great Ma Goodall--- Boy 11/24/09 4:00 pm 8 lb 12 oz 21" Asa LaRain
*Madison--- Girl 3:42 pm 8 lb 4 oz 21" Alyssa
*Krista--- Girl 11/21/09 11:29 am 8 lb 4 oz 20" Alivia Tyeanna
*Josh--- Boy 11/23/09 7:00 am 13 lb 3.5 oz 19 7/8" Buck Owen
*Mima Goodall--- Boy 11/20/09 11:20 pm 8 lb 1oz 20 1/2" Walter Ross
*Papa Goodall--- Girl 11/22/09 8:14 am 7 1/4 lb 19 3/4" Jasmin/Mino
*Grady--- Girl 11/21/09 9:00 am 7 lb 17 " Lilly Mae
*Tanya--- Girl 11/20/09 2:30 am 7 lb 11 oz 21" Maybeline/Elmi
*Tucker--- Girl 11/26/09 3:30 pm 8 lb 2 oz 20 1/2" Allie
*Great Pa Goodall--- Girl 11/24/09 10:30 am 6 3/4 lb 20 1/4 " Judy
*Ryan--- Girl 11/19/09 4:22 am 6.5 oz 21" LaFawnda
*Calvin--- Boy Ayuckna
*Lance--- Girl 11/25/09 2:00 pm 9 lb 7 oz 21" Afridiete
*Great Ma Stinger--- Girl 11/18/09 2:00 am 7 lb 9 oz 20" Melissa
*Great Pa Stinger--- Boy 11/12/09 4:00 am 12 lb 17" David
*Megan---Girl 11/23/09 7:30 am 7 lb 8 oz 18" Sariah
*Chris Flavel --- Male 11/18/09 7:29 am 8 lb 15" Aaron Johnson
*Christy---Girl 11/22/09 6:15 am 7 lb 8.5 oz 19" Olivia T

Balancing Act, and More Halloween Fun

Ammon loves climbing on things. It doesn't matter if he is only 1/2 inch off the ground, if he can stand on it he will. He has now realized the potential of standing on things, he will move his little chairs and that bucket around to climb onto anything. This particular incident ended in a fat lip, that was soon followed by a black eye a few minutes later.

We went to Utah valley for Halloween weekend, we went to Tye's work to go cubicle trick or treating. Then we went to Grandma Stinger's ward for chili and trunk or treating. Later that night we met up with my sisters and their kids to go door to door down my parents road. It was a fun filled weekend! I carried Ammon on my shoulders going door to door, when I would put him down to run up to the door with the other kids he would start running while still in the air because he was sooo excited. Then once on the ground, he would giggle all the way up to the door and then try to go into the houses when people would open the doors. He did that at every house.

Halloween Fun

We had a great time carving pumpkins this year. Tessa brought us some from Mom and Dad's pumpkin patch when she went there for a weekend. We never got any pictures of them lite but we enjoyed the family fun. Ammon has enjoyed sitting on his and rolling it around the house.

For Darren's Creative Arts class he had to dress up for Halloween in a costume that represented him in some way. You can't see it very well in this picture but his hat says 'Milk Man' and he looked awesome! I was of course the pregnant house wife and Ammon was our milk bottle. I couldn't find my apron that I was going to wear and I searched for it for an entire day. Guess what I found the next day... my apron in the exact drawer I had search a dozen times.

Ammon was so cute in this costume when he waddled around. The bottom part was a lamp shade that we covered with material and cut 3 holes in (two for the arms, one for the face) and then glued a plastic lid to the top of the material. He didn't particularly like us putting it on but once it was on he had fun running around for a minute.

We went to class that morning with Darren and all three of us had to walk across stage in front of 700 students. Ammon did a great job and loved the attention. They had a competition at the end and Darren made it in the top 8.

Later that day we went to CMC to go trick or treating at my work. We didn't make Ammon wear this all day. Instead he was the cutest little dinosaur. As soon as I get those pictures uploaded I'll post some of them.

First Boo Boo

Ammon loves to climb on anything and everything that is or might be dangerous. If he falls, he gets back up and tries again. If he gets hurt it doesn't slow him down as you can see below.

Ammon loves my old teddy. He'll snuggle up with him when he's tired. He loves his teddy from Mima to snuggle and carry around better though because he's not so big.

Ammon got his first big Booboo the other day. Darren was out side in the back sanding the new crib and Ammon and I went to go see him. Ammon was standing right next to me on the stair ledge and decided to just walk right off. He's never done that before but I guess because I was right there he thought he'd be safe. He hit his head on the concrete as I reached for him but I was too late. It scabbed over pretty good and he's still recovering. Funny thing is, he didn't even cry very much. The other day he had about 5 falls in one day. The poor thing looked like he'd been beaten. He had this scab, a black eye on the left side (from running into a metal garbage can), a fat lip (from falling off a bucket and hitting his toy bin) and another scrape on the left eye from something that I've already forgotten about. Hopefully he will make it to his 2nd birthday!

Update

I know I need to update with pictures of Ammon and Halloween pictures but I've been crazy busy. I promise I will get to it some day. We went to the Johnson home and visited all the Great Grandma and Grandpa's for Halloween. It was really fun. Today Darren and I were cleaning like mad to get ready for our midwife to do a home visit tomorrow. Darren dusted everything from floor to celing. It is so nice to know that my house is clean and I won't have to worry about it here in a few weeks. I'm glad that my midwife Chris has a dead line to have everything prepared. I had a whole list of things I had to have ready by the 37th week which was October 30th. I still don't have everything organized but atleast it's all in my house somewhere. I'll post some pictures soon or maybe I'll have Darren do it.