Picture Update

I haven't posted forever. These are all random pictures. This one was of some pictures I found on the camera that were never uploaded. Alivia has grown so much since this picture! She grew out of this bassinet at 3 months.

4 generations! So cool huh! Ammon and Alivia still have 3 great grandmothers and two great grandfathers. So lucky!
Ammon's first fishing trip. He didn't like the boat ride too much and got bored really fast. Lance threw in a bobbin and Ammon got mad because he threw the 'ball' in the water. We hooked one to the fishing pole and let him throw it in and pull it out of the water. He enjoyed that until he started going crazy whip lashing the pole and I took it away.



Alivia a few months old. She loved the binkie but prefers her thumb now.


What cutie pies! This was on 4th of July weekend after church. Ammon was exhausted if you can't tell.
Don't remember when this was taken but it sure is a cute picture of kids with Grandma Johnson!


G&G Johnson came for 4th of July. Uncle Lance also came and we had a great time with them! Went to porcupine dam and threw rocks (bolders) in the lake and just hung out. Good times.
Alivia at the yard sale that I made $4.00 at in 5 hours. She's crawling all over the place and mimicking Ammon's every sound. Such a happy baby all the time!
My sweet pea sitting up so good.
Ammon's first fishing experience. He loves the outdoors. He's never happier than when he's outside by the water.

oops, wrong blog, o-well

Oops, that didn't go to the right blog, but I guess it will make for a good advertisement for my blog; eyeforwildlife.blogspot.com

Tyeanna said she'd have me post about my summer job. I'm working with the Division of Wildlife here in Cache Valley. I'll be leading and overseeing service projects (mostly from the dedicated hunter program requiring service hours). I'll also be able to work with the wildlife biologists, and completing fishing reports when I can. We are really excited to spend another summer in Logan, it is so much fun.

Wow things are going good

Time sure has flown by, today my semester ended so I'm working full time with the Division of Wildlife Resources for the summer starting tomorrow. I have done a lot these past few months, here are a few pictures.

This male sage grouse is in a group called a lek. He is showing off for the ladies. I went back to Wyoming supposedly to help my buddy net the grouse and collar them, but because of a couple problems we just counted how many grouse were in the leks.

I've been volunteering at the Bear River Bird Refuge, that's where the other two bird pictures are from. I found the fox den the last time I went down, there are actually two pups right there. What I do down there is trap coons, skunks, and cats, anything that will eat the nest eggs. The refuge was one of the biggest in the west, if not the country, but because of raccoons, skunks, and foxes there are very few successfully nests left. Most of the current birds there are migratory. Below is a coon caught in a lethal conibear trap. Trapping and relocating them is illegal in Utah because it usually ends up in a long or painful death because they probably won't be able to find food or they'll get into a fight with other coons because of overpopulation (not to mention a lot of other problems). The conibear kills them quickly.

Family Pictures

Megan Poulton from Pocatello, Idaho took our family pictures a few months ago. She did such an amazing job! The kids were both sick and cross and she did a great job getting some fun pictures. Thankyou Megan for being patient with us and making this such a great experience!


Alivia and Daddy's feet. How fun is that!


Ammon was done that this point and it was really cold outside!







Isn't she precious in her blessing dress! I love the tongue sticking out!













So, Alivia is almost crawling. She is turning in circles and is getting her feet underneath herself with bottom in the air. It's so cute! She reaches and grabs for everything and it often catches me off guard. I almost had a bowl of chili in my lap yesterday. She loves her BIG brother and laughs hysterically at him all the time. Ammon is in to everything and SO independent. We are working on some discipline methods. Splashing in the face with water seems to get his attention and time out seems to be working pretty good for the moment. He doesn't respond to spanks (he just laughs at me). He's a very fun boy though! We love him to pieces!!! He comes up with the funniest dance moves and makes us laugh every day! What can I say, my kids are the best!

Summer Job

Darren got a job for the summer. I am so excited! I'll have him post more about it later when he gets more info. It's here in Cache Valley with the Devision of Natural Resources. Way to go babe!

New Nephew

Darren and I were able to go see our cute little nephew when he was born. Thanks Natalie for letting us invade your space. He is the cutest little boy with such fun little sounds and faces! We are so excited to welcome baby Boston into our family!

Random Pictures of the Past

I just have so many cute pictures of the kids that I haven't posted so I thought I would share them with everyone. Isn't this smile just adorable!

Above is a picture of Alivia in my blessing dress that my mom made me. Isn't it gorgeous!

I thought this was so cute. Ammon was reading to Alivia and he thought it was so fun.

Mom found this outfit for Alivia and it is so soft and cuddly and it also looks adorable on her!

We had a Valentines Party at Grandma Johnson's and the kids had a blast playing together. Here are Ammons two mothers playing on the fire place. Ammon loves to stand on this ledge and jump off.
Grandma J with the two cutest babies! Neither of them look too happy but I promise, they love their Grandma to death!

Brindy was so excited that I let her hold baby Alivia! She did so well holding her and keeping her happy. She was such a proud cousin.More faces of Alivia. Her tongue is her favorite.

New things

So, Ammon's new thing is to go down the stairs face first on his stomache. He was hollering out this morning while I was in the kitchen and I went to check on him because it was taking him forever to come down the stairs and I found him half way down the stair case holding himself up with his arms and his face was bright red. I had to laugh but I guess I'll have to watch him more carefully now. Ammon just got over having pink eye and now Alivia has it. Fun stuff!

We had a suprize B-day party for Darren on monday. It was fun to have some friends over and eat delicious homemade pizza and ice cream pie!!! Happy Belated birthday hubby. Glad Karmeron and Whitney brought a ginormous bag of candy for his present because that's all he got other than breakfast at IHOP from his parents. Thanks for coming up and celebrating G & GJ!