THE STEPH, THE JOHNS, THE AJA & ABBY

Sarah Sample concert

2010-01-25T13:03:00.000-08:00

Sarah Sample ROCKS! We had a girls night out and went to her concert when she was in SLC for the Sundance festival. She was so amazing she brought tears to my eyes.

Afterwards me, Sarah, and Hez went to Avatar 3D! It was everything I expected and more. We were up until about 2:00am and poor Sarah had nursing school the next day. What a party animal!

Duo Princess Party

2010-01-23T12:48:00.000-08:00

We had a princess party for the the girls! There birthdays are only 2 weeks apart so we just did a combo pack party. It was really fun but blindingly pink. After the party Johns announced he is officially ready for a boy. Aja turned 3 years old and Abby turned 1. I made a castle cake which I was amazed stayed together and we did games and a pinata. It was a fun party and made me realize how fast my little ladies are growing up.

As you can see Abby was a huge fan of her birthday hat! This was not a one time reaction, she bawled every time we put it on her head.

Castle pinata...which like any pinata eventually just broke off the hands and then we had to rip it open anyway.

Our Christmas...

2009-12-19T21:46:00.000-08:00

No terrified, crying, traumatized kid this year during the Santa visit! It was actually quite shocking. They seemed pretty happy about seeing him.

I had to get pictures of these snowflakes me and Johns cut out together. I don't think he has cut out a snowflake in like 20 years (that kind of makes us sound old). I begged him to help me do these, he was a good sport...kind of.

Aja's first snowman! She has been talking about doing one since the first snowfall and finally Johns took her out and they built one together and she can't stop talking about it.

Abby got a hair line fracture on her left leg (you can kind of see the cast coming out the bottom of her pants). But she has not let that stop her, she just crawls around like it has always been there. I am interested to see how long it takes her to crawl with two legs after the cast is taken off.

We got a real Christmas tree this year. I love the smell! But Johns is swearing off real trees from now on. We brought the first one home and it was to big. So Johns got to put it back on the car and get a 2nd one. He says we are going to buy a fake one after Christmas for next year. But I think if I give him a year to get over it, maybe he will agree to do a real one again next year...crossing my fingers.

Temple Square Christmas Lights-a classic Utah activity that I so missed in San Diego!

2009-12-19T21:27:00.000-08:00

Now this is a MUST for me at Christmas time! There are certain traditions that truly capture the spirit of the holiday, and this is one of them for me. It was so breath-taking and refreshing to be out in the crisp, fresh air cuddled up in winter gear. I never thought I would be saying this being my first winter after living in San Diego. But I loved it! And then hot chocolate at my Dad's office afterwards...it does not get better than this for me. I felt like a little kid again, except for the parts when my own kids were screaming. My kids actually loved it. Aja seems to be immune to the cold, she is refusing to give up her Cali girl way. She is not into the coat thing! MERRY CHRISTMAS to all our family and friends, we love you guys and are missing those of you we don't get to see over the holidays! God bless you!

Halloween, Halloween, lots of fun on Halloween!

2009-11-14T23:15:00.001-08:00

HAWAII!!!!!

2009-11-14T22:06:00.001-08:00

Here are some pics of Kauai, there are a ton of them. By the end of the trip we had over 1000 pictures between the three couples that went. It is midnight and I have no time to finish up this post...so it will have to wait until tomorrow. I will tell you this, it was a lot of fun!

I have become the worst blogger ever!!!

2009-08-19T22:37:00.000-07:00

OK! All these pictures look like crap and are grainy but I have no clue why, so that is just the way they are going to have to be...so onto better things. My little sister Rachie got married this last week on Aug 11th. Congrats Rach and Tan! And there has been a many of other things going on in my life. I decided to give you the most recent.

The happy couple! This is the day Rachel took out her endowments. She did that and got married in the SLC temple. It was a really neat day.

Can't have a wedding without messing up a newly detailed FJ Cruiser! I don't know how happy Tanner was about this, but it was sure fun doing it!

Di and Jar came to the wedding in T-shirts, it was awesome! Just kidding...I forgot to tell Diana the exact date and time of the wedding so she came at the last second when I called her and did a drive-thru congratulations! Di-I knew you would love this pic, that is why I posted it!

Rach and Tanner are a "mash the cake in the face" couple, those always turn out to be the best ones. Much more fun!

My parents and Rach at her wedding dinner. It was at Joseph Smith Memorial Building. Because I used to work there it was really fun to go there for dinner. So many memories in that building.

Here we are at the wedding in our nifty little outfits. Pay no attention to my scary bug eyes in the pic!

We went four wheeling up at a Eric's uncles cabin, it was beautiful scenery. It reminded me of why I am so excited to be back in Utah.

Aja is finally sleeping in her "big girl bed" as she calls it! I was very hesitant because she was still not crawling out of the crib. And I thought, why fix it if its not broken...but she loves her new bed. She is acutally better at going to bed now. And she has yet to try and come out. So far, so good!

Aja and Abby a few months ago in the crib! When Aja was still in the crib she would always want Abby to come lay with her for a few minutes before going to bed. I hope they are always the best of friends.

I am a freakin' house owner!

2009-07-11T22:58:00.000-07:00

We are finally in our house! Yipee-yo-ki-ya! We have looked forward to this day for a long time. I am loving the amount of space I have to live in, but am also a little overwhelmed with the amount of space that needs cleaning. I guess you have to take one with the other. We have been in for 2 weeks and still have boxes in every corner and stuff filling our third car garage space. Our goal is to be unpacked sometime in 2010! I have high hopes that we can get it done. Johnson's favorite thing is that I cannot find him half the time. He finds a man project to do (such as putting up the surround sound downstairs) and that is the last I see of him for the day. I have to admit it is nice to have a little breathing room. In Cali we were crowding each other! Here are some pics...

Here are all our moving helpers! Thanks to all the buff peops who helped out.

We moved a couple days after my birthday. I cannot think of a better present than a house. Hmmm...maybe a trip around Europe. That will have to wait for next time!

Johns is 30, OUCH!

2009-04-26T08:30:00.000-07:00

Johns recently had his big 3-0 birthday! This is the first time I have seen him bummed about turning a year older. I have that breakdown every birthday! I don't enjoy getting older. I know I am only getting a year further from my prime. But it was fun to have actually have his birthday in Utah with family around. He has not celebrated a birthday in Utah for 4 years. My family had a combined Rach and Johns birthday.

Aja was really excited about the cake, can you tell?

This is Aja's first haircut, which was actually done in San Diego the day before we moved. I have just been a slacker about blogging so I thought I would throw it in. I tried to get her to read books and not pay attention to the scissors cutting her hair. I don't want her to associate scissors with cutting hair (every mothers hope). But I am sure that joyous day will come when I find her with a pair of scissors in her hand and bangs on the back of her head. She was really cute about the whole thing. Every time a piece of hair would fall into the sink she would say "Oh no" in such a concerned way! We cut about 2 inches.

The whole fam celebrating Easter the day after we got home. Aja loved the Easter egg hunt!

Aja LOVES dress-ups, I hope that does not mean that she will be a girly girl. But she cannot get enough of them as you can see. She had about 5 pounds of bling around her neck!

Beth just went to her Senior Prom. Beth....is graduating???? This is my baby sister! That is when I realized how long we have been gone. This is Tanner (Rachel's fiancee) taking over the father position for my Dad who couldn't be there. Her date doesn't seem to concerned, I think Tanner has to much of a baby face.

Living in UTAH!

2009-04-21T14:22:00.000-07:00

I thought I should give a quick update on what we have been up to. I do not have any access yet to my own computer so I don't have any pictures...sorry! We are now living in Utah and things are going great. We moved a week ago and we drove both cars and a mega penske moving truck across 4 states. PARTAY! Johns's Dad, Marvin, flew down and drove the moving truck for us. Then Johns and I each drove one of the cars, but somehow I ended up with both kids in my car... I do not know how I got tricked into that! The kids were really good up until the last hour of the drive and then they pretty much lost it. I had a starving 2 month old and a 2-year old screaming "Mipunks" at me which means she wants to watch the Chipmunk Adventure. But over all everything went quit smoothly considering the Johnson organization skills.

We are living at my parents house until we can find our own. We actually found a house that we love and are going to look at it again tomorrow. It is kind of nerve racking buying a house. It is one thing to look at houses. but its a whole other thing to actually buy a house. I can't imagine spending that much money! I thought the rent in Cali was bad. The house we found is located in Kaysville in a neighborhood across the street from Cherry Hill. It is a nice neighborhood with a few churches (only in Utah), an elementary school, and a couple parks located in it. There are also a lot of kids in the area, so that will be fun. I will let you know if we end up buying the house.

Johns begins working out at Salt Lake tower on Thursday. He got a couple weeks off for the move. He took a dude trip down to Moab this last weekend to go mountain biking. They did 4 trails within 2 days. They all came back pretty beat up, but there were no broken bones or missing teeth, so I was quite happy with the end results. I hold my breath whenever Johns goes mountain biking. He had a blast!

Aja loves being in Utah with all our family and friends. She has never seen so many kids in her life. There are endless options of kids to play with. She cannot get enough. And she gets constant attention from someone in my parents house. She might be getting a little spoiled. But I guess she has been deprived of the family spoiling her for the last 2 years, so they are just making up for it!

Abby is doing good. We are planning on blessing her within the next couple weeks. She is getting to be a little bit of a chunk, I love those little arm and leg rolls! Just like Aja as a baby. She was 11.5 pounds at her 2 month old appt. She is still colicky in the evening but other than that is a really calm, sweet baby.

All is well here in Bount. I hope all of you are doing great, and I will be checking all your blogs to get caught up with what is going on.

Bye San Diego, you will be missed!

2009-04-06T21:09:00.000-07:00

It has been way to long! Between moving and getting sucked in to the whole facebook thing, I have not had a chance to post on this. Things are going good here in Cali. Of course this week is perfect 75 degree weather and I am stuck in the house packing and cleaning. And from what I hear I am moving home to snow next week. Bummer!

I just wanted to take the chance to say good bye and thanks to all our friends in San Diego...I will miss them a lot! It is such a bitter-sweet event moving back home. I am excited to be home with friends and family but sad to say goodbye to everyone here. We have loved living here and I will miss it a lot.

This is Aja's BF, Heleyna! They spend a lot of time playing together and Aja asks to play with her daily. Every time we leave the house she says "layna's"? She will miss her.

Ammo and Alison, thanks for making the attempt to see us one last time. Hopefully we will be making a trip to Santa Barbara soon.

Girls movie night! I could never get enough of these.

Ms Heleyna and Aja hoping they could have a sleepover. Heleyna just got a new bed!

Josh and Ariel, thank you again for all the wonderful pics you took for us. Aja is going to miss Kayla and all her kisses. We will miss you guys!

Bye Keddingtons! You have such a cute family, good luck with the new baby. Sorry we will miss seeing him.

This is all I could get out of Brad in a picture, so this is what he gets!

Dianna, it was fun being prego and baby shower buddies. It is a blast having kids the same age! Thank you for letting me come hang out so much and for helping with Aja so often. You and Brad are great parents, I learned a lot from you. Good luck in New Jersey.

Sue and Cameo, I love you guys! You were amazing friends and above all, a blast to hang out with. You were two of my very first friends in San Diego and you made it such a good experience for me. You were my family away from home. Thanks!

It's officially official!!!!!!

2009-03-03T14:39:00.000-08:00

We are officially going to be Utahns again and we are so freakin excited! Eric got a transfer to the SLC tower as an air traffic controller as of April 12th...so if you Utahs are going to fly anywhere I would suggest doing it before than. HA HA! We are moving from San Diego on Aprill 11th and will hopefully be looking for a house once we get there. Until we find that perfect house we will probably be crashing at one of our parents house. We hope they realize what is coming to them. Having a toddler has brought on a whole new meaning of a clean house. Aja is at that stage where it would be fabulous to have eyes on the back of my head. She is a sneaky little tike! We decided this is the perfect time to come back to Utah. We will have a whole summer to prepare ourselves for the snow. We couldn't be more excited to be moving back to our family and friends, we will see you all soon.

1 month old!

2009-03-02T16:58:00.001-08:00

My beautiful new babe is now a month old. She is starting to lose some of her hair and is getting that "old man" baby look. But she is still my pretty little bundle of joy. I have loved having her new sweet, little, innocent spirit in our home. There is nothing like a newborn to remind you of the important things in life....such as eating and sleeping, ha ha. I am just kidding! Every time I look at her it reminds me of the reason I chose to be a mom and encourages me to keep trying to do a better job all the time.

I put some pics of Aja down below so I could compare if the 2 girls look alike. I was so sure they looked identical but now looking at pictures I think they definitely have their own look. I still think they look more alike than I expected though. You will have to tell me what you think.

The Suke's came to visit!

2009-03-02T15:34:00.001-08:00

Di and Jared came down to San Diego with there family and we got together one day with them on Point Loma. It was fun to see them and made me extra excited to be moving home. Thanks for hanging with us you two weasels! Di-your family is growing so fast and they are so much fun...thanks for letting us tag along with you.

Le Tour de California

2009-03-01T12:05:00.001-08:00

This was sick! The Tour of California finally made its way to San Diego this year so we were able to drive up into them there hills and check it out. This years was cool cause it brought all the best riders in the world. it was cool to see some of my favorite racers so close. And Lance Armstrong was there so it was cool to see him. They rode past pretty quick so we couldn't get too many pics, but i was able to get one of Levi Leipheimer who ended up winning the race. I'm sure no one that reads this blog could give a rats butt about a bunch of guys in spandex riding around, but too bad- i have control of this blog and You Will Read Every Last Word I Have To Say! HA!!

New Bro-in-law!!!

2009-02-24T15:58:00.001-08:00

My little sis Rachie recently got engaged! They have a tentative date of August 11th. Rach will be finishing up nursing school at that time and me and Johns will hopefully have moved back to Utah. Perfect timing! Tanner Leishman is the new soon to be brother-in-law and is a great fit for Rachel. I am so excited for them, CONGRATS you two love birds!

"Gma" Rupp came to visit...

2009-02-20T13:41:00.001-08:00

My mom came into town for a week to help me out. It was really fun! And now that she is gone I realized how nice it is to have help. Thanks mom!

Johns and I went on a date on Valentine's Day and my mom watched the chillins for us. The Vicks really got into her movie (Sisterhood of the traveling pants) and turned around to find Aja painting herself with waterproof mascara. It took a couple of days to get it completely out of her eyebrows and eyelashes. Luckily she still has both eyes!

Wendy sent a booklet of stickers to Aja for Valentine's Day and she plastered herself with them. Her and my mom had fun sticking these all over her for a couple hours. Thanks Wendy!

My mom and I snuck out one day to go walk along the beach! It was a nice to get out of our little condo and get some fresh beach air. Johns was a sweetheart and stayed home with both kids while trying to fix our clogged kitchen sink.

The classic 1st week of a newborn!

2009-02-20T13:26:00.001-08:00

The classic blue steel! We laugh every time she pulls this Zoolander pose.

Abby is pulling her own hair. This must either be a thing all newborns do or just a thing Johnson babies do, because Aja did this to. They scream out in pain and you go to check on them and they are ripping their own hair out! And then they sadly look at you like "what are you doing to me?"

Loving the first bath...

Aja being all cute and soft...for about 5 mins and then the true sisterhood starts. Then the fun of shoving the binky in their mouth...smothering hugs...trying to pick them up...and jumping on the bed while they are on it... begins. All 2nd time moms know what I am talking about. If you don't, consider yourself very lucky! In all truth Aja is a really great sister and she really tries to be so soft and sweet with Abby!

Aja and her best friend in the ward decided the baby would love to play with their pez despensers. And as you can tell she is lovin it.

Allow myself to introduce...myself. Abigail Elise Johnson

2009-02-05T17:29:00.000-08:00

Abigail is here and lovin it. And she is adorably adorable. She was born on Monday Feb. 2 at 2:48 pm at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla California. Steph performed like a champ in the delivery (Johnson had a much less spectacular showing- he spent most of the time in the bathroom and then in the ER but thats a whole other ridiculous story) and is loving the fact that she is a now mommy of three kids. We decided that Abby and Aja look like little twiners as babies, but you can all be the judge of that. We love our new little addition to our family. And she's such a stinkin cutie!

Aja's 2nd Birthday!

2009-01-28T11:28:00.003-08:00

Aja had a birthday this last week and is 2 years old! My kids are only going to be 2 years and a week apart. Not very good planning on my part. I have Christmas and then 3 weeks later I have 2 birthdays. Maybe I can combine their birthday parties. Because kids are really cool about sharing stuff like that, right! The highlight of the night was when Aja started her hair on fire! It took her a minute to figure out the candle blowing thing. Once she figured it out we had to do it 10 times, she loved it.

She actually had more fun painting her face with the frosting than actually eating the cake. She is more of an ice cream kind of girl. We made her a bear cake because she has a thing for bears. She probably has 8 stuffed animal bears, and we have to take them everywhere with us.

Here is the shocked look on her face when mom starting freaking because her hair was on fire. Luckily she didn't get hurt, it was really funny. It is kind of hard to tell in this picture but the bottom middle part of her bangs are a melted black blob.

We took her to the Wild Animal Park for her birthday!

I just had to add this picture. Aja put my long white socks on, she thought she looked pretty cool. And this is her little guilty face because she knows she is not supposed to be playing on our computer. Which means that is exactly what she spends half the day trying to do!

Update on the new baby!

2009-01-20T14:13:00.000-08:00

Sooo...update on the future Johnson baby! What to say? Well, right now we are planning on me being induced on January 30th. I am not due until Feb 6th but there have been a few minor problems going on that have my OB feeling it would be safer to take the baby at 39 weeks instead of waiting for full term. I just finished up work this last weekend (YAAAAA!) and am planning on having the baby by next Friday. I have been going to the OB twice a week for the last few weeks and he is putting me on a fetal monitor and checking my amniotic fluid. You all thought the once a week appts were bad, try going twice a week. So far everything has been fine, and we are going for the 39 week mark. But if there are any complications before my induction date they will induce me that day. The OB concerns are that my stomach is measuring about 8 centimeters smaller than it should be, and I haven't gained weight for about 2 months. And after doing an ultrasound about 2 weeks ago, he said that my placenta is wearing out early. Yipee! So just to be safe we are going to force little Abby out in about a week and a half. So there is the low-down for you all. Other than that things are great! We will keep up updated.

THE FOUR CHRISTMASES- #1 The Rupp Christmas

2009-01-15T13:22:00.000-08:00

We had four Christmases this year...I wouldn't say they were quite as chaotic as the four chrismases in the movie (especially because I haven't seen it yet) but they had to have been pretty darn close. We had a lot of fun at the Rupps. There were about 20 of us staying at my parents...meaning there was always something going on. AdriAnne was in town with her family of 7 people. It was fun to be able to spend so much time with them. I haven't seen them for over a year.

You can't have Christmas in Utah without seeing the classic temple square lights! It was the first time this year I really felt like it was Christmas.

Johns went snowboarding with the boys. It was Johns, Jared Garner, and my brother Josh. They had powder up to their waists. Johns was in heaven! I think they all spent a couple hours of the day digging themselves out of a tree well.

This is AdriAnne, my oldest sister. I don't think a lot of my friends have had the chance to meet her. Her family lives in New Mexico. And I never stop hoping that they will eventually move back to Utah. It was fun to see them over the holidays.

Jasorama and Hezaroo!

This is my beautiful sis, Rachel, and her boyfriend, Tanner Leishman. These little goofballs are getting pretty serious. And I would not be surprised if we had a wedding this year in my family. They have a ton of fun together, and really adore each other. Ooooh, the good ol' days of dating!

#2 The Farnsworth Christmas

2009-01-15T13:08:00.000-08:00

We went to the Farnworth extended family Christmas party the first night we were home. Then we spent Christmas day over at the Farnsworths. We had an amazing Christmas breakfast as always. I overate as usual. Even thinking about there carmel pull aparts makes my mouth water. Or maybe I am just hungry and don't have any room in my torso for food right now. Probably a little of both.

We went sledding which was a blast. I have not been sledding in at least 2 years. I will definitely need to get more of this in next winter. I sandwiched Abby between Aja and Johns and it worked out just fine. I don't quite know how Aja felt about it. It was always a battle to get her on the sled, and then at the bottom she would be all smiles and say again.

Aja hung out on this horse for like 3 hours one day. And after discovering it, she would run out of her room every morning, run up to the horse saying "nay". Too bad they don't make these things anymore. She couldn't get enough!

#3 The Johnson Christmas

2009-01-15T12:31:00.000-08:00

We had a big family Christmas party at the Johnsons, and then spent the rest of our time with them up at the cabin. Which is always the best. It wasn't the usual snowmobiling, snowboarding event for me due to pregnancy. But Johns got to go rip up some snow! It was a winter wonderland up there, it was beautiful.

The boys went on an all day snowmobiling trip. They were gone for about 7 hours. I am sure they spent half of that digging each other out of the powder. But they had a great time. It shows on the after-event hairdo's 2 pictures down. OK- so Johns hair doesn't look any different, but does it ever? I think it is permanently cemented into one position. But his face shows his excitement-in a scary sort of way...

Aja loved Penny (Elisa and Cody's dog). Of course! All my children are going to love animals and are going to gang up on me with Johnson. They are going to beg and beg (which Johnson has already started doing) and I am going to end up with more animals than children. I have got to hold strong. Penny is a beautiful lab though. And she is full of energy, which Aja loves.

#4 Last, but not least Christmas

2009-01-15T12:16:00.000-08:00

We had the chance to see most of our BF's over the holidays. It was a partay as usual! The boys didn't want to pose in the picture with us, so unfortunately not all of our hubbies are in the pics. Thanks again everybody for meeting up with us. Seeing our friends made us even more excited to move back to Utah (whenever that day will come). We will hopefully be making an announcement within the next few months. I am 35 weeks along in these pictures. So I am lovin them. I can ever get enough of those prego pictures!

go UUUTTTEEEESSSSS and CHHAARRRGGGEERRRRSSSS!!!!!!!

2009-01-03T21:20:00.000-08:00

not intense football fans here but had to give props to the two best football teams in the nation right now. thats right kids, congrats to the Utes for kicking Alabama's freaking butts yesterday, and the Bolts just handed po wittle Peyton and his wittle Colts a big L. what a game by Sproles eh??!?! on to the super bowl baby!

Christmas Dress

2008-12-10T16:02:00.001-08:00

Merry Christmas to all! I am so excited for this upcoming holiday. I get to go home and see family and Eric finally gets to take a vacation. This is Aja's Christmas dress and she wore it to church the other day. I thought she looked so pretty I had to take a few pictures. She looks like such a big girl in these pictures. She definitely is not my baby anymore. I shouldn't dwell on it for too long, I will have a new baby in less than 2 months. WOW! Way to many diaper changes and sleepless nights coming my way. What more could a girl want for Christmas? I hope everyone has a great end of the year!!!

Happy T-DAY! Gobble Gobble

2008-12-01T14:19:00.000-08:00

That's right! I tricked my family into coming down to San Diego for Thanksgiving. I think my Mom was a little scared of how our dinner was going to turn out when I didn't even have a pan big enough for the mashed potatoes. She forgot she was dealing with a child who 1-cooks like once a month, and 2-only cooks for 2 people. I don't ever make over 5 lbs of mashed potatoes for dinner. But as you can see we survived the small kitchen and lack of cooking supplies and it was tasty! Johns got drunk on Martenelli's and the holiday was fab.

I made Johnson pull out the turkey giblets this year. I had my first traumatizing experience with this last year, and I figured it was his turn to discover this not so appetizing experience. Especially with me being pregnant. He still ate the turkey so it seems like it didn't do too much damage! And of course my mom the "fascinated nurse" was dissecting all the turkey organs to see the anatomy. The heart was really cool to see, but I am a nurse! I don't think others appreciate seeing their dinner organs.

We took a harbor cruise down through the city. It was pretty cold here, definitely not the beach weather my family was hoping for.

As our boat pulled away from the ramp, the captain called a man overboard setup. Some crazy tourists went out on a wave runner in the middle of the winter with no wetsuits. The water is probably about 50 degrees right now. They were over 100 feet from the wave-runner and one of them could not even swim so she was holding on to the others back. They were so cold they could not swim back to the wave runner. So we had to wait about 15 mins for the harbor police to come pick them up from our boat. Everyone on our boat was crammed to one side staring at them. I am sure it is something they will never forget.

Aja is having one of her newly discovered toddler tantrums in this picture. She was such a calm baby I thought I might not have to deal with the classic terrible 2 tantrums. Dream on! is all I can say.

We showed my family the San Diego tower. They have been down here 3 times and never seen it...so it was time. The view in the tower is amazing. And it is always cool to see what Johns does. ATC is really fascinating! I am impressed with these guys.

Aja loves her "papa". He is always teasing her...not a surprise if you know my dad. He finds pleasure in teasing and torturing others. Yet Aja is still drawn to him. They cuddled on the couch for a half hour and read books.

LOVE YOU FAM! THANKS FOR COMING TO SPEND YOUR HOLIDAY WITH US!

Hooray for holidays!

2008-11-23T16:17:00.001-08:00

I am so excited for the upcoming holidays! I have always loved holidays but it is extra fun now that we live out of state and it is a chance to take vaca! My family is coming down over Thanksgiving weekend, which means they will get here tomorrow. We are going to have 8 people staying in a 2 bedroom condo. Sweet! And then we are going to visit Utah over the Christmas holidays. I will be very prego but that will not stop me from having fun (or sitting in a car twice for an 11 hour drive). I also am planning on snowboarding, snowmobiling, and sledding when we go to Utah, I don't think Eric is so hip on the idea! He will let me dream though. I am having another ultrasound tomorrow which is cool. I am measuring small in belly size (which I guess is not so cool, but I also measured small with Aja so I am not to worried about it) so I am going for another ultrasound. I am always happy to see the new little one, it makes it worth it. Here are some recent pics of us on the sky ride at the zoo, and that is about all we have going on here right now. And as you can see there is no snow and green leaves on the trees! It will be a shock to go to Utah!

Aja recently discovered pizza! I don't know why my child has not had pizza before the age of almost 2 years old, but she loved it. We found a Little Ceasars down here which we are stoked on...we are always fans of a $5 dinner.

YAY FOR OBAMA!

2008-11-05T20:15:00.001-08:00

I am so excited that Obama won the election! 90% of the people who read this blog are Republican so I apologize ahead of time and ask that you will still be my friend. I am not necessarily a Democrat, but I really like Obama and think he is a going to be a great presidential figure for America, which we desperately need after Bush. Johns and I watched the election last night and I couldn't believe how fast he won. One minute he was slightly ahead, and 20 seconds later they had declared him the next president. It was pretty amazing!

I also want to say the Prop 8 was passed, which means that California once again only recognizes marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Hoorah! The church has been working hard to support that Prop for the past 6 months. Every day in the last 2 weeks people in our ward have been out sign waving and making phone calls encouraging people to vote. So A+, all that hard work paid off. I regret to say I did not do any of it, but I supported with my vote, hee hee! Sign waving with a kid just didn't seem like my sort of thing. Hopefully our country has a better future and economic status ahead!

Natural History Museum

2008-11-05T20:07:00.001-08:00

We went to the Natural History Museum. They have a ton of museums here in Balboa Park and they are free to residents on Tuesdays. It is pretty sweet. I always love cheap, fun activities. We have tried to go see about one a month. This one was our favorite so far. We learned a lot and got a lot of exercise, Aja kept us running the whole time. She is getting to that age where I think I lose her every time we go anywhere. She loves to hide...every mothers nightmare.

Look at that belly, I can't quite suck it in anymore!

2008-11-01T14:37:00.000-07:00

HAPPY HALLOWS EVE!!! We had a great time this Halloween, Aja actually got the concept of trick-or-treating and loved it. We originally had a Elmo costume for Aja that I bought last year on clearance thinking I was so smart. I thought this year..."I am so happy I am on top of things and I don't have to buy a costume." Well, 2 nights before Halloween I tried it on her to see how it would work and she freaked out. She cried the whole time we had it on her. So 2 nights before Halloween we were one of those procrastinating fools running around to every store in town looking for a costume. I don't think Johns and I will ever be the organized, put together type. So we better get used to the last minute craziness. So Aja was Princess Aurora from Sleeping Beauty...and she was so cute!

Here is a picture of us trick-or-treating in a neighborhood in our ward. We got together for a Halloween party with a few couples in our ward. We had dinner and then went t-o-t (I am getting sick of typing that) together. Johns was a doctor, which means he had no costume plan until 10 mins before we were supposed to leave the house. And I was a pregnant nun!

After the Halloween party we went over to our ward's trunk-or-treat. We decorated the back of our car. Kind of a lame attempt but it was fun. Johns wouldn't let me stick tape on the windows because we got them tinted a couple months ago. So the decorating options were slim.

Aja looks like a natural Rupp in this picture. My goal is to try and not have such sweet tooth children as I was as a kid. But because I still eat a lot of candy, my attempt will most likely fail!

Eric and I carved these pumpkins the night before Halloween. They were a lot of fun. But also a lot more work than I thought. It took me like 2 hours. I had to show them off because of the time we spent on them.

So here is a belly picture for all those wanting to see me chub out. This is a pic of me and Diana (a friend in the ward). We are due a week apart. It has been fun to have someone pregnant right along with me. I didn't get that on my last pregnancy. I started my 3rd trimester exactly on halloween. It seemed like an appropriate day.

I lived through another Primary Program!

2008-10-24T14:42:00.000-07:00

YES! I have finished the primary program once again. This is my second year of writing the program and being in charge of it. It was fun, but I would not mind retiring. I do enjoy working with the primary kids, they are fun (most the time). But it is always a weight off my shoulders to have the program go well and to be free of it for another year. Whew!

The padres came to visit...

2008-10-15T17:00:00.000-07:00

The in-laws escaped from Utah to come visit Cali...and just at the right time. It snowed in Utah and was 30 degrees one day. I am so sorry all you Utahns. I shouldn't say to much, I will be joining that crowd soon. It was fun to have Johnson's parents down here. Thanks for visiting, we loved it!

Kevin, Wendy, and little Aja at the tidepools on Point Loma. It was a sunny day with an insane wind. My hair got bigger and bigger as the day went on. Aja loves her "papa" and "gma" as she said the whole time they were here.

We are eating brunch on pacific beach. MMM good food and scenery. Who could ask for more.

So here is a picture of my rapidly growing belly. This little lady kicks a lot more than Aja ever did. She has a few times throughout the day where she squirms away. You can already see my stomach moving around. hmmm I wonder what my 9 month mark will have to offer. I might be bruising from the inside out. I was really hoping for another calm child but my luck might have run out!

There was a guy sculpting this castle on the beach. It was about 10 feet tall...really cool! That is the next hobby I am going to pick up.

Duck pond

2008-10-09T14:52:00.001-07:00

We found a duck pond by our house this week. Ya, we have only lived here for a year and a half. I tried to teach Aja how to feed the ducks bread, but every time I would give her a piece she would eat it. We will have to work on the sharing concept. Every time the ducks would quack, she would quack right along with them. It was cute! The Miramar Air Show was going on the same time we were there. So between the jets and airplanes flying overhead and the ducks she was pretty entertained.

I am happy the Air Show is finally done. We live about a block from the Miramar base, so we got to hear them practicing every day for a week. And those jets are not very quiet. They scared the crap out of Aja a couple of times when we were outside.

Ultrasound

2008-10-09T14:48:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of our ultrasound. The baby is healthy and a girl, so we are excited! I am now 23 weeks...over half way. Yay!

A week at the Johnson's

2008-09-19T14:08:00.000-07:00

Aja is just showing off her rolly legs and baby gut. Mine is getting bigger than hers now, but for a while she looked more pregnant than me. Here are some of her new activities...putting on our sunglasses, playing with Johns cell phone, and wearing his shoes.

Aja had a sick week as you can tell by the snot running down her face. I love how she is clinging to her medicine in this pic. She loves to carry her medicine bottles around and she will not let you take them away. I have an addict in the making.

Aja holds her binky to the side of her mouth and tries to talk. It comes out all slobbery sounding, not that you can understand her to begin with. I think it is time to retire the "ginky" as she calls it.

We went swimming and sidewalk chalking at our condos. Aja loves to draw!

Aja loves this little bunny. She drags it around everywhere with her, including outside. And then she forces you to kiss it. It is gross, but she is just to cute to resist! I try to wash it as much as she will allow me to sneak it away.

Johnson got a bee sting on his forehead while biking! The bee got stuck in his helmet while he was biking and attacked. A couple days later his left eye swelled up and it has been like that for a couple of days. That is the third bee sting our family has had since moving to San Diego. There are too many bees here. And I have been pooped on twice by a bird. Maybe we are just unlucky people!

The Latest...

2008-09-11T20:32:00.001-07:00

Holla out to all! Well, here is the latest news for us. We had our 18 week ultrasound and the baby is doing great. Of course the baby curled up in a ball making it really hard for the technician to get the measurements they wanted. Both my kids have done that. I am hoping it is a sign that I am going to have another calm child. Cross my fingers! They also told us we are going to have another little GIRL! Sweet. That is actually what I was secretly hoping for this pregnancy. So Aja will have a little play buddy. And I don't have to buy anything! Can't complain about that.

Here we are hanging at Oceanside! It reminded Johns and I of the road trip we took here in college with our USU buds...we hooked it up here in San Diego. This beach was fun. There was a pier, a park, and awesome sand. Perfect beach conditions.

Showing off the belly. I am showing a lot faster on my second pregnancy, just like everyone told me. For every centimeter my belly grows, I think my butt gains one right along with it. And I bet you all wanted to hear about it. Aja is hanging out in the background.

Aja is starting to pick up some fun eating habits!!! Like...dumping her bowl out after she is done, or throwing all her food off the tray. We are just lucky if the bowl doesn't end up on her head. We are now having to bath after half her meals. It is hard to let them start feeding themselves and having no control of where the food really ends up. The spaghettio's pic is my fav!

Partey in Utah-as usual!!!

2008-09-04T15:34:00.000-07:00

I went home to Utah this over labor day weekend. I went home of course to visit family and friends but my primary reason was to go see Heathers new baby. Well, she is not that new anymore...but she was new to me. She is about 7 weeks right now. And she was a cutie. It was fun to see how Aja reacted with a baby, especially because we will have a new addition to our own family in the next 5 months. I was surprised how much I had forgotten about having a newborn. I am going to be a little rusty. But seeing Heather was a good refresher course.

This is a pic of me and my Mom at Firehouse eating lunch, yummm.
Hez's baby, her name is Alison. I am still surprised by this full head of dark hair. And it sticks straight up in the back. I loved it!
Aja being pleasant, she has definitely gotten more of an independent attitude. But considering she was perfect before, I can't complain. I had to get a picture of her telling me what's up!
My dad with Alison, he is so cute with newborns. They always love him.
We went up to Camp Steiner, a boys camp in the Uintas. I let my child run around in a diaper in the lake. Ya, white trash, but she was loving it. She was running into the water as fast as she could, she tripped in face first a couple of times. Thankfully, there has been no signs of Giardia...yet! I can't believe the kids would play in it. It was such cold water. Steiner is the boys camp with the highest elevation, so it is pretty cold. This was the only time of the day I was not wearing a hoodie!

That poor little Alison got so many kisses and hugs from Aja! I was excited Aja was so soft and sweet with her. I can only hope that is still the case in 5 months.
I went to see the 2nd parents! They left on a cruise a couple days after I saw them. Now that is the vacationing I should be doing! Maybe next year when I am not pregnant. I hope you had fun Kevin and Wendy.

Desiree had a family shower at her house. This is my fav cousin, we were roomies up at USU when I met Johnson. She is due the end of September. 3 weeks to be exact. She looks adorable, her belly looks like she strapped a basketball on under her shirt.

The 2 pregos!

Chillin with Josh, Sarah and the kids!

2008-09-04T15:21:00.000-07:00

My brother Josh and his wife Sarah came into California for vacation with Sarah's family and they came to spend a day with us. We went to the San Diego Zoo. This pic is of Johnson with the Elliot family and Josh.

Here is Aja's favorite place to be...she pulls your hair and kicks you in the face. It is really fun! She was using Johnson hair to hold herself in place. He has chopped it all off now.

We went to the San Diego Airport tower to see johnson's place of work. He looks like he fits in well...especially with that intelligent look on his face.
You can't come to California without a trip to In and Out!

CONGRATS HEATHER AND JASON

2008-07-24T13:37:00.000-07:00

Heather and Jason just bumped their family number up to 3! They just had their first baby. They had a beautiful little girl they named Alison Ann White. She was born on July 17th in the morning and was 7 lbs 6 oz and 25.5 inches long. I am so excited to see her when I go home to Utah in a month!

Thanks for the fun in UTAH!

2008-07-23T17:22:00.000-07:00

We went on vacation back home to Utah...it was fun and really hot. We were there at the end of June. Sorry this is such a delayed post. Since I have been pregnant...oh yeah...for those of you that don't know I am about 13 weeks prego right now!! But since I have been pregnant I have been pretty useless. I have not even looked at this blog in weeks. Now that I am in the 2nd trimester I should be better. No Bueno the 1st trimester. Nausea, constant hunger, and getting winded walking up 3 steps. Yay for 2nd trimester time. Here the girls are at firehouse in Centerville. I don't think I will ever visit Utah without a meal from here.

Heather had a baby shower while we were home. This post is sooo old she has actually had her baby now, her name is Alison Ann and she is beautiful.

Aja was mashing her face against the screen door, it was highly amusing!

Here we are hanging with the Johnson's and Farnsworth's (Eric's side of the fam). We went up to a condo in Park City and went swimming and biking.

I had to post the picture of Johns and his sister reading because they are deep in the readings of Stephenie Meyers. Yes, he is reading "The Host" and really liking it. He has been sucked in.

A typical day at the beach

2008-06-18T15:03:00.001-07:00

Aja casually playing in the sand...

...eating the sand...

...not sure what she thinks of her food choice, but nonetheless continues to eat and throw sand everywhere possible...

...Aja becoming one with the sand! She had sand caked all over her scalp and everywhere else you could imagine. But I laughed the whole time I was taking pictures.

RUPP FAM IN SAN DIEGO!!!

2008-06-10T13:13:00.000-07:00

My family came and spent a week with us! It was my dad, mom, and 2 sisters-rach and beth. Yes, we all stayed in my 2 bedroom condo. It was a bit cozy...but that is how it should be with family. We played all week long, it was a ton of fun. The condo was way to quiet once they left.

First things first, we went straight to the beach.

Indie Jones stopped by to say hello and apologize for having freakin' aliens and tarzan wanabe in his new flick.

We played paddle ball, frisbee and boogie boarded. We are weak and still wear wet suits, the water is just not that warm here.

Here is our changing room at the beach, it proved to be very effective....or at least we think so. Others might have a story to tell.

Walking along mission beach blvd. It is always a busy, party place. This is one of my favorite beaches. You will never leave this walkway without laughing at a few weirdos. Like men roller blading in speedos and boom box systems duck-taped to bikes with somebody jamming along as they bike down the blvd.

We went out to eat at least once a day. Johnson and I have so many restaurants we love to eat at and we wanted to take the family to all of them. I probably gained a few pounds, but mmmmm it was good.

We spent a day at Sea World. It was a perfect, sunny day. Poor Johnson had to work half the time the family was here. So he would go to every activity for a couple of hours and then be on his way to work. Here are the girls in front of the shark tunnel.

DRY at the beginning of the day! We just couldn't resist those water rides.

WET!

DRENCHED! We left at the end of the day soaked. We went straight home and jumped in the hot tub. We spent a while in there getting warmed back up.

PADRES GAME!!!We ended it right with a padres game where they actually won! They have not done so hot this season, but from what I hear they are pickin it up. It was rainy and overcast, what luck! There are probably 15 days in the whole year where it rains in San Diego and we picked one to go to a baseball game. But we bundled up and it was perfect. Aja was trying to escape and play in puddles the whole time. She was wet from the knees and elbows down when the game was done. We undressed her down to her onesie in the car.

Aja was exhausted by the time we left. We pulled her every direction all week long, and naps and a decent bedtime got tossed out the window.

Nothing new

2008-05-28T10:25:00.000-07:00

Hello to all. Here are some pictures of us at the San Diego Zoo-a monthly event. I have been to this zoo probably...20 times. But I still love it. It gets more fun every time I go because Aja actually gets into it. So there is really nothing new at the Johnson household. We both had to work Memorial day...Party! But we had fun hanging out with friends the weekend before. We have been playing a lot of Rock Band! After Jared and Tracy's intro to the rockin' game we had some friends buy it, and we have been over there playing whenever we get a chance. We are going to have to purchase it soon. My family is coming this Friday and spending the week. I am excited! Always a blast to have family or friends come down here. Hope everyone is doing great. Happy Memorial day and soon to be Fathers day!

2008-05-13T16:01:00.000-07:00

We just got home from a weekend of fun in St George. Tracy and Jared met us there, we loved the meet in the middle thing. Let's just say that the 6 hour drive was much better than the usual 11 hours, especially considering Aja was not the best road trip buddy. The dudes went mountain biking every day, and Tracy and I went swimming with the kids. Tracy and me did take a day off and went to get pedicures. Ahhh, I could have one of those once a week. We also played a lot of rock band. I actually spent most my time at the drums, and Johns was loving the guitar (not a huge surprise). The game kicked me off every time I played the guitar, so I left that to the pro. And "In and Out" finally realized that it was cool enough for Utah. It is slowly making its way up to SLC. The St George "In and Out" was the busiest I have ever seen. Utahns know a good thing when they see it. It was perfect blue sky weather, with a temp of mid 80's. Loved it! And by the way, my child is not addicted to Dr. Pepper yet, she just loves the empty cans.

2008-05-07T11:40:00.000-07:00

We went to the Red Bull Air Show down at the San Diego Bay. It was amazing what these pilots could do. We sat on the wet beach on Coronado and of course forgot chairs. So we improvised and bought plastic bags to sit on from the grocery store. Completely worth it, we had an amazing view. It was incredible!

2008-05-05T16:00:00.000-07:00

Aja and I went to the zoo a few days ago. I am getting anxious for that time when we go to the zoo and she actually is excited to see what we are there for, the animals! She is much more interested in the people there (especially the kids) and what is on the menu. This little lady is eating so much lately. I cannot keep up with her appetite. I had to fill the cup in her stroller with food the whole time or she would let me scream at me letting me know I was not doing my job. I am wondering if it feels good on her gums because she is starting to get her molars. She also has started this new death defying activity where she stands up in the stroller while I am pushing it. I have had to start strapping her in. Which she is a huge fan of. So while she was standing up in the stroller trying to break her neck and of course eating at the same time, I was pretending to be a professional photographer. My friend let me borrow her really nice Canon, she really is a photographer. And I have loved playing around with it. Which means I take way to many pics. One problem, now I want to buy a really nice camera. If you don't know what your missing, you never want it. Right? Too late for that. It is much more fun taking pictures with a nice camera. We also went to the Red Bull Air Show yesterday. I am going to let Johns update you on that. It was amazing!

2008-04-24T12:23:00.000-07:00

We are having a picnic at La Jolla Cove. Hello to all. As you can see my 2nd parents were in town last week. I was happy to have some company over Johnson's birthday. I am a party, but I don't know if I am enough for a birthday party. We dragged them all over San Diego, which we are getting pretty good at doing now that we have lived here for a year. I think that being a resident for a year makes us official San Diegoans. If there is such a thing. We went to a Padres game, Coronado, Birch Aquarium, and of course the beach. Aja slept in our room in a pac-in-play while they were here. That little trick is not working out so good anymore. She would wake up at the butt-crack of dawn. Which I am sure at this point in her own room she would either fall back asleep or play in her crib for a while. But in our room, the first thing she sees is mom and dad in there ready to play. So for the first time I got used to a child who actually wakes up in the morning. I better get used to it. Aja is almost walking. You probably all think, it is about time. And you are right. I am getting tired of carrying her around. Even though she is still a light 21 pounds. But that still wares on your arm after a mile boulevard walk! She does not seem to concerned about walking. We got her a walker to help speed up the process, and it has helped. She is starting to copy words that I say, they don't sound perfect but she is trying. She also has made an attachment to a fuzzy blanket. She hugs it, crawls up and lays on it, and it is starting to seem she could not sleep without it. Her love for it is cute, but I may have to cut her off soon. Oh, it is so sad to take away something your child loves so much. I will have to do the same trick with a binkie that Missy whipped out on Hadley. Missy, let me know how it goes. Things are great here, I hope everyone is doing great. I love looking at all your blogs. You are way to diligent at keeping them packed with updates.

2008-04-24T12:14:00.000-07:00

Does this look like natural talent or what? I would watch the news every night if this guy was on it. Eric got a second job...goofing around at the Birch Aquarium where they let you do a news cast. It was highly amusing as you could imagine. Never a dull moment with the Johns!

2008-04-24T12:08:00.000-07:00

We went to Phil's BBQ for Eric's 29 (ya that is not a typo) birthday. This place has the most divine ribs. I was never much of a rib fan until I ate here. And now I crave it on a weekly basis. MMM, if Aja weren't taking a nap I would go get some take out right now.

2008-04-24T12:05:00.000-07:00

My fav temple. It was so nice to get to do a session. Now that I am a Mom it does not happen often enough. Oh, this temple brings back memories of college road trips with USU buddies! This is the place me and Eric first confessed our major like for each other.

2008-04-24T11:58:00.000-07:00

Aja is cheering for the padres.

2008-04-24T11:52:00.000-07:00

We went to a padres game, this stadium is awesome. It is in the middle of the city, right by the bay. Every game I have gone to has a mist from the ocean. We left this game at 10 innings because Eric had to get to bed for work the next day. It ended up going 22 innings, which is close to the record 23! Which means the score was 0 to 0 until the 22 inning. The padres ended up losing. Yea, not a lot of action in this game. It was still fun though.

2008-04-24T11:45:00.000-07:00

We are on Coronado island and you can see San Diego City across the bay. This is the bay that they do the Red Bull airplane show. I really want to go see it this year.

A new day in the life of the Johnsons

2008-03-31T19:56:00.000-07:00

I just got back from Utah, which I hear recently got snow. NOT cool! I am really enjoying the sunny 75 degree weather, but still ready for the "lay out on the beach, soakin up some rays" weather. Winter wears on me. Utah was a blast, Easter is a holiday that definitely needs to involve family. So that is exactly what I did. The only problem was it left Johnson with no family. I can hear the violin playing!.. Don't worry, I hid an Easter basket for him full of fattening, sugar filled morsels. I put pictures in the basket of Aja and I with Easter bunny ears on our head. I made a bunny face in mine. I whipped out the buck teeth, ya it was really ugly. I will spare you all and make sure you never see the picture. Johns has seen uglier than that, I am sure he was not even fazed. Aja is fun to have around on the holidays, but she is still in that phase where they just don't really get it yet. I tried so hard to get her to look for the Easter eggs, but she just looked at me like "whatever mom". The good thing was I got double the candy. I love having kids. You get to take food to Sacrament meeting, I always have an excuse to get way overly excited for the holidays at 25..I mean 26 years old, and you can send them out to trick or treat for you. I am sure the benefits go on. Speaking of whatever...Aja has suddenly learned how to give a crusty. She looks at you as if you are the lamest person on earth. And she pulls that face about 50% of the day now. It gives me a glimpse of how the teenage years are going to be.

Johns has recently gotten into the blog. He picked all the music, if you can't tell. I told him he should write the next post. I always like to hear what he has to say, it gives me a good laugh. Johnson is doing good. He decided to do all the activities that he can't do anymore with a child while we were gone. He went mountain biking, to the movies, and out to eat. Of course we can still go out to eat with Aja, but not without everyone staring at us (or maybe it just feels that way when half you childs food is on the floor and they are screaming every 2 mins). I am just reminiscing about our latest Spaghetti Factory experience. Good food, not such good company!

So if any of you pro-bloggers can help me out with something I would love it. I tried to put a customized background off of a website onto my blog, ya know the whole code thing. And when I previewed it, the right side of my blog and my slideshows were cut off. Is that just going to occur on the preview, or is there something special I need to do. If anyone out there in blog world can help let me know. Thanks. Hope everyone is doing great, we miss you all!!!

Update on the exciting life of Stevo and Johns

2008-03-09T19:45:00.000-07:00

Holler out to all our peeps! We are doing the usual. We went to Utah last week with the intention of playing all week in the snow. Ya know, the whole snowmobiling, snowboarding, sledding stuff. And instead Johnson spent the whole week on my parents couch with the fab flu that everyone is passing around in Utah. Which in turn meant I spent the week at work being a nurse. And Eric was my worst patient yet! Just kidding (incase Johnson actually reads this which is highly unlikely). He is slowly recovering back here in sunny San Diego.
The weather has been great since we got back to Cali. I am so excited for Summer. Hopefully all of our friends and family will come visit (hint, hint).
Aja is 13 months now and getting cuter every day. Besides the loud, ear drum blowing scream she does when she feels the need. She is not walking yet, we have been trying to help her but she is just not interested. She finally has enough hair to pull back. It sticks straight up on the top of her head. Someone in my ward told me she looks like a "Who" from Whoville. I wondered what they were talking about until I saw the trailer for the new Dr. Suess movie coming out. And there is no denying that there is a very similar resemblance. Well at least with the hair-do.
Eric finally has weekends off at work. We actually have a life on the weekends. Well as much as having a child allows. It has been so fun. He has Fridays and Saturdays off now, and then in a month his employer is switching his days off to Saturday and Sunday. SWEET! Not to bad for the new guy!
And just in case any of you are fans, LOST has been awesome this season. It is my favorite one so far.

The beginning of the Johnson's...

2008-02-03T20:58:00.000-08:00

Hello to all my blogger friends, we have to decided to join in on the fun. We are living in San Diego, CA where Johnson is in air traffic controller and I am a nurse. So in other words you don't want to fly in or out of San Diego, and you definitely don't want to get sick here. We are enjoying the California weather, especially after hearing about the massive snowstorm in Utah. Eric just checked out as an air traffic controller, ...meaning he is no longer in training and is officially working on his own. We are proud of him, he has worked so hard! Aja just had a birthday and turned a whole one year old. She is not walking yet, hallelujah! But she is soooo close. She just had her 6th tooth pop out. She is saying mama, dada, santa, hey, and aja. She also says a lot of gibberish.