HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

We are loving the cooler rainy weather here in Arizona. Can you believe how close Christmas and Meagan's Birthday and New Years is?! We were able to get our shopping done last night and Meagan wrapped the presents today. We had a lot of fun trying to find different things for family members... hoping they will love what we picked for them.

We started reading the Book of Morman as a family, we are just overcome with the amount of blessings we have recieved from just doing something as little as reading scriptures. We are so thankful for the gosple in our lifes.

Meagan LOVES christmas music....and makes the dog like it too... which makes her very full of excitement and happyness... which is VERY LOUD at times. ; ) Reid is happy that Christmas only comes one time a year and is learning to have selective hearing for Meagans expressions of holiday cheer.

Reid went to Salt Lake City, Utah today for work... he gets to tour some very special buildings. I'm sort of jealouse of his oppertunity to tour the buildings. Reid comes home around 9pm tonight to a holiday filled wife. : )

Meagan's Parents and two younger siblings return from a Christmas vacation to Hawaii tonight. Brooklyn says she is very sunburnt and does not want to go back to Kansas were its snowing. They sent some fun pictures throughout the week...it looked like they enjoyed themselfs to the fullest. The said our family and Nicole and her husband are not alloud to go to Kansas for Christmas. (They wanted us to start our own traditions) We are excited to see them in the spring (maybe)!

We hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and New Years...

Love,
THE JOHNSONS

....WHAT WE DID FOR THANKSGIVING....

For thanksgiving... our little family of three (3) decided to take a road trip to BURLEY, IDAHO. We met my little sister Nicole and brother-in-law Trevor in Burley
(where Trevor's parents live).

We left rainy Phoenix, Az Thanksgiving morning at 6:30am and drove all the way to Burley.

We were able to play in the snow a little bit at a rest stop in the mountains.

It was a good drive, our 8 week old puppy never made a mess in the brand new car. (thank goodness!) He also never made a mess in his puppy diaper!

(There are a few pictures in here of him... his name is BENTLY)

We had a great time in Burley with my sister and her in-laws. We were able to have a turkey dinner with everyone from Trevors side on Friday evening.


It was so nice to get away from the warm weather for a weekend and smell some fresh air.

Below are some pictures of us cutting down trees and making it into firewood for Trevors family to enjoy this winter. They were very greatful for the 4 extra people to help. : )

We hope everyone had a enjoyable Thanksgiving!!!
Enjoy the pictures!

Holidays!!!

So, we had to give our dog back to the pound... we did not realize that she was deathly sick (till we took her to the vet). She could barely keep her own body up by the last day. We miss her... she was such a good dog with people!

This semester of school is almost up... I wish I would not have taken a class this semester (since I had my wedding and my sisters wedding!). Oh well... life goes on... I just hope I at least passed!

Our house is up for lease! And we are in the process of buying a new house that is a little bigger. It has one extra bedroom. We are crossing our fingers and saying our prayers... hoping that we get the offer on the new house.

Reid is not doing to well... he turned 29 and it about killed him. (just kidding, kinda) He has been dealing with this ear desiese for a while and he got another "attack" this past weekend. We had to leave church half way through sacrament meeting so that he could be in bed all day. We got his dad and a high priest leader to come over and give him another blessing. He can at least walk around without getting dizzy and is able to go to work and get work done. : )

Thanksgiving-

We are going up to Burley Idaho to have thanksgiving with my newley married younger sister and brother in law. Kansas is about double the driving time...so we will have to plan a trip to go there in the spring... EASTER??? On the other hand... my parents didnt want us to come until after Jan 1 2009. I think they are still trying to get over the shock that their two oldest daughters just got married within a couple weeks of each other. ; )

Christmas-

We are going to have Christmas in Arizona this year! Reid, Bill (Reid's dad), maybe Cole (Reid's brother) and I are all going rock climbing!!! I'm really excited to go rock climbing... Reid and I got to LA Fitness to work out. (to get ready for the exciting climb... and to get back in shape...) I am so sore from the gym... I guess thats what I get for not exercising in the past 2 years!!!

The day Reid lost a bet to Meagan....

Well... a few crazy things have happened in this past week.

I am now the (not so proud) owner of a full head of BROWN hair. Haha. Reid really wanted me to go back to my natural color, so to make him happy... I did it. (I will get pictures up soon)

We went to a NBA game last night... the HOUSTON ROCKETS vs PHOENIX SUNS... Houston is my team and Reid was cheering for the suns. Reid and I made a bet that if my team lost that I would have to become a suns fan (until the rockets beat them) and if my team won... he would have to wear a shirt to work that says something about him loosing. (PICTURE)

Reid and I have decided to save our pennys... move in with his parents for a couple months and buy another rental property. We figure... the market is amazing right now for 1st home buyers... why not take advantage of it. So we are meeting with the realistate broker tonight about finding one.

We got a new dog... the pound said she was 8-9 months old and we took her to the vet and they said she is more like 3-4 YEARS old and that she has tummy worms!!! So we took her back to the pound and we will be getting a new one soon (Can you believe they let you exchange your dog within 14 days of buying them if you dont like it, or if it gets sick!)

Reid and I are going to Rockey Point, Mexico this weekend!!! We are going to be there with Karl (Reids younger brother) and his wife Rachel, as well as Mark and Tiffany J. We will only be there from saturday till sunday... but we are pretty excited about it.

Is everyone getting ready for some turkey?!?!

My three younger siblings at the Arizona Open House!

From left to right:
Massey, Nicole, Meagan, and Brooklyn

Hope you enjoyed some pictures! These are not professionally done... I had my sister take pictures with my camera on my wedding day. I will be sure to put up the pictures when I get them from my photographers!

ENJOY!

NEW PUPPY!!!

We got a puppy last night!!!
Reid and I were having a hard time picking a name, cause she is a girl. (you dont realize how hard it is to pick a girl name, but not have it be a human name!)
Her name is * Coda * She is such a sweetheart. She is pretty timid right now, trying to adjust to the new environment. She is a labrador retriever/ queensland heeler mix. Coda is 9 months old! Her face is VERY much lab dominate and she is taller than Reid parents dog (which is a queensland heeler).

Her first adventure coming home was a stop at Reid's parents house. We wanted to see if the two dogs would get along... THEY DIDNT...haha. Kate (parents dog) attacked Coda.

Reids dad helped us pick out this dog, he went on his lunch break and checked her out (after he showed us to her on the internet). Bill was really hoping we would get her. I really wanted a labrador retrever and I think Reid's parents really wanted us to have a Queensland heeler... so we got the best of both worlds. Im just glad she favors more of a lab!!!



Elections:

I told Reid that if Obama won that the world would go crazy and hate us even more and start bombing each other (our alies ect) Low and behold... it was not even 24 hours later that Russa told us they hate us even more and Isrial is being bombed again. Surprise surprise...

All I have to say is... I TOLD YOU SO!!!

- Honeymoon - Halloween - 2008 -

I have added pictures to the post from Halloween and our honeymoon.

Honeymoon agenda (to go with the pictures)

Vegas, NV- what happens in vegas...stays in vegas.   : )   Just kidding. We saw the "O" Circus O' La show there and had a plast walking around the Balogio, watched the water show out front and at an amazing all you can eat place in the Balagio. (VERY FANCY!)

Moab, UT- we drove from vegas to moab and rented out a brand new condo for the night. Then we woke up early and went on a two hour Hummer tour up "HELLS REVENGE". It was a lot of fun! (to the right are pictures of Reid and I on top of mountains, during the tour!)

Denver, CO- We drove threw a really bad BLIZZARD WARNING on the way to Denver (the picture shows where it first started snowing) It was 19 degrees outside and I was going 10 miles a hour down a mountain with cars in ditches everywhere! Go little prius go...! We just tryed to stay warm the first night, we got some Chipotle and went to bed. The following day we went to a Hockey game!!! It was really fun to watch, Reid got us front row seat... we had a blast! We went back to our same hotel and Reid got us hot coco and we watched some tv and went to bed.

Salina, KS- We stayed in a little town near Salina, KS at a cute bed and breakfast. We felt really bad because we left from Colorado a little to late and didnt get into Kansas until late! The family was really sweet, they had two young children. The family restored a old farm home and rents out the rooms upstairs. VERY CUTE! In the morning they served us an amazing breakfast. 

Shawnee, KS- WE MADE IT!!! Reid and I got to Shawnee (where my parents and siblings live) at about 1pm Friday afternoon. We really enjoyed our time with the family there!

WE ARE MARRIED!!!

We are married!

Reid and I were married on October 18th 2008 at 3pm in Mesa Arizona (Mesa Arizona LDS Temple). We are really enjoying our new lifes as a married couple. 

I'm personally excited to be a aunt of three adorable children!!! 

We are learning a lot about each other... I'm learning that Reid is A LOT like my dad. :)

We went on a crazy honeymoon all over the USA, we went to Tempe Arizona the first night and then off to Vegas the 2nd night where we watched the "O" show. Then off to Moab Utah where we took a hummer tour guid trip up vertical mountains!!! It was by far the coolest thing I have ever done in my life!!! (On the way to Denver we hit a BLIZZARD!!! We will put pictures up of the crazy drive... the weather channel said "Blizzard warning") Then off to Denver Colorado where we just relaxed the first night and went to a hockey game the 2nd night. Then off to a cute little town in kansas (a couple hours west of Kansas City) where we stayed at a bed and breakfast of a restored farm home! Then off to Kansas City where my family lives!

In Kansas:

The first night we got there my sister (who flew in for the reception) and Reid and I went and got our feet worked on at a nail place. Reids feet have never looked better!!! (You should get your husbands to get there feet done, its worth it!) Then we met up with the family for dinner and headed off to my little brothers Varsity Football game! It was 34 degress outside and they won...so it made it all worth it in the end. We went back to the house and enjoyed hanging out with my family for the night. The following day, Reid and I left the hotel and went to my parents house and cleaned up TP that was all over there trees outside and then at a great home cooked breakfast. Then off the decorating the club house. We had a great reception in kansas! We went back to our hotel after eating dinner with grandparents, parents, and my siblings. Sunday morning we went to church, and got there right in time to hear my cousins Sammatha and Ronnie and my siblings Massey and Brooklyn all sing together in front of everyone! They did an amazing job.

Well... I hope I did not talk your ear off... I will put pictures up soon!!!