SCHOOL AND WORK

Our lifes have been a little crazy to say the least...

Meagan is going to school full time this semester (all online) and Reid is working 2 jobs.

Meagan changed her degree from Interior Design to a Buisness degree in Marketing... so far... she LOVES it.

So far this year is turning out ok, Reid is only working 2 jobs instead of three so now we get to see him in the evenings. We actually got to go walk the mall with Colton last night to wear him out and get a fruit smoothy. YUM! Its nice to have a husband... hehe.

Reid is still teaching at ASU one night a week but they dropped his MCC classes because they were not full enough.

Reid says the Gilbert temple is on its way... but I think that every time he says that... he jinxes it.

It has been rainging a lot here, and I'm loving it. Colton is sleeping better during the days because its cloudy. I'm thinking for the summer we will get the black out curtains for his room.  (This is a picture of the park by our house under water)

FAMILY

RING....RING....RING.......................OH CRAP REID! WE ARE LATE FOR OUR FLIGHT TO KANSAS!!!!!!

We were very lucky to have my little sister call us Christmas morning to wish us a merry christmas! We ran out the door soooo fast and drove really fast... slowed down.... drove really fast and slowed down...dang speed cameras!  Anyways we ran through the airport like crazy people and we had ONE minute to spair before they were going to close the doors to the plain on us.

We were glad to have Colton with us because when we got on the plane everyone looked angry till they say colton in his cute little outfit.  We sat down and the lady got on the announcer and said that we are about to take off they are almost done loading bags.... Then we heard one single thud.... haha that was our bag.

We made it to Minneapolas MN and they had a lot of snow but they are use to it and the roads and runways were great.... We got on our connecting flight and headed to Kansas.... that was a different story. We landed on a very scary snowy/icy runway but made it safe. The lady got on the microphone and said.... "well... we got you here. good luck out there" When we arrived it was 9 degress with a windchill of 3!!!

We had a great time over Christmas and New Years with my family. Nicole and her husband Trevor and baby emma came as well. It was fun to have the babies together. They are only 7 days apart....crazy huh!

Reid and I were able to help my parents out as part of there Christmas present and we put in baseboard in the kitchen where they had taken it out to put in new tile. We ran out of time to do the baseboard in the basement... but that just gives us another reason to go visit!  ; )

Colton got the 7 day flu while in kansas and is still on the mend from that. I can tell he is feeling so much better though because he is smiling so much more! I am greatful for that!!!

Cole, Marissa, Reid, Bill (Cole and Reid's dad) and I went to the Mesa Temple last night! It was so neat to be with all of them. We were able to do a bunch of family baptisims for both Marissa's family and Bill's. (ours) There is always such a sweet spirit when doing baptisms. There were a lot of youth there... I love to see them interact.

I will put picture up as soon as I get them from my sister nicole and my mom.

; )

Holidays

DEAR SANTA....

I wan't a stress free, drama free Chistmas full of cheer and happiness... oh.... and a puppy.

; )

Just joking, we hope everyone is enjoying this holiday season. This year has flown by!!!

We have lots planned for the Christmas season.

Christmas Eve: The famouse fondue dinner at Bill and Ravaes home with Reid's siblings and their children and dog?

Christmas Day: We are getting on a plane at 8am and heading to Kansas. We have a lay over in Minnisota on the way there (they are expecting blizzard conditions that morning) and salt lake on the way home. Reid, Colton and I are going to visit my (meagan's) family. Nicole (meagan's little sister) and husband and baby will be visiting too. We are excited to meet baby emma for the first time. She is only 7 days younger than our little Colton. It will be fun to see them together.

Day after Christmas: MEAGAN'S 22nd B-DAY!!! I'm meeting a friend at starbucks for some hot coco in the morning. Then are all going out to lunch for some REAL BBQ. We will make a appearence at my friend Heather Aulic's Wedding reception and then my mom agreed to make lazonia for dinner. (I LOVE HER LAZONIA!) Thats a great birthday if I have ever heard of one.

New Years: We will still be in Kansas celebrating New years with the family. We Then take a plane home on
New Years day at 2:30pm.

We hope everyone has a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!

January 3rd (I think).... Nicole and her husband Trevor are coming down to Arizona to visit and to go watch Boise state play in the fiesta bowl. It will be fun to have them in town.

Quick Family Update: We have a exchange student from Japan living with us till March I think. She has really good english and is going to ASU to study english and international relations.

-Meagan Johnson-

ITS A HOLIDAY SEASON..... LALALA....

Reid turned the big 30 on Nov. 19th!

I was so excited to turn on the Christmas music the minute I went in my prius on Thanksgiving morning to grab some last minute things at the grocery store!!!

We had a great Thanksgiving with lots of family around. The Johnson grandparents and cousins all met up at Bill and Ravae's home for a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. One year later and I'm still trying to get use to the fact that Arizona people are so casual. I was getting ready for Thanksgiving when Reid said...."remember Meagan... casual" so I had to go get undressed. There are some things I miss about Kansas and thats one of them.

After the clothes change I grabed my "green stuff", Reid grabed Colton and we were off. We had a great time getting to know Carla and her husband a bit more. It was also so good to see the other cousins as well. The food was to die for as well!

We got our Christmas lights up on the house and our tree done well before Thanksgiving but we are really leaving the lights on them now. I love the lights, they bring a smile to my face every year.

Christmas is right around the corner! We will be flying to Kansas Christmas day! I'm very excited to see my new neice and my sister!!! It will be so good to see them for a couple days before they take off to go back to Idaho again. I'm also excited to see my parents and Brooklyn and Massey. I'm really hoping it will snow while I'm there.

With holiday cheer,

Meagan Johnson

I caught colton putting his hands like that on the bottle and got a picture before he moved. It
cracked me up.

We put Colton in his walking toy because he WILL NOT do the tummy time without screaming
his head off. So I put him in this while I get things done and he can hold his head up really well now.

We made a very quick trip to Kansas for Haloween weekend. This is Reid and I bullriding at my moms resturant. Ps. for Haloween....Colton was the Cowardly Lion, I was dorthy and Reid was the scare crow from the wizard of oz.

This is Colton in a very cool outfit that my mom's friend got him. (Angie D.)

What a busy time of year!

We have finaly moved back to our newly remodeled home. There is still a lot of work to do in it but we are making great progress.

We got new designer carpet in the bedrooms, 6 inch baseboard, 2 inch door trim and crown molding and all new paint on the walls.

The carpet prior to the new stuff was a mess. The previous owner carpeted AROUND the furniture! We are very happy to have our new carpet but are super anael about getting it dirty.

Anywho...enough about the fix ups.... We moved in last saturday. We had all of our stuff in a POD outside our home. So it ended up being a pretty quick move in. I have been unpacking like a crazy person all week. Only room left is the living room. I got all 4 bedrooms unpacked and set up as well as the kitchen. I feel pretty good about the progress. :)

I set up the Christmas tree this week too! I LOVE Christmas time and I knew that if I didnt get the tree up soon it was never going to get up. (With having crazy lives and all)

Today we are going to put the lights on the outside of our house! YAY for one story houses. Last year Reid and I were both CRAZY and took Christmas light hanging to a new level with such a tall house.

Marrisa and Chayce came into town for the passing of Marrisa's Grandpa, It was so great that we got in town from kansas to be able to see them for a little while. (Even though we were half asleep running on about 2.5 hours of sleep.) Chayce is growing soooo fast. Its fun to see.

Colton is growing fast too these days. Random strangers keep coming up to me and asking how old he is. He is a big boy for only being about 3 months old. They are surprised when I tell them the age. We just hope he keeps growing so he can take on his aunt Brooklyn in basketball. ;)

We are very excited that the holidays are right around the corner. We are mostly excited to see family that we usually dont get to see very often!

We will be in Kansas this Christmas and New years, and at the Johnson grandparents for Thanksgiving.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!

My hubby Reid surprised me for our anniversery and told me to pack up and that were were going somewhere for the weekend. He didnt tell me where we were going till we got close. We went up north to Sedona, AZ and stayed in a very nice hotel on the side of a mountain.


Reid, Colton and I rented a Jeep and took it off roading for 4 hrs the following day (anniv. day). Colton slept the entire time... I'm sure it was from the jeep being so bumpy going over huge bolders. We had a blast!

We are family...la la la...

Colton turns 1 month old tomorrow!!! Thats so crazy!
The little man is eating a lot and growing so fast.

Reid's mom was so nice to babysit for us Saturday night... Reid and I were able to get away and go to the ASU home game. What a blast!!! (Pictures at the bottom are of us at the game)

Colton is already rolling over... SCARY!

Colton is getting his blessing at church this coming sunday!

Baby Johnson is here!

Our beautiful little boy was born Tuesday August 25th at 8:40am!
His name is Colton Massey Foley Johnson.
He was 7lbs 4oz and was 21 inches long.
Here are some pictures:

The baby is on his way

I (Meagan) went to the OB/GYN yesterday for my weekly visit and found out that our little boy is on his way.
I am 2 cm dialated and 80% effaced.

Reid's boss and his wife took the both of us out to a nice lunch at "California Pizza Kitchen". It was mighty tasty! Then they told us we had to go back to Reid's office.

We got to Reid's office and found everyone upstair in the conference room with baby gifts and cake! They are way to sweet!

Reid said yesterday to his boss that he has been eating for 2 because he is so nervous for the baby to come. (news to me!) I'm glad I'm not the only nervous one. Haha.

Reid will be an amazing dad! We are both nervous and excited for this little bundle of joy to come "change our lifes forever"!!!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND!

(Above Picture: Reid holding his neice on Fathers Day!)

Reid got the day off today (WHAT A TREAT!) Thanks Architekton!


He woke me up and told me that he had been awake for a couple of hours and that I should come out to the pool with him for a late morning/ early afternoon swim. THE POOL WATER IS PERFECT! There is about one thing that I like about Arizona.... amazing pool weather!

(ABOVE PICTURES: Reid putting the baby crib together!)

He is off working on one of our rental houses right now... while I take it easy and stay hydrated. (Water leak in the walll!)

(Above Picture: Reid and I (Meagan) in front of our house.)

Tonight we will be heading to the other rental house and mowing the yard ect. YAY ;)

(ABOVE PICTURE: Reid cutting wood to make new baseboards in the bathroom!)

Tomorrow we will be taking it easy... probably enjoy more time in the pool in the morning and then in the evening we will be going to his office building and watching the Tempe Town Lake Firework show from a A/C (pregnant friendly... hehe) office building. HAPPY 4TH!

Yesterday was my little sisters Birthday. THE BIG 2-0! She is happy not to be a teen anymore since she has her first baby on the way.


Edith and Marissa (my sister in laws) also had birthday these past couple weeks! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THEM TOO!

Reid and I are getting very excited about having our son soon. I wish I were 40 weeks already... I just want him out already. haha.


We went stroller shopping at REI.... I have found the stroller of my dreams! (You know you are getting old when... haha)

(Above Picture: My baby sister and I being goofy at my other little sisters wedding reception. Wow... I really want to cut my hair short again...)

My parents are sending my baby sister out for 2 weeks (1st two weeks in aug!)... she is crazy, and full of energy. She has always been my little partner in crime. :) It will be a blast to have her here! Reid is excited to take her to the water park... while I cruise around in the lazy river. HAHA.

(Above Picture: Me cutting up Watermellon, Cantellope (sp), and strawberries.)

We hope you all have an amazing Independance Day!

With love,

Meagan Johnson

*SPREAD THE WORD*

Reid and I have decided to put together a little home buisness we like to call:

PETAL CAFE

Thats right... we (mostly Meagan) are doing wedding and special event flowers! So if you have a family member or friend that is looking for a florist, please send them our way! :)

A website will be going up soon! Stay tooned!


On another note, we had a whirlwind of parties recently... first it was Mr. Taylor Morris's 1 year birthday out near there house. (We really enjoyed being out there... Meg swears that the air is much cleaner and its cool outside)

We had a small middle of the week pizza dinner with those who could make it for Bill Johnson's birthday.

Then we had little Miss Chayce's 1 year old birthday party. It was at the Agnee's (sp?) home. We had a great time, and it was perfect weather outside. Couldnt have asked for better weather lately!

Then we had another dinner party for the one and only Bill Johnson with all the family. The cookies Karl and Rachel made were to die for!!!


Baby Hayden update:

We had another sonogram done last week to make sure that he stays cookin' a little longer. Everything seems to be fine. I have only had minor contractions since the hospital scare.
I am able to move around more now and get some boxes unpacked! :)

Hayden (as of last week) was 2.5 lbs already!!! I was also told he has HUGE feet. We are hoping he will be able to use those big feet for sports in the future. Swimming, Basketball, and Soccer. Hehe.

Hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful weather outside! We sure are!

Spring came and went!

Rachel's teenager face:


We graduated puppy school!


Easter lambs at Grandma B's farm!


Easter basket!

Reid rides his bike to work - 24 miles a day

Reid's grandpa Bartlett got me a book..."the mother of all baby books". IT IS SO DANG GOOD. I have had to leave it in the car so that I can get some stuff done around the house. He said the also have one called "the mother of all pregnancy books" and "the mother of all tots books"
It has really shead some light on how to get ready for a baby. I AM A HORRIBLE READER...in that... I HATE TO READ. But this book has sucked me in! It gives advice from mothers and statistics on different facts.

" 70% of woman are overly excited about having a baby and then when it comes, they are overly disorganized because they were all about making the baby cute instead of practical."
- Mother of All Baby Books-

I was glad to read that... because I am very very very practical when it comes to children. (Maybe because I was a nanny to 3 children all under the age of 4) I'm all about sticking them in a clean diaper and pushing them out to play. (I did that when I was young...and look how I turned out. haha)

Reid really liked the part in the book that said something to the effect of, "find clothes that are easy for diaper changing...". He said he didn't really think of that before...and he said that my idea of having our kids wear wunzies was a PERFECT idea.

I have a OB GYN appointment today and are excited to hear what they have to tell me about little Hayden.

Hope everyone is enjoying the 103 degree weather!!!

ps. we close on our house next week!!!