My summer job.

I have had a busy summer! This is my brother's cabin that is on his property. He had a close friends daughter get married there in July, so I decided to take on the yard work! It had not been really taken care of for years so the weeds had decided to move in! It has been a ton of work and I have loved every minute of it. It has been nice having a job to pay for all my travels to see kids and grandkids! This is deffinatley a job for me! I get to work hard and make it pretty without paying for all the flowers and I get to travel when I need to! It is so beautiful to see all the flowers at their best. I only wish it were my yard! The photos are before and after photos, actaully they are after and before!

Garnet Digging

We had so much fun digging for Garnets! I did not know that Idaho is the only place in the US where Garnets are found! We did find a few small ones, not sure if they are worth anything but Aaron is going to find out. Just as we were arriving a man was walking out with a 5 OZ. garnet he had just found. The biggest found this summer. Even though we didn't find the big one is was a blast looking!

Ruby and her blessing dress

I have been privileged to be able to sew each of my grandchildrens blessing outfits, except for my Lex boy, (I didn't know I could when he was born), and Raul, Ellie and Jackie, they came into our lives later! It was so fun to sew this dress for Ruby, she looks so beautiful! I hope each dress or outfit is something my children will cherish and remember about me. I love each of my sweet grandchildren so much.

Our little Ruby Aileen Johnson

Is there anything sweetier than a baby? I just love the fresh smell of their skin and even their poopy diapers! It was so fun to be there when Ruby was born. I have missed 2 of Aaron and Hannah's babies being born, because they were early. I have to thank Hannah and Ruby for waiting for me to be there. It is one of my MOST favorite things.
I just love the name they have chosen. Ruby is after my grandma, I love that lady! She always took care of me and as for a grandma in my life I have the most memories of her. She is who I think of when I think of grandma. She was always out in her garden or in knitting or crocheting. She lived to be 100 years old!
Aileen is after Corey's grandmother. She lived close by him growing up and I am sure all those Johnson boys drove her crazy! We would take our kids to see her and she would always have salt water taffy in the drawer in the kitchen, but she would only let the kids have ONE! She was a very sweet lady. She lived to be 92 I believe.

Wow time flies! 35 years is almost unbelievable to me! Thanks to everyone that helped out with the night. I hope it was as much fun for you as it was for me. I must say I am really glad it is over! Thanks to Jill Hansen for helping me find so many classmates addresses. You're great, even though you didn't come!
I sometimes think we forget those that we spent so much of our growing up years with and how important that time of our lives was. It was awesome seeing you all! Hope to see you in 5 years!

Girls Camp

This first photo is of the HUGE tent we put almost all of our girls in. I thought this was a cool pic for some reason. The second pic is one of me and one of my girls AFTER she had put mud, or should I say TRIED, all over my face! She didn't know what she was asking for messing with me. I tackled her and put mud on her face. She was SO shocked that I actually had some fight in me that all she could do was laugh, of course I like to think she couldn't do anything because I was getting the best of her! I was pretty shocked myself when I realized I had her down and the whole camp was watching! Teach her to mess with me! It is a good thing we are pretty close. I love that girl. We had a great time at camp but I am am pretty glad it is over! Now on to my class reunion!

Our Fourth of July Weekend!

We had so much fun meeting up with our families! We drove to Midway to see Aaron in a painting show. We are so proud of him. It was so fun to have Brett, Angie and the kids meet us there also! Thank you all so much for being such great families! We had a blast with you all!





I just had to post this cute pic of Chloe! She is a crack up!