The Johnson Family

Things that have happened lately

2010-06-11T20:22:00.000-07:00

Bevan broke his leg digging out a concrete ditch. The concrete fell on his leg and broke his fibula. He has to wear this split for 1 1/2 weeks and then possibly a walking boot.

He is already bored and its only been 2 days!

Hallee loving her picture taken. She is such a doll! We love her alot!

Hallee and Grandpa hangin out

Austin growin up too fast!

He was really concentrating on this dance.

Holding his 8th grade diploma. Yea onto high school

Some of his class mates.

Austin receiving his diploma from Principal Richardson

More of his class mates

Grandpa Jack found this bird out in his field down at the farm. Brayden thought it was pretty cool!

Brayden playing baseball. I think he had a good time.

Hallee in her blessing dress. April asked if I would make her dress, so she showed me a picture on the internet and said what do you think and I said sure I will try. I was pretty nervous. I don't usually sew without step by step instruction so this was really stretching me to just go off a picture, but I did it and she looked so beautiful in it.

I went to the BYU Womens Conference the end of April and the BYU bookstore has a book signing, so I went and checked out who was coming and I saw John Bytheway would be there on Friday from 11-1pm so I called Bevan and told him. My family is pretty obsessed with his talks. I think we have every CD and video he has out right now. So Bevan took the boys out of school and drove up to have him sign books and get our picture taken with him. This was pretty cool for our family to talk to him.

Brayden receiving his Bear Advancement in Cub Scouting. He is doing so well in Cub Scouting. He really enjoys it alot!

Brayden pinning my mothers pin on me. He was so careful not to poke me. I am very proud of him.

Happiness is:

2010-04-12T15:59:00.001-07:00

*Having 5 wonderful children, plus 2 son-in-laws and 1 adopted son

*3 beautiful grandchildren - 2 grandsons and 1 granddaughter

*Getting to spend time with grandchildren

*Hanging out with family and playing games

*Going on Saturday adventures

*Watching my kids play sports or participate in anything

*Having a wonderful husband that is very patient with me

*Going on dates with my husband, especially to the temple

*Reading with Brayden every night

*When Kaden and Gibson say love ya grandma

*Just sitting and holding Hallee and knowing where she just came from

*Just relaxing and reading a good book

*Spending time at the swimming pool with my family

*Going to a good movie with good showhouse popcorn

*Working in the yard, especially flower gardens

*Having good talks with my kids about whats going on in their lives

*Helping others

*Making someones day better

*Looking back at all the good times and having a good laugh about somethings

Great trip back to Colorado!*!

2009-12-09T14:34:00.001-08:00

Sorry our trip is backwards. So this was the last place before it got dark on us. It was about 4:00 p.m. This is called hanging lake. It is in Glenwood Springs Canyon.
These are the sides of the mountains and thelake was down in between them.

This is a hiking trail you could take. Some hikers were just coming out. They said it would take about an hour to get up to another lake. We wished we had arrived a little earlier

I asked the boys if they wanted to swim!

This is the highway going through Glenwood Springs Canyon. We are down on the lower rode. So I am taking the picture looking up. Its quite the stretch of highway.

Here is another view. Not so good, reflection of the glass from the car. Not alot of places to stop unless you take an exit.

This is continuing on East of Grand Junction, Colorado. They have some very interesting mountains.

More scenry going East of Grand Junction, Colorado

A little more!

This is the Colorado River that follows I-70 just East of Colorado clear to Eagle, Colorado.

Photos from the car are hard to take, but tried to get more of the river.

This is the San Rafel Swell. It wasn't a very warm day, but not too bad.

More of the San Rafel Swell

Quite the road going down through the swell.

This is a place called Ghost rock. It located about 30 miles before Green River, Utah.

Austin climbing up the rock. He was having a great time!*!

Austin was the first to find the way up the rock. He thought he was pretty smart.

This was their first attempt up the rock. They found an easier way up.

Deciding how they are going to climb up the rock. Typically boys right!*!*!

I said I will watch and take good pictures.

This was a place called Devils Canyon

That little speck in the middle of the picture is Brayden he is following his dad. They are headed at to the end of the peak.

Daniel, Austin and Brayden, my three boys. They were ready to get out and do some exploring. So that is what we did here. They had a great time.

This went quite a ways down. It was a unqiue canyon.

This is some of Utah scenry. We are almost to Green River.

We have taken this trip alot over the past 13 months, but haven't really taken the time to stop at alot of places. There is alot to see. You almost need to break it up into a couple of days, but we thought we may not be coming home this way, we probably will come home through Wyoming, so its not so hard on the vehicles pulling loaded trailers. I-70 is a beautiful ride. You go through quite a few tunnels, but it was getting too dark to take pictures of these. The Eisenhower Tunnel is the boys favorite, it is over a mile long. This is the Continental Divide. Well we just thought we share a little bit of what we have traveled over the past 13 months.

Christmas Fun!*!

2009-12-03T08:29:00.000-08:00

Going to get our Christmas Tree. We love to do this every year!

We had our friend Daniel with us and he wanted to ride horses, so we took horses. It was a great time!

Austin and Amber having a wonderful time

Brayden and Gibson enjoying the horse ride. Gibson loves the horses. I am sure his Dad has something to do with that.

Amber picking out our tree. She did a good job. Now to take them home and do the decorating. What a wonderful time of the year. Christmas is probably one of our favorite. We enjoy anytime we can be together as a family. This Christmas will be great because we get to come home to Fillmore for a little while. Like I told Brayden, we are home until our dad takes us on our next adventure!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

2009-11-01T12:13:00.000-08:00

Brayden and Austin ready to go to the ward party!
Austin as a mighty body guard

Brayden has a great army man. Did you think he would be anything else?

Some of the primary children at the ward party

Some more primary children and ward members dressed up.

It was a good time. We had a good turn out. There was plenty of chili and the kids got plenty of candy.

More Winter FUN

2009-10-29T19:34:00.001-07:00

This is the front of our house
This is snow drifts in the back. Look at the snow hanging off the roof

Austin making his great snow angel

We have a pine tree out front they built them huts. This was school today. Adventure 101 in the snow. They had an awesome time!

This is Brayden in his fort. He is hidden pretty good!

Its been a cold and windy day. I guess schools have not been closed like this since 2006.

The Big Winter Storm

2009-10-29T09:05:00.000-07:00

Pretty snow! Its definitely a winter wonderland.
Austin enjoying the snow!

This is a snow drift against our fence.

This is the snow up against our sliding glass door. Crazy huh!

Austin laying down and playing in the snow. Brayden has been sick so I wouldn't let him play out and he was not happy. They didn't have school yesterday and they don't today. Braydens feeling better today so I let him go out today, so they are both playing in it right now!

Fall Fun

2009-10-29T08:30:00.001-07:00

This is Bevan. With his coat on you would think it was cold. It was kindof cold, the sun was just starting to go down and so it did get a little bit chilly.

Last weekend for adventure we went back over to horsetooth reservior and hiked around
Its alot different view than on a boat.

Brayden is enjoying the sand. He loves to play. They took their army men and army stuff and they had a war with sand.

Austin setting up his army men and helicopter. They had a good time!

This is beautiful horsetooth reservoir. It is a gorgeous lake.

While we were in Utah in September we rode up the canyon and enjoyed the beautiful autumn leaves. It was so fun to be with family and doing what we enjoy being in the outdoors.

Grandpa and Grandma Johnson enjoying the autumn leaves

Bevan, Amber and Austin having a fun time

Jacie, of course loving it all!

Austin and Brayden up in the mountains in Utah

Beautiful fall scenry!

Boating Adventure at Horsetooth Reservoir

2009-10-05T10:08:00.001-07:00

Austin giving a thumbs up for the lake! This lake sets down in between two mountains

The boys gettin ready for a wild tube ride!

Bevan showing off. He is trying to kneel on the tube.

Anthony is a pretty crazy driver

This was a cove we went up into. Very quiet and peaceful

Brayden showing off his treasure he found. Typical boy!

This was our great fire that we roasted hot dogs on. We had a good time

Gibson is getting alot better at wearing his life jacket.

Isn't he cute!

Gibson touching a frog. He didn't know what do think

Just ate an oreo cookie!

April & Anthony brought their boat when they came out to see us. We had alot of fun. We went to Boyds Lake and Horsetooth Reservior. We all enjoy the water, so we had alot of fun! Thanks April and Anthony!

Flying Rockets

2009-10-05T08:59:00.000-07:00

This is Brayden running in the hay field behind our house.
Austin is carefully putting his rocket on the launch pad!

Austin launches his rocket. It went way high

Austin and Brayden preparing their rockets to fly!

Brayden launching his rocket!

Brayden was pretty proud of his rocket

Saturday after morning conference we went into the hay field behind our house and shot rockets. They went way up there. We had a good time! The boys really enjoyed it. They wished they would of had more engines.

Boy, does time fly!

2009-05-20T20:52:00.001-07:00

Kaden sittin in his high chair, grandma & grandpa gave him for christmas
Jacies 24th birthday!*! (I think, she'll have to correct me if I'm wrong)
April six weeks away from having Gibson. She doesn't even look pregnant, just a little bit chubby
Jacie & Randon chillin on the couch, Christmas Eve! What a cute couple
Kaden Christmas morning. He had so much he didn't know where to start. He's 7 months old and what a cute little guy.

2009-05-20T19:58:00.001-07:00

Gibson & Grandma enjoying the sunshine. It was a hot one!
Gibson thinks he needs a drink!
Brayden throwing a ball with a tail on it. They were pretty fun to watch!
The older man is Braydens teacher, Mr. Thiel! They are trying to pick up marbles with their toes. The one who picks up the most wins!
Brayden playing the same marble game.
Brayden would get hopping so fast in the gunney sack race that he would fall forward at the end every time.
This one he had to balance a cup of water on his head and as you can see he was pretty good at it cause he was doing a dance at the same time.
This one is the speed stacker game. He was pretty fast at this. His team won every time.
He really enjoyed this. As you can see they would put balls in the middle of the parachute and then on the count of three would flip them off. It was pretty fun to watch.
April & Gibson chillin at the house. Upstairs gets pretty hot, so we were hangin out in the basement playing the Wii.

WhAt A dAy!

2009-05-20T15:46:00.000-07:00

Oh and to throw in this is the house that they are moving to. :) And check this movie I bought it is so cool it has 3 in 1 for $12. American Tail, Balto and The Land Before Time.

Here are the results of a great shopping day. What GREAT finds!

Nice barely even used Buster Brown Sunday shoes and 2 pairs of gym shorts. (Goodwill store)

A good looking tie for Daniel. I loved it. Also 3 shirts, 2 for dad and 1 for Daniel. (Goodwill store)

Ambers shirt and skirt from Ross and the shoes from the Goodwill store. I'm thinkin she was feelin a black and white day.

Moms finds at Ross 3 shirts and a skirt. I picked out the white, black and pink one. I love it!

My finds at the Goodwill store 2 kid belts and one of the crib things like you have. I have yet to know if it works, gotta get batteries.

And last of all my finds at Ross a shirt and the swim suit. The suit is dang cute, don't you think? Not to rub it in but we really MISSED : ( you Jacie hopefully next time. :)

Broken Arm

2009-05-05T13:57:00.000-07:00

Gibson's broken arm. He seems to be doing really well with it, but I am sure he can't wait to get it off. Yes it is as dirty as can be, he is a boy and all he does all day long is play in the dirt.

Early Easter

2009-04-08T12:14:00.000-07:00

This was our early Easter we had with the Johnson crew. Dad wasn't there for some of it so I thought I would put the pictures up so he could see what was happening. We love you guys and are glad you made it back save. Thanks for coming and visiting!

The One and Only

2009-03-05T13:41:00.001-08:00

Kadens one and only Frog. This little stuffed frog is Kaden's new favorite thing. He takes it every where we go. It's a bag or a basket or something April says we should call it a brog because it's a frog and a bag. Anyway it has a little strap on it so he hooks it on his arm and away he goes, as you can see in the pictures. Last night I was trying to get him to bed and he didn't want to get his p.j.s on he just wanted his frog. It sleeps with him in bed, it eats with him, it goes all over town with us, last week we even took it to church. Seeing him and that frog hung over his elbow, I can't help but smile and laugh. We Love ya Kaders.

2009-02-27T12:03:00.000-08:00

Sorry it took me forever mom, but here it is. The video from when Gibson was on Good Things Utah for his 1st Birthday. (Also sorry about the black at the bottom I don't know what it is and I can't get it off.) Hope you enjoy! Love the Hutchins

Good Times

2009-02-23T13:39:00.001-08:00

Some things we have been doing in Colorado

2009-02-22T17:38:00.000-08:00

This was a cool dinasaur at the Denver Natural History Museum that we went to on Sat. Feb 21, 2009. Austin has been begging to go there for awhile. It was a great museum.

Dad and Brayden in front of some dinasaur bones. Dad is being goofy.

We went kite flying the other day. The wind was blowing pretty hard, but we still had a great time.

This Brayden getting his kite up in the air. This is the park behind his school. If you follow the sidewalk to the west are house is about 1 block. Its very convenient. We leave for school at about 8:20 and school starts at 8:30. Its great!

This Brayden receiving his Bobcat award. The dad turns the boy upside down while the mom pins the badge on his shirt, then in order to sew the badge on his shirt the right way, Brayden had to do a good deed. You can see this isn't Bevan, this is our 2nd counselor in the bishopric, Bro. Morgan. Brayden really likes cub scouts

Let the Good Times Roll

2009-02-19T17:57:00.000-08:00

We were just looking through our pictures and wanted to share the good times with you. We miss you and we love you so much and we are looking forward to making lots more memories.

Love

Jacie and Kaden

Kaden

2009-01-28T14:06:00.001-08:00

I just had to post this picture for you mom. Isn't he so cute, I don't know how he got so cute. We miss you and we know that you can do this. Love ya lots.

Home in Colorado

2009-01-18T18:42:00.000-08:00

This is the front of our house in Johnstown, Colorado. We are enjoying it alot. This picture was taken right when we got here, so the grass isn't this green, and we have had some snow since then.

This picture is our backyard. The railroad tracks are right below our house. The train comes by once a day between 9-10 in the morning. There are birds out there in the marsh and we have coyotes on the hill sometimes. Its a boys adventure. When the weather is good they play out there alot.

This is the great room I quess you call now. The kitchen is nice and big and then there is a living room off to the right. I need this room back in Utah.

This is the master bathroom. I don't know why the boys took this picture. Also we had more pictures of the church and their schools, but I can't find them. So we will take some more.

Christmas Season

2009-01-10T14:55:00.001-08:00

Kaden and Gibson just hangin out in the crib together!

Gibson with Santa a...... not so sure? Mrs. Clause about the same reaction?

Making Cookies he loved it! I think the flour was his favorite part.
Just plain wore out.
Helping mom undecorate the Christmas tree!

Colorado from the Hutchins

2008-12-08T10:40:00.001-08:00

Colorado was a blast! We did so many fun things. We went to the
Aquarium in Denver. Which was so neat, they had fish and animals from all different climates. Gibson loved that! We also went to Estes Park where we got to see over 500 head of elk all together. That was so cool! We also went to the temple, that was awesome. Mom, Amber and I went shopping on the day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday). It was so much fun. Jacie didn't get to come because she was sick. (Don't worry Jace we are for sure doing it again next year). And grandma just thought we were nuts for getting up that early. But the best part about the whole trip was being able to see the family again. It was so fun just hanging out and being together. Thanks for the awesome adventure! We love you Dad, Mom, Austin and Brayden. We are looking forward to the next trip. (But not the drive)

First Snow in Johnstown, Colorado 12/4/08

2008-12-07T21:30:00.001-08:00

Austin and Brayden sledding behind our house. We got about 4-5 inches of snow. They were so excited. We had kindof an unhappy neighbor, she didn't appreciate them sledding behind her house, so they try to stay behind our house or go down a little further where the hill gets pretty steep. Also the sunsets are beautiful here, so here's a picture of a sunset.

Colorado Here We Come and Go

2008-12-05T13:51:00.000-08:00

We just returned from Colorado and the trip was fantastic (all except for the drive). It went by so fast. We had so much fun seeing what the Johnson's are up to. We went shopping and sight seeing, the best part for us (the Dyreng's) was the aquarium and the Rocky Mountain National Park. So I posted some pictures for your enjoyment. We had a blast and then it was over just like that and it was time for us Utahns to go home. Leaving was the hardest part, watching the back of the van go one way, while we went the other way brought some tears to my eyes and a tugging at my heart to just follow them home. It was sure great to be back home to Utah, though. We can't wait til Christmas to be able to spend more time together. We love you Coloradians (or whatever you are called) and we miss you like crazy. P.S. keep checking the mail. We love you so much and we're sending lots of hugs and kisses.

The Dyrengs

Hello Everyone

2008-11-19T15:09:00.000-08:00

Gibson is getting so big. He is pulling himself up & walking along everything. He is also crawling a little bit & has takin 4 steps all by himself!

Playing in the Leaves

2008-11-12T17:20:00.000-08:00

Gibson loved playing in
the leaves! I don't know
if he enjoyed their
flavor though.

He's Back!!!

2008-11-07T15:43:00.000-08:00

Our Dad is finally back in Utah and oh how we have missed him. I'm sure my mom is most excited, although Austin and Brayden might be just as excited . We are so glad you're back. Welcome home DAD.

Random Pics

2008-11-05T10:09:00.001-08:00

I looking at some of my pictures and thought that you would enjoy them!

Barbies

2008-11-03T16:16:00.000-08:00

I was helping my mom clean the storage room, when we came across our old barbie dolls. Remember when us girls got these for Christmas. They brought back so many fun memories!

HaPpY HaLlOwEeN!!!! (Hutchins)

2008-11-03T11:59:00.001-08:00

Happy Halloween! We had so much fun on Halloween, it was Gibson's 1st. He was a little Bumble Bee, everyone thought he was so cute! He wasn't quite sure what to think of it all? As for Anthony, you can only guess what he was a Calf Roper and me I was a witch. I gave Gibson a sucker and he loved it! When I took it away from him because he was getting so sticky, he cried and cried.

We're going on a dinosaur hunt.

2008-10-27T14:19:00.000-07:00

These are the dinosaur tracks we went and saw on Saturday. We had so much fun play geologist and Kaden loved playing in the sand. Brayden found all sorts of tracks and parts of dinosaurs along the way. We had a blast and are glad we didn't find a live dinosaur, just it's tracks.

Braydens Baptism

2008-10-27T14:18:00.001-07:00

Brayden turned 8 on the 7th of September and we all had the privilge to be apart of his baptism on the 27th. It was a really special day!

Yum Yum

2008-10-27T13:47:00.001-07:00

Gibson was playing in the dirt and eating it. As you can see he really enjoyed himself.

2008-10-27T13:35:00.001-07:00

Our camping trip up Kanosh Canyon. Gibson loved it!

I guess Kaden didn't like Gibson in his space?

the Dyreng Family

2008-10-27T13:23:00.000-07:00

We're the Dyreng family. Randon, Jacie, and Kaden make up our family so far. I know you're all shocked by that (so far). We love our life here in Cedar City and our making so many wonderful memories.

Fall

2008-10-27T13:13:00.000-07:00

Kaden enjoying the fall colors. I love fall!

Splish Splash takin a bath

2008-10-27T13:10:00.000-07:00

Kaden discovered he could blow bubbles in the bath tub and he loves doing it, as you can see.

THE GIRLS DAY OUT

2008-10-27T13:07:00.000-07:00

The girls hanging out at Gardner's Village. We're showing off our new witch manicures.

Aren't they beautiful?

The Boys

2008-10-27T12:18:00.001-07:00

The Boys Austin, Brayden, Kaden and Gibson, Best Friends! Austin and B are so cute with the babies. And they love their uncles so much!

jOhNsOn'S

2008-10-27T12:04:00.000-07:00

The Johnson Family! We are a family who loves to go on Saturday Adventures and have fun. We are so excited for our parents and little brothers and the new (long saturday) adventure that they are headed out on. They will have so much fun in Colorado and make so many new friends. We love you!