gender check

We are having another GIRL! I get to use all Rachels baby clothes again! I'm thinking Bailey for her first name but not decided on a middle name yet. maybe Jane or May.

Happy Early Christmas to me!

See what my husband got me for Christmas! Its an 05 Honda Odyssey. Its so cool because the back seats fold down into the floor and it has a removable seat in the middle so it can seat 8 if we want. not that we really need that much room yet or ever but it will be nice to fit more people in one car when we get together with extended family. I hope this van will be the last vehicle we buy for a very long time. I love it! My husband is awesome!

Halloween at home

Rachel chose to be Jessie from toy story. I made her costume. cost about $10 to make or $30-40 to buy. The store bought ones are so cheap too, all one piece and so thin.

Kita was a witch but she didn't like her hat. she had it off before we even got all the way to the first house.

Rachel ran into some of her friends while out trick or treating.

Halloween at Adobe

These are just a few of the many, many pictures Will took of the kids and Adobe while we took the kids trick or treating at his work.

Family Home Evening with pumpkin carving

We had hot cocoa for our treat cuz its getting cold here.


Rachel was a good helper

I love her grossed out face!

Good job daddy!

Viola!

annual fall farm activites

I think she picked the pumpkin she is sitting on to take home.


Hay ride

animal train

big slide

climbing up to another slide

tire swings

she won't stop growing!

bun in the oven

Baby Johnston is due May 11th!

the rest of summer

We had lots of fun this summer and some of it I already blogged about but here is the rest.
My dad came out for a visit the last week of july and then Rachel and I drove back to California with him.

Farm country at thanksgiving point.

We went to the zoo with my sister Amanda and her boyfriend James.

Rachel and I spent two weeks in California. We went to the Jelly belly factory and the boardwalk and my brother wrecked his car. At the end of the trip, Will flew out for the weekend because his brother was getting married then we all flew back to Utah together.

Mom came out to Utah for her last vacation the first week of september. She watched Rachel for labor day weekend So Will and I could have our own vacation. We decided to go camping and ended up in Twin Falls, Idaho. We had a good time the first couple days but it got unbearably windy Sunday so we came back a day early.

our campsite was right on the Snake river with waterfalls in the background. it was very pretty and peaceful.

We found the LDS Temple in Twin Falls and walked around enjoying the beauty of it.

There was a HUGE canyon with a bridge across it and people were actually base jumping off it. It was really cool to watch.

This is Shoshone Falls. They dam it up and use the water for electricty so in the summer its not very full but it still looked big to me.

We found an old indian ice cave and took a guided tour. It was hot outside but inside the cave it was below freezing and there was lots of water and ice built up in there.

The day before mom went home we went to the state fair and Amanda came along. Rachel loves picking out rides to go on and I just love the atmosphere.

Virtual reality game.

Phew that was a long update! did you stick with me all the way to the end?

fundraiser help

there is a family in my ward that is going through a lot of trials right now. The mom just passed away from cancer leaving a few young children, the youngest being 3 years. The dad has some sort of physical disability and can't work a lot and now they have mounds of medical and funeral bills with a very limited income. Our neighborhood is putting on a fundraiser yard and bake sale Sept. 18. They are also accepting donations to help the family pay the funeral costs on a blog that has been set up for that purpose. The donations go through paypal so its legit. I made the title of this post link to the blog. If you are able, please donate something, even $1 helps. Also, clothing and other yard sale items can be donated for the yard sale. Or just come to the yard sale at Aspen Elementary in north orem on the 18th. All the info is on the blog. Thanks for reading!

first day of school!

Today was Rachel's first day of preschool! She pretty much loved it!

teacher Konni!


Rachel and her cousin Cordell. They are school buddies!

city deals

A friend told me about this website called City Deals. Its awesome for finding discounts on local businesses. I get $10 in coupons for every friend I refer so go check it out. You should be able to click the title of the post to get the link.

Arizona

we went to Sedona for a week in June for a reunion on Will's side. This is everybody! There are 34 with one on the way and one about to get married.


Will could only stay for the weekend and Rachel and I stayed the whole week. So there are not very many pictures of him.

Rachel is finally getting a little more comefortablel with the water. Getting her that pink floatie ring really helped. She was happy to swim around by herself! Usually she clings to me for dear life.

River at grandma Gibbons house

Some of the bunch at a swimming hole in the river

Really, really loooooooooong hike in the desert. Can you tell that I am tired?

Just getting started on the hike

Rachel is holding a lizard. The boys kept catching them. Reminded me of my youth. I loved catching lizards with my friend Jen.

of course these pictures are all out of order. More river fun!

My totally awesome and beautiful sister-in-laws!

Rachel decorating her reunion shirt.