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catch up time

we have been very bad about updating this blog and so much has happened so I'm going to do a major update session with many pictures :)

In the last month we have gone to Duluth, Hudson, WI/MInneapolis area, Kalamazoo, had a 1st birthday party and played with lots of friends and family! The pictures on the bottom are from our trips to MN (and Hudson). Thank you to Anna and Jeff and Kaylan and Jeb for hosting us!!! Oh- and there are way cuter pictures from those trips but I guess Kevin deleted them from our SD card...I'll work on putting them up when we get home(we're still in Kzoo).

The first pictures are from Laurel's 1st birthday party!! She was so lucky to have all of her grandparents there as well as great grandpa Carl, great uncle Anders and aunt Rachel too! AND Teri and Wayne Sherwood! Thank you to everyone for sharing her birthday with us!

Almost 1 year old

Hello Everyone,
Well summer is well underway here in the great north. The leaves are out, some rain this morning is making our grass nice and green and the flowers are out. Amazing what a little summer color will do to someones excitement towards being outside. And, of course our little daughter is almost 1 year old in just a couple days. Again, amazing that we had had here for a year already, as well as Linnea and I living in our community for one year. So here are a couple pictures of here. Laurel really likes to be outside. Sometimes she chews on rocks and get dirt in her mouth. The other day she tried to take down and worm, however her father interjected quickly.
Hope everyone is enjoying their Tuesday morning back from work.
Johnsons

Easter Pictures

Here are some cute easter pictures, how cute is Laurel's dress?

Snow day

Well Hello Everyone,

Several inches of snow have fallen in the last couple days here. To bad that just under a week ago we were able to walk Laurel in her stroller with just our sandals and t-shirts. I mean I had even started to work on my farmers tan while out working with duff.
Laurel is doing really well. She is pulling everything we have off the shelves always in the laundry basket and she now has two little white teeth on the bottom. They grow up so fast. Linnea and I are staying busy with work and house projects. Soon we will be sending you some pictures of the new summer construction that will take place.
Ok enough, here are the pictures that you orginally got on for
Johnsons

Don't make me eat that again, PLEASE

OK, it's the Johnson family again.
All of you parents out there reading this know that children just don't like to eat their food sometimes. As for Laurel it seems to be all the time. But then just as if a light switch had been switched she is eating the food. Guess you just never know what gets into children. So I thought it would be fun for all of you to see just first hand some of the faces that we have to deal with while we attempt to nourish our child. With a little bit of comentary on the side.


Dad: Good morning Laurel, how did you sleep? Laurel: Morning dad, I really slept hard.
Dad: Well Lets start the morning off with some cheerios... Laurel: Oh dad you're the best I love cheerios.Dad: Finish those up and I will make some oatmeal. Laurel: What???Laurel: But dad, I am so sick of oatmeal, I eat it all the time.

Dad: Alright sweety you win, just eat some cheerios and then we will have something else, but do not tell your mother.

Laurel: Thanks dad

Hope everyone has a great week.

Johnson

One extreme to the next

Hello Everyone,

About a month ago the youth group at Grace Cov. decided to play the famous broomball out at Covenant Point durning the half time show for the Super Bowl. We figured we mid-aswell take out team spirit to the court. Anyways, A long story short, it was a very cold night out at camp. Around 25 below but we did have a lot of fun. However after 20 minutes of playing this is what Paul Nyberg and I looked like. And if that wasn't enough our eye lashes were starting to really stick as well. However, today just around a month later it's t-shirt weather. around 61 degrees.

Oh the life of a yooper.