The New Addition

Well I guess it's about time that I introduce our little Jace baby to you all. It's been a wild few months and I think we are finally in the groove with three kidos. Well the Holidays didn't help much but HERE HE IS!!! 2 months old now.

Jace Ramsey Johnson

November 29, 2009

7 lbs. 10 oz.

20.5 inches

6:10am

What a cutie. I love his little smile. I can't believe how much he looks like my sister. Especailly her baby pictures. Does anyone agree?

I just love this little SAD face. Oh, I just love this little boy. :)

Happy Halloween!

Since Tanner was being a football player for Halloween, I remembered that I had a little cheerleading outfit from when I was a little girl, my mom pulled it out and it was perfect. Alexa loved it, even though it was a bit too big. How ironic though…U of U football player and BYU cheerleader. I don’t think those colors are supposed to be worn in the same house. That’s okay, we survived Halloween. They both wore their costumes for 3 straight days. Luckily we weren’t going out and I decided it wasn’t worth fighting them over. I finally told them I had to wash them so they would have to take a break but that they could wear them in a couple days for school and all day on Halloween.

My BIG 3 year old - BOY!

Well October has come and gone and I am on the countdown ‘til my baby comes. Tanner turned 3 years old and I can’t believe how time flies when they are little. He’s definitely not little anymore. He’s a big boy. I asked him the other day if he was my little man or big boy and he said, “Your big man.” I just laughed. He won’t stop talking; sometimes we have to say, “Tanner, BE QUIET!!!” Oh the joys of little boys. That’s another thing…He gets obsessed with whatever sport season it is. SO he is now absolutely into FOOTBALL and asks everyday…”Do I have a game today.” I have to tell him no, but the BIG boys do; he responds with “I am a BIG boy, Mom.
For his birthday all he wanted was a helmet, so we found one and figured it would be perfect for his birthday and his Halloween costume. It’s really a long story why we went with University of Utah but to make it short…Tanner has an uncle and aunt going to school there and they breathe the “U”, plus red and black are our school colors. He loves the whole "get up" Here are some pictures we have taken of him recently that I just love because they show his personality so well.




















Tanner wanted a football bake for his birthday day so I figured I could handle that--I thought it turned out pretty cute. What a little cheezer.:)













This is the Utah football helmet and jersey he got for his birthday.







































This was the football get-up before the real stuff notice the snow boots as football shoes and the gloves. What a silly little man.

Nice cowboy "get-up". He gallups around on the stick horse saying ge-up, ge-up. I love it.

I was giving Tanner a hair cut and this was the funniest face he was pulling because the hair was getting on him. We all just laughed. This kid seriously cracks me up.

Now what an adorable little girl....Thanks to some help from his older sister, Tanner came up stairs in this lovely get-up for some dance lessons from his sister. Oh DEAR!

SORRY ABOUT THE WEIRD FORMATTING. I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT'S UP. ;)

Farewell to SUMMER!

The slideshow below is some of our boating pictures taken this summer. Boating is our favorite thing to do together as a family. WE have great boating partners too. We bought that boat last summer and it's the best purchase I think that we have ever made. WE love it. And..YES...that's me boarding prego. I boarded until just over 6 months along. I was very careful and know my limits. I couldn't just sit on the boat and watch everyone else having fun. I finally got to a point that I couldn't get the board on by myself, so I thought that better be enough for the summer. I can't wait til next summer.

Camping, Yellowstone, Mesa Falls, & much more fun

My mom decided that for our family get together this year we should go camping. We had it all planned until we were reminded by the lovely Idaho weather that camping might not be the greatest idea. It was going to be windy, rainy, highs in the 60's and lows in the 40's. We found a condo/cabin to say at on Henry's Lake and made a few adjustments to our plan. It was a cold weekend in August but we still had fun. We went to Yellowstone National Park one day. My vote was that if we went there that we do the North Loop because we always do the south loop and see Old Faithful (which is cool but after so many times it's not special). Plus we had heard that most bear sightings are on the north loop somewhere. Pictures to follow. The next day we went to Mesa Falls, I don't know what it is about that but...it is so beautiful and breath-taking; then we stopped at Bear Gulch and did a little 4-wheeler riding along Warm River to Warm River Springs.

Our little family doing a little hike at Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces. We had never hiked around here before. It still amazes me how beautiful this place is and is another testimony that Earth was created by Christ under the direction of God.

My Mom and Dad at Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces.

All the kids. Alexa, Tanner, Brekka, Brae and Brody.

I know these next pictures aren't great but I have to show you the two bears and mountain sheep we saw. Days like this I wish we had a better camera. The pictures above is a black bear. It wasn't very far away but it was a small bear and road we were on was right along the side of a mountain side and he was right there so I was just about standing on top of the car to take the picture.

The little blob next to the tree is the Griz we watched roam the mountain side for about an hour.

I don't know how Mitch spotted this Mountain sheep but did. I have heard there were mountain sheep in Yellowstone but never seen one. So here is proof. We didn't see any buffalo this whole trip which is odd. It must be that we took a different route.

This is just the cutest little boy ever snuggling up with his dad after being in a car all day and not wanting to finish the little hike back from Tower Falls.

My little family again...at Mesa Falls. That little boy in back ground ran in the picture at the last min. Oh well.

The whole family minus the picture poopers...Mitch and Micheal I think they were about pictured out.

Us at Warm River Springs. I love the nice little ride to get here along the river. It is so beautiful.

A bunch of monkeys. Oh what fun!!!

I can't beleive she's 5 ... and in Kindergarten.

Alexa turned 5 back in July, but since have been a blog slacker...I will post her birthday photos now with her first day of school pictures. Holy cow, I can't believe I have a little girl in Kindergarten.

Alexa and her favorite cousin and best friend Kallie coloring on her Birthday. Here are all the little girls that came to her Birthday party. Alexa, Kallie, Hayley, Tamri, Brekka, Lindsey, and Malorie.

Lexie wanted a Kello Kitty party so that's what we did. We got her this little outfit to wear on her birthday. I found this little skirt at a boutique and knew she would love it to play dress up in.

Left is Lex after a long day of school. Really I
was quite worried because she got on the bus at 7:20am and I thought they got out of school at 2:15...well by 3:15 the bus still hadn't brought her back home. I thought maybe I should call the school...they told me that school gets out at 2:35...she still wasn't home by 3:40. I was getting a little paranoid thinking what if she fell asleep or didn't get on the right bus or is standing at the school. Well she made it home at 3:50. What a long day! Kindergarten is every other day - ALL day and 1/2 day on Friday. OH, and yes and I did cry when she got on the bus the first day. She rode the bus and I met her at the school. I still miss her all day and sit and watch for the bus to come and bring her home. Love ya Lex!

T-ball

If any of you know me...my favorite sport growing up was softball. Well Lexie was finally old enough to play T-ball this year so I signed her up and figured if I was going to be to all the games then I might as well coach if they need coaches. We had several games canceled because of the crazy wet June we had but it was fun anyway. Here's our little team. Lex thought we lost every game because we would always cheer for the other team at the end of the game. Let me just...say 2 innings is enough for 5 year olds. We did have a few little boys that loved it and should have played with the older kids. Way to GO TEAM!

Alexa and Hannah were the only 2 girls on our team. What great sports!

Ramsey Family Reunion & the 4th

All the Ramsey's got together over the 4th of July for a wonderful long over-due reunion. It was so fun catching up with everyone. We met Friday night for dinner and games and then Saturday morning most golfed and the rest of us took the kids to the 4th of July parade in Rupert. After golfing we met at my Grandmas house for lunch and a few games then Saturday night we went to Wayne and Sherma for a 4th Celebration and to watch the fireworks. They live right on the river where they shoot them off so it was perfect.. The food was wonderful. These pictures are a little out of order . Sorry.

Lexie playing with sparklers.

All the cousins that came there are a few missing..shame on you, but we still love you.

Kim, Jared, Wendy, KC, Kellie, Nicholas, Cari, Marcus and Mike. Yes they stuck me the shortest between the two tallest. I look like a midget.

Brae giving Lex a ride on a little bike. We all thought it was so funny.

These are some of my cousins kids.

Abby, Myley, Kory, and Konner.

Tanner, Brae, Brekka, Alexa, and Brody at the 4th of July parade in Rupert.

Brekka and Tanner splashing around.

Not very often does Papa think he needs to buy something for the kids, but when he saw this at Costco he told my mom that they needed to get this pool for the kids. It was great they played for hours. Thanks Papa. That's why he jumped in the picture. We love you!

Of course we had our little, as Mitch would like to call it..."Relief Society" session while they were playing basketball Friday night.

Amy -Nick's wife, Cari, Kim, Hillary-Mike's wife, Wendy, Patience - Jared's wife, Grandma, Janet, Bev-Keith's wife, Rebecca-Marcus's wife, and Kellie

What a bunch of boys. Yes they are all sweaty...they couldn't resist playing a a ball and trying to be ballers. My dad and Wayne still have it in them. Somethings never change...like Ramseys and basketball.

Glenn, Wayne, Mike, Mitch, Nicholas, Marcus and Andrew

Johnson Family Reunion

Well these pictures are a few weeks late getting posted but I am trying really hard not to just skip somethings. These are pictures from our Johnson family reunion (just Mitch's immediate family). Brett and Tiffany were in charge of planning it this year and did a great job. They decided that since Mom and Dad Johnson are on a mission in Salt Lake City we would all just meet there and stay there for a few days. Friday we all went to Cherry Hills and had a great time. We all stayed at the Crystal Inn (which is the best place for families because of the size of rooms and the amazing breakfast) and Tiffany had reserved a large banquet room so that we could have a gathering place and, of course, stay up til the middle of the night playing games. Yes and that's what we did. I think that both nights we stayed up until 1 or 2. Day two was games and hanging out at a park. We had fun playing kick ball, doing skits, and just being together. Thanks Brett and Tiff! Now it's our turn for next year planning experience....

Our family picture.
Tanner and Mitch swimming at the pool at the hotel.

What a little fish Lexie has turned into. We put her in her life vest and she was off.

Some of the boys playing bocci ball.

Conner, Sicily, Lexie, and Kallie coloring on the poster for Parker. Parker team had just won the championship game in baseball.

I love this pictures. Natalie and Wayne. Natalie is such a daddy's girl.

We love them both so much.

Lexie and cousin Masey. Masey is so grown up now. We don't see them very often, she went from baby to little girl, I swear, overnight.

Sierra, Sicily and Whitney our favorite "big girl cousins".

Bryce, Kallie and Tanner. These two little boys are so dang cute. The two balls had them occupied the whole day. If they weren't playing with them...then they were looking for them.

Thanks again Brett and Tiff for a great reunion!!!