Dear Friends and Family,
Our first full year in Germany has been amazing. We love living here and are taking advantage of everything Europe has to offer. We’re HALF WAY... with a year and a half to go. We feel especially thankful for our connection to family and friends even though we are far away. A few highlights from our wonderfully busy 2011…
Baptizing Emily at the end of 2010 - Standing on top of Germany’s highest point ‘the Zugspitze’ with G&G Johnson in temperatures 17 degrees below zero - Watching the boys play GeoTrax every day - Skyping with family several times a week - Taking Katie to a Taylor Swift concert - Listening to Megan read - Being in Utah with my sister, Amy for her marriage in the American Fork Temple - Spending a week in Vancouver with my Mom and Dad - Cooking with Emily - Enjoying the Tulip Festival in Holland - Getting Mr. Luke potty trained with his demand of enthusiastic ‘yeah!’s’ -Eating amazing Fiocchetti with Chris’ sisters in Florence on our fun Italy week - Trying to keep up with blogging our crazy travel lifestyle - Singing ‘Sound of Music’ songs with Dan, Sarah, Scott and Elisha in Salzburg - Doing our ‘no empty chairs’ family hand shake after prayer - Watching Chris coach and Ryan and Katie play a great soccer season - Enjoying a lazy summer with soccer camps, theater camp, play dates and local field trips with great friends - Celebrating Ryan turning 13... our first TEENAGER! - Touching the Berlin Wall on our trip to Berlin with the Chuggs - Being together for weekly Family 'pizza & movie' nights - Getting away for a fun girls trip to Seiffen, Germany {home of the German nutcracker} - Playing Dominion with Amy & Chris in the old Swiss farmhouse - Listening to the kids practice the piano (unless it's Ryan's Star Wars Theme -- which we hear way too much!) - Walking around Munich with G&G Walton during Oktoberfest - Laughing hysterically at all of Luke’s expressive faces Hearing about Katie's love of all things 'Middle School!' - Taking Ryan and Katie and G&G Walton to WICKED and LES MISERABLES in London - Serving in the church - Hearing Emily recite all 13 Articles of Faith at one time to receive her primary chocolate bar - Living it up on our 12 Day Mediterranean Cruise with our BFFs from Medical School - Trying to keep 4 year old Luke from playing Wii 24/ 7 - Watching BYU games in the middle of the night - Eating seriously good pizza in multiple cities around Tuscany with G&G Johnson - Visiting the Christmas market in our favorite German city… Rothenburg - Watching Ryan and Katie dance in their ballroom recital with all their great church friends - Decorating the tree with ‘Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree’ music playing - Enjoying a wonderful Christmas season with the kids.
Wishing your family a Merry Christmas and much joy in the New Year!
Love the Johnsons
Chris and Lisa, Ryan 13, Katie 11, Emily 8, Megan 6, Luke 4 and Matthew 2
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