Johnson Family

Johnson Family

April 26, 2014

A Friend Party for Megan

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Megan’s birthday was in the beginning of April but with so much going on we couldn’t figure out a party time until the end of the month.  As it was we had five soccer games that day.  Luckily a friend offered to give Ryan a ride up to Denver for his game so I had a couple of afternoon hours to pull everything together for Megan and the girls. 

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This cute little frame is my future summer extra job chart but I thought I’d use it for her party.  Katie helped me by printing out cards with all of the party activities.  Each girl got to take a turn picking what we would do next.  I asked Katie and her friend Brooklyn to be in charge of games and to help with crowd control – which worked out great!!

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First, Tacos for dinner.

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Next someone picked ‘Say Happy Birthday to Megan!’ and then ‘Open Presents from the birthday chart.  Megan got some fun things from her friends…

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An art set from Brooklyn, books from Naomi (both friends from Germany) painting horses kit and extra rubber bands from Sydney, a doll hair kit from Brynnley, a gift card from Sara, and a bag to color from Lizzy.  Claire couldn’t come to the party but she stopped by earlier and dropped off her present… a cute purse and lip gloss… which was so nice of her.  Megan has a great group of friends here.  There’s roughly 25 girls in her Activity Days Group. 

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After ‘Opening Presents’ someone picked ‘Play Pictionary’ so we moved to the dining room to play.

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Next picked was to ‘Give Megan a big hug and then ‘Eat brownies.Megan Friend Party-21Megan Friend Party-22Megan Friend Party-23Megan Friend Party-24

Katie and Brooklyn took the girls downstairs to ‘Play Twister’ and goof around until their parents came while I tied tags on these jars and cleaned the kitchen.  Love those teens.   Once all the girls left then I took Ryan to a Multi-Stake Dance and then dropped Brooklyn off – all while Chris worked downstairs the entire evening.  Busy day, but glad we fit in a fun party for Megan!  Love that girl.

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April 21, 2014

Estes Park Weekend–Monday Hike

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Monday morning after sleeping in and one more trip to the heated outdoor pool with Dad, we packed up the van and hit one more little hike on our way out of town.   With so many places to explore, we picked one that was a little lower in elevation without snow.  Just fun to be out hiking around – even with rain clouds threatening to burst overhead.

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I told the kids to hide behind the trees and then Matt kept on finding things to hide behind… thinking he was pretty funny.

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We came across this cute little building on our way out of town.  Reminded us just a bit of Europe – which we love.

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April 19, 2014

Estes Park Weekend–Rocky Mountain National Park

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Lunch was chicken noodle soup back at the cabin.  I’m for easy food (and cheap) while we’re on vacation.  Then we played games, read and relaxed while the kids played at the Resort playground.  Then we went out exploring again… the Rocky Mountain National Park.  We followed one road up as high as you could go and then parked where the snow blocked the way.  Beautiful views and a nice big rock to climb on…

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