Family Pictures

Family Pictures for our 2015 Christmas Cards – Taken by Mike – Outside Scott’s house

Luke’s Baptism

We had the great opportunity to have Luke baptized in Utah over Thanksgiving break so that both families would be there.  Luke was baptized with his cute cousins, Haylee Graham and Kayla Moon.  He was baptized on Saturday, November 28th.  We spent Thanksgiving week at Scott’s house with all the Waltons (except Amy and Chris) and had both families there for Luke’s big day. 

Luke, Haylee and Kayla.

Rob, Chris and John with their 8 year olds.

Grandma and Grandpa Johnson with the kids…

After the baptism we catered a big Cafe Rio dinner for all our families and friends.  The Moons and Grahams had their families there as well and we had some of our favorite friends there to support us as well… The Chuggs and Whites. It was fun to sit and visit with them over lunch. 

Snow Day

Hike to Devil’s Head

Three Word Answers - Ryan

• What I’m proud of today: Scored Goal Yesterday
• We had our first indoor game yesterday, and I scored the first goal. It was pretty awesome, even though I’m out of shape and haven’t played soccer in a while, due to me not being on the high school team. We lost 6-3, but it was a really fun game.
• What I’m thinking about: Oh, the usual
• Who is home: Everyone But Dad
• Dad is in St. George, playing Golf with his buddies. This is also why I am jealous of him.
• Plans tonight: This Blog Post
• Feelings about love: Excited, after mission
• Feelings about life: All My Songs
• What I need: An Extra Sunday
• Like every week, I think to myself, ‘If only every week had two Sundays, then I would have more time for my favorite Sunday things: Gospel Study, Reading, Duty to God, Calling Jordan, Playing Board Games with my Family, Talking to Mom, Writing in my Journal, Doing stuff like this, Studying Preach My Gospel, and Prepping for Christmas
• What I want: WiiU Pro Controller
• This is just a better Wii U Controller, just like the Gamepad, but without a screen (and no glitchy distance issues) Its also like $50.
• What I have: Amazing Life, Family
• My pet peeve: No Reason Screaming
• My Guilty Pleasure: Playing the Wii
• What you don’t know about me: A+’s, one B+
• The B+ is in AP Chemistry, but everything else is an A+, even AP Calculus BC!
• What I hear: “Megan, to bed!”
• What I smell: Scent of Victory!!!
• My Style: Nerdy, I know
• My Hairdo: Up and Side
• My outfit: Blue Good-looking Sweater
• My mood: Life in Color!!!
• by One Republic “This is Life in Color! Today feels like No Other!”
• The weather today: The moon’s out!
• Thoughts on Family: Jealous of Dad
• Thoughts on Marriage: This is awkward…
• Thoughts on Beauty: Still Got It
• Thoughts on Sleep: Short and Glorious
• Sleeping is the best, but I hate oversleeping. I enjoy my sleep, but when its time to get up, I get up. I love it!
• Thoughts on Writing: Wish I Would
• I always am coming up with great book ideas, but I never get around to writing the books. It stinks.
• My Favorite Thing: Calls with Jordan
• Jordan moved to Florida, but we are still keeping in touch, with two to three hour calls at least once a week. Yesterday, I called her at 7 in the morning (which was 9 for her). She is always super fun to talk to. Neither of us can ever hang up on the other. Also, she had a date with this Juan guy, so I had to call her again at 7 at night to get the details on that.
• My Favorite Food: Watermelon, Always Watermelon
• My Favorite Splurge: Video Game Completionist
• I am a Video Game Completionist. I would like to beat every Zelda game, for example. Right now, I’m playing Wind Waker and Majora’s Mask! I want to beat all the challenges in SSB4. I always have a purpose in playing games, whether its to beat the game, unlock something, get an achievement, or simply become the very best like no one ever was.
• My Favorite Treat: York Peppermint Patties
• Ten Years Ago: Ready for Baptism
• Five Years Ago: New, Short Deacon
• One Year Ago: Jedi for Halloween
• Speaking of Halloween, I had an awesome time hanging out with Mark on Halloween last week up in Denver. We went to his ward chili cook-off, watched Signs, which was sweet, and played Skyrim! Overall, a fun time. Awesome to finally hang out with Mark again! We need to do it again sometime!
• One Year From Now: On a Mission!!!
• Five Years From Now: BYU, Getting Married!
• Ten years from now: Super Successful Guy
• I’m Famous For: My Great Attitude
• I’ll never be famous for: Smash Bros Skills (though I should be)
• On Friday, I met up with my Soccer/AP Calculus friends, Weston and Garron, to practice soccer for the game on Saturday. (It must have paid off, because I scored one goal, and Garron scored the other two for our team.) Then, we came over to my house to play Smash Bros. (I won, btw) That game never gets old. And, then, Garron and I did our AP Chemistry Homework. Fun Stuff! (We have a Chem test tomorrow!)
• Who I am: Son of God
• Who I hope to be: Just Like Him
• What I’m thankful for: The Gospel Truth
• I am SO THANKFUL for the gospel. One disappointing thing is that I’m trying to share it with Weston, but he isn’t interested. He just doesn’t understand. Its really sad. But, I’m so thankful to have the truth in my life, and I’m grateful that I know it’s the truth. I love my family, and my life, and my personality, and the time in which I get to live. I know the scriptures are of God, that Christ atoned for our sins, that the Holy Ghost will always be there to comfort us, and that they love each of us. And, finally, I am thankful for the understanding of the gospel that we have in these day, and the willingness of members and families to do the Lord’s will. (I didn’t bear my testimony in testimony meeting today, so hopefully this makes up for it.) I love my life!

50th Day of School

50’s kids for the 50th Day of School.  I love having so many pictures of these three together.  Megan is the perfect ‘big sister’ for these rascals. Fun to have them in the same school for one last year.  Matt (1st Grade)  Megan (5th Grade)  Luke (2nd Grade)

Hiking the Incline

This week’s ‘Adventure Tuesday’ was hiking the Incline.  I feel like I can finally say I’m from Colorado Springs, now that I’ve completed it.  The incline gains over 2,000 feet of elevation in less than 1 mile –  The picture below I found and thought it shows the ‘big picture’ of the elevation well…equivalent to climbing the stairs of 162 floors.  It starts out with an average climbing grade but gets as steep as 68% in places.  It’s a pretty tough climb but has such fantastic views and is simply exhilarating to make it to the top.  The base of the incline sits at 6,600 feet and the peak is at 8,590 feet.  It’s not my muscles that gave me any trouble… just my lungs and the intense need for more air.  I felt an altitude headache getting worse and worse as I climbed but other than that, it was a good hike.  Don’t look up or down – just keep climbing.

Mary reminded me that since I was a Walton, this would be the perfect place for a Sasha Pose.

We hiked down the Barr Trail to get back to our car.  Beautiful trails with a great view of Garden of the Gods in the distance.  It was perfect weather too – especially for a November day.   Glad to be pushing myself and enjoying the adventure with these ladies.