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Friday, July 18, 2008

4th of July - Orem Utah

Joshua's Baptism and Kira's Blessing Day

Joshua had a wonderful baptism and shared his special day with Kira and she shared her special day with Joshua. Was a great service with family and friends on a beautiful sunny day in West Valley, Utah, Saturday, July 5, 2008.

Friends

So much to our suprise we ran into an old friend of my Laura Siosi and her family and another family of friends from my ward in Carlsbad. Was a much need reaquaintance for both Laura and myself. A blessing to have found one another again. We both really met one another at a cross roads time in each of our lives. Amazing how great of a Heavenly Father we have to put certain people in our paths here on earth.

And...

We were able to meet again and spend an afternoon/evening couple of hours with one of Troy's mission companions Darin and his wife Tiffany and their two children. Was a wonderful visit for Tiffany and I as we got to know one another and really hit it off. Was so fun to sit and talk non stop about so much we all have in common. Great for Troy and Darin to hang again. Was a great time.

And...

At Joshua's baptism we were even that much more lucky to have Ben and Sandee come with their children to see us and support Joshua. Ben and Sandee are friends from way back in Orlando. Again people placed specifically for me in life...Heavenly Father knew I needed so much help in life he gave me such amazing friends and family. How much fun we all had together playing at Sandee's parents home as well.

Johnson Family Reunion - Park City, UT

This Grandpa Johnson on the Zip Line!! Others ready to watch the Ski team show and some riding the Alpine Slide.

Johnson Family Reunion - Park City, UT

So we had some great times as a family up in Park City. Lets see Kenny got a little crazy on the alpine slide and flew off and got some serious scrapes on himself. We went to Seven Peaks water park and enjoyed a day of water slides...was suprised and very excited that Grandpa and Grandma even enjoyed quite a few...we all conquered some fears and had some excitement to always remember...it was Stephanie here that flung herself and Kenny off one of these rides. We visited Salt Lake together, Olympic Park and laid around the pools and hot tubs at the hotel. We all shared in the cooking of dinners and desserts. We had a great time. Thank you Grandpa and Grandma.

Johnson Family Reunion - Park City, UT

"I am three"

If you ask Matthew how old he is, if he doesn't immedately say two, he'll put up his fingers as seen here and concentrate on how many he has up and say "three". We had a great bday in Park City...full of golf, swimming, alpine slide (for just troy and julie, so we could go really fast...we always go with the boys and get stuck behind them going so slow!!)...we had cake and presents and all that jazz. I think Matthew got every sport available at Walmart for a gift!

Salt Lake City

We spent one day in Salt Lake. Ate at the Lion House. Were able to see the Danielsons (some great, much missed friends from Lodi who are serving their mission there at temple square). We took some photo opps on the grounds around the temple and church office building. We ending our Salt Lake day by watching the church movie there at the Joseph Smith Building, on the life of the prophet Joseph Smith. It was a wonderful, spiritual day that we all will remember. A great blessing of traveling to Utah.

Olympic Park, Park City

This was the last outing we did while in Utah. We spent the day with the Johnson part of our fun families at Olympic Park. What a great day. We were able to see some olympic hopefuls and other olympic athletes practice their ski jumping skills. Amazingly so, they wear all their ski gear, down to boots and winter skis and jump off the ramps and land into a pool of water. The boys loved it. We then spent hours riding zip lines and doing the alpine slides here. There is also a really neat museum with all kinds of olympic stuff...hence the fun photos of the luge, bobsled and reality skiing!