The Johnston Family Roadtrip was phenomenal - to say the least. What could be better than being cramped into a 15 passenger van for hours after hours, eating fast food, and playing Road Trip games... all with our favorite people on earth!!! It was five days of heaven! And I'm being serious. :) The road trip started when Mom and boys left Arizona to head for the great flatlands of Kansas, where they picked up Brent and Michelle and their cute kids. Then they continued on to Chicago - where Troy, Jeremy, and I flew in to join the gang. From there we headed up to Michigan to pick up the lovely Moore clan. We then went through Canada, stopped briefly (and I mean BRIEFLY) at Niagra Falls, and then on to Palmyra, New York to see the Hill Cumorah pageant.... and then it all happened again (in reverse). It was so fun!!!
One of the many perks of the family vacation - was that I got to hang out with my nieces and nephews. Ally and I had an especially good time together. She has the funnest personality! Julie and Hunter took us to a beautiful park up in Michigan - it might as well have been an oasis in paradise for all we were concerned. We had a BBQ, ate our hearts out, played ultimate frisbee, and waded in the nearby lake. Ally and I had a great time together there, exploring the water and sand. :) Kids are such a fun adventure!
I will never forget the time that the Johnston family spent at Niagra Falls, it was so brief - yet perfectly meaningful. :) It had been a long drive already that day, we were in a time crunch to get to the Hill Cumorah pageant, several kids were asleep, and we couldn't (oddly enough) find a place to park a 15 passenger van towing a trailer. So... we just decided to drive by the Falls. Michelle and I jumped out to take some pictures (to make it look like we were really there), the van made a U-turn, and then Michelle and I jumped back in. It felt adventurous. Boy, we really live on the edge.
Here are the boys, waiting for the main event - the Hill Cumorah pageant.
And here are the girls, running (as a group) to the restroom while we're waiting for the Hill Cumorah pageant to begin. The trip was a wonderful experience and memory. Thank you Mom for making it all possible. And thank you to the whole family for being the wonderful people that you are!! We love you and miss you already!! And Mom, where are we going next year???
The Johnston Family Roadtrip was phenomenal - to say the least. What could be better than being cramped into a 15 passenger van for hours after hours, eating fast food, and playing Road Trip games... all with our favorite people on earth!!! It was five days of heaven! And I'm being serious. :) The road trip started when Mom and boys left Arizona to head for the great flatlands of Kansas, where they picked up Brent and Michelle and their cute kids. Then they continued on to Chicago - where Troy, Jeremy, and I flew in to join the gang. From there we headed up to Michigan to pick up the lovely Moore clan. We then went through Canada, stopped briefly (and I mean BRIEFLY) at Niagra Falls, and then on to Palmyra, New York to see the Hill Cumorah pageant.... and then it all happened again (in reverse). It was so fun!!!
One of the many perks of the family vacation - was that I got to hang out with my nieces and nephews. Ally and I had an especially good time together. She has the funnest personality! Julie and Hunter took us to a beautiful park up in Michigan - it might as well have been an oasis in paradise for all we were concerned. We had a BBQ, ate our hearts out, played ultimate frisbee, and waded in the nearby lake. Ally and I had a great time together there, exploring the water and sand. :) Kids are such a fun adventure!
I will never forget the time that the Johnston family spent at Niagra Falls, it was so brief - yet perfectly meaningful. :) It had been a long drive already that day, we were in a time crunch to get to the Hill Cumorah pageant, several kids were asleep, and we couldn't (oddly enough) find a place to park a 15 passenger van towing a trailer. So... we just decided to drive by the Falls. Michelle and I jumped out to take some pictures (to make it look like we were really there), the van made a U-turn, and then Michelle and I jumped back in. It felt adventurous. Boy, we really live on the edge.
Here are the boys, waiting for the main event - the Hill Cumorah pageant.
And here are the girls, running (as a group) to the restroom while we're waiting for the Hill Cumorah pageant to begin. The trip was a wonderful experience and memory. Thank you Mom for making it all possible. And thank you to the whole family for being the wonderful people that you are!! We love you and miss you already!! And Mom, where are we going next year???
After returning from our fun-filled California adventure - we worked for one week and then hurried off to the heat of Arizona to visit our favorite people on earth ... our FAMILY!!! My older sister, Tiffany, is pregnant and had been on bed rest due to bleeding for quite some time - so we were dying to get down to AZ and help out in any way. We got to spend five glorious days taking care of her 2 adorable children and helping out with little things around the house. Davis is almost 4 and Sarah is 14 months. They were a blast! Jeremy won the award for most entertaining uncle - he played more games with them then I had ever heard of or dreamt of. One of the highlights was the "tent" he constructed one morning with Davis. I think Davis lived in there all day. :)
Sarah and I had a great time just cuddling and playing together. Her smile is the cutest thing in the world. I was devastated each time she had to go down for a nap. What a doll!!
