The Johnson Journal

Catch-up Pics

Some shots from the past few months:

The perfect shirt for Justice

Zoe at the Jonas Brothers concert

Justice's first haircut

Liberty, Zoe, Zoe and some purple thing

New bridge being built at Hoover Dam

God Rocks concert

Liberty and Zoe with their favorite singers: Gem and Chip

Zoe and Avery singing fortheir mail on crazy hair day at Whitney Lake Bible Camp

Making bannock at Whitney Lake

Zoe in a fighter jet on the aircraft carrier USS Midway

Justice's first ice cream cone

Queen Zoe

Zoe got to do Jedi Training at Disneyland

Liberty at the Renaissance Fair

Justice Loves to Fly

Some Hawaii Pics

Our favorite smoothie shop:

There are chickens and roosters roaming all over Kauai:

The view from our room:

 

Zoe's Awana Grand Prix Car

Cutest Yoda (and Best R2D2 Costume) Ever

Here is some video of getting ready for trick or treating. For some still pics, click here.

Some of Justice's First Steps

Summer Pics

Here are few shots from summer to try and catch up. Justice is getting big fast, so I've tried to put a few more of him for all of you who have been complaining (that's you Auntie Claire).

Fun around home:

Fun at the lake:

In the tupperware cabinet:

Who, me?

Justice Goes On a Bike Ride

More Pics from Legoland

Jen and Kendra Ride Knights' Tournament

Here is Kendra and her friend Jen riding some sort of robotic arm of death at Legoland, followed by a couple of other pics from our fun day at the amusement park.

Zoe's Birthday

Zoe's 7th birthday party had a Hawaiian theme. We had a fun time at our local park.

Liberty pins the coconut on the palm tree.

Limbo is always a hit.

Thanks to our friend Alden for taking the following cool pictures.

 

Liberty Sings Tomorrow While Sorting Cards

Easter

At long last, time for and update with some Easter pics and a random shot of Justice.

Western Christmas

This year's college/career group Christmas party had a western theme. We started with a shooting competition...

and followed it up with some donkey-ball riding.

Here are the finalists in the best western outfit contest.

We're not sure what the best worst Christmas sweater competition had to do with the western theme, but it was sure fun.

Don had the only sweater with "art" on the back as well as the front...

but it was still no match for Brandon's hideous winner.
   

A sample of the wanted posters on the wall:

Sunday Go-to-Meetin' Clothes

Fun with Names

Here is a recent picture of Justice, along with some of our favorite lines about his name. Sorry I can't give the appropriate credit to the authors, but I have lost track of who said what. Please feel free to submit your own!

• "Wow, Kendra is powerful. She carries Justice in her right arm!"
• "Those Johnsons are quite something. When they arrive someplace, they bring Life, Liberty and Justice with them."
• Justice in a stroller: "Justice rolling down like a river." (Amos 5:24)
• Justice playing tag or hide and seek: "Those kids are trying to escape Justice."
• What Justice says when he wants something: "Justice will be served!"
• What his parents say after he doesn't get it: "Justice was denied."
• Justice's pacifier: injustice

Brown Eyed Girl

Disney with the Cousins

Some of the Canadian cousins were here for vacation last week. They all went to Disneyland, of course, but we'll start with a pic of Justice, who did not get to go.

The princesses are always the main attraction. Here Liberty gives a hug to Ariel.

The girls love the Winnie the Pooh stories, but Liberty was not about to go near any of the characters. Avery and Zoe gladly met them all.

The California Adventure Christmas scene, complete with a surfer-dude Santa and sandman decorated with seashells.

Psalm 11:7

OK, I suppose God loves all the rest of the children of the world, too, but hey, not everyone gets a personalized verse. Anyway, here are some more pics of Justice. Things went great in the hospital and we were able to come home yesterday afternoon. He's been sleeping alot, often in the arms of his sisters.

Justice John Has Arrived!

Zoe (Life) now has Liberty and Justice as siblings. Justice John arrived today at 12:59 PM, weighing 7 pounds, 10 ounces and measuring 20 1/2 inches long. Mom and baby are doing great. We'll have more pics up soon.

October Pics

The Trick or Treat Crew: Chloe is a cheetah, Claire is Raggedy Ann, Zoe is a clown and Liberty is a chicken.

Why did the chicken cross the lawn? To get more candy, of course.

Success.

The girls visited the La Habra children's Museum recently, which includes a room full of fine taxidermy. Zoe seems a little concerned about losing her hand to a bear, but Liberty is nonplussed by an attacking lion.

This is what passes for milking a cow in Orange County.

Vacation

I'm finally getting around to posting some vacation pics, and we'll start with a much demanded shot of my beautiful pregnant wife. This is Kendra in Clear Lake, where we started our journey. We had a great time just hanging out with our friends. We slept under the stars on the beach and spent a lot of time in the water. Zoe loved kayaking and tubing, while Liberty preferred to just observe from a distance with her friend Shelby.

Then it was off to Oregon to see Grandma and Grandpa Adkins. Zoe got to cook, of course, and we all got to pick peaches and nectarines.

Next stop was Canada, where the girls spent all their time playing with their cousins. They rode the quads, jumped on the trampoline, went for hikes in the woods, and spent a fun day at the indoor waterpark at West Edmonton Mall.

Some Recent Happenings

Time to upload some pics from the last few weeks. Yesterday was Liberty's 3rd birthday. She loved her blue frosted cupcakes and the kids had a blast on our mini-water slide.

Relaxing with a barbecue at the beach.

Our VBS had a western theme this year.

Zoe was the flower girl at our friend's wedding. We took part in the father-daughter dance.

No real story to this picture. I just thought it was cute.

Fun in the Tub

Fishing

The girls at a local pond. They didn't catch anything but had fun - we may try the ocean next.

Practice

No, this isn't the best we can do for fishing in Orange County :) The girls are just getting a little practice in before we go.

Synchronicity

We have been having a ton of fun with this computer dancing game. Zoe and Mommy are pretty good, but Daddy is still the champ.

Liberty Counts and Tells About Herself

Liberty Sings Jesus Loves Me

Fun Around Home

Liberty chases bubbles at a kids event in Anaheim.

Those yellow specks in the ocean are rubber ducks. They drop them off the end of the Huntington Beach pier once a year and the first one back to shore gets a prize.

Zoe and Liberty take in the action.

Palm Springs

We took a couple of days to hang out in Palm Springs this week. We spent a lot of time in the pool, rode the tram, did some rock climbing and went to The Living Desert. It was a lot of fun.

Zoe conquers a rock formation.

Liberty chose a slightly smaller rock, but was just as happy to reach the top.

Zoe took charge of guiding us around the Living Desert.

Riding Turtles and Lizards

Some shots from our recent trip to the local zoo. The stone animals were almost more fun than the real ones. Below is a video from my trip to India. It was a great time. You can find more pics and a full report at the DJEM website.

India 2007

Zoe's 6th Birthday Party

Some pictures from Zoe's birthday party today. We had a great time at Boomers, a local fun park.

Easter 07

A couple of Easter pics and one that I posted just 'cause it's cute.

It's too late to ask for teeth for Christmas, but...

Zoe has been working on her two front teeth for awhile now, and finally succeeded in getting the second one out.
 

Of course, Liberty had to have a picture showing her teeth as well.

Zoe and Liberty's neighbor friend, Versailles, was over for princess dress up day recently.

Zoe's Eye Surgery

Zoe had surgery today to remove a cyst from her eyelid. Everything went fine. She was very brave (not to mention cute in a hospital cap), although even she would admit that it was a lot to go through just to get a popsicle.

Christmas in Canada

Christmas in Canada is always fun. Here is a sampling from the last week:

Conditions were perfect for making a snowman...

or rather, a snow-woman (that snow around her head is "hair").

Zoe drove the snowmobile with her Uncle Lorne...

and even rode behind on the sled while cousin Jackson drove.

Playing outside in the snow was a big hit - here Zoe is crawling through the entrance of the snow fort we built.

Zoe and Avery inside the fort.

I guess I should clarify. Playing outside was a big hit for Zoe. Liberty, however, is a Southern California girl through and through. She was not at all impressed with the temperature or the consistency of the white stuff on the ground.

While Liberty stayed inside and watched The OC, Zoe was turning more Canadian by the hour. She went ice skating (here in the helmet)...

and even put on the goalie equipment to play a little indoor hockey

Christmas Eve always means new matching pajamas.

Christmas morning brought some new dollies for Liberty...

and a big stuffed horse named Ginger for Zoe (and Grandpa).

The whole crew.

Santa

How about that shiny buckle?

Gymnastics

We got to visit Zoe's gymnastics class today. Her favorite apparatus is the bars, but we thought she was pretty good on the balance beam as well.

Puppy Blanket

We had the college/career group Christmas party at our house the other day. Liberty was thrilled to be able to steal a puppy blanket for herself during the white elephant gift exchange. (The one you gave her is still her favorite, though, Auntie Claire :))

Gettting Ready for Christmas

The girls have been having fun getting ready for Christmas.

Setting up the nativity set...

Decorating the tree...

Baking cookies...

and trying on the Christmas stocking.

Gingerbread House

We spent Thanksgiving at Grandma and Grandpa's house in Oregon this year. Zoe and Grandma Julie made a very impressive gingerbread house.

Pre-Holiday Pics

A new  hairstyle for Liberty

Zoe's Indian headdress school craft

Thomas, one of my partners in India, came to visit this week.We took him to Disneyland.

Love and Nail Polish

A girl can never have too much love for her sister... 

or orange nail polish on her toes.

Fall Pics

Some of the highlights of fall have included a trip to the apple orchard and trick or treating with friends.

Zoe picked them...

and Liberty carried them.

Success

Dumbo and the Princess Fairy with Daddy

The Dapper Crew

Catch Up Time

OK, so I've been a bit negligent in posting new pictures. Here are some highlights from the past several months.

Bookworms

Zoe the cow and Liberty the flower at the Orange County Fair.

Zoe graduated from preschool. Here she is with her teacher, Miss Stone.

The cousins from Canada came down and had a great time at Disneyland.

Twins or cousins? Zoe and cousin Avery make people look twice.

Zoe's fifth birthday party.

Easter dresses from Grandma Julie.

Liberty wasn't too sure about the Easter Bunny.

Holiday Pics

We had a doubly wonderful holiday season this year as we were able to go to Oregon over Christmas and then up to Canada for a few days after New Years. Here are some photo highlights.

Piano lessons with Grandma Julie.

Reading with Grandpa Jack

Notice the Christmas PJ's from Grandma Julie

We had just enough snow on the farm in Canada for Zoe to take a sleigh ride with Great-Uncle Earl and Cousin Avery

Liberty was more comfortable on the toboggan

Fun with Grandpa Les and Curly the dog

Zoe helped clear the pond for skating with Uncle Henry

Canada may be cold, but it sure is pretty.

How Time Flies

We were laughing today that the only time  we take pictures anymore are the annual trip to the pumpkin patch and Christmas. Maybe it just seems like that is the only time because those events seem to come around so quickly. Here are some of the latest pics and happenings in the Johnson household.

Zoe takes on the giant slide at the pumpkin patch.

This picture was taken seconds before the chickens pecked at Liberty's fingers. That was about the end of the petting zoo for her.

Libby did love the giant turtles at the aquarium, however.

 

Back from Camp

We had a great time at Whitney Lake Bible Camp again this year. Zoe and her cousins had the run of the camp, of course. They even wrangled themselves a very special horsey ride with Cowboy Dale.