My Guilty Pleasure

My ultimate guilty pleasure is Grey's Anatomy. Although this picture is from the beginning, I love that this is where it all started. I have gone through my favorite characters and I have finally settled. #1 Christina Yang I have grown to LOVE her humor and her attitude and how hard core she is. #2 Meredith Grey of course. I wouldn't like Christina so much had it not been for their undying friendship. And #3...or maybe #.5 MC DREAMY!! Just look at him...need I say more? I won't spoil the season finale from Thursday but i STRONGLY recommend season 6. Like most shows it had an "in a rut" season but this season has been like no other if you haven't watch it try it out!!!

Please Don't give pills to your sister!!!

This story was just to funny I had to share it!! I teach the 7 going on 8 year olds in primary. Last week my team teacher taught on the Priesthood. We were talking about ways to use the Priesthood and discussed the healing of the sick. She asked the boys in the class ways they can prepare to get the Priesthood. Thinking we were still talking about giving blessing to the sick, one of the boys raised his hand after a minute of no response. He said "Well we could like give our little sister a sleeping pill and practice putting our hands on her head and giving her a blessing." We both just looked at him making sure we heard him right. Poor kid was just trying so hard to answer the question and obviously was confused himself. After explaining what we really meant we made sure to remind the whole class to never give anyone pills!!!

Sunday Baseball never ends good at our house

Most Sundays at my parents we eat dinner then hangout and play either baseball or five crowns. On Mothers day my youngest brother Chambers was jumping on the tramp and landed on his ankle wrong. It got so swollen his ankle looked like a grapefruit (but blue)! Of course it is in the middle of baseball season so he had to miss a game. His ankle was feeling much better and he was planning on playing in his next game the following week. The sunday before his game he was playing catch with Matt and my Dad was telling a story at the table and said his name so Chambers turned to look at him and got the ball right on his eye!! It made a loud suction cup noise and he was on the ground! He was in shock!! He could barely talk and his leg kept shaking! All he could say was "why does everything bad have to happen on sundays!!" Me being totally freaked out just stood there taking pictures. Amazingly he didn't get a black eye, just a scratched cornea. He played his game and got smacked with the ball. Poor kid can't catch a break. Good thing bad things come in threes!! Charlie has now caught Chambers bad luck, starting with the tramp accident!!!

Legal

I am finally 21!!! It feels so great to be an "adult". My birthday was awesome! I went to lunch with my mom and sis then went shopping at Tai Pan and got a super cute purse and wallet. When I got home I had a new phone waiting for me from Josh! My new My touch is my life. I am so reliant on it. It is crazy what technology can do! We went to Tuccis for dinner then had pie with some of Josh's family. Saturday night we went to Asian star for dinner and it was SOOO good. I had never been there before and I will definitely be back! Friday at the salon the girls bought me lunch and a cake and surprised me with the cutest outfit from Bohem Boutique! I am so lucky to have such great family and friends that love me and spoil me!! Love you guys soo much!!

done list

Ok, lately i have been making tons of "to do lists"...This is my "done list" random things that have been going on in the Johnson house.

We keep attempting to do our taxes but it keeps saying either the gov. owes us 11,000 or we owe them 4,000. I am waiting for the tax fairy to take care of it for me.

Hendrix has learned that if he is in his kennel and doesn't want to be all he has to do is force himself to throw up and i immediately take him out to scrub it down. Fun.

After our trip to the Dominican Republic I am determined to travel the world. Ireland, Greece, Spain, Austraila...just to name a few.

Day trips to St. George eventually get overrated.

Golf season has started, see you in a few months Josh.

Everyday something reminds me why having kids right now would be crazy and i'm glad I can run to target without having to unload a stroller and all that fun stuff. ( No offense moms, i will join one day.)

If the seat belt chime won't turn off it is annoying enough to make you want to crash your car. (Josh made me learn how to jump my car) And i don't comprehend how turning it off cost me $117!!!!!

Sometimes I am very tired when I get off of work and accidentally park in the wrong stall. Sorry #36, if your reading this thanks for the awesome hate note on my car!!!! I did it on purpose just to drive you CRAZY!!!

Vogue magazines keep coming in my mail and I did not order them. If they are going to make a mistake at least send me something better then VOGUE.

Never cut past your second knuckle. Ouch.

And My purse is so heavy I think it is giving me shoulder problems.

I bought New moon Saturday night and watched it twice in 24 hours. I still can't decide which team to join!!!

Sorry if this whole thing sounded totally negative, but trust me it wasn't intended to be. Through all of our crazy moments I am reminded everyday how boring my life would be without them. I love my life and am so glad that nothing on my list contained death or illness. I feel so excited for the rest of 2010 and what it will bring!!

Dominican Republic

Our trip started off with us almost to the airport, then i realized i had forgotten my backpack with our passports and all of our electronics. Luckily we left enough time that we weren't to crunched. Our flight left salt lake city at 12 at night and this is a picture of us rolling into the JFK airport at about 6:00 a.m. to 18 degree weather! I love when you can see the moon and the sunrise!

We got to the Dominican republic at about 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, to 86 degree weather. We were so exhausted, we checked into our room at the MTC not knowing what to expect, when we opened the door to our room all we could do was laugh!!!

Monday we went to the "conde" which is their version of our gateway. It was very crowded. We went into different shops, checkin out anything worth buying. While we were buying some jewelry the lady at the shop heard josh speaking spanish (incredibly well might i add) and she said "weren't you an LDS missionary here a while ago?" They went on to talk and they knew a lot of people in common. I though it was awesome Josh had already run into someone he had connections with. (notice the dog just lying there, there were dogs everywhere that no one took care of, it made me so sad)

Monday Night we got to visit a family Josh Baptized. They were so sweet, although the language barrier was a huge challenge between us. Josh Baptized the lady in white with her sister (not in pic) and got their mom (in blue) going back to church. She married her husband in December, he had a baptized a few months before, and their son will be baptized in a couple weeks. They are also expecting a baby. We ate dinner at their house, which was "spaghetti" that consisted of a can of milk, corn, raisins, ground beef, and noodles. I could tell how hard she was trying to impress us so i pretend that i loved ground beef, i usually don't eat beef at all. After dinner we had family night. They sang a song and josh read some scriptures. We gave their son a new book of Mormon and he was so excited he asked us to write our testimonies, he thought it was hilarious that i didn't speak Spanish. Everyone went around the table and bore their testimony. Although i couldn't understand everything they were saying, i felt the spirit so strongly. Their love for the gospel showed on their faces, also i could tell how much they loved Josh for introducing them into the church. It was so great to see my husband in his other element. He is amazing and i know he has touched so many peoples lives there.

We were able to attend the temple everyday. It was nice to get the peace and quiet and off the streets. The first night we went and did a session and I couldn't find anyone who could speak English to help me I got so lost I broke down crying. The next night we went back and I made sure josh found me someone before he went off to the locker rooms. I had never been in a session before with only four people. I wish I could've stayed longer to help them with the work, they are very much in need. The temple was gorgeous, as always. While we were doing work in the temple Josh saw a lady from across the room he knew from his mission. After lecturing him on not calling her to let her know we were coming she was so excited to see him. The next day while waiting for the elevator in the mtc josh struck up a conversation with a missionary asking him what mission he was from and where he was from. The guy asked josh what his name was and told josh he had ties from him. Josh was thinking he meant connections but he pointed to his tie and said no i have TIES from you. I guess on their missions they trade ties or give them away and they had Joshs name on them, they had been passed down for five years to this other guy. I thought that was hilarious, we forgot to take a picture with him though,

We were able to see a lot of the city, and we went to the beach one day. We went to a cool old catholic church, some ruins, a monument where they have Columbus' bones, and a house Columbus built his son. We saw a few more people josh knew, by chance. The environment is so different there. I wish that pictures could capture half as wonderful as it was. I have so many experiences and feelings from the trip that cannot be described on paper. I am so glad we were able to make it back. I hope we can take our kids back one day.

When we were planning our trip we were really struggling choosing the week we wanted to go. We finally chose a week according to our schedules and josh having to go out of town. When the earthquake hit Haiti I was really concerned that it would hit again while we were there, because they are on the same vault line. Every factor that played into the week we booked slowing started unraveling, but I felt like we were inspired to choose the week we did. Although no life changing things happened I felt like we kept seeing people we wouldn't have had we gone the week before. Seeing a different country has really opened my eyes to how blessed I really am. Not only did it change my perspective but it also gave me a new light to see Josh him. I feel like I understand him so much better now seeing how he lived for two years. My 850 square foot condo felt like a mansion when we got home. I hope we get to travel more before we start a family!! I have already started a list of places i want to go....Greece, Ireland, Spain, Paris, Australia, Egypt, and Alaska. ( Just to name a few) To view more pics check out my facebook page

Just one of those days

Today has been such a frustrating day! We leave on our trip this saturday, aka there is a lot to be done! So my only days off are wednesdays, they are my days to do all of the laundry, mop the floor, clean the toilet, wipe the counters, vacuum, and all the misc. things that have to be done. I LOVE these days, I love cleaning! I love the satisfaction of having my whole house perfect!! Usually I wake up around eightish and start my wednesdays! Today started off with Josh coming home at 10:30 wondering why my phone was off and why I was still in bed, my alarm on my phone didn't go off because somehow it didn't hold a charge last night. So got up frustrated that my day had started off that way, got my sticky pad I write my "to do" lists on and started scribbling. First I went to change the laundry and guess what? The load Josh started last night is soaking wet, my washer is not draining!! Then my dog starts to whine, he needs to go out! On our way back in he decides to try to bite the leash and bites my hand HARD! My phone rings, Josh needs me to bring him lunch. I took him lunch then stopped at 7-11 to get some cash back for the complex laundry mat, then drove around to find a quater machine. I lug all of the soaking wet clothes over to the laundry mat start the laundry and decide to just go clean something else. So i grab the vacuum plug it in and its not working right. Josh vacuumed the carpets why they were still damp from the carpet cleaner the other day. Perfect. So I scrubbed the tub instead, something that I can do and it can't break. My brothers come over after school every wednesday, and they could sense how stressed I was so they helped me transport laundry back and forth, unloaded the dishwasher, and made me an awesome smoothie, they are the best! They decided that Hendrix needed a bath so they helped me with that to, but then the tub wouldn't drain! Now it is eleven o'clock and i'm just thankful that this wednesday it over! The washer is fixed, thanks to Josh and Matts hard work for a few hours, the vacuum just needed a new filter, my laundry is done, the floor is mopped, the tub is snaked, all that is left to do is clean out the fridge! It's days like these that, at the end of the day, make me so grateful for so many things...A (most of the time) functioning home, a very handy helpful husband, extremely supportive family and friends, good health, functioning arms legs hands, and that I can get on my knees at night and tell the Lord my weaknesses and my blessings and know that with no matter my trials, big or small, he always listens to me and he always loves me.