continuation of vaca

here is my awesome father-in-law lynn, super stoked that we gave him those sunglasses. Lookin good lynn
cute mallory sage, aisha and izzy
delicious christmas breakfest my ruthann
kim & thad
dave & andrea
nate & mal
brad & aisha

wasn't quit finshed.........

I know, it has been a LONG time. But we have been gone a long time! here is a little update, in random order of course, of our trip to Utah!



this was the extent of my attempt to take aspen skiing. dave was so busy skiing himself and on top of that extremly sick, we forgot to take her! but I took her down a few times after skiing with my dad at the canyons and she was thrilled! can't wait to get her up this coming season.



the reason for my extention. I need to get the pics with it finished and the rest of the house. look at it as a preview. it was a really neat condo, right at the base of the canyons ski resort in park city. We skied to the lift from the front door and down the hill to our front door. one word....sick! (in a good way)



this is my oldest and soooo cute brother khris, he applies venetian plaster to walls and is soo talented. he was working at the condo so he was able to spend some time with chase. they were working out. khris was so cute with him, and chase LOVES khris.
my cute kiddos after church, a few hours before aspen came down wtih a 104 degree fever. awesome. ;(
aspen's first time bowling, also a tri birthday celebration/going away party for the my bro and his family. my brother got a promotion at work and is moving with his fam to sunny cali. i"m super stoked for him, but super bummed they won't be around when we move home in a YEAR! Good "H", but I am super pumped to visit them!
the clawson fam. dave has already gone home.
the birthday group. my brothers schaffor, hafin and my sweet aunt meg.
aspen with her cousins on the johnson side.
izzy helping grandma johnson hold chase.
dave's sister kim and her baby sarah.
i took aspen to build a bear for the first time and she went NUTS. she had to give her utah basketball bunny (she totally choose the outfit) a bath like 50 times.

our cute friends alex, deb and their darling little boy Ollie. reunited with my good friend melanie. fun to get our kids together.

more bowling...aspen is obsessed
out at the aquarium with grandma johnson, she is always taking the kids somewhere fun!
chase just chillen


this was a treat. aspen s obsessed with trains, i tried really hard for us to ride the heber creeper, but our schedules didn't match with theirs. But at least she saw it and went nuts! she loved the train!!! don't worry aspen this summer...

swiming with the clawson cousin's


chase was such a good boy while we were swimming

my brother schaffor was so sweet to take aspen down the slides until she was comfortable. she had a blast and she even went off the diving board! i was so sad i didn't get pics, but i was walking her off to scha to catch her.
having popcorn and movie time with my brother hafin and his sweet daughter holland (who is only three months older then aspen). they had so much fun together, we are so glad that she is home with us, we LOVE her so much and my brother is the best daddy!
the girls with their favorite papa
dave was kind enought to break away from skiing to come on an outing with grandmajohnson and the cousins. we went to classic skating (which btw brought back so many memories...hahahahah) to the blow play ground. the kids loved it!

aspen and I going down one of the GINORMOUS slides.
at the top
chase met his girlfriend.....cute maddie! it was love at first site, our good friends nick and bri came to visit us, thanks guys it was sooo good to see you!!!
thanks you johnson's for letting us use your jazz tickets! we needed tobreak chase into the basketball scene! he loved it and it was so fun sitting ont he 7th row.
dave's brother brad and cute wife aisha, let us some snowmobiling up at their cabin! it was so much fun and aspen LOVED playing in the snow making snow angels with aunt aisha!

cute aisha
our family new years pic

aspen and her some of her cousin's. missing holland!
chase on new years...he was out
my cute bro hafin and his little girl

oh man i miss that temple. it is so beautiful and I love it during christmas.
holland kickin it on mars.......

it's been forever.....

aspen and holland on mars and then over to the moon for tea.

we were so grateful to have the oppertunity to bless our baby chase with all of our family.

aspen and her pops..(aka papa/my dad)
going to see the lights on christmas street. its a tradition, i love it.
christmas day at the johnson's. must do the navtivity reading.


and must have the nativity reading at the clawson's christmas eve. chase id a fabulous job at playing baby jesus. :)
and now we're home, this was taken today! chase can fly! can you believe he is already 4 months old?
aspen helping daddy shovel the snow
oh yeah...the flight to utah. aspen finall has her own seat. such a big girlie.
and she HAD to carry her own hello kitty bag around. seriuosly it was the cuttest thing ever.
and the johnson's girls day, so fun... but missing andrea.
and now back to today. sorry for the randomness. this was our front porch at about 9:00 last night
and our porch at about 9 this morning. crazy!!!!

dave being a good daddy and sledding down the road with aspen. it was perfect. right in front of our house! and there you hve it! wow, that was a super long and probably boring post! thanks to all our friends an fam for playing with us and having such and wonderful trip!

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reflecting

Ok, so i know it's not my anniversary for like 5 more months, but i FINALLY got my wedding photos! I know it only took almost 6 years!!! Holy crap! I was so excited to see them and to feel all those emotions come back i had to post them!! It's fun to see how in love Dave and i were (and still are) but we are not that affectionate enough anymore, well in public. But I also realized that me and Dave are REALLY FUNNY!

These are in a random order, gotta love the blog up loader!
yes.....so cheesy!!!!
Both Dave and my fams at our reception!
so this is what I mean... we are really funny.

what!? How did that get in there!?
taken at my parents house!
Ok this I had to throw in for motivation for myself! I was so skinny! Holy crap! This was at our wedding dinner the night before.
this was our cake
eating cake
again.......really funny. I threw my bouquet in the tree. awesome



we did a ring ceremony for my family & friends who were not able to attend the temple ceremony. it was beautiful.

my awesome bridesmaids and best friends
i LOVE my bro's.
dave & his buddies. still looking for mine with my friends at the temp
front of slc temple
these pics taken at my parents before we were married.


engagement pics at the top of the tram at our favorite ski resort. snowbird. seriously the sun was so bright, we look like nerds.

oops!
and there you have it. I am in love. thanks babes for almost 6 years and two beautiful children. excited for many more to come. and sorry for you people reading this because i will most likely repost them in 6 months. when it's my real anniversary! haha :)

11/20/81 was a glorious day

Aspen being funny! Do think she is desperate for a binky! She keeps stealing Aspen's!
Chase is ready......bring it on BYU!  Let's go UTES!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday Dave! Your the best husband EVER! Thanks for all you do, we are so proud of you! Hope you had a wonderful day!




I love my little ones.

Presenting......... CHASE DAVID JOHNSON

That's right my friends, baby Chase has arrived and we are thrilled! He is so wonderful!
The night before induction.
I was soooooo bored.
Just waiting.............
Thankfully our sweet Aspen and my mom came to visit us. I couldn't believe how LONG it was taking my body to get going. I was dilated to a 3-4 for a week and three hours of my labor.
Oh, but then 45 min. after I had received my epidural, that didn't work, I went from a 4 to an 8. 20 min later we had our baby Chase in our arms!!!
Hi buddy!!!
Our SWEETEST nurse! Oh man I love her, she was the best!
After his first bath, they were scrubbing his hair with this little comb and it got parted to the side, I thought it was adorable!


Aspen coming to meet her new brother!

Giving him LOVE!

My lovely mama
Aspen and her buddy Brooklyn playing in the hospital cabinets.

Oh hi!




I promise he LOVED the car ride home.
Aspen leaving her mark on the rocking chair in our room.
Packing up and movin on out.
Ok this is freakin AWESOME........... we had the exact room Aspen was born in two years ago! CRAZY!!!!!! I swear we did not request it.
Aspen our wonderful welcoming committee!

Awe.......cute little fella.