Claire's Preschool Program

Claire's preschool put on a very cute Christmas program. They had lots of fun accessories (hats, noses, drum sticks, jingle bells, etc). She sang great and had fun. I let Tayson take the pictures - so there are lots of red eyes and a few crazy photos but he had fun being the paparazzi and I got to enjoy watching Claire sing.






On a side note: So that I could enjoy the performance Timmy said he would keep Sophie. But he was watching David and Kami's boys so I just dropped her off at their brand new house for a little over an hour. She managed to dump a full and very big bottle of bubbles over on their carpet. That girl!!! Earlier in the day she also broke 2 ornaments and one of my Grandma Jo's Christmas decorations (it was only an ash tray ... but still it was my grandma's).

Pictures with Santa

Here is how my night went last night: me, my brother Mark and my 4 kids went to the mall to see Santa. On the drive to the mall I made Luke and Claire switch seats (while stopped at a red light of course) to stop the boys from fighting. Then while waiting in line it was a full on wrestling match between the boys (on the ground), Sophie successfully made it to 3 stores and inside the Santa part to jump in the fake snow before it was our turn. I made both boys sit in different "corners" while in line to separate them and I'm sure every person around me thought I was CRAZY!!! All the while Claire was quietly playing on my phone. But I was determined to get pictures with Santa so we kept on going through all the chaos. Then we got up to Santa and it was magic all 4 kids smiled at the same time (so worth the work when I look at that picture) and from that point on were well behaved. We went to dinner, did a little shopping and Luke got his haircut without any more craziness. Thank you Santa for calming my kids down....too bad you aren't at my house before bed.

2010 Christmas Card

2010 Johnson Family Update

Todd. Has become quite the expert traveler while working as a consultant in Washington DC (we sure do miss him during the week). Ran his first half marathon this year - and rocked it! Still holds the title of world’s best dad and husband.

Kathy. Working full-time at Nu Skin (18 years what?), running a lot with an awesome group of girlfriends, ran in the Wasatch Back relay and loved it! Still serving in the YW presidency & trying to hold down the household with lots and lots of help from family & friends.

Tayson. 2010 was a big year for Tays – he turned 8 and was baptized. He went on a special trip with just mom and dad to Washington DC over the summer. He’s in 3^rd grade and so far having his best year in school. He still has all of his baby teeth (but one is loose so maybe it will be gone by the time you read this). He loves to play basketball and run. He did a 5K and 1 mile race this year. He loves to be surrounded by family and friends.

Luke (aka Bubba). Turned 6 this year and started 1^st grade. He LOVES school and playing with his friends. Luke loves to color and do activities; he loves puzzles, reading and playing computer. He loves to sing and play Just Dance 2 on the wii (and he’s very good at it). He is very sweet when he wants to be and can scream louder than most kids when being tickled or chased.

Claire Bear. This girl has blossomed this year. She started pre-school and dance and absolutely loves them both. She is still shy but not painfully shy anymore. She will actually smile and talk to people now – a big step for this girl. She loves to listen to music and sing and dance. She is doing great in school and is writing great. She loves to color and do art projects and of course wear lip gloss, carry a purse and do all things girlie.

Sophie Monster. By far the craziest of the Johnson kids. This girl goes a million miles an hour, can climb on anything, has no fear and has colored on every wall in our house. She is happy and full of life. Her brothers love to get her to do naughty things (like fake burp at the table) and she willing does it for a laugh. She potty trained herself at 21 months ... and then at 28 months decided she didn’t want to be potty trained anymore. Silly girl. This crazy little thing has brought more laughs and smiles into our house this past year than the rest of us combined.

Happy Holidays to you and your family!

Nu Skin Christmas Party

This year for our Christmas party we had the comedian Brian Regan perform. He was hilarious and it was the best party yet. I am constantly amazed at the generosity of Nu Skin. We got some of our newest and best products, an easy-up picnic shade thing, 2 weeks pay and $500 Costco card. Thank you Nu Skin and Merry Christmas to me!

Making Poo

The nights during Thanksgiving weekend are long (usually Todd is up until about 5:00 am playing computer) so he likes to sleep in. Tayson, Adam and Luke took the opportunity the morning after Thanksgiving to learn how to make poo on youtube then they placed it on the bed next to Todd (I took a quick picture of course). Sadly, he sleeps so deeply that he knocked it off before he woke up to see it - but the picture made him laugh so hard.

in case you were wondering...the instructions for making poo are taking an empty toilet paper roll, soaking it in water, tearing it to small pieces, then squishing out the water to form a poo shape.

Feats of Strength

It wouldn't be a Schultz Thanksgiving without feats of strength. It all started with Trevor and Danny arm wrestling...after Danny got called out. Danny won. Then we moved on. I'm not sure all the battles that happened - but Danny was dethroned as family champion by Trent. I'm pretty sure he'll be ready for next year :)

Steve and Alex.
This battle was crazy - it went on forever and no one ever won. Steve had Alex to within and inch from the floor 75% of the time but couldn't ever finish him off. It finally ended in a draw.

George vs. Mark
George won again with his "old man farmer strength".

Mark and Trevor did a push-up contest - it had to end when Trevor threw up a little in his mouth due to a few too many pieces of dessert. Those 2 boys were crazy - I couldn't believe how many push-ups they could do and so many clapping ones too.

Then Trent said something to Todd so I challenged him. It was a tough battle and it took both my arms, my knee and some help from Roman and Timmy - but I finally beat Trent!

Other fun family games we played this weekend: ping pong, volleyball, cranium, werewolves and lots and lots and lots of computer gaming.

Thanksgiving Dinner

Of course my camera was out of batteries on Thanksgiving...thank goodness my phone has a camera. This year we had a huge group for Thanksgiving. Everyone was here except Sherry's family and Ginger and Kelly from our side and Christine's family came too so we had 50+ people for dinner. Beforehand we decided to split up the day. We did appetizers at my house at 11:30, then dinner at my parent's house at 3:00, then dessert at Christine's house that night. It was nice to spread out the preparation and clean up as well as move the chaos around a bit.

Here are the appetizers I served:

George actually raised a turkey for dinner this year. He asked my dad if he wanted him to bring it in a cage or a cooler. HA! He brought it in a cooler thank goodness. It was a nice big tasty turkey.

I made them pose with their used-to-be pet

George carving his turkey

Christine's delicious dessert spread....it was sooooo good.