Baseball 2010

Kelton was the only returning player from the Yankees, so he was re-drafted this year and was chosen by the Giants (they took 1st in state last year!). We have had a couple practice games, and a ton of practices. His coach is awesome. We all have rules to follow according to coach Mat. This is directly from the 3 page letter we received at the mandatory parents meeting. "please cheer for all players including your child, but refrain from yelling at them. During games, please realize I will be instructing them , so please don't compete with me for their attention. Be encouraging, but don't yell 'instructions', that's my job. I'm open to discussing any issues, but would prefer that players, not parents, raise issues about playing time, because a player learning how to ask a coach about playing time learns a great life lesson." We also have 8 expectations of the parents.... including stay out of the dugout, if you are experiencing a problem with me other than playing time, i want to know right away, but not during a game...
Opening day Kelton hit 2 for 2 (both home runs--not on errors). We were so proud. He was so proud. He is playing first base and pitching. I can't wait to eat sunflower seeds and sit in the sun and watch ball. Actually, strike that, chase Sam, whilst eating sunflower seeds, and watching ball.

Buffalo-Johnson

This is a huge one right off the side of the road. Shad didn't think I was too brilliant for stopping and recording it. haha

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We actually got some really fantastic pictures here. You can speed it up etc. if you want.
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Biking in Yellowstone

My father in law is an avid skiier and biker. I am not. My son Kelton is really really getting into it. For the last several years Grandpa has asked us to go biking in Yellowstone. I know it would be fun seeing the animals and hanging out with family, but the idea of driving that far to bike miles and miles, just didn't seem like my cup of diet cherry pepsi. Last year and this year Kelton has gone with him skiing quite a few times, including Yellowstone. I knew I would end up needing to go at some point, but hoping this "some point" would be later. There really was no way around it this time. I worked a bit extra to get caught up with work things, and packed our bags. I was actually getting excited the few days leading up to going, excited to get away and not have a computer staring at me for a few days.
We left Friday after work and drove the 6 hours, all the while completely enjoying myself and the company I had in the car. Shad and Grandpa left an hour or so after us, but caught up with us in the metropolis of Idaho Falls. Sam was a total trooper the whole way. Not a peep out of the kid. We got in about midnight, unpacked and got into bed. Too bad Sam was too round up to fall asleep until around 2:30. We had a schedule of events and the day was to start at 7 am. We got up, ate a great breakfast, got our gear all ready and headed out. The ride was surprisingly easy. I totally thought that I would be sweating like crazy and dying to go back after mile 2...We made it 35 miles! No biggie. Too bad my seat was tilted a bit up, so I did have a sore crotch for a day, but really it wasn't so bad. We saw tons of wildlife and had a blast. Sam enjoyed it as well. He was pulled behind "tampa" (trying to say grandpa-I really wanted to just call him playtex, since it's close enough..). Kelton had a wreck about 14 miles in, but with a little tp and tape, he was able to pull through as well. The afternoon was filled with swimming, hot tub, pizza and just chilling out at the hotel.
Sunday morning we went and saw the a place where they keep a couple wolf packs and some bears that have been injured. We got to see a live show, and some bears up real close. It is off season there right now so we were able to talk to the people who work there and learn more about the animals. Kelton was in Heaven. Sam was trying to find every mud puddle he could.
We headed home after lunch, with another relaxing ride home. I had a blast! I am looking forward to doing it again next year, and maybe even do a little skiing next time too.

THANKS SO MUCH GRANDMA AND GRANDPA JOHNSON! WE LOVE YOU!

Easter with the Wall family

Gavin really wanting to come outside while we were hiding eggs


yes, that hat has lights







We had another great Easter party at the Wall home on Easter. We had time to chat at the dinner table about how delicious beans are, learned that mustard and ketchup with ham is actually pretty good, and that my dad was the spoiled child growing up.

After dinner we had a Easter egg hunt for the small ones. Sam could care less about the eggs, he was more into the car. Addie and Gavin were doing awesome, until Gavin discovered the eggs were full of candy.

My mom had had a gold and silver egg filled for Kelton to find. Shad the eggs so well it took Kelton a good half hour to find them.

My aunt and uncle brought a fantastic dessert-then we called it a night.

It was our 12 year anniversary on Easter, so it was also nice to spend some family time together.

I am so blessed to have the family I do. I am thankful for Christ and the pain he suffered for me. I have done some pretty crappy things, and because of him I can return to our Father in Heaven.



I found a couple pictures on my camera.... I won't post the one of you Dave W.

Easter with the Johnson's and Sam (of course)