The family had a great time celebrating the Resurrection of Christ our Lord. Danny always has lots of God/Jesus questions and I delight in him asking them. We had both sides of relatives at our house. Our OUTDOOR egg hunt was marvelous. Finally a warm weather Easter!
I don't know how comfy it was to kneel on the ridges in the bottom of the saucer. The Easter bunny forgot that grownups don't get Easter baskets and got me one too. Dark chocolate truffles win every time. I don't know how many more years we have where Tyler still embraces the mysteries of Santa, the Easter bunny, the Tooth Fairy etc. but this year he suspended his skepticism and got into the show. We don't ever want to forget the reason for this celebration though!
The sport of golf hits the next generation of Johnsons. For Danny's birthday he recieved a pass to Triple Play. He and Tyler played countless rounds of minigolf on the nearly empty course. Thanks to Uncle David for showing us the ropes!
We had a great time digging for bones and playing with dinosaurs at the new exhibit at the Children's Museum. Allie was a little frightened by the big animatronic dinos but she was so brave, walking into the room with her hands clapped over her eyes, saying, "I'm covering mine eyes, I'm covering mine eyes." I'm glad she didn't run into anything.
Our Tyler is excited to be 6. He had a great birthday party with his (13!) school and church friends. We had a Hot Wheels themed party and had some track stretched across the room. It was a huge hit with boys and girls alike. The only minor hang up this day was the battle scars, (scraped cheek and fat lip) sustained in a skipping with hands in the pockets incident in the parking garage of Daddy's work the day before. He is excited to (hopefully) lose some teeth this year. Mommy hopes the first one to go is the front one that is graying after getting knocked back in the afore mentioned incident. He loves Transformers, HotWheels and all things building. He is eagerly planning and drawing up plans for our new swing set to be built when the snow melts. He is a math whiz much to mommy and the papa's delight. A Casanova with the females in the kindergarten class, they fight over who gets to sit next to him on the bus. He is a super duper big brother to Danny, Allie and Luke and is shyly starting to demonstrate his reading skills for their benefit. His athletic pursuits include basketball, tee ball, fort making and running around the house. We love everything about you, Tyler! Happy Birthday.
On Sunday, January 24 we dedicated our youngest son, Luke William to God. We chose this verse for him. "Be on your guard, stand firm in the faith; be a man of courage; be strong. Do everything in love." 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 We desire for Luke and for all of our children to know the truth of God deep in their hearts and not be persuaded by the world's views. We pray that as they grow up and out, forming their own friendships, that they will be blessings to their friends and not let their faith be tainted. This takes great courage.
Merry Christmas everyone! We had a good holiday. It seemed like it lasted four days as we celebrated with both families and took some time for our own group of 6. I enjoyed having Derek home for most of the two weeks either working from home or totally off. The Christmas blizzard made the whole world slow down. Everything was quiet and white. Getting around wasn't as difficult as predicted but we did use it as an excuse to sleep over at my folks' house. We got some good new toys to last us through these next three frigid months. I still have a little chocolate left from my stocking to get me through this week. I'll raid the kids' stashes next week. :-)
We are excited to begin a second season of basketball this week. Tyler really showed some good improvement this year. He isn't the most aggressive player, no surprise there but he has GREAT hustle! Can't wait for his next game!
