We will miss you Holiday Season...

I hate to see them go, but the holidays are officially over. :( I will dearly miss them!

We had a CRAZY Christmas. It started at my Mom's house on Christmas Eve night, which was pretty fun. Then we went to Phil's parents' house for crab leg dinner. Since the Johnson's do Christmas morning freaking early we had to our own Christmas at 6:30am so we could be at the in-laws by 8am. Phil got me this super cute little lap-top (which I am currently using!) and I LOVE IT! Its so miniature and cute! I got Phil an automatic car starter which has been very nice on these freezing cold wintry days. Anyway, we went to Rod and Suzie's and opened presents. We especially enjoy the complete series of That 70s Show that they got us! After an amazing breakfast with the missionaries, we went home to quickly change and go up to my Dad's house to open gifts there. We ate again, and then all headed to my Grandparent's house. We ate AGAIN and hung out with family for a while. By 10pm we were exhausted, so we went home and totally passed out. It was a great Christmas, a busy one, but a GREAT one!

New Years Eve was pretty eventful as well! We went to dinner with a bunch of friends and then headed up to the SUB for some good clean Mormon fun! We all danced the night away but right before mid-night we bounced and went to Shaun's house. We counted down the New Year and lit off a TON of fireworks. Let me give you a play by play...

1. place WAY too many fireworks in a box
2. drench the box, and fireworks, in gasoline
3. light the box on fire
4. take cover

Well, we were all laughing our butts off because fireworks were going EVERYWHERE! Then, Chuck decided to grab some Roman Candles and that was even funnier.

Needless to say, we had a great holiday season and I can't wait for the next one!

So some of you may know that Phil and I were called to be in out ward's nursery. Well, let me tell you what, that was a kick in the pants! We had eight boys in our class. Most days the liked throwing balls with Phil, other days...they just decided to play demolition derby. Don't get me wrong, I love each one of them, they are probably some of the funniest little kids I have ever met, but boy were they a handfull! The last couple of weeks we have been taking to opening exercises of Primary. The first week they didn't really know what to expect so they sat very still and tried to sing the songs. Phil and I were pretty pumped because we thought we would be chasing them all over the place. One of the boys in our class just sat right next to me and made sure that I knew what everyone was saying. This is how it went... tap tap tap on the shoulder. "Yes Nick?" "Umm, (toddler mumbo jumbo), Jesus (more toddler talk) families forever." He would do this mulitple times while he listened to the talks. It was so cute! I loved knowing that this cute little boy, that I sometimes can't understand, knows who Jesus Christ is. He is learning that his family will be together forever. I just love it. Whenever we hold up a picture of Jesus in class ALL of our boys know exactly who he is. They make me smile.



Well, now that you know about our Nursery, you need to know that we just got released. :( I'll be honest, I was pretty bumbed. I feel like I finally got the hang of handling eight boys, giving a lesson and actually having them understand it. I just have to know that Phil and I did what we were called to do. Phil hasn't received his new calling, but I have. Young Womens, Laurel Advisor. What the heck?! These girls are almost my age! I guess it helps that I coach 15 high school girls. This is what makes me nervous. I just got baptised and I feel like I am still learning. I don't really know what I'm going to be doing but I guess I will see. I know everything will be fine, I just can't help being a little nervous. I'll let you know how this Sunday goes.

Alright, so we have a blog now and I don't really know what I'm supposed to be putting on it...so here it goes. ha!

December has already been pretty crazy and busy for both me and Phil. Since the mall is the hopping place to be these days, Phil has been workin a ton! It makes me laugh when people say that Pocatello's economy is "so TERRIBLE," because people drop TONS of money on really expensive clothes. Not only that but my brother works at Jensen Jewlers and they are always really busy too. We have it good here in our little Pocatello bubble, we just need to appreciate what we have. Anyway, now that high school basketball has started my schedule is also really crazy. We're talking an average of four games a week. Now, that may not sound like a ton but if you have already been at work and then go to four hours of games every night it starts to get to ya. I do love coaching though. Its a lot different being on the coaching side than on the athlete side. Kinda makes me miss it but I guess this is how I get my fix. My girls performed almost all of their competition routine on Saturday and they looked great! I'm so excited to see how they will do this year at competition. Speaking of competition, my little sister is on the Indianettes and they just got back from their first comp of the season and totally stole the show! They got best overall in their division to go along with many first place trophies. I'm so happy for them!

Well, I think that should do for my first real post. :) I think I'm starting to get the hang of this thing...