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HAPPY FAMILY

He's Here!!!

Thatcher James Morris arrived Friday, January 18th at 11:41 pm. He weighed 7 lbs 13 oz and was 20 in long. He is sooo beautiful! It's amazing. We love him sooo much! I was so excited he came on his own and I didn't have to be induced. It felt like forever, but now that he's here it was all soo worth it!

I started having real regular contractions while at the mall with Ann Marie, Larkin, Porter, Oliver, & Sawyer (go figure, I dunno why). We went for lunch and a ride on the carousel. I didn't know what to expect, but Peach said crying and not being able to breath every five minutes was NOT it. I am very thankful for her convincing me and taking me into the hospital. It was definitely the right thing to do and I had an epidural within about an hour. WOW! Thank goodness for modern medicine. It was such a relief!

We are now home and enjoying our little baby boy!

Our House Updates

Paul and I have done a lot of work to make our house feel like our own. It has taken soooo much longer than we anticipated. Wow -it's crazy!! But we are feeling so blessed and happy with how it's turned out. I have to give Paul most of the credit. He is very talented and has done all of our updates himself. If he doesn't know how to do something, he figures it out. (and he doesn't admit to not knowing how before tackling the task) I have been the pregnant sidekick, not too much help. All that's left are a few finishing touches and actually hanging something on the wall. I need to also thank Nick (Paul's cousin) and my family - thanks a bunch to everyone!

We are now awaiting Thatcher's arrival, and very impatiently I might add!! I thought for sure he would be here by now. My grandma, mom, & sister have all had their babies early, so I naturally assumed I would too. Then Mandi delivered Kempton 17 days early along with Katie's early delivery of Vaughn. "Okay, me too. I'm next, right?" Not happening! Thatcher has his own agenda I guess. He thinks he's staying in the Hilton or something! We will let you all know when he finally makes his long awaited debut!

Halloween with the Johnson Family

We had fun trick-or-treating, dressing up, and eating yummy soup in pumpkin bread bowls! Oh and not to forget the candy!

28 Weeks Today!!

I thought I would post a picture of my new look...pregnant! We are getting more and more excited to have Thatcher here. We can hardly wait, except for the fact I still need to paint his room and crib. Time is running out for sure. The house is coming along though, and I will post the "before and after" pictures soon.

Baby Thatcher Morris

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Our First Home

Our First Home

We finally got the keys to our house on August 17th! We were very relieved to be over that huge headache. What a mess trying to find the right house and working with a realtor - we won't go into that! We are very happy with our house - it just needs some tender loving care. We haven't moved in yet because we are still trying to clean it up and make it liveable. Our first project was removing asbestos popcorn ceiling. Wow it was a mess and Paul worked very hard but we were very glad to see it go! We also ripped up carpet (orange shag in some rooms) and refinished beautiful oak wood floors underneath, which ran throughout the entire upstairs. We are thankful for Thomas for helping us with them and giving us direction. We are very happy with them. It's a lot of hard work but it is going to be amazing when we're done! We have never had our own place and we feel very blessed to have a house as nice as this!! I will post a second slide show of the inside remodel when it's done.

We Graduated!

I realize it's a little late for this but I wanted to post some proof of my biggest accomplishment yet!! I finally finished school and I am finally taking a break from homework and exams. I thought this day would never come. I graduated with my Master's degree and it was lots of work but all worth it when I saw this cool gown with the all the doo dads and the funny hood! Ha ha ha. I know it's crazy, but now that school is really over and I don't have homework I badly miss it and I would love to be going to class. I especially envy those going to BYU-Idaho. That was my most favorite place and time! After all I met, dated, and married Paul there- hellooo!! Besides that, it is the best place in the world to go to school! Paul also graduated from school in April!! Wahoo! Although we don't have any picture proof of it - it did happen! He now has the job to prove it. We were both in a hurry to get done with school -why I am not sure.?It's a whole lot of responsibility and working now! I think we both wish we were still in school! However, Paul loves his job and really enjoys going to work which is worth so much! I am still looking for the right job and it's stressful, especially being pregnant and trying to hide my belly during interviews. It's tricky!

Crazy as usual at the Johnson's

As some of you already know, Paul accepted a job with Kiewit Engineering company here in Salt Lake City. We are currently staying at the Johnson home while we look for a house. It is pretty stressful...but not to worry because Porter and Oliver are sure to cheer you up!! You can count on that. So we are all playing in the backyard when Gram discovers Oli and Porter have disappeared - easy to do. We go running around the side of the house and the gate is open! Not good. We run up onto the driveway and find Porter and Oliver looking over the side of the driveway, or cliff. Oliver is crying and saying "Porter go tell Gram!" What are they looking at?

Just my car rolled over the cliff into the neighbor's yard. No big deal. It's just high centered on a large 1 ton boulder, that came along with it as it rolled off the cliff. What happened? Well, every time we asked the boys what happened, a new story developed. So we will never be sure. But one thing we know, the Tracker was in the garage and then next thing we knew crashed into the neighbor's yard. Never a dull moment here at the Johnson home!!

"Annie Girl"

Sedona, Arizona

Gorgeous isn't it?!

We went cross country skiing to Mesa Falls. It was beautiful. We really had a lot of fun.

This is my newest nephew Sawyer Craig Johnson! He is so cute!

"Beans"

Annie Kaye Mounts

This is my super cute neice!

Las Vegas 2005

Las Vegas 2005
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"At the beginning with you..."

We spent our honeymoon in San Antonio, Texas. We
visited the famous Alamo and RiverWalk. We also spent time at the beach feeding the seagulls Cheezits. It was a lot of fun!