JOHNSON, Party of Six!: July 2014

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Temple

I was so grateful for the opportunity to attend the sealing of these two love-birds! It was such a special morning and an amazing spirit filled the room. Glad they have each other for eternity!

2013-2014 School Year

In addition to the general day to day activities of school, piano, and tumbling, the girls both participated in volleyball and basketball.

I had the opportunity to help coach Jauncee's volleyball team (luckily I missed out on the team pictures) and Jeslyn's basketball team (not so lucky that day). It was a very good experience, a little difficult at times, but in the end very rewarding.

The girls both did very well in school this year...ending with all straight A's! In addition to good grades, Jeslyn also received an award for reading the most books in her grade for the school year. A whopping total of 31!

I had to add the next pictures for proof as to how much my children...especially the girls are growing. We have an awesome dentist in Soda, we love him! He has a no cavity club and takes your picture and posts it on the wall for all to see. Jeslyn has been in the club 4 consecutive - 6 month visits. Here are the pictures of the previous three - 18 months worth of growth! Jeslyn has grown almost 6+ inches.

Jauncee made the club 3 times. Here is her proof of growth! She is getting super tall!

Grade Pictures!

World Fair!

Jeslyn had to do a 20 page report on Colombia. She also had to make a float and a poster, serve food the represents her country and dress-up in costume. Colombia isn't the most exciting country to research as it has been in turmoil for centuries. Not mention it is ran by drug cartels...nevertheless we she did very well on the project and insisted I could not help in any way.

Jauncee: the queen of selfies!

On the last day of school, the elementary holds a field day. I had the opportunity to help. Jauncee did very well considering she had to compete against 4th graders. She took 1st place in the "Marathon" which is running 1 time around the track. In the Ironman she was the very 1st 3rd rader to cross the finish line. The Ironman consists of running a 1/4 around the track and stopping to do 10 push-ups, then run another 1/4 and stop and do 10 sit-ups, then run another 1/4 of the track and do 10 jumping jacks and then run the last 1/4 to finish the race. She took 5th overall. Jauncee is very fast and a very good athlete.

And now, let's enjoy the summer and not even think about school!

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Branding

Around here branding cattle signifies Spring.

Branding season is an important time of the year, not only for cattle health and well-being, but as a time for networking and fellowship with neighbors and friends. We usually end up with more kids than adults, but that makes it fun.

It was a warm Saturday morning of the first weekend in May, when we all got together to gather the herd, sort off the calves, and work the cows. That is when the fun/work begins!

We don't use a calf table, but Clay and Jauncee had to make sure it was still in working order!

In past years, I have helped run the fork, but this year my job was solely lunch! We ate dutch-oven chicken, ranch house beans and salad. I think it was a hit...with no leftovers! Since I was occupied cooking, Jeslyn was in charge of all the little kiddos, including Dakota. She did a fabulous job, with only 1 kid getting hurt, Clay Boy! I think he got kicked by a calf.

Here in this pic below, we have 2 - 3 generations of families working the calves! The Barfuss' and the Johnsons.

Dakota is so sweet and good. You can take her anywhere and do just about anything without her ever fussing at all. Glad she is so happy. My only complaint...I wish she would walk!