June

June 2018

July is almost over but here is what happened in June! We had a great time in June with two birthdays and Father's Day that I already posted about and a bunch of other stuff happened too. Most importantly, school finally ended and summer began!

First up was another huge June event...Farm Chicks. This is our biggest vintage show of the entire year! We work and plan all year long for it. We love it!! We had a very successful show and enjoyed every minute!! It's hard to believe that it is already over for another year!

Here are some pictures of our booth:

The best part of Farm Chicks is hanging out with so many of our friends like these ladies:

Tyler took this picture of me on set-up day...exhausted but happy.. and enjoying what I do!

Right around all of the Farm Chicks hoopla and my birthday...school was winding down with all of the end of the year activities. Ailey had her final middle school choir concert. Look out high school! Here she comes!!

The kid that is singing the solo is the son of my good friend, Mary. We were all sitting together and cheering our kids on.

Ailey also finished out the school year on the honor roll and Kameron did too. She got to go to Silverwood, our local amusement park, with her choir and then to Wonderland with the student council. She had a blast!

Bryn had her end of the year piano recital and played Rain Drops Keep Falling on My Head:

She did such a great job!!

Bryn also had her school picnic and field day. Tyler always comes to have lunch with the kids on school picnic day. It's so weird that now it is only Bryn. She was super excited to have him come and he brought Taco Bell. :)

Finally the last day of school arrived! It took forever. I really hate that we keep going to school until the third week of June and then have to start back up BEFORE Labor Day. Ugh...Summer is too short.

Bryn and Mr. O.

Mr. O has been a great teacher and has had a wonderful influence on all of our kids. Mr. O is tough. He expects a lot. He used to teach 5th grade and he has high 5th grader like expectations for the 3rd graders. Bryn rose to the occasion and he unabashedly claimed her to be his favorite student. :) He was sad that she was the last of the Johnsons. He put together a slide show of the class throughout the year and the kids were crying their eyes out. Bryn had perked up by the time the last bell rang though. Ha ha.

Jayden, Bryn, and Alice.
These three girls have had a lot of fun together this year!!

Bryn really had a good year!! She loved school and her teacher. She didn't end up being in the same class as some of her best friends from years before and, of course, Elle wasn't there this year so she started 3rd grade a tiny bit worried. But she had no reason to be. She made really good friends and excelled in third grade. She ended the year with all 4's. The equivalent of all A's. Mr. O promised to put in a good word to get her the teacher that she REALLY wants for 4th grade. We will find out who she will have a week before school starts. Her fingers are crossed!

Ailey didn't shed a single tear to bid middle school goodbye! She had a great middle school experience...not too traumatizing...but she is definitely ready to move on to high school. Kam met up with his friends and they all went out for breakfast and didn't even *technically* go to school on the last day. School was only about an hour and a half. He was thrilled to be done. He took a very heavy load this year and ended the year with some great grades and passing his AP exams too. Nice!! On to senior year!!

Jumping for joy because school is FINALLY out!! Kam looks like he is levitating. Ha ha!

We all met up briefly...Tyler even met us too...for ice cream lunch and some jumping photos as per tradition and then everyone went their separate ways. We dropped Bryn off at Jayden's house for an end of the year playdate with her friends. Kameron took off with his friends again and we didn't see him until late that night. Ailey had a last day of school bbq with her big group of friends complete with hot tubbing and night games. We didn't see her until late as well. Tyler and I didn't know what to do with ourselves!! :)

 We also attended a surprise graduation party of one of the young men in our ward who is a new convert. It was really sweet to surprise this deserving young man.

Reilly started a new job. She is an office manager for a distributing company. She is super good at it and loves all things financial. She is now deciding to get a business degree. Yes, please do!!

We are in the midst of a huge backyard upheaval. We took down our swing set and our sandbox. We have ripped out many large (and ugly) bushes. We are redoing the whole thing. It will take us all summer but it is so nice getting things done even if it is slowly.

Getting in one last swing! I am loving her footwear... Ha ha!

School might be out but dance team practice is going strong!!

Sandwiched in here was Ailey's birthday and Father's Day. I also had several primary kids get baptized and I spoke at their baptisms. Tyler and Ailey both spoke in Sacrament Meeting on the same Sunday during which Kameron also blessed the sacrament and Bryn sang. It was literally the Johnson show! Reilly invited her Catholic boyfriend, Hunter, to come to church with us that Sunday. He didn't seem *too* freaked out. :)

Our nephew Dane participated in Hoopfest which is a huge three-on-three basketball tournament here in Spokane. He is the blonde on the left. We went downtown and watched a couple of his games. It was fun to see him play.

We all had fun hanging out with friends this month. We had a lot going on: Parties, BBQs, birthdays, graduations etc. I went out to lunch with friends and had fun at my book club. This month we read this book:

I had read it before and liked it. Our book club all liked it too.

There was a bunch going on with church activities as well. I was asked to speak at a career fair for the young women in our stake. Wow... that was really validating. My real job is mothering and that doesn't get much recognition and sometimes neither does my side hustle of Sisters Creed...except by my husband and kids. So I felt really touched that people DO consider my business something of worth and value and that I had something to share with the girls of our stake. Unfortunately I wasn't able to do it because it was on the same night as one of the kids' performances but still it was REALLY NICE to be asked!!

And then just like that...it was the FOURTH OF JULY!!

To be continued... :)