NEW BABY BENSON

 On Wednesday-December 15, 2010-

Baby Benson was born into our family.

7 lbs 6 oz, and 20 inches long.

We have 3 boys and 3 girls- what a perfect order!

 Mollie and Donny really enjoyed how much the hospital involved them immediately afterwards.

 Mollie crocheted a baby bunting for him last week.

It snuggled him great and got a lot of attention from the nurses.

 Great grandma was so excited for him to come home.

She loves holding him and it is a neat sight to see.



Queens and Snow Bunny

 Donny calls Holland the Queen of our home.

She is modeling the no shirt style above,

Sadie and Myriam are modeling Myriam's new birthday shirts.

 Hunter is obsessed with shoveling snow.
He shoveled our driveway 3 times today.

He also loves making snowmen with mom and snow forts with dad.

Myriam's Baptism and Double Birthday Party

 MYRIAM WAS BAPTIZED on SATURDAY DEC 4, 2010

A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints.

Her mom gave a talk on baptism, Myriam sang a solo-"Baptism," 

and her dad baptized and confirmed her.

 Mollie braided all the girls' hair matching-

They are 3 princesses!

 Grandma Jolene, Aunt Sophie, and Aunt Robyn

made her a beautiful cake for her 8th birthday party

that we had afterwards- WOW!

 Myriam and Grandma are knitting together-

 grandma bought her more knitting supplies to keep her developing her talents.

 Holland had a double birthday party with Myriam

(Since her birthday is only one week later)

Grandma got her a baby- since mom is having a new baby soon.

 While all the cousins were here, we took them to see Santa

(at the park across the street)

and we took them on 4 wheeler sledding rides

(in the field next to our house)

On Holland's actual birthday, we were sick of sweets,

so we had oranges.  (Mom was sick of sweets anyways)

Warming Up

The weather in Logan may not be warming up, 

but Holland  is finally warming up to grandma!

This is Holland helping her great grandmother 

walk to her chair after helping lotion her up after her bath.

Sadie visits with grandma after school each day.

Temple Week

Our Stake President has been really emphasizing temple worship.

He designated this week to be the stake temple week.

We started it off by going on a hike that ended at the Logan temple

on Monday night for family night,

then Saturday we are going to spend a day in the temple doing all the work for

Grandma Milligan's (who lives with us) brother and his wife.

Thanks to grandma Jolene who will be baby-sitting!

Home Improvement

Mouse Traps!

Packer has been obsessed with mouse traps lately.

Sadie saw a mouse run into our vent and the boys finally caught it.

Tennis Balls!

Our kitchen floor is constantly scratched by our angled chairs.

Hunter and I noticed grandma's tennis balls on her walker the other day.

Since we have plenty of second hand tennis balls from grandpa Steve,

we painted them black and cut slices in them to fit on our chair legs.

What Makes The Man?

 Bill Anderson, Donny's father, passed away Friday, October 8, 2010.

His son, Gregg, gave a wonderful tribute to him at his funeral titled,

"What Makes The Man?"

He truly was a man of God- kind and loving and true to his faith.

He had diabetes since age 1 and fought a mighty fight for his health all his life.

He found meaning and happiness in life until the moment he died.

"By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them-"

As we gathered as a family it was a celebration of what a good life he led.

Even though both his legs were amputated, 

he left some big shoes for his children to fill.

 Here are the grandchildren eating dinner together

the first night they gathered in Portland.

 This is all the grandchildren practicing the song,

"I am a child of God" for the funeral.

 This is our children (Plus a cousin) the morning of the funeral,

trying to keep their church clothes clean.

The kids had fun driving around in his wheelchair.

They thought the whole gathering was a party!

This is the whole family at the funeral.
What an awesome gathering!

"When ye are in the service of your fellow beings, ye are only in the service of your God"

 Sadie spent the day with our special needs neighbor.  

They walked around the park on a "buddy walk," 

played games, and ate lunch together.

Sadie has been really making an effort to serve grandma.

She delivers meals, hangs up her clothes,

and spends time talking with her and recording her life stories.

Fall Fun

 PLAYING ON HAY  PILES

 FOOTBALL WITH DAD

 HARVESTING WITH MOM

 DRESSING UP FOR HALLOWEEN

Back to School Pictures

No Training Wheels

Hunter was forced my mom to learn to ride without training wheels.

(Because school starts in a few weeks 

and we like to ride with the older kids)

I have the best method for teaching the kids- 

I rollerblade while holding onto their handlebars with them.

Johnson Reunion- Andrew's Cabin

Hunter riding on the 4 wheelers while they were parked.

 Grandpa Steve took everyone white water rafting.

They also fished a lot (Donny got into fly fishing),
and we enjoyed a shoot-out at Jackson Hole
and dinner at Bar J Ranglers Chuckwagon.

IT'S A BOY!

Baby # 6 is a boy. 

We are debating which prophet or 

general authority to name him after.

McKay, Dallin, Elijah, Benson, Brigham, Heber, Hyrum...

Donny & Mollie were on a CES day trip

to the Salt Lake Cemetery. 

We took a picture by McKay's grave just in case.

Holland is great at Cheesers

Holland getting curlers Saturday night.  

(She didn't love laying on them so much)

Holland loves to sit in things and pose.