A Line-up!

I want to get the head shots of all of the family. First, I would like to get the pics of Alaire's children. I have a very ambitious idea where we have a row of the head shots at the top of the blog. When the mouse is place on top of the picture, the picture changes from black and white to color and shows a text box telling the bios of each of the children. This would be great attention getter for the newbies to the blog.

Help us find all the Johnsons

I have made some attempt to find all the cousins. If you dont see a post from some of the family (i.e. Todd's family or Randy's etc...), see what you can do to get all the email addresses of those that would be intersted in contributing to this site.

Question of the day

When are we having this family reunion I keep hearing about? I've never been so homesick in my life so I'm going to take my family to Utah regardless, but I would like to see everyone in one concentrated area while we are there (saves gas, reduces stress).

Henry's Family

I am so guilty of not writing to the rest of you all. We have lived in Virginia now for little over a year. For those cousins that don't know, we are expecting in December. Thacia is doing now great with her braille and print, she prefers braille over print but she knows both. Aaron is our mathematician, he even helps his sister (who is in an more advanced grade (second) than he is) just to keep himself entertained. Our smallest member is Leighton. He is getting into speaking and getting around (and finally sleeps though the night). He senses that theres a change coming but he doesn't know what.

Missionarys in DC

I just got these images from Grandma in DC. Enjoy!

Smith the 3rd

Just checkin' in. Here Brittanie (my wife), Ambree and I are sitting in a Monster's Inc. car at Disney California Adventure.

The three of us are still living up in Moscow, ID. I have recently earned my Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing and hold a Registered Nursing license in both Idaho and Washington. Brittanie is also an RN and works in a Birth Center at the local hospital. I currently am taking the last of my Pre-Medical courses. I also am enrolled in a fencing class and am enjoying the two hours a week to hone "my skills", although I am not as powerful as a liger, who is bred for his skills in magic...... at least not yet! Sweet!

Ron and Wanda's Updates

Ron and Wanda went to a ward country swing dance activity.

Click on comments below to read more...

(PS For everyone who hasn't done a blog before, to start, go to the top right corner to New Post and leave a brief comment in that post. Once the new entry has posted, go to the comments section in your new post and leave the full message. This will keep the family blog clean and organized by each family. Oh, you can also edit your blog or delete it by going into the same link New Post, and then click on Edit Posts on the upper left. Once you're there, click directly on Edit on the left, or Delete on the right, to re-open or erase your old post.)

Missionary Journals of a Merry-Weathered Grandma: Issue 1

Hi everyone,

I am doing one of those group letters to day. I have a difficult time getting around to writing everyone because I am still working on sending family names into the temple as well as working on writing the Bailey Parramore History.I submitted 68 Ingram and Bailey names this past week. It is difficult to get enough time to do everything I want to do.

On Tuesday after working at the temple I go to the family history center to help people. On Friday nights I have been playing for a group of sister, temple missionaries. They are singing a beautiful number called "Take my Life and Keep it." The director came up with a new one for me on Thursday. She said the number was too short so would I mind going back to the first a second time. That sounds easy enough except the first part is written in the key of F and goes into the key of G and then in to the key of A flat. Well not being one who can play by ear I had to write down several measure to modulate back into the key of F. Of course my manuscript paper is all at home so I had to make my own.

This Sunday I have to play the organ in church and the director picked out two songs I HAVE NEVER HEAR OF That meant extra practicing.

They are training me to be a endowment director and so this morning I had to be at the temple before 7 AM. Last week I was working so hard trying to remember everything. About that time I was asked to guard the door to the mans side until the officiator came back just at that point a brother came up and whispered in my ear "You better guard that door well". I paid absolutely no attention to whom was speaking to me, but pretended to pull out a sword to guard the door. Later on his wife passed me and said I am Don Juhasz's wife. I didn't even recognize Todd's old Friend from Akron and he was a temple worker with a badge on. Next time I look at every bodies name when they speak to me.

For you that don't know, 16 of the single woman who work here were driven up to Harmony PA by me and three other sisters. Our goal was to be where the Priesthood was restored. We stayed overnight in a motel and in the morning while eating breakfast I suggested to them that we go to Colesville where the first Branch of the church was started. No one seemed to know about it so I explained to them the sections of the D & C which talks about the people meeting in the Joseph Knight home in the town. We all decided that we would go up there. We could not find the town. Two car loads got discouraged and left. My companion said stop I will go in this house and ask. She soon came out with a young man and introduced him as a direct descendant of Martin Harris. He was interested in History and could tell us all about the lost manuscript and other things. He said he knew about Coles ville and told us how to get there about 6 miles away by a little lake. We drove quite a ways and then stopped to ask direction of a man in a truck. He knew nothing. About that time another little truck skidded up and stopped. There was the same young man. He had looked on the inter net and discovered exactly where we needed to go. Can you believe he chased us down like that? He led the way and stayed while we looked in the windows. Then showed us the way back. We arrived at the Knight home and the church is renovating the place. I looked around at the beautiful country side and wondered at the Saints who were so faithful. They left the area for Kirtland and became desperately poor. It was exciting to stand on the property and remember them. One of the sister who was in the car that left told us later that this was her 3rd great grandfathers home. Enough said, have a great day. We are all fasting for Margot today that she wont have to have a rod put in her back. After I had received her letter I called Todd he is also having a lot of pain in his neck and has been trying desperately to find out the cause. The next day in prayer meeting I was a little early and I opened up the book of Mormon and the page opened up to Mormon 9:19 and my eyes fell on these words. "And if there were miracles wrought then, why has God ceased to be a God of miracles and yet be an unchangeable Being And behold, I say unto you he changeth not; if so he would cease to be God.

For you that don't know, 16 of the single woman who work here were driven up to Harmony PA by me and three other sisters. Our goal was to be where the Priesthood was restored. We stayed overnight in a motel and in the morning while eating breakfast I suggested to them that we go to Colesville where the first Branch of the church was started. No one seemed to know about it so I explained to them the sections of the D & C which talks about the people meeting in the Joseph Knight home in the town. We all decided that we would go up there.

We could not find the town. Two car loads got discouraged and left. My companion said stop I will go in this house and ask. She soon came out with a young man and introduced him as a direct descendant of Martin Harris. He was interested in History and could tell us all about the lost manuscript and other things. He said he knew about Coles ville and told us how to get there about 6 miles away by a little lake. We drove quite a ways and then stopped to ask direction of a man in a truck. He knew nothing.
About that time another little truck skidded up and stopped. There was the same young man. He had looked on the inter net and discovered exactly where we needed to go. Can you believe he chased us down like that? He led the way and stayed while we looked in the windows. Then showed us the way back. We arrived at the Knight home and the church is renovating the place. I looked around at the beautiful country side and wondered at the Saints who were so faithful. They left the area for Kirtland and became desperately poor. It was exciting to stand on the property and remember them.

One of the sister who was in the car that left told us later that this was her 3rd great grandfathers home.

Enough said, have a great day. We are all fasting for Margot today that she wont have to have a rod put in her back. After I had received her letter I called Todd he is also having a lot of pain in his neck and has been trying desperately to find out the cause. The next day in prayer meeting I was a little early and I opened up the book of Mormon and the page opened up to Mormon 9:19 and my eyes fell on these words. "And if there were miracles wrought then, why has God ceased to be a God of miracles and yet be an unchangeable Being And behold, I say unto you he changeth not; if so he would cease to be God"

The only time I have been homesick this whole time is this week when I talked to Maralee about thanksgiving. I am going to miss you all!!!

Love ya. Grandma J

Ok here are the new email addresses that need an invitation to the blog:
Jacob jakebingham@gmail.com
Grandma alairejohnson@yahoo.com
Margot askmargot@yahoo.com
Ashley ashley-allan@hotmail.com
Carrie cdelinge@yahoo.com
Shelllyce Shellycebingham@yahoo.com
Brindy tight20_brin@hotmail.com
Richard invite+oferipd1@facebookmail.com
Heidi & Anthony Johnson heidsjohnson@gmail.com
Sean Olson sandjolson@hotmail.com
Natalya Whitaker natalyaw@gmail.com

Ill search for more though the network by calling grandma.

Family Pictures

Nate, do you know where we can get some pictures that show the entire family (or close to the entire family)?

For Starters

I wanted to create something that would be used by all the Johnson children and grand-children so this was created by Jayson and I to create a realm of news to disolve any rumors or (S)myths that might be roaming around. I would like to make sure that a invitation gets out to all of our cousins, aunts, and uncles, (The children of Gaylen and Alaire) be cause we good enough, we're smart enough, and gosh darn it, people like us!