A lot has happened!

First off, we need to get Jeff graduated!

Gramma Harris had made Jeff his graduation afghan before she passed away. What a special gift to get.

We all got busy and packed....

and packed....

and moved and moved...we moved to the country, Derek and Aubree moved to a new apartment, Angela moved to her own place and Joe and Allison moved into our place on Camino. That was a lot of beds and couches and dishes etc!!! We are all glad to be where we all are now!! The 4th of July was such a great day. And of the course the Johnson Parade was fun as usual. One of the best "floats" was the Retired John Deere farmer...It was another great day when Darren arrived! He came to spend the summer working for a farmer and for us.
He and his dad worked and worked at getting the place civilized...

We found all kinds of stuff in a couple of old out buildings. Some were fun antiques but most was just dump worthy. Derek and Aubree moved to Pullman just to help us move...well, maybe not just to help us move but we couldn't have done it without them. Derek painted bedrooms while Jeff had his own style of painting.We adopted a couple of cats from an animal shelter. Izzie, Wild Bill and our previous cat, Geronimo have all learned to be great friends and are great mousers.We have had some great FUN times this summer too. Grant took Joe and I to some neat places on Moscow Mountain. I had no idea that on the other side of that mountain was a continuous range of mountains that go up into Montana. He and Jeff spent several Saturdays riding on the mountain bike trails that are there before he left for Tri-Cites to do his student teaching.We were able to go to the Tri-Cites to see our niece, Tamsin Campbell marry Dave Jolley. It's a small world...Dave grew up in the same ward I did in Richland and his dad was Bishop when Joe and I were dating.Angela has such fun with Margaret.Joe and I were also able to go to Prosser to my brother James' wedding. It was so special to share their day with them.Plans worked out so all the family could be together for a very fun weekend the last of July. We had a bear hunt,and rode motorcycles,had tractor rides, and girl fun...
hiked up to Kamiak Butte and even

found the "cache" the kids had buried under a tree many years ago.

We took in some baseball games that Derek, Aubree and Jeff played in,

had a 23rd birthday party for Angela,


and enjoyed Darren's Texas BQ of peppers stuffed with cream cheese, wrapped with bacon.
Um..good!

Harvest started...it is such a beautiful time of year around here. We decided to celebrate fall with a barnyard party. We danced to country music

and took a fun hay ride. Derek passed out "tickets" for the hayride: some straw to put in our mouths. We sang "Home on the Range" and Grant led us in "I Saw a Bear" while Joe drove us around the pasture. Joey told scary stories and after the little ones went home to bed, the older kids made smores. It was the BEST evening!

Jeff had "a rebellious streak". It was the result of some of the girls he home teaches' creativity. (The clothes lasted a day but the hair color lasted a couple of weeks longer-he now has a buzz cut)
Halloween was fun. Jeff and Ayana went to the Insitute Halloween party as "smores".

Life has not been dull around here and won't be for sometime. Angela should be getting her mission call in a couple of weeks!

We really do love living out here in the country. We are just half way between Moscow and Pullman so can go to either town easily. We sure have great memories of a wonderful summer. We just hope we still like living out here after our first winter...we'll see!

They took our offer...

Our lives changed a couple of weeks ago. We put a very low ball offer on some country property and they took it! That made our house affordable for Joe and Allison so they are buying our place! It has all happened so fast...closing should be June 1st for both of us.

It has six acres of flat fenced pasture, a great barn and shed, and a natural spring. The house on it needs TLC but the land and out-buildings made buying the place worth it. It is 3.6 miles out on the Old Moscow Rd. Joe wants to plant fruit trees, a garden and get some cows and chickens. So much for sitting in a rocking chair and getting old!!

In May....

It's been quite a month!

Jeff finished up his Eagle, his senior project and qualified to go to State in tennis.

Jeff on his way to Clarkston to play in Districts.
They played some tough matches and were excited to get to go on to State. Of course we made the most of being close to a Costco and had lunch.
We are thrilled that Derek and Aubree have moved back to Pullman and will be working at Decagon.
Grant discovered a great place over by Moscow Mountain. It has great trails and streams to explore. We can't wait to take the whole family there!

Janet's Utah trip

I can remember as a little kid, waiting in the car with Jean while Mom went into the bank. (That was back in the days when kids would wait in the car while parents went into stores etc.) She was running errands before our trip to Utah. We were sooo excited we were going to Gramma Judd's that we were bouncing up and down on the seats singing "Utah, Utah, beautiful beautiful land..." I still get excited to make that trip and so grateful for all the wonderful people in my life that I get to be around when I go there!


It was so special to be able to fly down for Daniela and Conrad's wedding. Jean and Boots picked me up at the airport and headed for their favorite store, Calisters. My, oh my....what a fun western place. Jean decided that we needed to buy shirts alike. Boots was so patient while we had the best time (and it took awhile!) finding something. It's been 45 years + since we've done that?!


Saturday was a was a cold, windy day, but the wedding and luncheon after was beautiful. It was the BEST to see everyone!
Sunday afternoon Jean's family got together at Janet's in Lehi. We had a delcious dinner, played games, were entertained by Jean's grandkids and also met Jen's fiance. They have a August 30th wedding planned. We had so much fun!



Monday, Jean and I went out to Hoytsville. It is always so neat to visit with Uncle Donald and Aunt Louise. I love being around them and it is so special to see Gramma Judd's house and

of course, the most beautiful barn in the world!!

We visited Aunt Gloria and were so thrilled that Arlys happened to be there too! As we were leaving, up rode Bill on his four-wheeler. So, we had some more good visiting!

We stopped in and enjoyed visiting Aunt Helen. She told us where her girls worked and so we drove into Colville and saw Roma, Diane and Janae. Janae took us to the museum in the basement of the courthouse where she works to show us some of great grampa Marchant's things. It is a wonderful museum (definately worth going to if you are in town).

We stopped at North Summit High School and saw Donald and Lousie's daughter, Kathy. We had so much fun surprising her and it was so good to make the cousin connection again!

It is always so fun to be at Boots and Jean's place. They treat me so royally! It was fun to go to church with them , enjoy the new little ponies and goats, visit and watch movies. And if all we did wasn't enough, they ended my trip with great food at the local diner, "The Hub".

Thanks for making my trip so special Boots and Jean!!!!

the last couple of months....

I've got some catching up to do!

We made it through the winter (though we have had more snow the last couple of days, at least the calender says it's spring) but our new shed that Darren so kindly helped his dad put together didn't. Sad.

Jeff had to make an instrument for his pre-cal class. Each note on a scale has a certain frequency that can be determined using certain math equations. His instrument had to be tuned to the right frequency. His coconut instrument played each note in tune!

Aldo and Geronimo are still best buds. They both just finished up their baths. (The dog loves them and the cat tolerates them) They've been in more because of the cold weather.

It is so fun to be able to share in Joe and Allison's family's lives: Being tricked by Joseph about having two broken arms, sharing in the happiness of a lost tooth, baby blessings, and lively games of Risk or Apples to Apples. Having them near is the best!

Jennabee was so cute at Easter. She and her Daddy came for a visit one evening and she softly and sweetly announced, "These are my princesses."

It was great to see Stuart, Adriene and their baby, Grant when they recently visited Campbells. It's neat to have another Grant in the family!

Found my camera....

Yeh! I found my camera so here are some pics from what has been happening since the holidays. It was fun to have Joe and the boys over to work on their Pinewood Derby cars. Both boys made great cars and the race was so fun to watch. Grant's car came in 2nd.

The snow just keeps on coming...Jeff had a great time making a cave. With our furnace not working for a few days, Joe had to snowshoe to the woodpile.

The Stanford game was alot of fun though we sure would have liked just a couple of more baskets so we could have won.

Margaret flew up for her mom's birthday. It is always fun to get together with them!

We relaxed and enjoyed Joe, Allison and kids today. Ada is growing up!