JULY & AUGUST THEN BACK TO SCHOOL!

Wow! Has the summer flown by!  The kids went back to school on August 1 and now we're back to the ol' school routine :-)  Jace started first grade at Floyds Knobs Elementary, and Lexi began her last year of preschool at Kids of the Kingdom.  Soccer season is now underway with both Jace and Lexi getting to play this fall.  Matt has taken on the task of coaching both Jace and Lexi's soccer teams, too!  What a superdad!  Mia is continuing to grow like a weed. Her two bottom front teeth popped out in the last 2 weeks! She will be 7 months on August 28. Okay, that's all for now!

 

 

 

Captain underpants Jace to the rescue!

Mia eating her first dose of rice cereal.  Yum!

 

 Jace lost his first tooth! And the tooth fairy came and left money under his pillow!

 

 Had one last hurrah at the French Lick Waterpark before school began.  Kids had a blast!

 Mia even enjoyed playing in the water

 

Getting up for the first day of school was a little rough. 

 6:30 a.m. is too early after a long summer break!

 

 Mia is always up bright and early with a smile :-)

 

 The boys eating breakfast before work/school

 

 Waiting for the school bus (Lexi was still asleep)

 

 Mrs. Vance is the coolest bus driver ever!

 

 Lexi, Mia (6 months) & Jace

 Not liking green beans :-(

 

 Lexi's first day of preschool

 

 Sister time

 

Mia's 2 bottom front teeth

Mia's Baptism and Jace's Triathalon

 

It's been a busy summer with several visits from family and a few trips, summer camps and activities. Only a few weeks left before school starts!

 

Mia was baptized at St. Mary of the Knobs on Father's day, June 16, 2013

Aunt Jenny is Mia's godmother and Uncle Jason is Mia's godfather

 

 Jace and Jacob's turtle they invented that can swim in the Dead Sea!

 

 Jace and Matt posing before the main event

 stretching and warming up

 

 Great job Kaden, Jace & Jacob!

 

 All big smiles, Mia is 5 months now

Jace's Kindergarten Graduation

Today Jace graduated from kindergarten with his cousin, Jacob.  They put on a little program where the kids sang songs and each of them read what they wrote about their favorite part of kindergarten.  It was very cute! Great job Jace and Jacob!

 

 

 Jace with his teacher, Mrs. Scarbrough

 

 Showing off his kindergarten certificate

Happy Birthday Chris!

Hey Chris!  I'm putting your birthday message on my blog because it's easier to send all these pics to you this way. I hope you enjoyed your birthday!  Lisa said you've been pretty busy and working hard on the ship.  We just wanted to wish you a happy birthday and let you know that we're thinking about you :-) Stay safe out there and we can't wait til you come home!

Here's some recent pics we took of the family and Mia a few weeks ago.  Mia is almost 4 months old now. She's a big ham smiling and laughing all the time.   

 

 

Catching Up!

Ok, so I've fallen off the blogging bandwagon.  

I hail to my friend, Tracy Noble, queen of the bloggers :-) 

 I don't know how she does it, but Tracy's always on it with her blogging. :-)  

So, time to play catch-up with the Johnsen's!

By the way, for those of you that have been dying to know,

 baby Johnsen #3 will be here in about 6 weeks or less. January 23 

is the official due date.  No official names picked yet, but Jace and 

Lexi are still rooting for naming their baby sister, Oreo.  Ha!

Jace finished his soccer season towards the end of October. 

 I think by the end of the season we were down to only 3 players.  

Tough season for Coach Matt!

Jacob, Jace & Lexi went Trick-0r-Treating with Grandma Patti, 

Don and Grandpa Tom this year.  It was a cold night for sure!

Grandpa Tom was a crazy beaver, Jace was spiderman, 

Jacob was Darth Vader & Lexi was the fierce dragon from Shrek

Spiderman is so ripped!

Grandpa Tom turned 60 on December 8, so we celebrated

 with a yummy ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins!

Santa Jace & Santa Lexi posing by the Christmas tree

 Decorating the tree was a lot of hard work

 This is Lexi's expert tree decorating, hanging all the 

ornaments in one spot. Anyone want to hire her?

 Jace thought it was cool to try on the Santa tree skirt

Cheesin' with Santa

We went to Santa's Secret Workshop at Georgetown Elementary 

one weekend and the kids had a blast. There were tons of stations

 for kids to make ornaments, play games, things to eat, and a secret

 workshop where parents weren't allowed!  Jace liked the snowball fight

 station.This girl in the pink pants was chasing him around and pounding him :-)

 Lexi's first time sitting on Santa's lap and not crying.  

She was looking a little mischievous...

 more snowball fighting

Okay, til next time everyone!  Merry Christmas and Happy 

New Year from the Johnsen Family!  Hope Santa is good to everyone!