Back in Utah

It sure was a busy week. Monday was my last day at Glenwood and it was very hard to say good-bye. Gladys made me a little video of pictures and co-workers saying good-bye to me. It was really nice and by the end of our morning meeting everyone was crying because it was so hard to say good-bye. Jackie and Nellie cleaned up the apartment and did some more packing while I was working. Tuesday morning we drove down to the Long Beach Airport to pick up Cory, Kimmy, and Scott who were flying in to help us pack and drive back to Utah. Jackie and I stopped off at Cafe Mimi's and had a great breakfast. After we picked them up we headed to Disneyland, because as Jackie says, you can't leave California without going to Disneyland one more time.
This is us in California Adventures. They have the Park decorated so cool for Halloween. They had a garden of carrots, corn, pumpkins etc.... but instead of being the correct vegetables it was all candy corn.
Jackie and Kimmy with their Mickey Ears.
Cory and I with our Grumpy and Nemo hats on, and no we did not buy these or wear these in the park.
Kimmy and Jackie in front of some cool carved pumpkins.

Us in the tea-cups, Cory and I did our best to spin the tea-cup as fast as we could to try to make Jackie sick. She did have a hard time walking afterwards.
The boys, Cory, me, and Scott. Kind of funny Scott was booed a few times because of his BYU gear, I was cheered through out the park. It was funny how many people made comments about our hats. One ride operator said I sure wish I didn't have to let that BYU fan on the ride. It made me laugh through out the day.
On the Screaming ride and no Cory and Jackie did not coordinate the nose picking. Pretty funny they did the same thing.
Tower of Terror, just so scary. Guy in front of us was a Ute fan and said to us, do you see that BYU fan over there, and I said ya, he is with us.
Splash Mountain was awesome. I said that I didn't want to sit in the front again as I am the one that always does. Cory volunteered as he said I never get wet on Splash Mtn, needless to say, he got soaked as did everyone but me. If you can see, I was as close to Jackie as possible so she kept me dry. Cory was wet the rest of the day.

Everyone getting in on my posing thing. Cory seemed to enjoy the nose picking pose through out the day.
All of us at dinner that night at ESPN ZONE. Thanks to Cory, Kimmy, and Scott for coming out to help us. It was sure nice of you guys and I sure hope you guys had fun too.
Nellie and Jackie holding Mickey's hand.
Last Friday we had missed our Mission Reunion and I was sad about not being there. Sister Mendez emailed me and said they would be in Anaheim and wondered if we would come down and see them. We were excited to spend some time with President and Sister Mendez. Tyler, Spenny, and I all served together and we all work together, so needless to say our wives have heard plenty of mission stories, but none of them had met the Mendez'. We all drove down together and had dinner with them. It was so fun spending some time with them and catching up on things. I was also glad that Jackie was able to meet them.
This is the only picture we took of the move. We arrived in Utah Thursday night and unloaded the truck at my Mom's house to store things while we look for a house to buy. It was a long drive and we didn't have any problems. Everything went smoothly. Friday we spent the day with family and looking for a house. It sure is cold and lucky for us it even snowed last night. I hope you caught the sarcasm. I already miss the California weather. We had a long fun week and enjoyed our time with family and friends. Thanks to everyone for their help this week!!!

Last Weekend in California

We just got back from watching a Sunset at the beach probably for the last time. It's sad to think our time here in California has come to an end. We have had so much fun here and have done so many different things. It has been such a big adventure. We have learned so much and have grown so close together as a newlywed couple. We couldn't have asked for a better 2 and 1/2 years. It is ending up being a lot harder to say good-bye than we thought it would. Here are some pictures from this last weekend.
Me and my cute sweet-heart
I think this picture is funny.
Just enjoying ourselves.
Here is a picture of us and some of our amazing friends, left to right it is Jen, Tyler, us, Baby Logan, Spenny, and Nellie. I came out to work for Tyler and I couldn't have asked for a better job for the last two years. He ended up being my boss for only a year and half but the last year has been Jackie's boss. He has been the most amazing person to work for and we have had so much fun out side of work. Between the beach, baseball games, house shopping, furniture shopping, and all of the tv shows we watched on DVD together. He has been a great friend and we will miss him and his new wife Jen. Spenny was my old mission companion/neighbor growing up and we talked him into moving out here to work with us. We feel so bad leaving him, Nellie and Logan. We have had so much fun with them. We just laugh and laugh and just enjoy each other's company, other than when I am beating Nellie in games. I think we for sure will go through Spenny and Nellie withdrawals.
Me, Jackie, Nellie, and Spenny after watching the Ute game last Thursday.
Here is us eating pizza and treats while watching the game. Our other friend Andy is in this picture.
Lastly, it will be tough to say goodbye to my co-workers. They have been our family for the last two years or so. I have worked with such an amazing team. I know it is going to be hard to go to work tomorrow and say goodbye to them. Above is April and Gladys. They have been my office staff. We have had so much fun together, telling stories, laughing, and working hard. This year we earned the award for having one of the Top Business Office's in the company. Out of the 70 facilities only 7 or so received the award. It is so nice to go out on a high note. Not only have I had a great staff but our team at Glenwood took home the Best Therapy Team, Best Nursing Staff, Safety Award, and the Economic Engine Award. On top of that we earned the Ensign Flag which is the top honor you can earn in our Company. We have earned it 3 of the past 4 years. It has been a honor working with them and I will miss everyone at Glenwood a ton.
Here is Goodbye to California and we look forward to our new adventure back in Utah. It will be fun to be back around family and friends. Hope to see everyone soon and hope to come back and visit all of our wonderful friends in California!!

One Last Adventure in California

Before we left California, there were a few things we wanted to do.  We've visited a lot of places and done a lot of things, but we hadn't been to the San Diego Zoo or a San Diego Padres Baseball game.  Here is the recap of our trip.

Friday we left for Aunt Renee's house to spend the night.  We had a fun evening of talking and we were even able to meet Brian (Jackie's cousin) who lives in Texas and works for the same company as us.  I had heard a lot about him from family and work and it was fun to talk to him.  We even saw Emily's new baby girl which was fun.  So we saw most of the Hulse family.  Thanks to Aunt Nay for letting us spend the night.

Saturday we went straight to the Zoo.  It was a blast.  I thought I would get bored after a little bit, but did not get bored at all.  I was glad we made the trip.  While we were at the Zoo, one of my really good friends from High School is living in San Diego while her husband goes to Law School and they were able to stop by the Zoo for a little bit and say hi.  It was really fun to see Emmy and meet her husband and little boy.  Fun to catch up on some of the old friends.  We saw lots of animals and Jackie's favorite were the Panda's.  We saw lots of fun monkeys, bears, and some really cool flowers and trees.

After the Zoo we checked into our hotel, swam and then rested.  That night we went to a Padres game.  It is the only stadium on the west coast that I hadn't been to, and it did not disappoint.  It was an amazing stadium and I sure do enjoy baseball.  Even though the game had no affect on the play-offs and both teams were in last place, it was still a lot of fun to watch and relax.  After the game they had fireworks which were a lot of fun.

On Sunday we went to Balboa Park which is full of museums and gardens.  We just walked around and enjoyed the scenery.  We did stop in on the of the museums which was a railroad museum.  It was huge and had tons of trains.  Jackie's brother Scott will be jealous we were able to go there and he wasn't able to come with us.  After that we headed home and to make Jackie's mom jealous we stopped at Las Golondrinas and had some amazing Mexican food.  

It was fun to get in one last adventure.  We sure will miss California.

More Fun Pics from My Girls Weekend

Some of us girls being goofy! Can you guess which pair is mine?
My Mommy, Aunt LaVada, Kelly, Aunt Norma Jean, me, Misty and LaRae pl aying in a little stream at a park.
You can't really see this picture, but my Auntie Norma Jean and I are running throught the shooting water like what they have at Gateway. It was quite fun!
Cousin Lizzy, Becky and me.
The next two pictures are of all of us playing catch phrase. It was a very intense game!

Kelly, me, Jamie, Marius, Tara and Tricia. The guy who played Marius did a great job in the play and we all thought he was Dreamy with those sparkling white teeth.
Kelly, Tara, Javert, Jean Val Jean, Tricia, Liz, me, and Becky. Javert and Val Jean did amazing jobs in the play. Everybody loved the play and because we are all Johnson's we all cried through most of it.
Me, Jamie and Mr. Ensemble. During the play when Jamie's eyes met Mr. Ensemble's her heart skipped a beat. She just had to get a picture with him! Jamie was too nervous to ask for a picture so our wonderful brave cousin Tara grabbed Mr. Ensemble so we could take just a quick pic. Aren't they a cute couple?

Lonely Weekend

This past weekend, Jackie went to an all girl weekend with her Cousins, Aunts, Sisters, and Mom in St George. They go see a play in Tuachan every year together. Jackie left Thursday night and drove with our friend Nellie and baby Logan. She dropped them off at Nellie's Sister's place. It was really nice to have someone drive with Jackie so she wasn't alone. Jackie spent the night with Jodi and family. Kelly had flown in from Arkansas to Vegas for the weekend and I know Jackie had a great time with Kelly.
Jackie made it to Cafe Rio, Outlet Shopping, Crackel Barrel, Pasta Factory and to the play Les Miserables. She said it was a great play.



My weekend was spent working and playing the Nitendo Wii. Since Spenny's wife was out of town as well, we watched plenty of football. We tried to make a guy's weekend out of it and went to Six Flags for part of Saturday and then made it back to watch the Ute Football game. Go Utes!!! I sure was anxious on Sunday to have Jackie come home. It seemed like the day took forever. She finally got home that night and it was nice to have my wife and best friend home, even though it had only been 3 and half days.

I stole these pictures from Becky's blog, so thanks Becky for taking pictures as Jackie took our camera and didn't leave it for me, and then she didn't even take pictures. Thus no one gets to see pictures from our guy's weekend, I know you are all disappointed.

On a side note, for those that don't know, Jackie and I are moving back to Utah. We will be moving the second week of October. Just in time for the snow. I sure will miss the ocean, beaches, and this amazing weather, but we are excited to be back close to family and friends. I am staying with the same company, just transferring to a new facility, and hopefully Jackie will be doing the same. We love our jobs and look forward to being able to work closer to home. It is going to be hard to leave our close friends here though.

Disneyland Again

Here is day 2 of our 3 day pass to Disneyland. We will go again in October. We were up bright and early on Saturday (6 am) and were to Disneyland by 8:30 am. It took us just over a hour to get there. I was surprised and we didn't have to wait very long in any line. Usually ten minutes. The only exception was the new Toy Story Ride which was a forty minute wait. It was my favorite ride of the day. It is a lot of fun and way creative.
The next few pictures are of me posing on the rides. This is my favorite thing at Disneyland and what keeps me entertained. It's funny when you get off the ride and people are pointing at your picture and laughing at what I am doing. Then they look at me and say hey is that you, and I say proudly, sure is, and they just laugh. Jackie thinks I am a big dork, oh well I think it is funny. Let me know if you do too.
Jackie is trying to pretend she is asleep in the above picture, not sure why her hand looks like that. I am way better at posing. The above picture is Space Mountain.
California Screaming, Jackie's best pose of the day.
This is on Tower of Terror, you can sure tell how "Terrorized" I am.

Splash Mountain, this was my deep in thought pose. Needless to say I got soaked. See the pictures below. We did this ride just as the sun was going down, so I was wet the rest of the day, not enjoyable.

Picture Below is from Buzz Lightyear. Jackie kicks my butt every time. I am so terrible at this shooting game. It is embarrassing. I did beat Jackie by a 1,000 points on the new Toy Story ride. It is also a shooting game but in 3 D. It is awesome.
Jackie getting ready for the firework show. It was amazing. I can't believe how much Disney puts into the firework show every weekend. It was worth the hour and half wait that we sat on the street staking out at place to sit.
We had a great time, and yes I enjoyed myself. It was a lot of fun spending the day with my wife at her favorite place in the whole world.

Bon Fire for FHE

Our new ward in Ventura has an unofficial FHE every month at the beach with a Bon Fire. I had always wanted to have a bon fire on the beach and was excited to finally have one. We ate some sandwiches and then made some smores. I can not even remember the last time I had a smore. They were great!!! Jackie is an expert smore maker.
Jackie with the Morris Family
Oh what a cute couple.
Jackie roasting some marshmellows.
It was a lot of fun being on the beach around the fire. Even some of the kids got in the ocean. I think they are crazy because it has to be cold, but they enjoyed it. Once again, anyone in the area, we will be at Disneyland in two days. Feel free to come!!!!! Well I guess it's not free because you have to pay for your Disneyland tickets, but you know what I mean :)