I hope that you all had a great time with your families over the holidays. We ended up spending the entire Christmas weekend with my in-laws. Which truth be told is not a bad thing. I love all of my in-laws. Some more then others, but at least I can proudly say I love and get a long with them. ;)
This weekend proved to be really tough on our kids though. It was total chaos Saturday night when 8 out of the 10 grandchildren were over (but how can you expect anything less when 6 of the 10 grand kids are 6 and under?) Gordon has alot harder time dealing with everything then we thought. He had several huge meltdowns on Christmas day, which caused us to leave one of the relatives house early. I couldn't torture everyone by his screaming and crying the entire time now could I? Hopefully next year will be better. This coming weekend we will have Christmas with my side of the family, provide that my mother is well up to it.
Kids even though they were really, and I mean REALLY trying this year, were over all very good. Santa gave the kids several of the things they really truly wanted this year. So that's always a good thing. Kids have had it tough today, because everyone was thrown off their routines this past weekend....then again aren't they always thrown off when one goes to grandma's house? hehehe. So even though it's Christmas break, we'll have to make sure the routines stick.
I hope everyone was blessed as well with Santa.
Monday, December 26, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
The Johnson Christmas Letter
Merry Christmas to everyone as 2011 comes to a close!!!
This year has been a very turbulent year for the Johnson family. Honestly- I'm very glad this year is coming to an end. Jessie and I have had a really hard last 2 years saying good-bye to several close and dear loved ones. Granted GOD gave them long lives, but it was so hard to see them go back to the Heavenly Father. At least He has given us peace, knowing that these people will never be hurting any more. Prayers that this year will be a much happier year and that we do not see anyone going home just yet to the Heavenly Father.
Dawn is still in middle school, loving her new school. She had to leave her old one due to bullying. She is soaring both social and academically at this new school. We are so proud of her, it's been great to see her personality blossom at times. Dawn also received some very important diagnosis' which has explained alot of her quirks, her struggles both socially and academically. We look forward to things improving for her. Dawn also finally found a sport that she loves and is really good at. I'm so glad, that we can finally draw her away from the indoor side of life.
Spencer join his sister in the ranks of middle school. I think as his momma, I was much more anxious about him starting then he was. But the staff were ready and had steps in place to help with his disabilities. So far he seems to be doing well and holding his own. He loves being in 6th grade. He's officially in Boy Scouts this year. I'm so glad that we stuck it out with all the disorganization and chaos the cub scouts were, he's been soaring this year. He even found a uniform material that he can handle sensory-wise. YAY!!! He loves his Wednesday night reglion class and looks forward to joining the youth group next year.
Cyril started preschool this year. He LOVES it!!! Due to where his birthday falls, we got the chance to choose to send him to Kindergarten this year or wait. We chose to wait another year, due to him telling the Kindergarten screeners "No thank you, I do not want to do that today." lol. It showed his dad and I that he wasn't quite ready yet. This year he's been flourishing in preschool and is leading the class in some areas as well. But I think I'll still have a really hard time when he starts Kindergaten next year like I did, the older two started.
Gordon - It's hard to believe that Gordon has his 1st birthday this year. And the best gift he gave us so far was walking on his birthday. I'm secretly going to throw a HUGE bash if he ever decides to sleep thru the night. It's been a long 18 months...but I've never heard of person not ever sleeping thru the night. So we will get there. lol. He continues to surprise us not only how smart he is, but also how sensitive he is to things. So even though it's been a blessing to have him here with us, it's been a challenge at times too. The joke has been around the Johnson household, that he's hit the terrible 2's early. Heaven help us when he does hit them.
Jessie still works for BNSF and loves almost every minute of it. He misses the times when he can't be close to us, but we understand that it allows me to stay at home with the kids. For now I've had to put my daycare business on hold due to the needs all 4 kids have. But honestly that's okay, because it's enabled me to be there for the older 3 in their classrooms through out the school year so far, and to take them to necessary appointments. The kids and I are still very active in our church community which has been a big blessing watching the kids develop their strength and personal relationship with GOD.
I pray that GOD blesses and keeps you all in HIS arms while this year comes to a close and through-out the new year.
The Johnsons
This year has been a very turbulent year for the Johnson family. Honestly- I'm very glad this year is coming to an end. Jessie and I have had a really hard last 2 years saying good-bye to several close and dear loved ones. Granted GOD gave them long lives, but it was so hard to see them go back to the Heavenly Father. At least He has given us peace, knowing that these people will never be hurting any more. Prayers that this year will be a much happier year and that we do not see anyone going home just yet to the Heavenly Father.
Dawn is still in middle school, loving her new school. She had to leave her old one due to bullying. She is soaring both social and academically at this new school. We are so proud of her, it's been great to see her personality blossom at times. Dawn also received some very important diagnosis' which has explained alot of her quirks, her struggles both socially and academically. We look forward to things improving for her. Dawn also finally found a sport that she loves and is really good at. I'm so glad, that we can finally draw her away from the indoor side of life.
Spencer join his sister in the ranks of middle school. I think as his momma, I was much more anxious about him starting then he was. But the staff were ready and had steps in place to help with his disabilities. So far he seems to be doing well and holding his own. He loves being in 6th grade. He's officially in Boy Scouts this year. I'm so glad that we stuck it out with all the disorganization and chaos the cub scouts were, he's been soaring this year. He even found a uniform material that he can handle sensory-wise. YAY!!! He loves his Wednesday night reglion class and looks forward to joining the youth group next year.
Cyril started preschool this year. He LOVES it!!! Due to where his birthday falls, we got the chance to choose to send him to Kindergarten this year or wait. We chose to wait another year, due to him telling the Kindergarten screeners "No thank you, I do not want to do that today." lol. It showed his dad and I that he wasn't quite ready yet. This year he's been flourishing in preschool and is leading the class in some areas as well. But I think I'll still have a really hard time when he starts Kindergaten next year like I did, the older two started.
Gordon - It's hard to believe that Gordon has his 1st birthday this year. And the best gift he gave us so far was walking on his birthday. I'm secretly going to throw a HUGE bash if he ever decides to sleep thru the night. It's been a long 18 months...but I've never heard of person not ever sleeping thru the night. So we will get there. lol. He continues to surprise us not only how smart he is, but also how sensitive he is to things. So even though it's been a blessing to have him here with us, it's been a challenge at times too. The joke has been around the Johnson household, that he's hit the terrible 2's early. Heaven help us when he does hit them.
Jessie still works for BNSF and loves almost every minute of it. He misses the times when he can't be close to us, but we understand that it allows me to stay at home with the kids. For now I've had to put my daycare business on hold due to the needs all 4 kids have. But honestly that's okay, because it's enabled me to be there for the older 3 in their classrooms through out the school year so far, and to take them to necessary appointments. The kids and I are still very active in our church community which has been a big blessing watching the kids develop their strength and personal relationship with GOD.
I pray that GOD blesses and keeps you all in HIS arms while this year comes to a close and through-out the new year.
The Johnsons
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