Good morning world!!! I know it's 11:26 in the morning and I just got rudely awoken by the bird screaming. I was up all night last night at the hospital and got home around 5am. Matey responded to me when I came home but then ended up squawking at the top of his lungs like a rooster so I had to go ahead and wake up. Oh well, Bryan, Christopher and the kids went to Hawaiian Falls without me :( Too tired to go. There will be plenty of water time with the kids next week. I'm going to add some pictures to this blog in a little while so you can see the kids. So sweet!! Have a great day.

Happy 4th of July everyone!!! Well, we've had a difficult week this week with the loss of Bryan's daddy early Tuesday morning. We had the funeral yesterday and it was a wonderful service. Bryan and his brother David even sang a song that their daddy had sang to them when they were children. It was very touching. Praise God that Bryan's mom seemed to do okay throughout the long day. I just don't know long she'll last now. They were married almost 72 years!!! Dad, we will miss you but we know where you are and wouldn't want you to have to come back here for anything!!!! Enjoy Heaven until we get there!!!

Well, today is a very sad day in the life of the Johnson Family. Bryan's daddy passed away at 1:15AM this morning. He'd been sick off and on for about 2 months. He'd been in the hospital 3 different times in 2 months. We weren't really surprised but you are never really ready for the late night phone call. We KNOW that he is at Home with his Creator and he's probably telling my parents that yes it was me that always sent him to the hospital. I can still hear my dad saying, "we knew what we were doing when we sent her to nursing school!!" Thank you to my mom and dad. Bryan's mom accepted the news as we felt like she would. It was hard for her because she isn't in good health either. We're afraid that it won't be too long til she follows him. They were married almost 72 years!!! Hard to believe. If you wonder how we KNOW where Dad is, you may ask me. I will tell you. In fact, I'll tell you here. At a young age, he asked Jesus to be the Lord of his life and to come into his life and live in him and guide him throughout his life. He GAVE his life to Jesus!!!! The Bible says that is the only way that you will spend eternity with Him. You may think it is narrow minded and well, it is but its what Jesus says that counts!!!!. May God bless you throughout your coming days and read the book of Romans or Acts or John and He'll help you. We did have a blessing today though. Zachary's blood tests came back so good!!! He was up on his red blood cells which is a blessing.

Boy, it's been an eternity since I have written on my blog!!! Sorry for all who regularly read it. So many updates, so little time to write!! Bryan's parents have till been having problems and in fact his dad is back in the hospital. He collapsed on Friday and we thought we had lost him. He's recovering a little though which is an answer to prayer. I feel so sorry for him during this most difficult time-that is Bryan AND his daddy. The kids got here last week and we've had VBS all week long! It's been very exciting around here to say the least.  Zachary has more blood work done this week to see how his levels are. He was down a little last week so that's why he's being tested again so soon. I don't remember if I wrote about the Komen Race for the cure. When I check everything, I'll see and if I didn't put in pictures, I will come back and add some pictures to the blog. Well, I'm going to go and check the blog and I'll write more later. Have a great week!!!! 

Well everyone, Sorry it's been a few days since I wrote a post.  I hope you like the pictures that I'm putting out with this post.  We are all doing well, just busy!!! Caleb and Caitlyn get here this weekend. I'll also enclose a picture of Kodi-the new puppy. I call her and Z "the twins" because she was born 1 week after Zachary. In fact, she was born on Zachary's due date. It's fun to watch both of them growing!!! Zachary was with us at the Komen Race for the cure. He's wearing my "Survivor glasses". He was such a big hit!! Here he is in his life jacket and sunglasses at the lake. These are all recent 3 month pictures.  Zachary's also sitting in his jumper at Grammy and Poppy's house.  Kodi is in Z's swing and then outside.  I hope you have a great week.

Hey everyone. I hope your day has been great-mine has. Yesterday, we found out that Zachary weighs 12 pounds and 1.6 ounces!!! Big boy!!! Today was a great day also with some test results that came back wonderful!! Exciting for us. Caleb and Caitlyn come in 1 1/2 weeks!!! We got caregivers for Bryan's parents but his daddy ended up back in the hospital over the weekend. It's so sad-they are really having problems!!!! Just pray for us and for them.  Remember Jesus loves you!!!

A great day today even with the transfusion!!! Zachary is beginning to make his own red blood cells!!!!!! Praise the Lord!!!!! The Dr. said they were small but there was bunch of them. She was so excited for Zachary. Dr. Cavalier is a doll.Anyway, he got 64 cc's of blood-that's a little over 2 ounces. It took 5 hours to do and he screamed the vast majority of that time. He didn't get to take a nap and he was really fussy. We're all just so happy that he's beginning to make those cells. Keep the prayers going for this little special boy. Kodi comes tomorrow-Zachary's new "sister"-a mix of lab/Australian shepard puppy. Well, ya'll I'm going to bed-I was up at 4am. Love ya'll!!!! Pray for my friend Mary Jane who is having surgery tomorrow morning at 8:00am.

Well, we're back from Austin. The wedding was nice and we have fun. Congratulations Julie and Nathan. Amy, I enjoyed meeting your Nathan also. Very nice young man. Bryan's mom came home from rehab last Thursday. The boys are swapping staying with them til we see how mom is doing. We gave her a bath this evening and we had been to the Dr. earlier in the day. She looked "spunkier" than I've seen her in a long time. Speaking of spunky-Bryan saw a raccoon in our yard the other morning. The little critter got into a bird house and ate the babies!!!!! Darn him. Bryan said it was a big one also. Well, Caleb's new little 'sister' comes Wed. afternoon. I know I told you that Kodiak's daddy fathered another litter of pups and there is a big girl that belongs to Kimberly and Les. Her name is Kodi-only because Kimberly couldn't talk Les out of naming her something close to Kodiak. We called Kodiak Kodi also but, oh well. Zachary goes tomorrow for another transfusion-hopefully the last one. Gotta go for now so take care, God Bless.

Good morning everyone, Well, we had a short night last night-we were up more than what we wanted but we're doing better now. Kimberly is sleeping and I'm picking up around the house. Weather is cloudy but that's okay. We're just waiting for Dr. Eastman's office to call with lab results. Zachary is laying in his bed, watching his mobile for the time being. He's so sweet and I thank God for bringing to us. I also praise God for our precious Caleb and Caitlyn. We just sent the pictures of Zachary to the kids so I can't wait to see what they think of him. Christopher goes to get them in a little over a week!!! Man, time flies! I can't believe they'll be here in a little over a week. I haven't seen them since January so can't wait to see them. We get them all summer long!!!! Can't wait for that for sure. You all have a great day.