Introducing Dr Johnson

On May 10th, 2009 Daniel Thomas Johnson has earned the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Washington State University. Dr. Johnson and his family will be taking a new job in St George, UT at the Dixie Veterinary Clinic. Dr. Johnson would like to thank all his family and friends for their support and friendship through the years. While he will miss Pullman, he is excited to enter this next stage of his life. He asks that those friends and family stay in touch, as he regards you all highly. Many Thanks!

Okay, okay, so that was really cheesy. I am pretty proud of Dan though. While we do love it here we miss everyone in Pullman. The kids still talk about “Pullman Washington” all the time.

Graduation was kind of a whirlwind, and I don’t feel like I really said goodbye to anyone. That makes me sad. There are loads of things that I wish I would have done. Maybe like not being in such a hurry to take off right after the ceremony. The ceremony was really good though. Even if it was a graduation, and on Mother’s Day. The drive afterward was not so great, even if it was just to Boise. I wish we would have had a party and invited you all to come. I wish I had taken more pictures of everyone. I hope we all stay in touch. Please email me your addresses or call me. My email is the same as it was before, and my phone number is going to stay the same for a while as well. And if you are ever in Utah, look us up, we love to have visitors. And for those of you already in Utah, come see us…again, we love to have visitors!I think this picture is so funny because I'm so short. I really never notice how short I am until I see a picture. Granted, Amy and Camille are tall, but still....look how much they have to hunch/bend over just to be around my size. Ah well.
This is Madi, one of Kembers friends.

Home

I made it home from my surgery and I'm doing really well. I'm tired, but that's to be expected I suppose. A huge huge thanks to Kate for watching my little ones while I was gone, and also to Crystal for picking me up from the hospital. You guys are awesome, thanks! And thanks to everyone that offered help in a lot of different ways. It means a lot to me, and I really appreciate it.
I guess I need to clarify what kind of surgery it was. I didn't write about it before because it really wasn't a big deal and it didn't occur to me. I just had a cyst removed, and the only reason it was surgery in the hospital instead of a quicky at the doctors office is because it was by some facial nerves and the surgeon was just being really careful. See, not a big deal at all.
Anyway, thanks again to everyone. I'm very thankful that we live in such a good place with such good friends. We are really going to miss everyone.

An apple a day...

Keeps the doctor away! Maybe I should have eaten more apples. I am having surgery on Monday morning and I'm posting this so no one can say, "Why didn't you tell me?!" Okay, so I'm probably the only person to whine about not being told stuff, but I'm just covering all my bases.
Dan is going to be gone on Monday and the surgery is at the Moscow hospital. I admit, that is what I'm most nervous about. I'm not entirely sure where the hospital is, and I'm not entirely sure what my surgeons name is. I realize these are two rather important things to know, but I'm a little bitter about this whole thing. I'm also very nervous for my babysitter. Cole still won't take a bottle, and she'll have my kids until they let me come home. I feel really bad for her, but very much appreciate that she is willing to help me out!
I'm trying to explain to the kids what is going to happen, but they just don't get it...and they really shouldn't have to so there you go.
We are busy packing up everything, and it's really getting on my nerves. Nothing is clean and it's really annoying to me. The poor kids are bored because I packed up all their toys except for a few and so they are getting into things that they shouldn't, and that makeds me upset as well. Sigh, it will all be over in a week and a day...but who's keeping track?! :) But I'm determined to have everything packed up so when people come to help us move it is fast and slightly less painful than it could be. I'm really itching to deep clean, but I can't until I surface clean, and I can't until everything is packed up...and by then I'll not be in the mood to clean at all. I admit it is a weird state for me to be in in the first place.

"One Year Older

...and wiser too, Happy Birthday, to you!" I love the primary songs. They are so catchy and there is a song for most occasions :) Anyway, yes indeed it was my time of year to become another year older. How do I feel (I've always hated this question...am I really supposed to feel any different?)? Well, I still feel like a high school kid it's true. Ah well, maybe the wiser part will come in eventually. While my actual birthday was on Monday, we did most of our celebrating on Sunday, which I suppose is a little backwards, but Dan started a new rotation on Monday, so we did cake and ice cream on Sunday. We've been busy packing so I don't know where the camera cord is for pictures so no go there. Kember wanted to get me an elephant for my birthday...which would require a "huge huge" bag. So Dan got a really big bag (trust me, it was big) for the Wii game he got me. I also asked for the Les Mis music, so he downloaded that (and he made sure I knew that he bought it, not pirated it :) and burned it onto a CD for me. The cool part however was that he made the CD cover and booklet with family pictures. He used crying sad pictures because everyone was supposed to be "miserable" Get it? The cover had Kember on it, and it was supposed to look like Cosette on the cover of the original CD. Very clever I think. On my actual birthday the kids decided to celebrate it by being sick. Yea, Caden threw up twice and was laid out the rest of the day. Ahh well. It's just another day after all.

Good Morning!

This is what I woke up to this morning:

Yes, that is my son.

Yes, that is my daughters nightgown.

No, I do not know how they came to be together. The last time I saw Caden he was wearing his baseball pajamas that his grandma made him for Christmas.

Palouse Falls

None of these pictures really do the falls credit. They are pretty amazing. There aren't many places to go if you have kids though. They have a few look-out points, but not much else unless you are a braver soul than I am.



We almost ran over a snake, which would have been a non-event, but when I took Kember to the bathroom there was a big sign that warned against rattle snakes. So when we almost ran over this snake we were a little freaked out, but no worries, it wasn't a rattler :)

We saw this...rock chuck? I thought it was a muskrat, but I will bow to Dan's superior knowledge.

Caden almost wacked everyone with his walking stick. Watch out!

And we had a great time! Another family memory made.

1st food

Well, we fed Cole rice cereal for the first time. He's not quite sure about this eating bit. He's showed less interest than my other two and isn't quite enthusiastic about it, but he puts up with it, and us. I say us, because it is a family affair. The kids were excited about it, and were a little distracting for Cole.

And yes, Dan does make fun of me because I make faces when I feed my kids.