A New Piano & Scotty

We were not in the market for a piano. We had a perfectly good piano. But a neighbor let me know she was selling hers. I didn't think anything of it but happened to show Max who then said we should get it because it was a really nice piano. I had no idea, but I figured it was worth looking into. I took Max to play it and he fell in love with it. I offered the neighbor a ridiculously low price and she graciously accepted it! So exciting but now we needed to get rid of our piano. We contacted another neighbor, they came and looked at our piano - and bought it! So we did a piano swap all on one street. This all happened in just a couple of days - it was crazy! I never new a piano like this would make both boys so excited. It was like Christmas again. Sam wakes up and walks straight to the piano to make sure it's still there. It really is a beautiful piano and really fun to play. We are excited and grateful to have it. It's a Mason & Hamlin and weighs 400 lbs. I couldn't watch them move it. They ended up just walking it down the street instead of putting it in the truck. What an adventure!

Getting it through the door

The piano being wheeled down the street

The same day we got the piano, I went with some friends to do a floral arranging class. It was another moment where I realized that this is something I'm not good at. But that's ok. I just went for the company and the donuts. Oh and for Scotty. The cow. He was awesome

Scotty

 

Lake House

Our lip sync was Sister Act

Every year the Johnsons gather over Labor Day at what we call the Lake House on Pineview Reservoir. We always have a great time playing games, eating food, swimming and a lip sync concert on the last night!

Bish & Leila's lip sync

Miles was the star of the weekend and Toby finally got to play with him.

The boys lip sync

Family Feud

Megan was BYUing

Getting ready for the cousin night swim

 

Mini Triathon

The kids have been bugging Toby forever to do a triathlon with them. So on the last weekend of summer he put together a mini triathlon. We thought this might become a tradition but once they were done I'm pretty sure this will be the one and only Johnson triathlon. The kids did not enjoy it. It didn't help that it was blazing hot. But I'm proud of them for trying.

Birthday & School

Megan is 21! Poor girl had the most boring birthday ever. On a Sunday, we all had mtgs, and then it was a Johnson dinner night. Sigh. But we love having Megan home. She completes us

Sam ended the summer with a boating trip with friends

And just like that School started! 11th & 9th!

 

Toby and all the former bishops performed a musical number

And Sam's excited for high school lacrosse with a new helmet!

Snowbird

We had a fun time at Snowbird for my summer work party. They gave everyone all day passes and then we had dinner. It was so much fun!

 

Washington

After a crazy summer we finally made it to Washington. It was perfect as usual. We even had cool weather which we were so grateful for because it's been hot in Utah! We took advantage of the cooler weather and went into Seattle. We realized the kids didn't remember going into Seattle because we hadn't done it since they were little. We did the usual boating, Pine Lake, dumplings and lots of games. The Balls are always the perfect host and we're grateful they keep letting us come!

Playing Down by the Banks while we wait for dumplings

There was a LOT of Nertz games

Sam caught a frog in his lax stick

Sam was super excited to play lax with his cousins

Toby talked everyone into swimming at Pine Lake even though it was raining. The water was warm and we had the place to ourselves

Lots of hot tub time

Enjoyed lots of walks with Mel

We played on this blow up toy illegally. The kids loved it!

Max got up on the slalom

Went on a pretty hike

Hiding from Henry

A beautiful night to end our trip with a campfire and smores!