Clayton, Kyndra, Ryder & Range Johnson

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Life Changes..

Life in the Johnson house will be changing soon and we are excited to start our new adventure. Clayton applied for a new job around last summer and they only hire once a year. We went to Denver in October where he had to take some tests to see if he could get it. He passed his tests and they told us it would be awhile before we knew if he got it or not. He could actually be on the list for 2 years before he could actually get the job.. In December we got an e mail with a tentative job offer and that he needed to do a physical and drug test to be considered further on. He got those done and out of the way and we still hadn't heard anything finally the beginning of February he got the real job offer but had no idea when he would be starting. I was so nervous he wasn't going to be able to go to California with us. But the week before we left he finally got the e mail with the start date. February 25, 2013. We were so excited and relieved. Clayton had worked for Hadco for the last 6 years so it was weird for him to quit..
We are under contract with our condo and hope to be closing soon. Clayton will have training in Virginia for 20 weeks (not straight 20 weeks it's spread out) So since he will be gone so much the boys and I will be moving to Blanding to be closer to family for the next year then we will move back up north and settle there. We are excited for this new adventure and all that it has to offer. I'm so happy he has found a job that he will enjoy and will be treated well.He is the youngest employee and only about the 7th one in Utah. Clayton is now an employee for MSHA. (Mine and Safety Health Administration) He's a mine inspector. You can google it if you're not sure what it is :) lol Congrats babe we are so happy for you!!

California

Friday the 15th we headed to California for our Disneyland trip we have had planned for the last year and a half. We decided that we weren't going to take Range so Grandma Marcia met us in Green River and we dropped him off to her. He was able to go to 1 new Aunts house a day while Grandma was at work. Thanks everyone. Stormy's family and Kara's family weren't able to go with us so it was us Misty's family my parents and Crystals family. We had a good time and stayed busy. We did a day at the zoo the beach and 3 days at Disneyland. We were so wore out by the third day our legs and feet hurt and we were so sick of the lines. We all decided 3 days was def. too many. If we go back again we'll buy a one day pass to each side and do a day at each not a 3 day park hopper.. Ryder loved all the characters and that's pretty much what he wanted to do the whole time we were there :) I loved seeing how excited he was to see all his favorite characters he sees on tv..

We checked out of our rooms Friday morning to head home. Our plan was to stop in St. George to pick up Range and head home Saturday. There was a snow storm that hit pretty hard on Saturday so Clayt's family talked us into staying another day. We did a lot of visiting and laughing it was fun. Sunday we went to breakfast with Clayts Aunt and Uncle, grandma and mom and then we headed home. We were all so ready to be home vacation is always nice but it's always nice to be back home too :)

A few funny things Ryder said I want to remember..

Friday night we stayed in Vegas and we stayed at the Excalibur well you all know that it looks like a castle as soon as we saw it Ryder got so excited saying he wanted to sleep in the castle. We got all checked in and decided we were going to go over to my parents hotel to have dinner. Ryder was not a happy camper he just kept crying saying he was ready for bed and wanted to go to sleep. It wasn't even dark outside lol we all just kept laughing. When we were done eating and getting ready to head back we asked Ryder what he wanted to do and he said "me want to go sleep in the castle" haha as soon as we got back he wanted his jammies on and was ready for bed..

He told Kylor he didn't want any cotton candy because it would tickle his teeth.

When we walked through the Castle at Disneyland he kept saying he wanted to go inside the castle that we were still outside lol he was so confused.

He loved sleeping in the hotels and his favorite spot was to sleep on the floors in between the 2 beds..

I might be updating this more as I remember other things :)

Thanks for the fun trip everyone.. And a huge thank you to everyone who watched Range and Lilly :)

Vegas and Zoo

We headed on our trip Friday the 15th. We decided we weren't going to take Range with us so we took a detour and met Marcia in Green River. We missed Range but we know it was for the better for all of us for him to stay with grandma and the aunts. Thank you everyone who took a turn watching him..

Friday we drove all the way to Vegas and met up with Misty and my parents. We checked into our hotel and then had dinner. We didn't do anything Friday night because we were so tired haha we got up Saturday morning and went the to M&M Factory and did a little shopping before we headed to San Diego.

Sunday we got up and headed to San Diego Zoo we were all pretty excited because we had heard great things about it. When we got there Clayt and I were waiting for everyone to get there by the gates and a lady came and asked us if we had bought our tickets yet. We told her no and she gave us 2 FREE passes to get in. BONUS lol we were happy we didn't have to pay to get in :)

We had a good time at the zoo. It's HUGE and I'm pretty sure we didn't even cover half of it maybe next time :)

Riding the ski lift things to the other side.

Some random guys came up and started talking to Clayt lol

Misty and Taelynn

Grandma and PaPa with all the grand kids that went on the trip. (I just noticed Jeter hugging Grandma so cute:)

Taking a break

Brynna sharing her new bear with Ryder.. We got the beads in Vegas at a show we watched and Ryder had to wear them lol

Kylor was our tour guide lol

Trez and Jordynn

Getting a foot massage.. These things vibrated the crap out of you lol but seriously our feet felt so good after.

Best buddies!! Brynna and Ryder

Waiting to watch Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs in 4D.. It was pretty cool.

Wore out had too much fun at the zoo :)

New Port Beach

Monday we did a little bit of shopping and then went the New Port beach.. It turned out to be a nice day but the water was still freezing.. The cold water didn't stop the kids from playing in it. Ryder had a blast last year on our Cruise he wouldn't have anything to do with the water or the sand. This year is was running and playing in it having a good time..