Our baby turned 1 already

Kassi turned 1 on November 8th, 2012.  Wow how quickly the last year went by!  We love her so much and she has added so much to our family. 

Kassi was almost 10 months in this picture

Eric and his silly faces

Kayla and her serious faces haha

Kassi my littles cowgirl

first place in the egg race good work Eric

blurry but Kayla did so good on Willie at this show.  She took second place in western walk trot.

I came to update this blog and discovered I haven't even updated it since the birth of our youngest family member. So here is a very quick update.



We welcomed Kassi Ann Johnson into our arms on Nov. 8th 2011

Kassi was 7lbs 15oz healthy and beautiful (of course).

My birthdaughter Katie is very special to us. I'm so blessed to be able to have her in my life. This picture shows all my living children. Katie, Eric, Kassi and Kayla.

On March 4th 2012 we had a public ceremony to dedicate baby Kassi to Christ. Katie was able to join us for the occasion and Katie and I were able to share our testimony and adoption story. God has really blessed us and we give all the credit to our Lord and savior. In this picture from Left to right. Linda, Katie, Kassi, Greg Kayla and Eric.

early fall 2011

Time for an update. We have been busy with homeschool, homeschool groups, horseshows, our animals and getting ready for our baby girl who is due November 14th! We are very excited about our growing family and while we wait we are enjoying watching Kayla and Eric grow up and learn new things. Kayla is now in Kindergarten and loves homeschool. Eric is also loving "school" he is all over the place and is all boy : ). They both love horses but Eric seems to really be driven to horses and still hates having to end his time with them when its time to stop riding. Kayla is all about the horseshows and can pretty much control her own pony at the show now. Horseshow in August. Kayla and Eric did great and love the horseshows.

He's gonna fill these boots one day : ). Can't get this picture to rotate sorry.

Kayla just loves Willie our new pony! He is so sweet and meets us for hugs and attention when we go outside.

Eric is 3 and Kayla is 5 time sure flies.

we have had a fun summer. I can't believe my babies are 3 and 5. We are also getting excited about the birth of our next one due Nov. 14th she is an active kicker and seems to be doing well.

Its a girl

I don't know how these pics turned out upside down but due to lack of time I'll just leave them for now sorry. Anyways all is well we are 21 weeks along with a new baby girl : ). She was moving all over during the ultrasound and even had her thumb at her mouth it was cute. Greg couldn't get off work for the ultrasound so my stepmother Julia went with me and then we went to lunch it was really fun. We are excited about our new addition and the pregnancy is going pretty well.

10 mins before birth

2pm first kid male

ready for another had to break the bag and deliver

after I broke the bag I saw the breech kid and delivered it

slow to breath lots of gunk in nose and mouth

both kids up and doing well

OH surprise another kid 1 hour later

had to make a little coat for the tiny baby that only weighs 3lbs

3 kids tucked into bed asleep under the heat lamp. Goodnight

Wonderful Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas season in 2010. We feel so blessed to have had our families with us. Many of our relatives joined us for Christmas and new years and we really enjoyed having all of Gregs family and all of my family at our house at the same time. This seems amazing since we often have difficulties getting all of one or the other family together so to have both at one time was a blessing. This picture is the best we got. I have pics to post of more of my extended family when we all attended our church Christmas eve service and that was pretty special too but those pics are on my dad's camera and I don't have them yet. We are excited about the new year and wish all of you a wonderful year in 2011. If all goes as planned I will still get a new years letter out since I didn't get a Christmas letter out.

Grandma Julia and Kayla

Grandad showed up for a visit and tells Kayla about the big surprise

All the kids (even goat kids) seem to love the new slide

Eric tries out the new slide

A new slide what fun

a little picture of the summer months more to come

Eric did not like his crib as a toddler bed at first : )

sleeping little guy

Michael and the big mess

Kayla and turkey ruby begonia Cueros racing turkey. I can't figure out how to rotate it and don't have time to start over.

Alyssa and Peek a boo napping (peekaboo opened her eyes just when I shot the pic)

Baby goats its about time

Our goat finally had her babies.

I loved seeing Eric when he first saw the new kids. Dolly is doing well and is putting up with everybody looking at her babies.

just some news

No time to post pics but a quick update : ).
Our goat is still pregnant about 6 weeks past what we thought was her due date. She has lots of milk and is huge. Our cow (Star) is due to calf in june after a lot of work trying to get her bred last year. Our new horse Flicka fits in great with the herd and I like her but she's not turning out to be trustworthy enough to make her into a lesson horse so we got another horse just this week that we haven't even named yet : ). He is a big sorrel gelding that seems pretty gentle so with more time we'll know how well he'll work out. I (Linda) am now working full time on the 2010 Census interviewing locals that the census bureau still needs information on. Thankfully Sarah and Alyssa are able to help out by babysitting in the afternoons until Greg gets home. Kayla and Eric are doing great and enjoyed the day at the zoo today with playgroup. Kayla said had fun at the zoo with her Grandad and Grandma a few weeks ago and when we left the zoo today she said "Last time I went to the zoo with Grandma and your dad huh mommy?" Cracked me up. Eric loved the turtles and obeyed quite well without having to have his hand held which made him feel so grown up. Greg has also been working hard at his current job as well as doing some PRN work for another company on the weekends. He and I were both busy keeping my dad busy while they visited in April since we had to build a chicken house for our 10 little chicks. My dad did a great job building a chicken house with what we had laying around the yard from demolished buildings after last years storms : ). I think he preferred building the beautiful playhouse he surprised the kids with when they arrived in TX this spring. Well if I can I'll post pics soon but it wasn't working when I tried it and I really must get to bed this full time work is wearing me out but I do love the job.

I am not doing so well at keeping this blog updated. Facebook has a few updates but not many there either. Anyways here are a few recent pics of our family. We went to Wimberley TX to celebrate Easter and the birthday of our niece, Abby. The family picture was taken immediately after an easter egg hunt and the kids were pretty hot but they sure had fun! It was great to spend Easter with Greg's side of the family. We missed seeing Uncle Stephen, Kayla says she wants to tell Uncle Stephen she missed him : ). It would have been nice to spend more time with everyone and Kayla also said that Grandma Johnson didn't get to be with us enough!
Then a few days ago Grandad Goodall and Grandma Julia arrived to visit from Arizona with a special surprise on a trailer behind their motor home. Grandad built this wonderful playhouse for Kayla and Eric. It is the greatest and both kids are very excited about it.

Eric is going to be 2 in June and Kayla will be 4 in August. Its hard to believe they are growing up so quickly. We enjoy every day with them. Life keeps us busy and Greg's job is going well. Linda will start work as a Census taker at the end of this month so at that point life will be even busier but the job is temporary and Linda is looking foreward to a change in daily routine for a while. Give us a call or send us an email or something we'd love to stay in touch with you.