Family Christmas Pictures

My mom hired a photographer to take some family group pictures. . We would like to see all of the pictures that were taken that day. My mom got 15 incredible group shots hand picked by the photgrapher. By far; the best picture is of Makenzie and me.

Jeremiah's Elk

Jeremiah went hunting two weeks ago and shot a huge elk. His size was 6 X 6 (which I'm told is the spread of the antlers). The hunting crew was lucky this year and shot 5 Elk out of 6 tags. This is the picture Jeremiah sent me from his cell phone. It isn't the best picture, but considering it was taken with a old cell phone it looks amazing.

Iron Man Support Group

Here are a few pictures of our Iron Man support group. I regret that I didn't take more pictures of everyone that came out to support Jeremiah during the iron man. He was appreciative of everyone that came out. My dad traveled from Iowa and Jennifer traveled from Utah to be there

Iron Man

Jeremiah right before the start of the race.

Jeremiah running to his bike after the swim!
If you look closely you can see Austin holding up his sign behind the johns.

Results

Swim 2.4 miles Time: 1:22:50

1st lap on the bike


The kids were happy to cheer on Iron Daddy.

This is a picture I took of Jeremiah right before he changed his cloths to run.

Results:

Bike: 112 miles Time: 7:14:15

Jeremiah started to look exhausted by this point.

Results

Run 26.2 miles Time: 6:27:15

Jeremiah Johnson, you are an IRON MAN

Overall Time: 15:31:21

To See the Arizona Iron Man Video click: http://www.ironmancenter.com/index.php?dir=RaceVids/imarz&vidname=RaceVid-2009-ARZ-high&playtype=mov&w=480&h=400

Pre-Iron Man

Kids Iron Man 1-Mile Run

Dry Canning at Home

Last week we finally got around to dry canning and believe it or not, we nearly finished. Austin can barely write, but here he is giving his best effort. All the cans Kenzie helped label were dazzled with flowers and smiley faces.

Happy Halloween 2009

We had a good Halloween in 2009. The family went to the neighborhood party and afterwords went door to door trick-or-treating. We ended the night around 8:00 and headed home for movies. We never got around to carving pumpkins but I did manage to make Kenzie's Mermaid costume and that was a huge accomplishment this year. Austin wouldn't want to be anyone but Spiderman and Jeremiah accompanied him by dressing up as the green goblin.

Happy 6th Birthday Makenzie!!!!!

Kenzie had a wonderful day! It all started at 6Am as we got ready to see the doctor for the flu shot. After being poked, it was off to school for a short day. The party started right after school and her friend Alex got to ride the bus home with her. Kenzie had a fun time entertaining her friends. She had 8 girls (and only one boy, her brother) come over. We played in the pool, jumped on the trampoline, ate cake, raspberries, cheese, blueberries, and hot dogs! It was a feasting party. The girls would swim for a while, go in the house for more food, and then, swim again. Kenzie was so happy that she was able to spend her special day with her friends.

Things my kids say....

There are things that the kids say and I want to start writing them down because I'm afraid I'll forget how cute and fun they are. Like today, Austin said....

1. While shutting the car door on the way to church I overheard Austin tell Kenzie that she looked beautiful in her dress. (unprovoked)

2. After the first day of swimming classes Kenzie expressed how fun lessons were. She couldn't wait till they teach her how to walk on water.

Iron Man

Jeremiah is participating in this years Iron Man Race in Tempe. The race is on Sunday, November 22. We would love it if anyone can come out that day to cheer Jeremiah on and help with the kids (okay, beg...please come out!!!). This is a LONG race and he will need support. We watched some of it last year in person and online. They have people finishing near midnight...so it is a day long race. Here are a few details (click on the map):

SWIM (2.4 Miles) Tempe Town Lake map

BIKE (112 Miles) Start Tempe Town Lake 3 laps to Shea Blvd on HWY 87 map

RUN (26.2 Miles) Tempe map

I think Jeremiah is really brave to even want to do this. I wouldn't want to sit in a car for 112 miles, let alone ride a bike. Please come out to support him.

Tomatoes

Austin helped me can the last of the tomatoes this morning. He's such a big help. I don't know what I'd do without my slaves...I mean kids. We made 9 jars of spaghetti sauce and two more cans of tomatoes. My kitchen is HOT.

For Sale

1992 International Dump Truck....only used on two projects.....2!!!! The kids and I were sent outside to make the beauty presentable.

Running Buddies

We took the kids along for a jog on the track 2 days ago. Let's just say that Kenzie can kick my butt! I really cracked the whip and made the kids run a mile on the track. It's amazing how much energy they have. They were still running...after the run. I think we are going to enter the kids in a mile run soon. The best news was that we didn't fight them at all during bed time that night....they were practically begging for their pillows the minute we came home.

Tree Swing

Jeremiah professionally installed 2 tree swings for our neighbors last week. They are amazing. We are sad that our house is missing a good tree swing kind of tree in the yard, but we are fortunate to have nice enough neighbors that gave us an open invitation to swing on the trees anytime! How can you deprive a kid of that! I love Austins smile in the first picture!