Another Adventure to BOSTON

Our weekends have become quite busy. That is the time that we go on our mini vacations to see the sights. We decided to head to Boston, and here we defiantly didn't have enough time to see everything that we wanted to. The time went way to quick....We needed at least a week here, just trying to see. We tried to fit many things in, as much as we could.
The first thing that we did in Boston, was we took a fast boat ride from Boston Harbor to the Atlantic Ocean and went whale watching. I have never done that and thought it would be really fun.

And YES!!! We were able to see some whales. After the fast boat ride we were all freezing and got some jackets to keep warm. We didn't come very prepared. This was a really fun Adventure, we were able to see Plymouth and see how the early settlers came from Holland. We saw the Mayflower II, and Plymouth point. Preston and Dallin had a lot of fun visiting Plymouth Plantation. We tried to have a very educational fun experience. We also visited Cape Cod, we went on an old steam engine, and visited SANDWHICH MA, we got to see them make some glass. Preston volunteered to help them blow glass and he got a souvenir for helping. A lady was very impressed with his fascination with the glass museum that she interviewed him for the paper. We he kept pulling Emili and I at various places to come and look at this, it was pretty cool to see the things they could make with glass.

What a wonderful time.

Another Adventure

We were able to visit many wonderful places...

This is on our way to Niagra Falls, we stopped at Lake Ontario, and stopped at the State Park. I loved this area, it is open and very green and beautiful. This is the part that would complete my New York Trip.

Niagra Falls

This was really nice, on Sunday we spent the day looking at the Palmyra temple, visiting the Sacred Grove, and the Joseph Smith house. It was really nice, we went to the visitors center of the Hill Commorah and the printing of the Book of Mormon. Dallin and Preston had fun looking at the various things. There was a Hurricane Irene that hit the coast and we were smart and headed NORTH to upstate NEW YORK. The church was so fun in Palmyra, the boys loved it there. It was nice to go and visit and not have any responsibility.

We had a wonderful time in up state NEW YORK. I am ready to move here. I guess that I "FREAKED" to many people out by suggesting that would be a fun thing to do. Mom was nervous, Emili was scared, and for now by default we decided now was not the time. It sure was nice.

Preston's Birthday

Well Preston turned 9. Wow I can't belive that I have a 9yr old. We got him some small things to open up, and we went on our first adventure to New York City.

We had a fun little party. We had cake and ice cream, and he got to blow out some candles and open a few presents. He was pretty excited.

We walked from our apartment to the Stamford train station. We got our tickets and headed to NEW YORK on the METRO. We are only 1 hour away, and Dallin can ride free. This was an adventure for us. The pictures are of us at Grand Central Station.

The first thing that we did was we surprised Preston for his Birthday and went to the HARRY POTTER Exhibit. This was a neat museum that is closing in September. When we got there, Preston was really excited. We got in the exhibit and the first thing that did was we had to find out what type of wizards. Preston volunteered to have the "Talking Hat" tell him what wizard he was. He was SLITHERING, a kid in the audience said, he looks like Malfoy. The museum had the clothes that they wore, the wands they used, and some of the things from the movie. The museum was a lot of fun.

We got to meet a weird guy, and Bumblebee off Transformers. The fun didn't stop there. We got to meet many famous people.

Emili got to meet the famous guy from the Vampire Movie

We got to meet Nicholas Cage.

Preston and Dallin got to sit on a beam over New York.

I got to sit in the "President's Chair" It was kind of comfy! Maybe I should run for President.

Preston and Dallin got to try their driving experience in New York.

Emili got to be on the morning show with Regis.
What a day! We are not done yet. Our adventure in New York has just begun. We are trying to see as much as we could see.

We took a cruise around Manhattan and got to rest from the walking and see the city from the water. It was a different That was fun, that was our first boat ride, and we drove past the Statue of Liberty. Our boys were definatly tired. They were good troopers as Emili and I dragged them across the city.

After walking we stopped at Planet Holleywood and had a Birthday dinner for Preston. They were so Hungry, and tired that they ate really good. That is the key, walk them all over the city and then they will eat. After dinner we went to the "TOP of the ROCK" this is at the Rockefeller Center and looked over the city at night. This was really cool, We got to take a really cool elevator to the top that had a movie screen in it. It played it as we were going up 72 floors. Dallin and Preston thought that was the coolest thing ever. They loved riding the Elevator, or as Dallin says, "ESKAVATOR" They fight to try to be the first person to push the button. When we got to the top of the building,we went out on the observatory deck and it started to rain, (just a sprinkle) but it was pretty cold. We still had to walk a few blocks to make it back to Grand Central Station to catch the train back to our house.

We got home late it was after Midnight, We had a FUN Adventure, and we slept really good. Preston even fell asleep on the way home. NEW YORK is a lot of fun, so much to do, so much to see, so little time.

New York

It was a long, long, long drive. With going cross country, stopping for potty breaks, stopping for food, and gas. We were driving for 3 days pulling about 10 hours a day. We finally made it to Connecticut at Midnight, and I had to be to work the next day. Our apartment is really nice, it is a small one bedroom apartment, with a pool. Dallin and Preston think this is the greatest because they can go swimming all the time. Preston is doing a really good job swimming and teaching Dallin how to Swim. Dallin thinks he is as good as Preston is. They have had fun playing together, and I think Dallin and Preston have been really creative with games, since we are also on vacation from the Wii. That has been nice.

Mount Rushmore

I got a new job with Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). I was working at L-3 Communications and a new opportunity came up. I decided to take it. The job process went very quick, and soon I had an offer letter. They told me that they were going to send me to Connecticut for 2 months, for training. So Emili, didn't want me to have all the fun out here by my self and we decided that we would have a family adventure. Since they were going to put me up in a hotel, and pay for food and cover our gas for the price of a plane ticket. We thought it would be a good time for us to spend together as a family. So we started our trip, and DROVE from Salt Lake to Mount Rushmore. We thought we would stop along the way to see some stuff

This is the first place that we stopped. CRAZY HORSE, this was a Indian Museum and they had Indian artifacts. They are actually cutting this monument in the side of the mountain. They have been working on it since 1948 and have the face done, they are working on the rest of the horse. While we were there we got to see them do a blast with dynamite and take 9Tons off. This was pretty cool.

This is us at Mount Rushmore, this was really facinating. The valley is beautiful and I wish we could have gotten closer.

Johnson Family Renunion 2011

This year at the Johnson renunion, we had fun. Although it got rained out, and most of our plans were cancled. We tried to still have fun. The most important part was we as a family got to spend time together. We had fun playing with the cousins, and swimming at the pool. We got INDIAN names, and even went swimming. Some of the things that we did was we played a fun game in teams.