sandsofthesea

2012-10-21T11:21:00.001-06:00

Phelele is holding my cute cat Zoe. Brian gave me the cat for my birthday this year. She was

a fun surprise. I Love Kitties!

Cheya wandering around in a awesome cave we hiked to just outside of Kanab.

Another picture of the cool cave. It was a blast.

A view from the inside out. Beautiful!

Here is a neat design inside the caves.

Kendal, Cheya, and Micah having fun playing in the sand. It was a huge cave.

Micah having fun swinging. He sure loves to swing.

2012-10-21T11:19:00.000-06:00

Cheya, Micah, and Kasen having some summertime fun at the Park. We sure wish we had a cool park like this near our house.

Weeeeeeeeee! I can fly!

Long time no see

2012-02-21T20:09:00.000-07:00

O Kay I know it has been a long time since I have out anything on here, but one of these days very soon I will update it.

There are plenty of pictures to post as long as I can find them.

So stay tuned. There will be something to come.

12 wonderful years

2011-11-07T14:13:00.000-07:00

Brian and I just celebrated 12 years together (Nov. 6th).

To celebrate our Anniversary he surprised me with a 2 day getaway to Mesquite. I had no idea what he had planned. Since our original plan feel through do to the weather. Anyways....... Here is what we did..........

We left home Friday evening drove to Mesquite.
Ate dinner at Arby's
Went to the Casa Blanca for our stay.
Went to see a movie Tower Heist (funny movie)
went back to room and relaxed and watched tv the rest of the night.

Saturday....
Ate breakfast at the Purple Fez (yummy)
drove to Vegas to spend the day

Here's what we did in Vegas...
went to a souvenir shop and got a cute bracelet
Went to the Luxor Casino and saw 2 of the best exhibits ever. We saw the Human body exhibit and then the Titanic. Both were way cool.
Ate dinner
Gambled (a little and won a little bit of money)
wandered around looked at some shops
we were going to wander some other places but that didn't happen.
So we worked our way to Freemont Street.
Wandered around
listened to the band
rode the zipline down Freemont Street. That was fun and I don't like heights.
By then it was late so we headed back to Mesquite to our room. Got back there at 1:00 a.m or so.

We then headed back home Sunday morning after another yummy breakfast and a stop at Brian's moms place.

We had an incredible time together. It may not seem like we did a lot but we did enough. We were wanting to do more but it just didn't work out that way. Yes there was some more that happened but the one thing I am not going to tell you about. And the other was something stupid and a total waste of time.

Here's a heads up Time share people are like Lawyers. Don't get sucked in by them. I would tell you more but I really don't want too. So we will leave it at that.

Thanks to my sister in law Alayna who babysat for us all weekend long. She is a wonderful person.

Thanks to Brian for the great fun weekend we shared together. We have had some rough times in our marriage and we worked through them and stuck together. I am sure there we be plenty more rough times but we will get through those too. I can't wait for the next 60 years and forever.

happenings and adventures

2011-05-01T12:02:00.000-06:00

This lovely graced us with its presence. Yes that is a bald eagle you see in that dead tree. This is across the highway from our home. A little while later 2 more showed up in different trees. It was cool seeing them that close.

Tired anyone? This was to cute not to get a picture of. Kasen is still awake. He's snuggling to his brother. How cute!

These next pictures are of an adventure Brian, Micah, Kasen, and I took back in February. We were heading somewhere a little warmer. At least thats what we were hoping for. But when we got to Lake Havasu it was just as cold as Utah was.

We are flying right over the Grand Canyon. It had snow too. How pretty does that look.

The Colorado River. It was flowing pretty good and fast.

We are still flying over the Grand Canyon. We were flying over it for quite awhile. It is definitely a big hole in the ground with a river running through it.

Brian and the kids go on all sorts of adventures. I prefer the ground. The view from up there is incredible but it is just to high for me.

Mini Cheerleading Performance

2011-04-17T14:53:00.000-06:00

From many moons ago there were 2 girls that went and learned a fun dance that they got to perform at the Boys Basketball game.

So back in January Phelele and Cheya spent 2 1/2 days with the Valley High Cheer leaders. They got to learn a fun and short dance. All the girls had a hard time keeping up with the cheerleaders. They were to fast. But they enjoyed themselves. This was Cheya's first time ever doing this. Phelele has done it a few times before.

This picture they all had to pose quickly. Phelele and Cheya both had to throw themselves on the floor. It was kind of funny.

January also brought us 3 Birthdays. Brians was on the 5th,he turned 38 yrs. old, next was Acee on the 15th. She is now 5 yrs. old. A few days after her birthday we decided to put her in Preschool and she has been loving every minute of it.
Then it was Phelele's on the 31st, she turned 9 yrs. old (going on 20).
That month also brought us cold weather. The coldest weather we have ever had.

I also restarted up Lunch Bunch. It is a blast. It is something fun for moms and there little kids, with yummy potluck food. I recommend this to any mommy that is looking into being with other moms and kids.

More updates to come soon. So much has happened in just a few months.

Forever

2011-02-28T15:58:00.000-07:00

It has been a while since we have last blogged. There will be some new updates soon. We haven't done much, but we do have pictures. It maybe a picture over load.

This will happen soon.

Here is the newest thing Brian is leaving Wed. March 2nd to go to North Dakota for work. Not much work going on here for work. So he is going to go where he can get some work. He will be gone for quite a while.

Grand Gulch Mine adventures

2010-12-05T14:10:00.000-07:00

Brian and Phelele went on a flying adventure to this old copper mine out in the middle of no where. They met Brian's brother Merlon there. Brian really enjoys flying and a taking his kids along with him. Phelele took the picture above. She thought the mountains looked cool. Somewhere out in the Arizona desert.

They came across these old dump trucks that got left out there. They are kind of cool looking. Brian posing with one of the trucks.

Phelele sitting in one of the dump trucks.

Here is one of the many old buildings they came across on there little hike they took while they were there.

Here is another one. Brian and Phelele took lots of pictures on there adventure. So many I while have to post some more of them later.

Brian has really been enjoying being a pilot. The kids love it too. Me on the other hand don't really like it much. I am not a big fan of heights. But I will admit it is pretty up there.

Brian and Cheya just went on an adventure today (Sunday Dec. 5th). There will be pictures to come in the near future.

Brian, Kasen, and I went on an adventure a few weeks ago to Lake Powell and Page for lunch. I took plenty of pictures of that too. They too will be posted in the near future.

Brian and Kendal took the very first adventure to Lake Havasu, Arizona.

Hilarious songs

2010-12-05T13:39:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXkSEcCwU8A

This is a good laugh. We don't celebrate Christmas any more. So we have fun listening to silly Christmas song renditions. Sorry if it offends any one. You got to have a good laugh sometime or another.

Twas the night

2010-12-05T13:32:00.000-07:00

Twas The Night Before Jesus Came'

'Twas the night before Jesus came and all through the house
Not a creature was praying, not one in the house.
Their Bibles were lain on the shelf without care
In hopes that Jesus would not come there.

The children were dressing to crawl into bed.
Not once ever kneeling or bowing a head.
And Mom in her rocker with baby on her lap
Was watching the Late Show while I took a nap.

When out of the East there arose such a clatter.
I sprang to my feet to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash!

When what to my wondering eyes should appear
But angels proclaiming that Jesus was here.
With a light like the sun sending forth a bright ray
I knew in a moment this must be THE DAY!

The light of His face made me cover my head
It was Jesus! returning just like He had said.
And though I possessed worldly wisdom and wealth,
I cried when I saw Him in spite of myself.

In the Book of Life which He held in His hand
Was written the name of every saved man.
He spoke not a word as He searched for my name;
When He said "it's not here" my head hung in shame.

The people whose names had been written with love
He gathered to take to His Father above.
With those who were ready He rose without a sound.
While all the rest were left standing around.

I fell to my knees, but it was too late;
I had waited too long and thus sealed my fate.
I stood and I cried as they rose out of sight;
Oh, if only I had been ready tonight.

In the words of this poem the meaning is clear;
The coming of Jesus is drawing near.
There's only one life and when comes the last call
We'll find that the Bible was true after all!

I didn't write this poem. Brian came across it somewhere and I thought maybe I would share it on here.

Now

2010-11-06T12:21:00.000-06:00

Now that I have a camera again there while be more pictures for all to see.

Thanks Ann and Jenna for the camera. We really enjoy having the camera and taking pictures again. It takes great pictures too. Better than our old camera.

Thanks again!!

Pictures of Kasen

2010-11-06T12:18:00.000-06:00

Kasen Wyatt around 2 to 4 weeks old in these pictures. He has grown quite a bit since the day he came into the world. Brian says he has probably doubled in weight. I think he maybe right about that. He is a good little eater.

Don't babies look so cute when they are sleeping. I couldn't resist taking this picture of him. So peaceful and innocent.

Rare picture this one is. You rarely get a picture of him a wake. Now if I can just get a picture of him smiling. Yes believe it or not he does smile every now and then. No its not gas. I don't believe that one bit.

He got to go on his very first adventure about 2 weeks ago to Lake Havasu, Arizona. He also got to spend the night in a Super 8 Motel for the first time too. He did really well on this trip. He sure would let me know when he was hungry though.

We all went to Lake Havasu. I was in my truck while Brian was driving another truck (taking it back to its owner), at one point I had to flash my lights at Brian to have him pull over, because Kasen got into screaming for food. It of course was a fast trip down and back, actually the trip down took forever to get there. With all the stops Brian had to make and the stops we made to feed ourselves and the baby and of course to go to the bathroom.

It was great weather down there. It was a little cold here when we left and it was like 80 degrees down in Havasu. It was nice. I think I would rather be down there in the winter time. No snow or cold weather. I can handle that.

Sky is not the limit

2010-10-22T20:16:00.000-06:00

Brian passed his private pilot check ride today.  He is now an official FAA endorsed, sanctified, homogenized, somewhat puffed up.....pilot. His ETA back to planet earth should be sometime next week when the weather clears up and he can actually go fly as an official private pilot.

In other news, little Kasen is growing, Phelele is learning how to play the piano, Hillary is doing home school, and every other imaginable task that moms do.  The wiener dog is still trying to kill off the chicken herd by manual strangulation.   She needs a new home, any takers?  

Business has slowed way down. Hope all is well for the rest of you out there.

BABY!!!!

2010-09-29T09:50:00.000-06:00

Kasen Wyatt Johnson 12:35 AM (no surprise there!!!) 7 lbs 5 oz 20 inches long. Gob loads of blonde hair. Going to have a hard time telling the three boys apart when they get older. Hillary and baby doing fine. Elizabeth Camp delivered him in St. George at her home.

Congratulations Hillary, you are truly an angel sent to me. Bringing all these wonderful spirits into this evil world to brighten it up a bit.

It is brave what mothers do to have these little babies. They truly hold hands with death to bring life into the world. There is no task greater than this.

John 15:13

I consider it a privilage to be your companion.

Not yet!!!

2010-09-27T11:51:00.000-06:00

We are about 41 weeks and 4 days pregnant. Doesn't this just sound like fun. I am about 4 days over due with this little darling. I am hoping it will make its appearance soon. My midwife told me the other day that I am probably not mentally ready. I have never heard that before. So I have been trying my best to not think about it so much. It is not easy. Especially when you get phone calls wondering if you have had the baby yet. I have had a few calls in the last week or so. It does get a little discouraging to say "no baby yet." I suppose the time will come.

Here is another update for you all....... Brian is in Las Vegas right now taking his FAA test. He has been studying hard a lot lately. He is positive he will do good on it. I will post more on that later. After he takes this test he has only one more thing to do and then he is all done and will be a Pilot. He thinks he will be completely done by the 1st or 2nd weekend in October. He is so excited about having this done and over with. He has accomplished something he never thought he would ever do in a million years. He never ever thought he would be a pilot with his own plane.

Any one want to go for a fly? I have been in it once and that was enough for me. I am not one with heights.

In another post we should be able to post about our little one and about Brian becoming a Pilot.

Not very much excitement for us, but oh well.

How soon

2010-09-06T13:00:00.000-06:00

How soon is to soon? It can't be soon enough in my condition. I am doing alright. It hasn't been all that bad of a pregnancy or the last few weeks either. I am hanging in there for just a little while longer. We are expecting this little one to show up any day now. It will be exciting to see when and what the sex is of the baby.

The baby has been moving a lot lately and Brian says it is because it wants out. I just tell him that it is all up to the baby. When it is ready it will make its appearance. Unless we decide to help it out and have me started, but we will just wait and see. The Braxton Hicks contractions have been a little strong and frequent lately. That is a sign that things are getting ready to happen soon (hopefully).

Brian said he is 99% sure that it is another boy. So we will wait and see if he is correct again. He does get a lot of dreams about things and they do usually come true.

We will post when the little one arrives. There may not be any pictures as we do not have a working digital camera anymore. Unless someone has an extra they wouldn't mind parting with for a short time. We will be in St. George at the midwives house having the little one. As long as we can make it there in time. Hopefully we do.

How much longer?

2010-08-11T11:42:00.000-06:00

Well, we don't have much longer til the little one arrives. We maybe have about 6 to 7 weeks left. Then we will all know if it is a Kelsie Akela or a Kasen Wyatt. Don't worry it will be posted soon after the arrival.

Tell me what you think it is going to be. Anyone can answer. I am interested in what you all think.

Is it a girl or a boy?

What do you think about the names? I would love to see your answers. If there is anyone that you know that doesn't have this blog address that is in the family or friend that we know give it to them.

What the he!!

2010-08-11T11:37:00.000-06:00

I'm sorry but this is just wrong. I heard this story on the news today and I would be extremely pissed off.

A lady went in to the doctor's and they came to her and said that she had Breast cancer. So they decided to do a double mastectomy on her. After all this was said and done, they came to find out that she actually did not have breast cancer at all. Her test results were benign. Now she will probably be filing a law suit against these doctors for giving her the wrong results. She now has to live the rest of her life with no boobs. I guess she could go get a boob job but she will always know that they aren't hers.

I mean seriously how would you feel if the doctor came in to you and said this very thing. How would you feel if you went through the surgery and then find out that they gave you the wrong test results. That you are absolutely fine.

I would be furious with them. I would probably also swear at them to maybe make my self feel a little better. But that wouldn't solve very much at all know would it.

My husband...

2010-06-20T15:44:00.000-06:00

M.... My man is he a good person to all.
Y..... You are the best ever. Especially to snuggle with.

H.... My hero, friend, and lover.
U.... To you and all you do for us.
S..... So many great things to say about you.
B..... Boy you are one good looking guy ever.
A..... amazing
N..... Never ending engergizer man
D.... Dad, you are a wonderful dad to our kids. I am so blessed to have you and our little ones.

I am not a very poetic person. I tried my best. But there are so many great words that describe the kind of person you are. I am very lucky and blessed to have you in my life. I don't know what I would ever do with out you. Thanks for choosing me to be you eternal partner. I love you so very much. I appreciate you and everything you do. You truly are on of a kind. And one of the best kinds around.

Sorry that you haven't felt very good lately. I hope you get to feeling better soon. I wish I could have gotten you something great for Father's day as you did for me. But I figured words are better than nothing at all.

Happy Father's Day Brian!!!!!!!

not much going on

2010-06-10T15:10:00.000-06:00

It has been a while since the last update. Not much has happened since then though. Lets see if I can remember everything. I have severe pregnancy brain or as my old neighbor called it placenta brain. It is very true with me at this point of pregnancy..... well here it goes...

April....

I turned 31.

Finally saw my midwife and everything is all good. Still not sure of due date but it is right around the first to middle of September. We would know this due date but I lost my calendar I was keeping track of things in. I was roughly about 18 weeks when I saw her. I haven't seen her since.

Sold our big monster suburban.

May....

Mothers day, I got a kitchen aid mixer. I love that thing, it is one of the best things to have in a kitchen.

Cheya turned 7 yrs. old.

Brian soloed on the same day as Cheyas b-day.

School is over with for the summer. YYEEAAHH!!!!

Lost a very special loved one. We will miss you grandma.

Brians plane broke down. It was broke down for 2 weeks. He is happy that he has it back up and flying again. He flies as much as possible.

Brian got called back to work. After a month and a half of no work in St. George. He has been working there again for the last few weeks. This is his first full week.

We are in the search of a running Pontiac Montana van or Chevy Venture. We have been but it needs lots of work and time. Brian would rather find a running one for me. Its not fun being without a vehicle especially since he is gone to St. George most of the time now. Let us know if you know of a vehicle like this for sale for a reasonable price and in good condition.

June....

found out that my Dad lost his job. Now mom and dad are moving to Idaho next month.

Niece is hanging out with us for a while. She is enjoying her self too.

Sorry there isn't much to be said. We don't really ever get out much, especially now that we don't have a big vehicle to haul us all in any more. Sorry that there still isn't any pictures on this post. Hopefully soon though. I am sure you are all wanting to see some updated pictures of kids. There maybe none of me sorry.

Have a great summer!!!!!

Flying

2010-05-18T11:23:00.000-06:00

As some of you know Brian has been taking flying lessons. He has gone by himself 2 times now and getting better at it. And he is also really enjoying it a lot too.

Sunday the kids finally got there opportunity to go flying with Brian's instructor to earn there Young Eagles Certificate. It was the 3 older kids only that can earn and go. They all really enjoyed it a lot and they didn't get sick either which was great. I even went up. It was pretty flying over the mountains and getting a up close look at them. I was a little nervous at times but did all right. No I didn't get sick either. I took our video camera with me in the plane and videoed for a short time. I would post it but it would take for ever to load it and a long time to watch it. Especially since we videoed each of the kids that got to go.

Maybe one day we can afford a new camera to post pictures again. Flying really isn't all that bad. It is a little different in a little plane like that though.

1 Birthday and another great thing

2010-05-13T15:51:00.001-06:00

Happy 7th Birthday Cheya! I can't believe that she is 7 already. Where have the years gone to. Let me tell ya a she is a great little girl. She is smart, happy, and a great help with lots of things. She hardly ever gets into trouble either.

So there is that birthday shout out for her.

Now you are probably wondering about the other great thing aren't ya. It may not be great to some of you but to my husband and us it is a great thing. He is super happy about it too. So today we will celebrate a birthday and this super great thing. Did I forget to mention what the super great thing is. Boy where is my mind these days.

Well are you ready to hear it now. Here it goes... Brian soloed in his plane today. Like I said before he is super happy and excited to meet this accomplishment.

Brian I just wanted to let you know how proud I am of you. I love seeing the happiness and glow that you have about you since you started your lessons. This is truly a great thing. I can't wait till you get your license and you can fly any time you want too.

Great job babe! Keep up all the hard work and fun.

Today is a special Day!!!!

2010-05-09T10:32:00.000-06:00

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mothers and the soon to be moms out there. Have great day today.

those awful updates

2010-05-06T18:17:00.000-06:00

Hi Hillary.....Brian here.....I'll tell you about some updates.....2 weeks ago I almost wiped out my airplane learning to land at Colorado City.....Note to self...don't take the flaps up when your altitude and airspeed are below 60 MPH. So after that hair raiser, I almost tore the wings off it while descending from 9000 feet into Kanab at 135 MPH......Note to self....the plane can only safely handle smooth air at speeds above 110 MPH. Then while taking off and landing in a 30 MPH cross wind at Kanab I almost flipped the plane upside down because I failed to put right aileron into the wind and whoooopppp, over we went on our side at 75 mph 50 feet off the ground. Note to self.....right aileron into the wind when taking off and taxiing on the ground. But don't worry I think I have it all figured out. My instructor has lots of experience, he has wrinkled two planes and had to make several emergency landings, one of which was in the Virgin River Gorge, when he inadvertantly forgot to stop in mesquite and get fuel. Looking forward to taking you for a spin when I get all licensed. Happy mothers day. Your the greatest.

Updates?????

2010-05-06T09:32:00.000-06:00

Updates? What are those.

Oh there will be updates soon though. I promise there will be. I just need to find a little more time to get to them.

Have a nice day.