Hello...Hello

Sorry it's been a while since I updated the blog. Let's see what has happened since the holiday's. Well it continues to snow off and on, but the sun is finally starting to come out on a consistent basis. :) Eric is busy at work, it's now wrestling and basketball season so he has been working a lot. Oh, we have been enjoying our house and found the BEST coffee shop that is walking distance to our house, and no it is not Starbucks! Below are some pictures from Valentine's Day. Eric and I went wine tasting with some friends. The boys rented a limo and had the whole day planned, wine tasting a super lunch and then some more wine tasting. I will try to get some more photos of the house up soon. Love you all!
Wine Country!

So many barrels!

Just another beautiful day in Oregon...nothing better than drinking wine with this as the view.

Me and Eric in the limo

Snowy Days in Oregon

Hi Friends and Family,
Well Arctic Blast 08 came and went. Portland got a record 18.9 inches of snow. Eric and I chained up the Element, re-named it the Black Cat and made our way through the city without any problems, rescuing family along the way. :) For Christmas, Ashlie's mom and dad came over for brunch and then we all headed over to Mike and Yvonne's and spent time with Eric's family. Our nephew is huge, and so much fun to play with. Naya has become such a little lady and she cracks us up with her dancing and singing. For New Years we had an impromptu get together with a few friends and brought the New Year in with Champagne and a Guitar Hero rock off. Eric and I are looking forward to a year full of spending time with friends and family and enjoying as many adventures as possible. We hope you had a wonderful Holiday season and we wish you the most wonderful 2009.
The view from our house...check out all that snow

Big Flakes. You can barely see Eric on the porch

Eric's Trojan Nut Cracker, holding a Rose for the Rose Bowl

Family Christmas Photo. Me, mom and dad outside of our house.

Eric and Ed rocking out on Guitar Hero

A cute picture of my mom on Christmas

This is me buried in the snow outside my parents house.

Eric and Ashlie rocking out on Christmas

Well there you go...some photos from Christmas and Arctic Blast. Hope all is well in your neck of the woods. Oh and good news, there is no more snow here, we are back to the lovely rain. And as always, our guest room is open if anyone wants to come hang out in Oregon.

Love you all!

Fun with Family and Snow

Eric and were lucky enough to get a half snow day yesterday and we spent the time with family. We made it over to Yvonne's house and hung out with Jared, Mo, Naya, Matthew, Yvonne and Mike. Here are some photos from the day.
Naya and Jared sledding. Jared, Eric, Naya and I went looking for a sledding hill in Mike and Yvonne's neighborhood. We found the perfect hill and had a great time.

Naya's solo ride. She had so much fun, laughing all the way down.

A cute picture of Naya after sledding.

Help up: Uncle Eric helped Naya get up the hill the fast way.

Jared wipe out. Of course the adults had to have some fun...Jared went flying down the hill and stopped the only way he could, by leaning over and putting on the flannel brakes. :)

The first push...this is a picture of Naya's first push down the hill. Jared told her to hang out and off she went, smiling the entire way down.

A little more adult fun...Eric sledding down the hill..Naya wasn't the only one who had fun.

"I can't put my arms down"

After sledding we went back to Yvonne and Mikes. Eric and I spent some time with Matthew. Here he is wearing Eric's hat. Looks like we may have another USC fan in the family.

Tough guy!

Just hanging out.

What...do I have something on my face?

I was trying to take a nice picture...but Eric and Naya had other plans.

We spent some time playing Wii, Naya is a great bowler, here she is showing off some moves.

Uncle Eric had the pleasure of giving Matthew a bath. Looks like they are both having fun.

Finally a video of Jared and Naya sledding.

Well Eric and I had a fabulous time hanging out in the snow with our family. We are looking forward to the Holiday's so we can spend more quality time with friends and family.

Snowing in Oregon

Hi Friends and Family!
Well it's snowing in Oregon. It's been really cold (10 degrees with wind chill). We are staying warm. Cooking yummy food (I used a crock pot for the first time!) and drinking hot chocolate. Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.
Love you all!

Christmas at the Johnson's

Hello All,

Sorry it's been so long since I updated the blog. We have been busy putting the house together. And with it, we have had a lot of firsts. First time we trimmed our plum trees, first time we weatherized our windows, first time we put up Christmas lights, our first Christmas tree. It has been wonderful. Below are some photos of the house with furniture in it. :)
This is our living room.

This is the guest room. Eric and I made the headboard. I am still trying to figure out what curtains to put up....but the room is ready for guests! :)

This is my library or reading area. It is right off the guest room.

I'll put up photos of our master bedroom once its finished. We are waiting for our new bed frame to come. And we still don't have a dining room table, but other than that we are almost ready to throw a house warming party. :)

The rest of the photos are of our Christmas Lights.
Snoopy and Woodstock are all ready to celebrate the Holiday's

Our first Christmas Tree. There was a really cute tree farm a couple blocks from our house, so Eric and I walked down to the lot, picked out a tree and carried it home. It was such a special evening. Then we realized we didn't have any lights to put on the tree and had about 5 ornaments, so we had to go out and buy some new decorations and lights.

The Christmas lights on the house. We ended up putting the lights on the house in the dark. It was so funny, there I was holding the ladder while Eric climbed up and attached lights.

We hope all is well with you. More pictures to come of the house and of us. We love you all!

We are moved in!

Well good news, we are officially moved in! My arms are tired, my legs are tired, my back is sore but other than that all is good. Big thanks to our buddy Brandon for helping us out. Without him we could not have got it done. He was the super mover! And big thanks for Mom and Dad for all their help as well. I really appreciated being able to take a shower this morning in a nice clean bathroom. :) I don't have any pictures to share yet, since the house has piles of boxes everywhere, but I will have some shortly.

Tour of our new house

Here is a video tour of the first floor of our new house. It's not the best quality, and it's a little dark in the beginning (the light is out in the main room) but you get the idea. :) See the blog post below to get details on the house and more pictures.