Family Pictures - Taken @ 7 months

White Christmas??

We had a cold front come in over the weekend, dropping some snow and bringing frigid temperatures. We probably got about 5" of snow Friday night/Saturday morning. But the wind caused lots of snow drifts. The temperatures continued to drop over the weekend and plummeted to -20 last night. It was still -14 on our way to work this morning. BRRRRRRRRR!

Mid December Pictures

Jayce holds his own bottle sometimes


Gotta love the naked baby....

Jayce playing

Dad trying to introduce the soccer ball =)

Jayce napping with mom

Learning to use the sippy cup

Not to bad - for just learning

Christmas Vacation

Hi all -

Patrick, Jayce and I are getting ready to go on our big Christmas Trip home to see our loved ones and friends. We are so excited! We leave on Dec. 19th and are flying into Seattle to meet up with Nana Patty and Papa Dave. We are then heading south for Bend, OR. We will be spending the 20-24 in Bend with the Dave, Patty, Popo, Eric, Amy, Grant, and Rylee. It should be really fun getting the kids together. Then we will be heading north again to Longview, WA to spend the 24-28 with my family. It should be a blast to spend Christmas with Papa Ron, Nana Linda, Diamond, Owen, Mandy, Chad, Halle, and Gunnar. With so many new additions to our growing family we have so much to be thankful for. I can't wait to share Jayce's first Christmas with everyone. We are so lucky we are able to go home and spend it with family. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

With Love,
The Johanson's

Growing Boy

Burrrrr it's cold out!

Getting bigger by the day

Crawling - Sort of...

Jayce gets into everything

Christmas Tree Adventure

This weekend we went about half hour up into the National Forest to find our Christmas Tree. We were brave and decided to go as a family and bring Jayce. We bought him a warm furry outfit to help keep him warm. We bought a $5 tree tag and were on our way. The weather was fairly mild compared to the last 2 years we were up there. There was barely any snow... Here are a few pictures of our excursion. Jayce did really well, he seemed to enjoy our little hike. He is always such a trooper!

Patrick, Jayce & Crystal

We were all bundled up!



The View



The Christmas Tree... Before

The Christmas Tree.... After