UH-OH! Casper figured out the stairs...

Casper has whined about not being able to follow us upstairs until this morning! Lucy is now out of luck with her hiding place on top of the stairs. She does everything she can to stay away from the new pup. Here is Caspy on top of the stairs...SO CUTE!!!

WADE IS AN EAGLE SCOUT!!!!!!

Wade officially became an Eagle Scout yesterday afternoon after an hour and 10 minute interview about his time in cub and boy scouts. He even was asked to tie a square knot! He is VERY happy to have accomplished this goal and is the 4th boy this year to complete this honor in our district. He earned 25 merit badges and is already on his way to earning his first palm. His project was taking pictures of and cleaning up after erosion damage from hurricane Rita around the Williamson Cemetery (our families cemetery in Vidor, Texas) and uploading/naming all photos (over 900) to a non-profit web site that helps families around the world find there ancestors. I'll send the link to see that later with announcements in June. His court of honor will be held around the 10th of July when Aunt Tamra is coming to visit (and anyone else who wants to come...hint, hint!!). We are really excited for Wade and know he will become a better man because of what he has learned from this 9 year experience! Pictured above are the men at his board of review. Glenn Witt, Scott Johnson, Wade, Bishop Richards, and Stan Shearer. Thanks to all who helped Wade accomplish his goal.

Anything You Can Do

Wade and Angelita performed this number for the spring show tonight for Varsity Choir. They are both extremely talented individuals and this doesn't show even 1/2 their talents, but even with a few mess ups they were better than the rest of the show! Wade has decided to drop choir next year because "choir isn't his thing", but singing at church, home or in the musical next year IS so he will keep singing with that in mind. We will truly miss Angelita next year. She is off to LA to pursue music theater and we are all sure we will see her on the Tony Awards someday. She has been a great friend to Wade and actually was the one who convinced him to join the choir and step out of his comfort zone of competitive theater and add singing to his long list of talents. For that we are all very thankful. God Bless you in all you do Angelita. Love always, The Johnson Family

The Little Mermaid - Krista's School Play

RECITAL TIME

Krista danced her LAST recital this month. Callie and her are such sweet companions and friends. Krista is going to pursue music in the form of piano and voice so we had to cut out dance for the coming year. She danced so good to "Slow Ride" and made mom, dad and Leanna proud. Wade got to skip out due to not enough tickets purchased. He seemed to be fine with that! Anyway- someone had to watch the puppy RIGHT? We are so proud of Krista and all she does. We know she will keep dancing at home and in many plays, stage performances and church shows that she can. Way to go Krista!

OUTSTANDING SOPHOMORE - Wade Johnson

Wade received the award for Outstanding Sophomore in Speech and Debate for Lamar Consolidated High School. This was such an honor for him and a surprise. Danny is one of Wade's best friends in school. Danny "knighted" him for the coming year with a light saber to carry on the traditions next year and set an example for the team. He also made Wade a crown (all of the captains make crowns for each team member...they are all really creative and cute!). His crown says GYPSY...Speedy on it. It was really cute. Wade made up this saying "I've got the speed of a gypsy" that he says literally ALL the time when asked how he does things. In fact his letter jacket will have that phrase on the back...not my idea AT ALL, but that is what he wanted under his last name. WHATEVER. I guess it could be worse. Anyway, We are very, VERY proud of Wade this year. He has received numerous awards ,trophies and positive messages from peers and teachers alike. Good job WADE! We LOVE YOU!

PUPPY LOVE - Mother's Day Surprise

Rob totally surprised me this year! I've been wanting a new puppy for a while, but was blown away when he walked around the corner with this cutie! He is a Malti-Poo mix and cute, cute, cute! I've decided to name him Casper (...my nickname at girls camp for being so WHITE) ,and it seems to fit him just fine. Wade wanted the name Coconut and call him Coco for short, but that sounded too feminine to me. So far Lucy is afraid of him, but Casper keeps trying to be his friend so we will keep you posted on that situation! Leanna picked him out this afternoon with Rob. She said she picked him up and he started licking her face and she knew that he was the one. She didn't even hold any others! Wade is just glad to have another boy in the family! I am in love with this lil' thing! We are all just feeling lucky to have a new little animal to love. Happy Mother's Day to me - or in the famous words of my niece Jessica..."Chucky Cheese Loves Me!"

OUCH!

Just in time for mother's day Krista had an accident that reminds me that mom's have a very high calling in life and can somehow manage it all! Krista was talking on the phone and trying to exercise on my "Leg Magic" and just happened to fall off the machine and tackle some empty food storage cans that I had strategically placed behind the machine for future use. She sliced a deep gash on her toe. Only one other person I know of could be this clumsy at 12...ASHNA...got to love the determination to "do it all". Of course this is just in time for afternoon swimming practice, dance recital and her play at school next week. I did get the bleeding to stop and a few cupcakes later - the crying ...more like whaling :( . How she will ever be a mother I'll never know! This is the same child that looks forward to a cast someday??? I assume that I was the same way, so I see a small glimmer of hope for her future. She slept with her leg on top of two gigantic pillows wrapped in bandaids, gauze wrapped all around her foot, and and ice pack to stop the swelling. Princess in the Pea ring a bell for anyone???? I'm just glad the crying stopped and we managed to calm her down. (THANK YOU ADVIL!) Until the next accident - keep Kissy in your prayers for a speedy recovery so she can SHINE at both performances next week.