going home with baby

This was right before we brought Annaliese home. Ben had just woken up from a nap and wasn't very happy.

Annaliese in her new bed. We are so happy she is here in our family!!

Even more of baby

Ben will definitely be the protective older brother, he has shown signs of that

More pictures of baby

The kids are very excited to see their new baby sister Ben was trying to feed her pretzels.


I love how happy Ben looks here, hopefully that will last ;)

Baby Annaliese

On October 6th Annaliese Sue Johnsen was born. She was 7lbs 9oz and 19 inches long. We are so happy that she is here safe and sound. I shouldn't post a picture that bad but I had to show my involvement!
Daddy and his girls. Oh, we can't wait until the teenage years!!

Kate's first day of Kindergarten

Here is Kate with her new backpack all ready for Kindergarten. The first day went really well. She was so excited to go and when the teacher blew the whistle she didn't even look back. I was a little less excited and had to shed a tear or two, but we are so proud of her and we are glad that she is happy to be there.

Ben is excited for Kate too, although he misses her when she is gone!

Summer pictures

Here is some of the zuccinni that we have grown in our garden. I was not expecting to have so much zuccinni and to have it grow so big. Needless to say we have been eating a lot of zuccinni and I have made a lot of bread. Herb and Ben warming up the grill. What a great father and son thing to do!!
Against my better judgment I have decided to post of picture of me 7 months pregnant. I am always curious to see what other people look like pregnant. I am huge and starting to feel ready to have this baby. But she needs to cook a little longer.

On August 9th Jonas, Herb's youngest brother got married. We are so happy for him and love his new bride Darcie. This is a picture of the 6 brothers, brother-in-law and Darcie. Herb, Jacob, Jonas, Darcie, Josh, Jared, Brad and Justin. Here are the original 8 children, plus Darcie.
This is a picture of all the grandchildren minus 3 (in colorado). If you think it looks like chaos, you are right... it was!!!!!
Here is our little family. Darcie's mother is from Hawaii, so we all got to wear Lai's.
Kate loves Darcie. She is such a great addition to our family and we are so happy for her and Jonas!!

The many faces of Ben

I think I have said this before but Ben loves to put on hats. In one afternoon these are all the hats he found.
His gangster look with bling and all. He is the one that puts the hat on sideways
Cowboy Benny.
And then he found one of Kate's headbands. Is it a problem that he likes to wear his sisters accesories? I'm not too worried. This one only lasted a minute. He likes his gangster look much better.

More Ben

Ben loves to put on hats. Here he is with Kate's bike helmet.
What a Cheese ball!!
Howdy partner

Our boy Ben

As I went through our pictures I realized I had a lot of fun pictures of Ben just doing funny things. He is so fun and just gets more fun the older he gets. We love him soo much! Sitting in his floaty

I found these two outside wacking away at the vines. It was a great father son thing to do!!

4th of July

We watched some amazing fireworks up at Eaglewood golf course. It was a fun way to celebrate!!

These pictures are NOT pretty but it was all we had

Johnsen Family trip to Park City

In July we went to Park City with the whole Johnsen Crew. 35 of us. We all had a blast. Thanks Rod and Sue and Thanks Ducka for planning it!! Kate and Elle
Ben headbutting Matthew with Lydia in front

All the girls getting a make over
Some of the cousins on a hike