Jaycie 8th gr. Field Day Fun

I couldn't resist posting this cute picture of Jaycie and her best friends at their 8th grade field day. She had a blast and enjoyed "stuffing" me during the faculty vs. 8th gr. Girls basketball game.
Needless to say I will NOT be posting any pictures from the game.................. LOL

Kaylee, Jaycie, Morgan, and Allyn

Finally an update

Wow it has been awhile! So sorry. Life for us has changed dramatically. We sold our house, moved into a rent hou
se in downtown Roanoke, Joel has been super busy with his new job, and the end of school craziness!

We have had zero time to figure out what our next move is going to be. We have many areas to pick from but half of them are super expensive. We are in talks with a builder that is in the same neighborhood has the middle school I teach, so that would be great. Plus it is in the middle of Northwest and the new high school that will open in 2015. Jaycie is not sure where she wants to attend. The AMAT Academy she was accepted to is housed at Northwest but all her friends live in the zoned area for the new high school. That decision will be in God's hands!!!

Jaycie had all A's for the entire year and received her UIL 5th place ribbon at the Awards Ceremony on May 23.

Air Max ball is in full swing and we are playing almost every weekend. WE love watching her play, she loves it so we love it!!!

That is all for now! Love to everyone!

Joel and info from TWITTER posting

New job adn other exciting news!

Things have been moving and shaking around The Johnson house lately. As most of you know, Joel is now the Assistant Athletic Director for NISD. Huge promotion and much deserved. Hard to believe he will not be spending long hours after practice doing laundry and writing practice scripts. I am looking forward to what God has in store for him as he embarks on this new journey.

Jaycie is enjoying her last months as an 8th grader. Can't believe our baby will be in high school next year. Look out Northwest High School.  Her select basketball team, Air Max, is practicing 3x a week in preparation for the upcoming tournament season. We are going to be in Round Rock, San Marcos, Frisco, and ending up in Colorado for Nationals. Love seeing her out on the court, playing the game she loves. We are so proud of her and I admire her love for the game. She still looks like her Rha-Rha, with those legs.

We have also sold our house! Our dear friend, Lori Jacobson, is a realtor and has been selling homes left and right. We thought we would give it a shot. Well the sign went up and 24 hours later we had an offer that was $4000 above the asking price. Lori is really good at what she does! We are going to move into a small rent house in downtown Roanoke (which has a pool) and take our time deciding which area we would like to live in. God is good. He will guide us to where we need to live. We will close around April 30th.

I will continue to do my best updating as we take our new adventure. It's always exciting with us!

Love to all! Laynie

It's been awhile!

I got to see my sisters over spring break as we cleared out all of Britt's stuff from her house in Midland. We laughed, cried, and tried to make sense of all the clothing purchases she had made. Shana was beyond the pillar of strength and handled everything with such composure. I am once again in complete awe of her. Dana made us all laugh. Well stories about Dana and her bathroom issues made us all laugh! She is such a good sport!

In the middle of the week, Poppa and Rha-Rha came in town to help watch Eli and Maddie. So we were able to spend time with them and play with the kids. Its funny that we live 3 minutes from Johnny and Kasey and we barely get to see them! Kids are so fun and I of course adore them!

As usual, our family has been very busy! Jaycie is running track and practicing 3x a week with her select basketball team. She loves it.............. so we do too! Joel is coaching the sprint relay and the 4x200 relay. He is gone pretty much every Friday and Saturday to meets. In a few weeks spring football starts again, so I am back to being a football widow! Love staying busy, just means we are closer to the summer!

Hope to have a few pics from this weeks meet of J and her super fast speed!!! LOL We are so proud of her!

We also found out that our precious Courtney and Walt are expecting their first child in October. They will be such great parents. Jaycie is fired up to go and babysit!

Love and hugs to all!

Shana 50th

Happy Happy Birthday!
In awe of your beauty and strength!

It's been awhile! Busy as always

We are counting the days until Spring Break!
We have been dealing with ice and cold temps!
Loved the cooler temps because Joel spends so many hot days during football I have started to appreciate these cooler days!
Jaycie's Wilson basketball season ended and we are now on to track. Yes track........run straight and turn left! So proud of our girl!
Posting some random pics of the past few weeks!
Love and Hugs to all

8th Gr. Wilson Lady Wildcats

Couldn't resist posting Joel trying to chop wood in prep for the ice day!FAIL!

Jaycie end of Middle School Ball

This past week Jaycie played in her last middle school basketball game. Her team placed 5th in District and ended the season with a win!

She absolutely loves playing basketball! She wants to get better each and every game. For this we are proud!
We are thankful she has had coaches that believe in her and have made her love the sport even more!
 Now on to her select season. Go AIR MAX!

We love our #12.

Brit-Brit Pics

This last picture says it all! This is how she lived her life.....happy and carefree. We all need to learn from her...........just be Happy, Happy, Happy and try to always be the light in each others lives.

Honoring Brittney

I really do not have the words to say to let all of you know how thankful I am for the love and support you have showed us throughout the last few weeks.
My life is forever changed and I know that I only want to be better at everything to honor Brit-Brit. She was loved by so many and her beautiful smile lit up so many people's lives.
I will forever be in awe of her beauty and spunk!

She is supporting the Red Raiders from above.

All my love my Brit-Brit, this aunt is forever proud!


Posting pics soon!

Jaycie went camping!!!

While we were in Vegas our girl went camping! Thank heavens for her best friends dad, John, for taking her camping. Well if you can call it that......they have a super nice RV! She had a blast and came back with lots of dirty clothes!

Jaycie, Allie Jo, and Morgan

Morgan is the best friend, Allie Jo is her little sister

Joel's Bday Vegas Trip

Last Wednesday I surprised Joel with a 40th birthday trip to Vegas........yes Wife of the year award winner right here!!!! He was so shocked but excited beyond words! We acted like teenagers and had a blast. I tried to post on Facebook throughout the weekend.

At the airport!

 You know we are having fun if Joel is doing the duckface!

 Freemont Street

 Betting on the NFL games$$$$

 All dressed up for our fancy birthday dinner

 Golden Nugget.... great memories!

Weekend Fun

Jaycie's tournament was cancelled due to a water main break in Bridgeport so.......we got to spend more time with the family!
Poppa and Rha-Rha came to town to see everyone! We visited and had a nice dinner to celebrate Joel's 40th!

Joel and J went to see our other daughter (Js bestie Morgan) show her pig. She did awesome and was happy they got to watch her show!

We then spent the rest of the day at Johnny and Kasey's!

Had a nice dinner at Bottlecap Alley then back to hang out!

Jgirl can make her Poppa do anything!!

Such a great time with the people we love! Finished the weekend off with some football and grading writing papers! Joel of course enjoyed his time today snoring in his chair!!!

Have a wonderful week!

Happy Friday!

Jaycie played last night vs. Keller Trinity Springs, she did really good but they came up short. Got beat 21-30. She scored 6 points and had 2 fouls. She is such a hustler and improves every game.

 She played the entire time so was happy to get a breather during a free throw.

This weekend her school team has the Bridgeport Tournament. Games at 12,2, and 5. We are looking forward to a day full of ball! Wouldn't have it any other way!

Love our #12

Happy 40th to Joel.We love you so much!

Happy 2014

Getting this started!
I have always wanted to blog and never thought I had the time or patience to learn one more new piece of technology. But here I go, be patient I'm new at this!

We had a wonderful Christmas break. Spent time with my family and then headed to our favorite place, The Bayou. Enjoyed our time with Poppa and Rha-Rha as always! Jaycie didn't feel good on Christmas Eve or day so we relaxed and caught up on some much needed sleep.
We returned home on the 28th and spent the rest of the holiday relaxing and being with family and friends.

Joel and I both had staff development yesterday. Jaycie stayed with Aunt Kasey and enjoyed being with Maddie (my Lou-Lou and Eli).
We are back in full swing of school and basketball. I am going to do my best at posting on a regular basis........
We are beyond blessed and wish all of you a very happy and healthy 2014.