Time to play catch up!

Sorry about the long post but I need to put a few things on here for my benefit. I'm not sure how I got so far behind, but I did.

December

We really enjoyed Christmas. We stayed home as a family and enjoyed spending time with one another. Ernie got a helicopter for his birthday and Santa brought helicopters for the girls. My house is a war zone right now as they all are learning to fly.
I got a BEAUTIFUL marble statue of Christ. I LOVE it. Ernie got some cologne and tie clips. Audrey and Meagan got cell phone, crazy I know. Nora got a 7" tablet, she is loving it. She is the only one in the family with a tablet. I am jealous.
I made some photo props and we enjoyed taking photos in our home made photo booth.We used some of the pictures for our Christmas cards.

November

I got to spend my birthday in Jamaica. It was amazing. we went to Couples Negril. We went with Chris and Michelle. While we were there Ernie and Chris got their advanced open water certification for scuba diving. I think they dove about 10 times in the 7 days we were there.

I got to use our resort credit at the spa and I had 3 massages while I was there. I had one hour long, 85 minutes and a 4 handed hour long massage. On the night of my birthday at dinner the staff sang Happy Birthday to me and served me a Crème brûlée with candles in it.

For my birthday I got some money and used it to buy some fun kitchen gadgets. I have wanted a Chefs torch for awhile now. I have been making Crème brûlée and meringues. This could be dangerous.

October


Meagan turned 13 this month and that means one thing at out house. Time to get your ears pierced.

We also got to do a fun service project with our ward. We painted a house for a lady and her son. I think it turned out nice. We had a good group of people working on the house. We scraped the old paint and repainted in about 4 hours. The lady was very grateful. The whole stake was involved and I think we painted 9 houses that day. It was a great experience.

August
I can't believe this is happening again.

Ernie started a new job...


...and we MOVED AGAIN. We are back in Texas. I think this is where I am supposed to be, it is my 4th time living in Texas. Ernie was offered a job where he worked before we moved to Utah. He turned it down 3 times but the 4th time we felt like he should at least listen to what they had to say. We had only owned our house in Oklahoma 10 months and we were really nervous to try and sell it, we felt that we should all move together so we bought a house in Texas and hoped for the best. Our house in Oklahoma sold in 3 months. We feel very blessed that it sold so quickly. Ernie has finished his Masters Degree since we have been here and also he was called in to the Bishopric as the second counselor, but most of all he is enjoying his job, and the girls are enjoying school. We have a house on 2.5 acres and we love it. Audrey started Seminary this year and really enjoys going. She gets up at 4:45 every morning with out complaint. She has made some good friends and enjoys hanging out with them. All of the kids take turns hosting a movie night at their house. It is a good bunch of kids and I am thankful for them.

Here is a picture of the girls on the first day of school in front of our house.

July
This was a CRAZY month.

We went to a Johnson family reunion in Florida the week of the 4th of July. We enjoyed seeing Ernie's family and catching up with one another. We spent most of the time at the beach or by the pool and one of the houses we were in. The Johnson's love the water. We ate great food and watched the fireworks on the beach. I love the fireworks out over the ocean, but that is where my love of the ocean ends. I'm not quite sure what happened to me while I was there but I didn't take a single picture. I must be going crazy in my old age. While we were there Ernie's Aunt Karen taught me how to make homemade biscuits. I am still working on making them look pretty, but they are tasting pretty good.


Around the 15th we went to a Bischoff Family Reunion in Colorado and had an awesome time. We started off at The Rocky Mountain National Forest, then some of us went on to Colorado Springs and then onto my mom and dad's land between Colorado Springs and Breckenridge.

While in Colorado I did something I thought I would never, ever do. I went white water rafting with my family. I started out VERY nervous and the guide could see that. He gave me a rope to hang on to and told me I could just hold on or paddle. I did a little of both. There was one time where I thought we were all going overboard. We hit a big rapid. Ernie's leg flew over his head, Nora bounced up into the air, Meagan grabbed her and I grabbed onto Meagan. After that I held on for awhile. I did have a good time but I don't think I will ever do it again.

June

I got to go to Girls Camp this year and I had a blast. I wasn't in a cabin with either of my girls, but it was a joy to be able to see them throughout the day. This was Meagan's first year going. It was fun to be able to sit with them during lunch and at the devotionals. I was with the 4th year girls. I had some great girls.We had a good time and I learned a lot. Camp is definitely different then when I went. I hope I get the chance to go again someday.