We must be just a little crazy....

One of the things that I loved about Jarid when we were dating was his LOVE for his family especially his nieces and nephews!!  He even took me on a date once to Jump on It with his oldest niece Kaitlyn and Doug.  He went on regular dates with the older kiddos, but now that he is married we went all or nothing!  It was sleep over time, and we had all 6 of our Johnson nieces and nephews over for the fun!

We had Kaitlyn, Doug, Talon, and Alec from Melissa and Jake Johnson &

Jaxon and Abigail from Angel and Jason Jonson  (ages ranging from 8 to 1 yrs old)!  

FUN CRAZY JUMPING TUMBLING FUN!  

We had a big dinner for the kids full of lots of chicken nuggets (dino shaped), homemade french fries, and of course veggies.  Then Uncle Jarid and all the kids built a large fort with Christmas lights and sheets, but we ran out of sheets so the sides suffered a little.  Afterwards we pulled all the mattresses in the living room and set up camp!  The kids all slept on our king size mattress, and Jarid and I got a full sized mattress that was not so soft and nice.  After the mattresses went down there was TONS of jumping and tumbling!

These two squirts were the wildest! Alec and Jaxon are both 2 (Alec is now 3, but 2 at the time), but they loved each other and fuel the mischievousness of the other. 

 After the fort was all built and it was getting late we all bunched up in our places to watch a movie: "Jungle Book 2."  

In the morning we woke up and Doug was missing.  I found him wedged between two other kids stealing their blankets and pillow space, and Jaxon had wiggled his way onto our bed squishing Jarid.  They all slept really well with no interruptions during the night!  THANK HEAVENS!  However, I was dying because the mattress we got was not comfortable at all!  We had a super yummy breakfast with the kids of pancakes and eggs, and then the parents came and got them all.  They were all gone as quick as they came, and yet the mess remained.   I had to work that Saturday so I left the mess and told Jarid I help would clean it when I came home.  TO MY SURPRISE...I came home to a perfectly clean house.  What an amazing husband I have and what an awesome family I married into!  

What a fun night we had!!  

  

It's Pink...like Pepto-Bismol

Ever since we started going to our ward we have told the members where we moved in and their response is, "Oh, the pink house."  I never understood...until we tore out the built in desk in the second bedroom upstairs and found this:

1) Light pink upper walls

AND   2) pattern PINK wall paper on the lower part of the walls with matching pick carpet

We have now discovered what they all meant by the pink house, because from what I have been told the WHOLE house was covered in the pink wall paper, paint, and carpet...one of her grandsons (because it was an older lady who owned the house previously) came in and told his grandma that her house looked like Pepto-Bismol.  I can now see why...

I hate PINK!

Lucky I Am!!

After today and the "awful Trisha mess up" I pulled, I had to do something to express my deepest gratitude for the amazing LUCK I have in my life-his name is Jarid!!!  I can't even begin to explain how I feel about my husband and all he does for me, but I have to try after he saved me today.  I have been swamped with work, school, house stuff, packing, and Young Women's that I simply have NO brain power right now. When I forget things at work my boss, Diana, just tells me "Its okay Trisha I understand."  She is too nice because if I don't do something right away it gets lost in the deepest darkest abyss I call my mind...she has been very helpful and reminding me of things that are important.  Unfortunately, I have slacked a little in my calling, and not kept up on things as I should have...say looking at a calendar of our scheduled events.  My husband, Jarid, and I have been making a video of compiled pictures and videos from the years activities for a big Young Women's and Excellence night where the girls, parents, and the bishopric will be in attendance.  We were working on the project on Saturday, and the computer decided to be a "jack wagon" (Jarid's new favorite word thanks to a funny commercial that will be shown at the end of this post) and crash...we didn't save the MANY changes we had made to the video, and lost a lot of the progress we had made.  We decided to go home and go to bed ,because I thought we had more time...TIME we didn't actually have...I found this out the the next morning when I got up early to catch up on some Young Women's duties.  I was making the November monthly calendar for the girls and realized that we needed the video for THIS Wednesday (3 days from now) and NOT the following Wednesday like I thought...MY BAD!  SO after my hysterical melt down, my amazing husband took action.  He spent all day working on this project missing his usual nap before going onto his night shift, he answered to my every crazed demand, and kept a perfect calm reassuring attitude toward my hysterics and the stress placed on him.  WE finished 98% of the project , and thanks to a wonderful brother in law (Jake Johnson) who is going to tweek the music...it should be 100% done before Wednesday.  We learned one big lesson....SAVE every few minutes or the computer will destroy you!! haha

I know I am lucky because.......

I have an amazing husband who is supportive and willing to do anything to lighten my load even when he has a lot to do himself.
I have an amazing husband who even with an emotionally crazed woman can stay calm and reassuring.   I AM SURE THAT IS HARD TO DO!
I have an amazing husband who will do anything to make me happy, and keep me from feeling stressed, sad, upset, or hurt.
I have an amazing husband who even though I know I can be a little crazy has never put me down or treated me with any kind of disrespect.  He treats me like I am the most important thing in his life.
I have a husband who NEVER fails to express his love for me in his actions or words.

THANKS YOU JARID FOR BEING THAT AMAZING HUSBAND!!

YOU ARE MY BEST FRIEND, and YOU MAKE ME LAUGH EVERYDAY!!!

SURPRISE, WE ARE....

NOT having a baby but we ARE BUYING A HOUSE!!  We have accepted the counter offer and started the process to make it official.  We are super excited, and hope everything goes as smooth as possible.  Its a rambler located in Orem, UT, has 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms.  We are planning on making the bottom level a  basement apartment which will be fairly simple.  Then we are going to rent it out.  I am going to miss American Fork and my ward, but I am super excited for this opportunity.  This is one of the many things that have kept me SUPER BUSY these last few months!!  House shopping is worse than car shopping...geez...   Here are a few pictures:

THIS NEXT ONE IS JARID'S FAVORITE!!!  You can't tell from the pictures but behind the book cases is a secret closet...any secret passage way or room is Jarid's favorite.  

UPDATE

I have always been bad about writing....English papers, journals, new blog entries, letters to missionaries...my name is Trisha Johnson and I am really bad at sitting down and writing anything-procrastination is my middle name when it comes to writing.  I get so caught up in the hustle and bustle of life, and push anything I can to the sidelines.  I am sure many of you can sympathize.  Finally I have taken the time, after a whole year, to update my blog so here is a little update of our busy life!

Jarid just got a job about a month or two ago working for IM Flash, and he is enjoying his new work.  They can't talk about a lot of their duties but I know he watches a computer that monitors machines.  He does work a night shift so it has been a new challenge to our relationship.  I find myself staying up very late at nights (like tonight) because I am so accustomed to going to bed at the same time.  He usually drags me to bed.  I don't like being home alone, and every noise seems to make things 10x worse.  I am getting used to it.  He is also attending UVU and working on his Associates degree.  This semester he is taking Biology, Ethics and Values, and a Math Class.  Next semester IM Flash will pay for his schooling so he will go full time.  This was one of the main reasons for the switch in jobs, and the night shift will make it easier for him to go to school more.  Jarid is in the scouting program in our ward.  He hasn't had to do a whole lot with it because he is teaching the pre-scouts, I don't remember what they are called.  I never had brothers, haha sorry. Between his work schedule, day time sleeping, and school we tend to miss each other a lot. He is still my constant strength, and is always trying to help me in anyway possible.  I realize, everyday, how lucky I am to have such a wonderful husband!!!!

I on the other hand am pretty much doing the same thing!  I am still working full time at a Dental Office in Orem, and going to school at UVU.  I am actually going to graduate at the end of the semester with my associates degree.  I left the worst two classes for last: English 2010 and Ethics and Values.  Writing classes, need I say more?  I am not sure what the next steps for me are...I used to have my life all figured out (boy was I silly), and since marrying Jarid I have had to become a little more flexible with my five year plan to include his goals as well.  I will probably try to apply to Dental Hygiene programs at UVU and Fortis College.  I have started working on Saturdays teaching at a Dental Assisting School, and I have enjoyed it a lot!!  There is such an incredible feeling when you share your knowledge with someone else.  I am soooo grateful for my mission that helped me develop the skills necessary to receive that feeling, because I would have died before talking to or teaching people before.  I am in the Young Women's presidency in our ward, and I love the Young Women's Program.  We have such wonderful girls in our ward and it has been so good to get to know them.  We have finally been able to start making friends since we were pulled out of the primary.  We are really beginning to love our ward!

We are busy busy people but we still love and care about all our family and friends, and hope to see and hear from you all.

CHRISTmas Choochoo

Jarid and I went on a date Thursday night after school and work.  He took me on one of his many surprise dates...usually I am really good at guessing his plans.  Boy do I know him!  However, he got me on this one.  We went to Lindon, Utah in a residential area to search for the true meaning of Christmas.  In Lindon there is the Polar Express that is put on by a couple families there.  ITS AMAZING and FREE!!  They have a railroad that goes through a few yards with tons of decorations, and an awesome train that everyone gets to sit in.  It was a really good experience.  I am not sure the story behind these people, and how they started this project but it is so inspiring.  When you first get there you check in for the Polar Express, and while you wait for your train you sit in a LARGE heated garage that has the movie playing.  When its your turn you go out to the train....ALL ABOARD!

They first take you through the tradition Christmas on an adventure to the North Pole!  Once you get to the North Pole you get to go into Santa's workshop and meet him.  (Sorry if the video makes you sick)

It was so neat all the work and people who were taking time to do this.  They had little children as elves, and women inside helping Santa.  Then Santa began to tell the real meaning of Christmas- Jesus Christ our Savior.  Then we left got back on the train and they took us through the life of the Savior from his birth on.  They had spiritual music playing, and it truly was an amazing experience.  I loved it!!

This was such a good experience to remember why we are celebrating this Christmas-rejoicing the Savior of the world, and to think of all the things we can do to make an impact on other peoples lives.  These people handed out pass along cards, had donations for organizations, and Christmas signing books for missionaries in the field.  How amazing, and what a great example.  Jarid and I were talking afterwards about how we hope to find, in our own way, how to serve those around us.  

"I wonder how many in Bethlehem knew that right there, close to them, the Savior had been born?  The Son of God, the long-awaited and promised Messiah-He was in their midst!...We who have heard the glorious message of the coming of the Son of God, we who have taken upon us His name and have covenanted to walk in His path as His disciples-we must not fail to open our hearts and minds and truly see Him.  The Christmas season is wonderful in many ways.  It is a season of charitable acts of kindness and brotherly love. It is a season of being more reflective about our own lives and about the many blessings that are ours.  It is a season of forgiving and being forgiven.  It is a season to enjoy the music and lights, parties and presents.  But the glitter of the season should never dim our sight and prevent us from truly seeing the Prince of Peace in His majesty." - President dieter F. Uchtdorf  

Gus Gus came to visit.

Well there I was relaxing after a hard days work with my beautiful wife next to me studying her brains out(literally), and suddenly there came a knock at the door.  Who was it you ask?  Why it was Santa Clause.  Not really.  Trish wanted to find some pictures of a great date that we had a couple weeks ago, and we came to the conclusion that the gremlins had thrown them away.  So she persuaded me to go out to get a few garbage bags, and bring them in so that we could find the missing pictures.  Naturally, I went out and got them.  While looking through the first bag, Trisha's natural way of multi-tasking kicked in (she got bored), and decided to go search through the other garbage bag by herself.  

As quickly as she opened the bag things started falling on the floor.  She decided to look for what had fallen out of the bag and found a great surprise.  Yup, you guessed it, Gus Gus (the mouse) came out of the bag and was hiding in the Christmas lights that were on the floor nearby.  It took her a second to figure out what it was, but when she did boy did I know it.  I swear she jumped across the room onto the counter top in a single bound, and pierced my eardrums with the shreaking.  I looked down in just enough time to see it scamper across the floor, however I did have enough time to pull out my knife and throw it at the beast -or- I might have just kicked it with my shoe.  I didn't catch it before it went under the refrigerator, but with it back there I would have enough time to formulate a plan.  After giving my steel toed boots to Trish, which was the only way I could get her off the counter to help me, we started to pull out the refrigerator.  I was worried when we pulled it out, because I couldn't see Gus Gus until Trish informed me that he was hiding like a coward in the corner afraid to come out and fight like a mouse.  We got a bowl and banged it on the floor a couple times  to get him out of the corner.  Can I just say Gus Gus is a speedy little devil, but I am quicker.

I scared the poop out of him.  Then we took him outside and said our goodbyes as i threw him across the yard into the cold and frigid snow pile.   I am king of my castle!!!!