It's Official...we are now the Johnson Family

In May of '07 Paul was reunited with his father. I sent an announcement for Tyler's graduation to Paul's Dad expecting to not get a response. To our surprise Paul's Dad not only contacted us, but he came to the graduation. The last year has been wonderful getting to know him and his wonderful wife Julie, and the rest of the clan.

Paul has wanted to change his last name back to Johnson for many years but never had such a strong desire until he was reunited with his Dad. That desire became a reality on July 14th. We went to court and officially changed our last name to Johnson. Paul is his Father's only son and is so proud to carry on the family name.

Summer Update

We went to Paul's family's annual 4th of July Party. We had a blast! We look forward to this party each year and I have decided that I love the fourth of July! It is so nice to have a family holiday where you can celebrate your freedom, attend the parade, concert at the park, see fireworks and visit with family and friends. Trevor made three pinata's this year. He let us help with the project after a couple of days of him doing it and finding out what works and what didn't seem to work. That is something we hadn't tried to do. We had a good time learning how to make them and how to decorate them. It was fun filling them and we even filled one with water balloons just for Paul's oldest sister. That was fun to watch!

The boys are all doing good. Enjoying summer, working and taking merit badge classes for scouts. Trevor is flying to California for a few days to visit with my sister and her family. Her two oldest kids will be here visiting Grandma for a few days and Trevor gets to fly home with them. He is excited about flying, visiting, and getting to see some of the parks in California.