Dear Family and Friends,
Another year down!! Needless to say 2013 came in like a Lion
and out like a Lamb!!! So let’s just do a quick factually review. We started
the year (Literally Jan 2) with the Flu, Mike, Noah, Cam, Sadie, & then
me!! The flu left some lasting affects for Noah; a 2 month ear infection that
resulted in tubes. Winter brought tons of snow, & record breaking blizzard.
Later in the winter a stomach bug effected
4 out of 5 of us (Still not sure how I managed to avoid it). Early spring we
mourned with our City due to the Marathon Bombings, we had another round of Flu
for Noah and Sadie, & fluid in the ears for Sadie causing her to fail multiple
hearing tests. To start the summer off and the ICING ON THE CAKE, Noah got a
mosquito bite that caused his entire forehead swell and one eye to completely
swell shut!!
With all of this we still managed to enjoy our Crazy lives…
We rang in 2013 with a cold, wet, and SOOO FUN trip into Boston. During Feb
Vacation we had an amazingly fun weekend in Maine with Friends; we went sledding,
had snow ball fights, played games, and just LAUGHED AND LAUGHED AND LAUGHED
(If you’re ever looking for a fun game to play, Wise and Other Wise I highly recommend it)!!! In May we
managed a much needed vacation to Florida (A sickness and injury free vacation
I might add). We spent lots of time in Maine, at the Beach, and Cape Cod. We
celebrated LOVE with friends at their weddings, celebrated LIFE with family at
my Grandfather’s 90th Birthday Party, and celebrated SUCCESS with
the ENC woman’s Volleyball team making play offs, of course the Red Sox winning
the World Series, and best one of all, Mike receiving a job promotion; we now
refer to him as the Director of Facilities. We enjoyed spending time with
friends and family, dressing up at Halloween, playing soccer & now
Basketball, a tour of Fenway, and so much more.
There have been many moments this year where I have felt extremely overwhelmed with just the little things in life, the up keep of our home, the health and well being of our children, finances, just the typical pains of this world. In these moments without fail God has reminded me that he is my strength to take the next step up the mountain, not just the strength that gets me to the top, but the STRENGTH in JUST one little STEP!!! Sometimes the strength came in the form of laughter, an encouraging word, a moment of quiet or sleep, a good deal on an item we needed, a hug from a child, or an “I love you mom”. God’s strength came with many different faces, but I most often felt God’s presence when I had open eyes to recognize the small moments and a grateful heart to thank Him for this blessed life.
There have been many moments this year where I have felt extremely overwhelmed with just the little things in life, the up keep of our home, the health and well being of our children, finances, just the typical pains of this world. In these moments without fail God has reminded me that he is my strength to take the next step up the mountain, not just the strength that gets me to the top, but the STRENGTH in JUST one little STEP!!! Sometimes the strength came in the form of laughter, an encouraging word, a moment of quiet or sleep, a good deal on an item we needed, a hug from a child, or an “I love you mom”. God’s strength came with many different faces, but I most often felt God’s presence when I had open eyes to recognize the small moments and a grateful heart to thank Him for this blessed life.
In the next year I hope and pray that you may see the
amazing presence of the One that Brings Peace beyond all understanding,
strength for the weary, and Hope for the dismayed; may you SEE Him in laughter,
a smile, a kind word, a hug, a moment of generosity and all the other GOOD
little moments that make this life on Earth GREAT!!
For more updates on each of us… Read Below
Love, Mike, Megan, Cameron, Sadie, & Noah Johnston
For more updates on each of us… Read Below
Love, Mike, Megan, Cameron, Sadie, & Noah Johnston
Mike: This spring he celebrated 10 years of work and
commitment to his job, and this Fall Received a Promotion. As I said previously
(But totally worth repeating) He is now the Director of Facilities. Mike also
accomplished a big goal & something on his bucket list: he trained and
completed a triathlon. Even with all these wonderful accomplishments and
success if I were to venture a guess the High light of his year was taking 10
at Bats on Home Plate at Fenway Park, one of the 10 at bats he hit the warning
track!!
Cameron: Is now 8 years old and in 2nd Grade. He
loves to Fish, play soccer & basketball, & when stuck inside you will
find him doing one of two things playing Just Dance or Rainbow loom. Proud parent moment: At Cameron’s Parent teacher
conference besides telling us Cam was wicked smaht (While possible considering
where we live she didn’t really say it that way) the teacher said that Cameron
has been truly loving and companionate to the one problem child in the class;
being this child’s partner, playing with him, etc. Even though Cameron’s
determination can get him into a pickle at times, he really is a loving ,
caring, and soft hearted child.
Sadie: Oh my Sadie, she is now 6, but soon to be 7 and in the 1st Grade. She is plugging away at her school work, but things of fashion and friends are of her highest priority!! Sadie is so funny and totally keeps us on our toes, she calls it like she sees it in this house!! Proud parent moment: Sadie’s teacher told me one day that while giving out stickers to the class. Sadie spoke up and told the teacher that she wasn’t supposed to get one because she had been absent. The teacher was very impressed with Sadie’s honesty and gave her the sticker anyway.
Noah: He’s 22months and a total charmer!! His smile really could just get you to do anything! Noah is following in his Brother’s Footsteps with a love for JUST DANCE!! With Noah food has been quite the battle (Dairy and Soy intolerance & textures), at the beginning of the year we were hopeful that he had outgrown his dairy and soy intolerance, but after about six month of unlimited Diet it was determined that his little body still was not ready for those proteins. So he is currently living a dairy and soy free life. Proud Parent Moment: This fall Noah had to go into the 2’s & 3’s Sunday School class for a day and the teacher wrote me a FB note telling me that Noah was Super Cute and had very good manners saying Please and Thank You.
Me: Well my life overall is pretty much the same, however this summer I accepted the offer to be a Assistant Woman’s Volleyball Coach at the college level. My High School Coach Mr. Rendle is the head coach so I am learning from the best!! This season was really fun, we squeaked into the play offs during the last conference game of the season winning a 5 game match! This was the teams first playoff appearance in 7 years. Over the last few months I’ve been working on our house. I call it Operation LOVE my house again. My goal was for us to be de-cluttered by the first of the year which So far so good, over the break we will work on the basement giving Mike a “Handy Man’s” Work area and then come Jan 1st I’m moving onto a new project; Operation LOVE MYSELF! When I was given the green light to eat dairy and soy again I went a little “BUCK WILD” and gained 10lbs. Time to get back on track with Healthy Eating and RUNNING (5k’s anyone??)!!! So if you see me in 2014 ask me how it’s going it will help keep me accountable.
Sadie: Oh my Sadie, she is now 6, but soon to be 7 and in the 1st Grade. She is plugging away at her school work, but things of fashion and friends are of her highest priority!! Sadie is so funny and totally keeps us on our toes, she calls it like she sees it in this house!! Proud parent moment: Sadie’s teacher told me one day that while giving out stickers to the class. Sadie spoke up and told the teacher that she wasn’t supposed to get one because she had been absent. The teacher was very impressed with Sadie’s honesty and gave her the sticker anyway.
Noah: He’s 22months and a total charmer!! His smile really could just get you to do anything! Noah is following in his Brother’s Footsteps with a love for JUST DANCE!! With Noah food has been quite the battle (Dairy and Soy intolerance & textures), at the beginning of the year we were hopeful that he had outgrown his dairy and soy intolerance, but after about six month of unlimited Diet it was determined that his little body still was not ready for those proteins. So he is currently living a dairy and soy free life. Proud Parent Moment: This fall Noah had to go into the 2’s & 3’s Sunday School class for a day and the teacher wrote me a FB note telling me that Noah was Super Cute and had very good manners saying Please and Thank You.
Me: Well my life overall is pretty much the same, however this summer I accepted the offer to be a Assistant Woman’s Volleyball Coach at the college level. My High School Coach Mr. Rendle is the head coach so I am learning from the best!! This season was really fun, we squeaked into the play offs during the last conference game of the season winning a 5 game match! This was the teams first playoff appearance in 7 years. Over the last few months I’ve been working on our house. I call it Operation LOVE my house again. My goal was for us to be de-cluttered by the first of the year which So far so good, over the break we will work on the basement giving Mike a “Handy Man’s” Work area and then come Jan 1st I’m moving onto a new project; Operation LOVE MYSELF! When I was given the green light to eat dairy and soy again I went a little “BUCK WILD” and gained 10lbs. Time to get back on track with Healthy Eating and RUNNING (5k’s anyone??)!!! So if you see me in 2014 ask me how it’s going it will help keep me accountable.
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