Pictures of Lydia's Wedding

I have uploaded pictures of all the events from Lydia's wedding. If you would like to look a little more here is the link Lydia's Photo Album

I'm a married woman!

I am officially a Johnson as of 6/22!! I hope to send out announcements and a commerative photo to the family in the next couple weeks. If you would like to see a few pictures, check out my personal blog Impressions Ala Lydia...

I love you all and boy how sweet it is to be in love!

Wedding

Here is a picture of James and our new daughter-in-law! They got married on January 17 in Japan. The original plan was to come home in September and get married in the states so that the families could attend. But they decided they did not want to wait until then and take the risk of one of them being deployed and not being married. We have not met her yet as he met her over in Japan. We have chatted on line and she seems like a nice girl.

Family Pictures

One of my very good friends is leaving this Friday to go back to China. On Sunday night we decided to take group pictures. There are 6 of us who are always together. We went on vacation together in September and are all very close. I thought I would post our pictures. Most of you know how much I hate pictures but I really love the way these turned out. I hope you enjoy them.

Front Row Left to Right: Aaron, Eric, and Joshua
Back Row Left to Right: Sarah, Me, and Sherry

For those of you who don't know I really like Joshua! The one in the chair in this picture.

Left to Right: Sherry, Me, Sarah

My dad... or Uncle Wally-Burger as some of you might say...

Dad suffered a heart attack and stroke on December 27th and is slowly but surely making progress. From where he was to where he is now... there is no explaining how far he has come in the past three weeks. He is now shuffling cards and able to do a little more for himself. He sill needs help to get out of bed and things of that nature, but it's all about the baby steps at this point.

Please keep daddy in your thoughts and prayers. He still has a long way to go and a lot of confusion. I just want to say that I genuinely appreciate all of the support that our family has been shown through this difficult time.

I love you all...

Lydia

Introducing Brent's family...

Brent's parents Sue and Larry

Brent's niece Ashley- 7 months

Obviously, these are not all the members of Brent's family but I just wanted to prove that I will fit right in! I was SO SHOCKED by the picture of Brent's parents because they are pretty reserved. Of course, that is a Minnesotan characteristic but compared to the Raison Clan they are pretty mild. They clearly have a fun side though!!

Hope you enjoy the festive pictures, I know I did! Just let me know if you would like to see a normal pic of his parents and I will provide it... LOL

We finally decided...

...to get our pictures done. It has been about 15 years since we had pics done. This is mainly because I do not like getting my picture taken as it shows me that I need to work harder in the gym and it also reminds me of just how large my Jewish nose really is! The photographer wound up taking about 90 pics and now we have the fun task of deciding which ones we want prints of.