Zachariah starts "Pre-K"

Zman started his second year of preschool. He specifically calls school, "Pre-K", emphasizing the "K" and correcting you if you call it anything else. This kid is ready for kindegarten next year today! He is going to Zeeland Public schools. We are excited to meet kids in our community and play with his new teachers, Mrs. Robin & Mrs. Geri in the Monkey room!

Army Crawl!

Nathanael is on the move with his first verison of crawling- army style! Here is a clip of how he is getting around (8 1/2 mos)

Todd's trip to S. Africa

Todd returned earlier this week from his mission trip to S. Africa. Despite multiple delays in getting there, the team made it there safely. Todd and co. came back with some great memories and stories to last a lifetime. VOX United (http://www.voxunited.org/) is doing an amazing job of ministry over there.

For more pictures of his trip, visit here: http://picasaweb.google.com/ZeelandJohnsons/SouthAfrica

Wishing Upon a Meteor...?!?!

One of my favorite new things this summer has been attending the Meteor Festival in Union City Michigan. In this quaint town, author & illustrator Patricia Polacco lives & finds inspiration for her children's books. Grandma Chris Haynes studies this author each year in her 2nd grade classroom in Texas. Grandmommy, PePaw, Grandma Chris and the three "buckaroos" (Thomas, Zachariah & Nathanael) attended a fun filled day. One of her books, Meteor, shares about how you can wish on this rock that fell into her grandparents yard and your wishes will come true! (but there are some restrictions on what you can wish!)

Here is a blog about the author: http://www.patriciapolacco.com/

Here are more pictures from our fun filled day!:

http://picasaweb.google.com/ZeelandJohnsons/Summer08Fun/photo#5231032454459349234

Summer Time Blues

We have been beating the "Summer Time Blues" with cherry & blueberry pickin! We have gone blueberry picking twice in the last few weeks. Recently, our friends, Anthony, Kandye, Trevor & Kelsey were visiting Michigan to cool off from the heat in Alabama. We went blueberry pickin & to the beach among other things.

Here are some fun pictures from their trip and other Summer time fun: http://picasaweb.google.com/ZeelandJohnsons/Summer08Fun/photo#5231029834663303714

Mighty Maples Reunite

It was fun for Bethany to see Adrian High School classmates recently while we were all home visiting the 'rents. Jodie (VanBuren) Paster & Emily (Powers) Middleton are still good friends although we do not stay in touch like we used too. Crazy that we now have kiddos, too.

Miss ya'll!

For more pictures of our day at the park, browse here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/ZeelandJohnsons/FriendsFamily/photo#5226370355250006354

Summer Fun

We are having a great summer- early July lead us home to Bethany's parents lakehouse for a week with the cousins. We enjoyed lots of lake time, yummy meals, celebrating Grandmommy & PePaw's birthdays and shopping.