The Johnston 6: June 2011

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

A wonderful place!

Our last picture in front of our house in Papillion, NE. We will miss it so much. So many wonderful memories at this house. God blessed us with Cambria and Ainsley while living in this home. We were able to share it with our amazing friends and family. It was alot of work, but so much joy was in this house! Praise the Lord for His many blessings!

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

the kids spring 2011

Ainsley- 18 months

Cambria-3

Avalyn-5

Gavin-7

Love beautiful pictures of my kids taken by such a special friend! Thanks Jessi!

Family pictures Spring 2011

Family Pictures by Jessica Hegland! We didn't get the pictures by the plane, but it was a beautiful day on the parade field and we got some great pictures with Daddy in his uniform!

The kids and Daddy wasn't to easy.

We got it!

One Last Flight!

The Finny-Flight...or last flight. This was Kyle's last flight in the Air Force and we were looking forward to celebrating with him! The tradition is that the family gets to go on the flight line after the plane lands and watch him get off the plane...and of course hose him down with water. We were excited and after the stress of getting the 4 kids ready for pictures with Daddy on this special day and racing to make it there in time- of course on this day they ran out of fuel and landed early- my dreams of great pictures were dashed. Not only was it the kids and I, but my sister was there to help me (since we were leaving the next day for TX) and our dear friend (and photographer) Jessi came down for one last visit and to take pictures!

On our way to see Daddy and his plane!

Aunt Christine!

This is where the pictures stopped for us:( We were informed at the gate to the flight line that we did not have the right paper work to take pictures. Of course it came down to paper work. Kyle and the guys were told they didn't need it and I am sure for some guards that would be fine, but not this one. I was soooo sad. So no pictures with Daddy and the plane he spent the last 7 years flying, none with the kids, just a memory that the kids are too young to ever remember. We tried to make the best of it, we sprayed the water, got back on the bus and headed to the parade field for some family pictures.

With Daddy on the bus after his last flight! We are so proud!

Sunday, June 26, 2011

A few last visitors!

Saying Good-Bye

This was probably the most difficult good-bye for us to make in Nebraska. Our church Christ Community in Omaha has been an amazing blessing to our family. I LOVED working with the youth, we LOVED the children's ministry, MOPS and our family our Journey group. We were in the same Sun. group for 7 yrs., broken up into smaller groups throughout the years we were able to form amazing relationships! Our church wasn't near our home, but it was well worth the drive. When Kyle was deployed, they were always there for me. They made NE feel like home and we will miss them so much!We decided to make saying good-bye a bit fun with this group and went on a little camping trip, about an hour and a half away from Omaha for the weekend! This is definitely not the easiest stage of life to camp at, but we survived, had a lot of fun and made a lot of memories! The kids LOVED it! There were definitely challenges, like Cambria's desire to sprint off at any moment- not good when you are near camp fires, cars, and water, and of course she hated the tent. It was not the best night of sleep with the little ones in the tent. We have been so blessed, these amazing friends have always been open to watching and helping us with the kids, so camping wasn't too bad. What a wonderful time and hopefully not our last with these special friends.