We had a lot of fun in Cedar Rapids, at the Midwestern Synchronized Skating Sectionals! Chicago Jazz Novice--all the teams skated great, and best of all, the girls had SO much fun!

Logan: "I ate waaaaayyy too much!"

Another amazing Christmas with the family......

Finally I can Post Something!

Hi everyone! I finally get to post something after I've been sooo busy with ice skating, concerts, family stuff, and school especially. Anyways, for anybody who's coming from Lucy Lane's blospot, I wanna ask for everyone to pray for them and their bogspot so they can continue to share their super cool family with all of us. If you aren't already familiar with what I'm talking about, someone is trying to steal Lucy Lane's mom's identity off of their blogspot. Hopefully, that will be resolved quickly and painfully. That's it for now! Only 11 days till Christmas! Thank you!

New Rooms

It's finally me again! I think my mom and my brother saw how much fun I was having, and they wanted a turn! Anyway, we're officially starting to make the baby's room. Us siblings had to do a big switch with rooms because there are only four bedrooms upstairs. Ethan and Logan are sharing my old room and they just got their new bunk beds as well as their bedding and they're loving it! In our family, we like to make our rooms in themes so Ethan and Logan have both decided they want a log cabin themed room. We just had a painter come today to check out all the rooms. He's got a cool technique to make the walls actually look like logs! My room is gonna be beach themed. Anybody that knows me is very aware that I loooooove anything tropical! My mom really put the cherry on top when she found a mural of a beach scene for my wall! I think I'm gonna paint the room a really really light greenish color. Lastly, and most importantly, the baby's room. We were looking at Leapfrog and Lilypad Baby (website) and found a really cute room with hot pink walls and green and brown bedding with flowers and butterflies on it. It's gonna be soooo cute! I can't wait! That's it for now... I'm almost falling asleep writing this! Goodnight!

-Mady :)




(I'll have a bunch of new pics within the next few days!)

I think its my turn now!!! I am Mom Johnson, mom to three of the most wonderful, amazing children I could ever hope for--and wife to my equally amazing, supportive soul mate! I am truly blessed.

Our adoption journey began with a 'what do you think about adopting........' that led us somehow, someway to the youtube video of the Johnson's and Lucy Lane. We were inspired by their story, and we were led to AGCI!!! The process began shortly thereafter, and now has turned into the focus of our family. We think and talk about our new little girl EVERY day. It's fun to think she might already BE at Hannah's Hope! Our dossier is about a week away from being sent, and we are READY for the waiting list! I look forward to sharing our thoughts and happenings as we get closer to meeting our little blessing......

A blog from ethan

Hi,this is Ethan. This is the first time i am blogging so if you see some errors or stuff that doesn't look right please laugh at how cute i am :)

I was a little bit edgy about adopting at first. When my mom told me about the idea i thought about what it would be like to have another sister and about what it would be like to have a sibling that was born from a different couple. But then after doing some research and watching some snazzy YouTube videos (Lucy Lane) i was completely sure about adopting. i learned about how poor the people are in Ethiopia and how the children's mothers couldn't afford to take care of their them. I also learned about the Ethiopian culture plus more. Now i am really anxious to get a new sister. i cannot wait to see her in person.

P.S. please comment on my blog!