What an incredible example of a true and Christ-like servant!

Like so many others, I was heartbroken to hear of the passing of our beloved prophet last night. I loved and admired this great man and I have truly felt his genuine and deep love for all of us.

I can just imagine his return home to the loving arms of our Father in Heaven, our Savior and his sweet, loving eternal companion. What a glorious event that must have been.

My thoughts and prayers are with his family and all those who closely associated with him. He will be so very missed by many.

It's Official! Something to look forward to.....

We are going on vacation! We made our final payment and just received our confirmation saying that we are booked and paid in full! Hooray!

We will be traveling with my parents which we be especially sweet! I cant wait to spend 2 1/2 weeks with 3 of my favorite people in such an amazing place!

I sure love these two!

What great examples they are after 50 years of marriage!

A Place To Call Home...

When I first met my guy, he was in the process of building his dream house, so when we got married we sold my townhouse in Utah County and just decided to rent while we built. As it turns out...that "process" is L-O-N-G. Much longer than either of us (well, me atleast) expected. Today it's still a pile of dirt awaiting final permits. After renting for nearly a year now and realizing that the dream house is going to take some time to make it happen, we were starting to wonder how much longer we were going to last in our small 2 bedroom rented condo! Over the holidays, we happened to stumble upon a new listing that is right around the corner from where we are living and fell in love. We absolutley love this neighborhood and our ward is incredible. Although at the time, we weren't looking to buy, things just fell into place and it felt right. So...bottom line...thanks to the help of my fabulous sister, (our real estate agent), this little beauty is now known as Casa del Johnson! Chris isn't ready to give up his dream of building yet...but for now...THIS is the Place and we are ecstatic!

The bad news...it's a little bit of a project. It was built in 1956 and it shows. I am sure that in it glory days, the pink toilets, rose tiles, floral wallpaper and sunny yellow bathtub were fancy schmancy....but, now they're just tired and outdated! Fortunately with 4 fireplaces, exposed brick walls, a great master suite and an incredible yard, we saw the potential. We've decided to give the house a little overhaul, by remodeling most of it. We're hooked on HGTV, TLC and the DIY network. We love watching all of the home improvement shows and are excited to have one of our own (minus the video camera, swear words and millions watching, of course), so...

We're Kim & Chris, and THIS IS OUR FLIP!!!!

(I'll be posting some great before/after interior shots throughout the next couple of months!)

Stay Tuned!

Luckily, our lease isn't up on our condo for a couple more months...so while we work, you can continue to find us here...

Me & My Handsome Gentleman Friend!

Many of you don't know this handsome guy that I am lucky enough to be standing next to! I truly feel blessed to have found him. We have been married for almost a year now (wow, how time flies) and it has been one of the greatest years of my life! Chris, like me, is a Utah native and comes from a really great family! He is the youngest of 5 with a twin sister. His parents weren't expecting twins and his dad jokes that he has been trying to send him back ever since! I am pretty dang glad that the big fellow has a strict: "No Return Policy".

We met at the driving range (long story) and hit it off almost immediately. I think that we were looking at rings and talking about the future within only about 10 days. I thought (and pretty much still think) that this guy was absolutely too good to be true! There had to be something wrong with him, why was he still on the market? Even stranger, how could somebody who had managed to stay completely unattached for 34 long years, suddenly be in love and want to marry me after just 2 weeks? I mean, I know that I am great and all......but come on, it's still pretty unbelievable! I knew almost immediately that Chris was the kind of man that I wanted to marry and even told my sister that we would either be engaged or "finished" by Christmas (we met October 5th). Well, I am happy to say that I landed this amazing guy even sooner than expected and we were engaged on November 7th, 2006 less than 5 weeks after meeting! (It sounds so crazy...even to us!)

We were married on February 3rd, 2007 and I thank my Heavenly Father every single day for bringing him into my life. He really is an answer to my prayers and he constantly makes me want to be a better person. He is the hardest working, most sincere, genuine and consistent person that I have ever met! He is one of the greatest blessings in my life!

If you don't know already know him...you should!

(By the way....Chris is still a little unsure of this blog thing....his only request was that I not to write anything incriminating about us. Apparently, he thinks that the feds will read our blog and find us???) :)

See....Isn't he handsome?

Let's start at the beginning...

I was born on a sunny May morning in 19**....

Okay...Just kidding! I am not really going to go quite that far back! I just had to see if I could post a picture...and it looks like I am in business!

(I am pretty cute though, right)

AT LAST...

Ta Da!!! After dilligently reading blogs of friends, friends of friends (and perfect strangers for that matter), as well as a little nudging from my blogging friends (namely, Melissa)....it is time that I start my own. I figure if I enjoy documenting and reviewing my own life even half as much as I enjoy reading about yours, then this is for me. What a great way to document the exciting and not so exciting(which is most of it) adventures of our lives. Thanks for the inspiration, folks...