Georgia Aquarium
Aunt Abbey, Ben's youngest sister, came to visit us for several days over the summer
Ben went up to Grampa Harmon's farm in Indiana to visit him for Father's Day.
Ben's youngest brother, Andy, also came to visit.
Grampa likes to go sailing!
Grampa, Uncle Bob, Alan, and Ben....they had a little family get together for Father's Day
Grampa enjoys fishing on his beautiful pond....and so does his dog, Pepsi ;-)
Tyler loves to play golf with Daddy
We got a sweet nephew, Baby Jack, on June 21st. He is Bo and Erin's son. Erin is the oldest of Ben's sisters
Grandma and Grandpa Johnson with all the grand and great grand kids at Uncle Bo and Aunt Erin's house
Cousins playing.....Bailey Beth and Britton
We also got a sweet niece, Baby June, on July 2nd. She is Trey and Lucinda's daughter. Lucinda is in between Erin and Abbey. This puts the Johnson cousin count at 9!
Uncle Brian came over to help Daddy build the new playground
My cousin, Lauren, got married to Bobby on July 27th in PA. They are such a sweet couple!
My dad's sister's family: Gaines, Lauren, Aunt Denise, Uncle Davis
Yep, he's giving a high five :-)
The beautiful reception venue
My sister, Shauna, and I at the wedding
Uncle Keith and Daddy at the wedding
The Gaines family
We spent the night in Philly on the way up to the wedding. Ben with the Liberty Bell.
Tyler in front of Independence Hall
Real Cheesesteaks
The Love Park Fountain
National Constitution Center
Benjamin Franklin's grave
Betsy Ross House
The China Gate - Philadelphia Chinatown
Reading Terminal Market.....you could spend all day eating here!!
Some Amish ladies making pretzels
Bassetts Ice Cream - America's oldest ice cream company
This is Ben's old house! His family lived right outside of Philly until he was in 2nd grade when they moved down to the great state of SC :-)
We also visited his elementary school as it was literally just down the road. Tyler loved seeing Daddy's old school. Ben even pointed out his classroom windows.
We visited the Crayola Factory which was lots of fun for ALL of us ;-)
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Painting with melted crayons
Watercolor painting
The Crayola packaging wall. It showed what the crayon packaging looked like through the years......I promise that we let Bailey Beth out of the stroller, but she does prefer riding over walking :-)
The White House! We stopped in Washington DC on the drive home from the wedding. I took this as we were driving that's why it's crooked.
Washington Monument.....they were doing some renovations
Arlington National Cemetery
Lincoln Memorial
US Air Force Memorial
Sea Lions at the National Zoo In DC. They liked "chasing" the tennis balls as the kids took turns rolling them in front of the glass. It was quite entertaining!
Tiger paws
Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd on Fan Appreciation Day
Sammy Watkins, wide receiver, signing Ben's helmet
Tyler and cousin Bennett with The Tiger
Ben brought Tyler to the SC State game
Tyler started Kindergarten this year at Northside Elementary!!
Tyler with his teacher, Mrs. Groomes, on the 1st day of school
Bailey Beth started preschool this year at Northside also!
Bailey Beth wasn't quite as excited for the 1st day as big brother! Her teacher, Mrs. Cook, is trying to comfort her. Mrs. Henderson, the teacher's assistant, is to the right. Bailey Beth loves school now though :-)
Most of Tyler's soccer team. We were the silver, Alltel team this year. Daddy was the coach.
Tyler, #5, is throwing the ball back into play...."Coach Johnson" is to the far right.
Bailey Beth enjoyed watching the games
Tyler is dropping back to play defense. He scored his 1st ever soccer goal on Sept. 11th. I wish I had a photo! His teacher, Mrs. Groomes, also came to watch one of his games.
Ben turned 33 on Sept. 12th
Naturally, the kids helped him open his birthday gifts
