Happy Easter!

I know, I know, it is late again. At least I am doing it. March was pretty eventful for Pi'ikea and me. At the end of the month Pi'ikea went to visit her family in Hawaii. She misses her family and wants to go back all the time. All of our nieces and nephews on her side are growing up ridiculously fast. While she was out there she was able to attend a cousin's wedding and see a lot of her family. If you are on Facebook she has some of pictures from the trip. When she returned she brought back the new addition to our family, Chloe.


Pi'ikea's parents breed pugs. The most recent litter had seven little puppies. Chloe is the runt of the litter but is the smartest. She is our little dare devil and escape artist. Just yesterday she got the courage to jump off the couch. She was so excited that she started running around the family room. We put her back on the couch and the very next thing she did was jump off the couch again and run around. She is growing up very very fast. After all of that running she gets pretty tired.


She likes to sleep by the sliding door because the sun comes through the window and keeps her warm. She is almost potty trained, we have had very few accidents. We are starting to take her outside more now that the weather is warming up.

Oh, the name Chloe. I came up with that one. We liked the name Zooey/Zoey/Zoe but our friend Tricia has a little pug with that name and that wouldn't work. Chloe's mom's name is Cleo from Cleopatra. I put the names together and came up with Chloe. I was thinking of spelling her name Khloe like Khloe Kardashian but we didn't want people to think we named her after that Khloe.

Other than taking care of our new puppy not much is going on. Work, as always, is busy for me. We have a lot of bids coming up over the next month or two. Hopefully we will win a few of those. Pi'ikea is staying busy with appointments ever now and again at the Grand America. We love y'all and hope you enjoy Easter.

The Fun Month of March

Hello Family
So it was just not meant to be that I share some pictures with all y'all. I had a picture from the wedding Paul and I went to and it got lost somehow. Then I took a picture of a funny mishap with the dishwasher and it too got lost and I really can't tell that story without the picture. So no pictures or fun stories, just an update :)
March was a great month. We watched tons of basketball with our fingers crossed for BYU and for our brackets. We also were able to go to Arizona for a relaxing weekend. My friend Jaimee was getting married. She and her now husband flew to Utah for Paul and my wedding so Paul and I flew to Arizona for her wedding. It was fun to go to the Arizona temple and remember the promises that Paul and I made to each other during our own wedding. We also got to help set up for the reception which all y'all know I love weddings and had fun doing that. We also went swimming. It was funny swimming in the beginning of March but nice to be in the sun.
Nothing else really happened. I did get called to go to girl's camp in July. Our stake does things a little differently and calls random people throughout the stake to help at girl's camp. So none of the young women leaders are going to camp but there are like 3 or 4 of us women who were called to go. So I get to be in primary and go to camp.
April has been fun too but I will write about that next month. Love Mollie and Paul

The Beginning of the Farewell Tour

We started March with the annual Arapahoe District Recognition Dinner. Dad was given a very special award for his service of the last seven years-The Noble Sage Award. As you can see, it is a walking stick, which was a great help with Dad's knee. On the 15th we left on our 2800 miles road trip. First to St George for a few days, then on to Palm Desert with Grandma McVey and Karen. The highlight of our week in Palm Desert was the Palm Springs Follies. Grandma had seen it years before, Karen and I kinda knew what it was about, but Dad was clueless and a little surprised at the show. The performers were all above 65 in age, and the oldest were in their 80's. It was really fun to see how active they all were and their fancy footwork. While in Palm Desert, we shopped, sat by the pool, went to the movies, Unknown, played games and just had a great time being together.

On Friday morning we left, in the rain, to go to San Diego to visit Charles. By the time we got to San Diego, it had stopped raining and went to the Mormon Battalion Historic Site. It was just wonderful to see and to learn about the Mormon Battalion and how after their trek from Nebraska, they stay and helped the people of San Diego build part of the city.

Dad and Charles decided to try their luck, panning for gold. They actually found "some", but with generous hearts, they put it back in the water for someone else to find. We had some great Mexican food in Old Town and drove around to see the sites.

Karen and Grandma stayed in San Diego for a few more days, and Dad and I drove north to Thousand Oaks on Saturday afternoon. On the way we stopped in Newport to see our good friend Steve Jackson. He gave us a tour of Newport starting with the Temple, which is absolutely beautiful. We got to Grandma and Grandpa Mortensen Saturday night the 26th. We went to church Sunday morning, then to Charlie and Maria's for a delicious brunch. Then on to have our family picture taken, which you will all see later. Monday night we had dinner with Jim and Sue Pulsipher and caught up with the families and plans. On Tuesday, Uncle Lee and Auntie Marj came for lunch and a great visit. On Wednesday night we all had dinner together. Here are the famous Mollett Sisters. Grandma, Auntie Janie, and Auntie Casle.

Here we all are for dinner. Dad, me, Grandma, Grandpa, Janie, Casle, Charlie and Maria. We had a great time visiting and eating wonderful Chinese food.On Thursday morning we left for home. We stopped in St George to see Grandma and then home. We had a great time visiting everyone, going to WalMarts in every city so I could look for a certain shirt a wanted, found a great quilt shop in Palm Desert that Grandma, Karen I spent 2 hours in, found some great quilt patterns, and just had a wonderful time. Next leg of the tour is in April to Houston.

The Johnson Family

(The girls have a new game - "Mail Delivery Person." They ride along on their "vehicles" and deliver the mail. Poor Taylor gets buy on a rolled up sleeping bag, but likes to scoot along on it. It is pretty funny to watch)

Hello -
I don't really have much to say this month. As I was looking back for pictures, I saw nothing. Can you believe it?! NOTHING!! I didn't take any pictures in March?
I took some yesterday to make up something, but sorry - no luck this month. Here is are family news for the last month:
Warren - Warren worked until about midnight or past it almost everyday last month. He did electrical, tiling, installing cabinets, toilets, sinks, dishwasher, TVs, and countertops. But, it all paid off!! His new office opened April 4 and it looks great. He is still working on some things, but most of the hard work is done. I will take pictures and post next month.
Kim - Not much to say about me. I am busy with the girls, Young Women, yoga, running, and trying to keep the house cleaned. I just finished reading "Jane Eyre" and I loved it. I read it in highschool and I wanted to read it again. LOVED IT!! I would recommend it to everyone - Jane Eyre is an extremely moral character and I could go on and on.
Kaylee - Kaylee is busy with all her activities. We will probably be done with gymnastics after the summer because Kaylee is a little nervous about the "advanced" things in gymnastics and would rather do ballet. She is doing great in school and making some good friends.
Nicole - Nicole is loving school and her tap dance class. She is getting more and more comfortable every time she goes to tap. She is fun to watch!! They are practicing a lot for their Spring Recital which is in about 2 months. They are dancing to "Splish, Splash!" She just got her report card and is doing great. She still needs to work on her fine motor skills, but she is reading. It takes awhile to get through a book, but she is reading!! YAY!!
Taylor - Our Taylor is doing fine. She loves her ballet and tap class. Every day she asks, "Do I have ballet today?" She is a good sport and likes to help me run my errands while the girls are at school. The other day we went to the grocery store and she picked out Dinosaur Fruit Snacks. Who knew? She passed by the princess, carebears, and ponies. She wanted Dinosaurs!!

I hope everyone has a great Easter and April. The weather here has been beautiful and my tulips are popping out in the front yard. Seeing tulips always gets me excited for summer - so enjoy the beautiful weather and blossoms!

The Johnson Family