Christmas at the Johnsons

We started off on Christmas Eve with out usual traditions. A great day at home playing around together, there were games, movies, sledding and a little last minute gift wrapping! Then we prepared our favorite Christmas Eve feast. Ellery and Bailey started this a few years ago with all food beginning with "C" for Christmas, they are hilarious. What cracks me up the most is a couple of things that they wanted on the menu didn't begin with "C" so they just added Christmas to whatever it was, so Christmas Rolls just to make it fit! You can't really tell from the picture, but there are about 15 things on the menu all our favorites and such a feast! Candle light just for fun!

We read about the birth of our Savior and the true reason for Christmas. I am always so happy that they love the Lord and love hearing about His birth just as much as anything having to do with the big red jolly guy! After all our fun, we send them off to bed trying their hardest to stay awake in bed and hear those darn reindeer! They were all so excited. It is fun to see as each year another one of my babies has grown up enough to understand it all. So FUN!!!

Christmas morning

Everyone was happy and ready to open presents nice and early. Our presents for the baby Jesus first and then they all took turns so nicely! I was really happy to see that again they were so excited over their toys even though we keep Christmas kind of small. They get one gift from Mom and Dad, one from Santa and then some small things filling their stockings. Of course there are treats a plenty but that is about it! They were thrilled!

Ellery and Bailey really got into the spirit this year and wanted to buy Matt and I presents on their own without our help this year. It was SO sweet! I am excited that they see how fun giving can be!

We had been fighting a wonderful stomach flu for over a week. Me with pregnancy sickness and 4 kids with this awful flu made for a lot of throwing up. Somehow Ellery escaped the fun...until everyone else was feeling better that is. She got sick Christmas Eve and threw up all day Christmas day. She is awesome though, even when sick she is pleasant, happy and fun. She just was laying low and trying to feel good. What a trooper! Here she is with her sprite and the ever fun bucket "just in case!" Poor Ellie, she is the best "sick kid" ever!

Bailey loves things artsy and crafty. This was just a little stocking stuffer, but she had fun for hours making different designs. What a cutie!

Taiter just had a blast all day long! She was probably the most bubbly...so excited!

Cy is so obsessed with the movie Cars. He got everything cars this year. Here he is with his beloved Mac and Lightning inside! He asks to sleep with it every night, never out of sight!

This is Gus's new Cheesy face! Nice and slobbery for this picture. He is all about balls...any kind of ball! Throw it, he chases it, brings it back and waits for you to throw it again! Hours of fun!

We are totally low key, but had a great time! We just played together all day long and had a blast! It was such an inexpensive Christmas and one of my favorites ever! The kids were just so happy and fun. We had so much fun this Christmas break as a family and to me that is what Christmas is all about!

I hope your family had a very Merry one too!!!