Christmas Vacation (part one)

 Christmas was so much fun this year!!  This year was probably one of my favorite years ever!!  We were busy with lots of fun activities so I am dividing this into 2 parts (and there will still be lots of pics with each post)  Anyway we headed down to Travs parents house on the 21.  The kids were so excited to finally be headed to Grandmas house and they asked a million times if we were there yet :)  Saturday we hung out and Trav and I were able to finish up our shopping (thanks Cathy for watching the kids) then we went over to Cathys parents for their Christmas party.  It was lots of fun and fun to talk to everybody.  Sunday was fun having everybody at Travs parents house and our niece Jailyn was baptized that night!  We are so proud of her for making that decision!  THe kids (mainly Jac) were so excited to be able to watch her and now they are counting down till they can get baptized :)  They look up to Jai so much!
Monday we all went to lunch/dinner at CHuck a Rama and it was so nice to go out and not have to worry about cooking/cleaning that day!!!  The kids were a little wired there but thats okay :)  They were all so so so excited that night for Santa to come!!  We ate more food and acted out the nativity that night and Cathy read all the kids her favorite Christmas story and once the kids were all in bed we got everything ready for Christmas morning and for Santa to come :)  

opening presents at Grandma Pages house

Jai reading them a bedtime story 

 Bracken and Boe.  These two are trouble!!

Acting out the nativity!

 The angel and the star :)

 2 of the 3 wise men.  The third got tired of waiting his turn :)

The nativity :)  

Opening Christmas jammies!!

 Ready for bed and Santa to come!!!

Christmas morning was so much fun!!!!  Our kids got lots of fun things and we got a puppy!!  The kids are in love with her and named her Cabella :)  She is the cutest chocolate lab ever!  From Santa Jacie got a doll house Boe got a barn and animals and Pais for a little seahorse that sings and lights up.  Plus lots of candy and little toys.  The puppy was a huge hit that morning and all the kids loved her!!  She definitely got lots of loves Christmas morning :)  After we ate breakfast we headed up to my parents house which is continued in part 2......

   The kids loot.  (the presents in the background are not all for my kids...that was everybodys stuff)

 They loved having the puppy chase them :)

Poor puppy was so tired!!

 Teri made these sweet beard hats for all the boys

Duck Dynasty has nothin on the Johnson clan :)

Headed up to my parents house!!  The kids loved holding the puppy!!