Sunday, January 1, 2012

Christmas Morning 2011



Christmas morning was the BEST!!!  I absolutely love Christmas morning at home. There's just something magical about being in your home with your tree and your stockings hung where they've been all month long, etc.  It was so fun to wake up and have our own little Christmas morning with our little ones.  We started off at about 6:45ish.  The girls came in our room to wake us up, but we were already awake.  I was getting myself ready for the day since we needed to leave extra early to get to church in Orem by 9am.  I came downstairs to turn on all the lights and get the video camera rolling.




See, when I was growing up, our stockings were STUFFED full.
 It was one of my favorite parts of present-opening.


Empty Plate and Note from Santa


There is nothing more magical than KIDS on Christmas morning. Nate and I agree that we are both more excited for them on Christmas than anything else.


Hailey's Santa gift she asked for was an Easy Bake Oven and 
Addy's was a Build-A-Bear Gift Card.


We met up with Nate's family at his parents ward for Sacrament Meeting, then on to the house to finish opening presents. A Johnson Family Tradition is to read the story of Christ's Birth before opening presents.  After that, it was INSANE with wrapping paper and cardboard covering the floor. It was such a fun mess.  Valerie made her famous waffles with ice cream and strawberries. I ate way too much, but it was so good.


We draw names among the siblings and also among the grandkids and this year we drew Carmen & Ben, Spencer and Regan.  After all the opening, everyone kind of went their own way, took naps, played with new toys, etc. It was a great day. 

1 comment:

jandrach.blogspot.com said...

Yay for Christmas! And yay for having Christmas morning in your own home with your cuties! Looks like it was a really great one for you guys :)