Christmas at home

This was our first Christmas off the island in 2 years. We arrived on St Maarten on Christmas Eve 2006 and spent that and Christmas 2007 in St Maarten. It was so strange to have snow and cold weather for Christmas, but it does seem a lot more festive. The kids and I made Christmas cookies and decorated them, and I also did some chocolate dipped pretzels and marshmallows. It was so nice to be able to do those things with all the kitchen appliances a girl could ask for!

We spent Christmas Eve with Dave's Mom, Dad, Uncle Craig, Aunt Patty, and cousins Cayley and Cullen. We had a great time opening gifts, catching up, and eating some wonderful food...the wine was pretty great too.

On Christmas day we woke up early and the boys opened their presents from Santa. Santa left each boy a bike in the garage and we sent Reece out twice and he never even saw them, we finally had to just open the door and say "Hey what is that in the garage?" Totally ruined the moment! Here they each are with one of their favorite gifts. Reece was so excited to have his own alarm clock so he didn't have to get out of bed anymore to see what time it is!

After presents we all got ready and went to my brother Matt's house for more presents and more food...oh and a little more wine. Here is the Johnston Clan on Christmas. It was a fun day and we were so glad to be together again.

We also finally met our new niece Calleigh and she was as sweet as can be! I got to feed her dinner and it was nice to feed a little baby again!
We had a great Christmas! Thanks everyone for all the nice gifts...the kids won't need anymore toys for sure for a long time! It was nice to be back home and with our families for the holiday!