Christmas 2012

Every Christmas morning is the same story for me.  I CANT SLEEP!  Seriously.  The kids always sleep in and I'm wide awake and too excited.  I usually go wake up the kids when I cant stand it any longer.  This year, Johnathan got off work at 7am and then was hurrying home.  He almost made it home before any of the kids woke up, but not quite.  The kids came in and jumped in bed with me and we waited for Dad.  When he got home, we went downstairs and started opening presents. 

The kids are super excited about our new trampoline.  We are going to wait a little bit to set it up and the kids are having a hard time being patient! 

I got a new camera!  I am so excited about it!  I got it on Black Friday for a super awesome price.  It's not a point a click camera, it's a little more complicated.  It's a Nikon D300, SLR, for anyone wanting to know.  I also got a sewing machine.  It's a very basic machine, but I'm also very excited about it!

Johnathan got an iPhone.  I can hardly get him to pay attention to me anymore because he's always fiddling around on it.  But, sometimes he lets me play Words With Friends.  True Love right there!

We had such a good Christmas!  Our favorite part was being together as a family.  I just hope the kids continue to feel that way for a long time!  It probably wont happen, but a mom can wish :)

Christmas Eve

This year, Johnathan had to work the 48 hours before Christmas.  On Christmas Eve, we loaded up and headed to the Fire Station for our tradition of opening new PJ's & a new game.  We stopped and got some yummy Cafe Rio for dinner too.

 

The new game we got was Mille Bornes

After opening our Pj's, we had to hurry home for another tradition.  Since John is a volunteer with Springville Fire Department, we get a special visit from Santa who arrives on a Fire Truck!  The kids hurried and changed into their new Pj's & we waited.

 

 We played one round of our new game and then mom ushered kids off to bed!