Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Christmas Day

We woke up Christmas morning and Santa had left lots of goodies!  Cooper couldn’t wait to see what was in his stocking!

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SB was excited to get an alarm clock so she can wake up on her own in the mornings.  She also got lots of “teacher stuff”, a new big girl bike and an American girl doll.

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Sophie is at such a fun age this year.  She was excited that Santa left her a new bike, teacher stuff, puzzles and an American girl Bitty Baby. 

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Andrew must have been really good this year because Santa left him lots of goodies!  He got a large train table, trucks, and a basketball goal.  He had a fun morning!

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Sophie loves her new baby.  She is taking very good care of her.  Nana gave her a bed and high chair to go with her baby.

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MeMe, Jason and Scott came over for a BIG surprise! The tag said, “This is a clue for our trip…guess where!”

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She barely pulled the shirt out of the bag and she said “Disney World!!”

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When we said “yes we are going to Disney tomorrow and we are flying”…she screamed!!  Sophie was excited…it just took her a minute to catch on!Christmas 2012 098Christmas 2012 100

Andrew wanted Scott to help him open all of his presents and he helped Scott open his. 

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For lunch we went to Nana and Papaw’s house.  We enjoyed yummy steaks that Papaw grilled for us in the rain.  After we ate we opened lots of gifts.  All of the kids got one of these cool chairs.

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We had a really exciting Christmas.  We didn’t visit any family Christmas night because we had some packing to do!  Since the trip was a surprise for the kids…I didn’t do anything ahead of time! 

Christmas Eve

We attended the early Christmas Mass on Christmas Eve because the children participate.  Sophie was chosen to carry baby Jesus down the aisle.  She did a fantastic job (she made her Daddy go with her Winking smile).  After she carried Jesus down the aisle she laid him in his manger.  It was the sweetest thing I have ever seen.  Sarah Beth said, “Mama, I had tears in my eyes when I saw Sophie carrying baby Jesus”.  Oh how sweet!  Sarah Beth took part in the prayers.  She did an excellent job reading in the microphone! 

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After Mass we went to Uncle Tim and Aunt Leslie’s house for Christmas with the Rodgers’.  We had a delicious meal, played Dirty Santa and of course sang and danced while Reed played his guitar!

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We came home, put out our Reindeer food and cookies for Santa and got all tucked in bed!  We had 2 very excited little girls!  SB also had the tooth fairy come to visit…she had lost a tooth the night before at Nana and Papaw’s house…exciting night!

Monday, December 31, 2012

Andrew turns 2!

On December 20th Andrew turned the big 2!!  His birthday was on a Thursday but we celebrated with family on Saturday night.  Andrew wanted a Thomas birthday cake.  We had tamales and rotel cheese dip.  Andrew had a great time!  I can’t believe that my baby boy is 2 already.  He has brought so much joy to our family.  He is the sweetest little fella!

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Sophie the Gymnast

Sophie started taking gymnastics in August.  She really enjoys it and looks forward to going each week.  A few weeks ago they had a Christmas showcase.  Families were invited to come see what the pre-schooler’s  have learned so far.  My little shy Sophie is doing excellent.  Her friend Meredith takes with her and they were so sweet watching!

Stretching and warming up!

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Pit races

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Everyone was presented with a trophy.  Sophie was so proud!

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Way to go Soph!  Keep up the great work!

Monday, December 24, 2012

Merry Christmas

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Merry Christmas from The Johnston’s!!

Saturday, December 22, 2012

The Nutcracker 2012

A couple of Sunday’s ago, Sarah Beth’s dance studio performed The Nutcracker.  SB was in the “Party Scene”.  She did a wonderful job on stage.  We were so proud of her performance!

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She also did a tap dance to Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.

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Sophie was excited to see her friend from school, Farrell. 

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