Johnson Family Christmas

How did I get so lucky!

Not it's intended use!

First off, Merry Christmas to all of our family and friends! This Christmas turned out to be much busier than the last few. I worked Christmas Eve day and Andrea and Myles spent the day doing last minute cooking and shopping. After I got home from work The family went to Mass at St. Gerard's. Myles did pretty well and the Cars sticker book saved the day. We were able to make it through communion. Which, To be honest, is really more than any parents of a toddler could ask for. We made it home and ate dinner. Kudos to Andrea on a serious Christmas meal. We opened presents and Myles did quite well, as usual. We then all settled in for a "long winters' nap"and patiently awaited the arrival of St. Nick (played by mom and dad).

Myles woke up early Christmas morning to the sound of sleigh bells and ran to the window to look for Santa. He was briefly disappointed when he couldn't see him. When he saw the loot under the tree he got over it. He then proceeded to open everyone's presents and play with all his new toys.

Later on in the morning, We headed over to Andrea's parents, still in our pajamas, for more family fun. Ken made meat balls and I brought over some Belgium beer (duvel) that I highly recommend. We opened presents and had a good time. That evening, after finally changing out of our pajamas we headed to River Falls to My Aunt and Uncle's house to see our cousins. This is always a good time. There are 6 other boys under the age of 7 for Myles to play with. As you can imagine, it is quite the free for all. It was good to see my aunt, uncle and cousins as we get along great and have a good time catching up. We were very blessed to see lots of family and eat lots of great food. Thank you again to everyone for the wonderful time.

Merry Christmas,

Erik