In our family, we celebrate Christmas for approximately two weeks. It may seem excessive, however to me it never gets old. With Jentry's schedule and her 18 family Christmases, we had to wait until December 27th to have our family of five Christmas. Last year Mason wasn't quite old enough to know which day Christmas technically landed on but this year was a different story. He counted the days on the calendar on the regular and was well aware that Christmas was on the 25th. He insisted on setting out cookies, hot chocolate and reindeer food on Christmas Eve. No foolin' this three-year-old! This required some last minute shopping at Dollar General for a few extra "Christmas morning" presents to open. At least Mason is still impressed with cheap toys. Not sure what we may be in for next year.
On December 28th we loaded up and made our first road trip as a family of five. We spent three fabulous days with my family in Orleans. I always enjoy being home for the holidays but this year was especially grand with our new little bundle. Lots of coffee, cookies, puzzles and baby snuggles.
We had a fabulous trip but by the time we got back home I felt pretty much like this...
The next day we rallied and braved the frigid temps with yet another road trip to Chip and Becky's in Lincoln. This time we celebrated with the Johnson family and had a blast playing with cousins.
So thankful we could all be together for yet another year. Grandpa and Grandma Johnson are surely smiling down on this crazy bunch of great grands.
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