Christmas Day finally arrived, but luckily for us the kids slept in until about 7:30. I had woken up to make monkey bread in the oven earlier, so by the time we sat down to open stockings and presents it was cooking in the oven. As we opened gifts we were disturbed by the smell of smoke...Silly me had neglected to put a pan under the bunt pan and the caramel was burning in the bottom of the oven. As we tried to clear out the smoke the kids continued to enjoy their Christmas morning.
Santa left a new guitar for Caleb (He had broken one of the two he had gotten last year and was adamant that he needed it replaced :) and Aubrey got a Frozen ride on toy. The kids enjoyed opening their stockings, and then opened a couple of gifts from us and each other. Caleb had picked out a barbie for Aubrey, and Aubrey gave Caleb the dvd Home.
After we cleaned out the oven a bit we finished cooking the monkey bread. Then we enjoyed some monkey bread, sausages, OJ, and coffee. When we were done we headed over to the park to enjoy some sledding with the rest of the Johnson clan. The kids had a blast!!! We will have to do it again!
Then we headed back home, and I got to work making ham balls and mashed potatoes for noon. Unfortunately, it just wasn't my day and I realized I didn't have any tomato soup for the sauce for the ham balls. Luckily Teresa did, so Jay ran over a can of tomato soup and we were saved. We enjoyed lunch and then put the kids up for naps. Aubrey went right to sleep, but Caleb must have been too excited. He was in his room for almost 2 hours and never fell asleep!
By 4:00 we packed up the car and headed over to Grandma Teresa's. We enjoyed some yummy soup for supper and lots of other goodies. We did our annual gift exchange between the women and unfortunately this year only Troy and Matt were prepared to exchange gifts between the men. I ended up with a very nice serving dish that can be used in 5 different ways. Matt got a nice lantern and a new heavy duty scrapper and brush for his vehicle. We stayed until about 9:00, but the kids were getting overly tired, so we headed home to rest up before we headed back to the Manson area the next day.
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| Caleb almost walked right past his gift from Santa. |
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| Aubrey was worried about sitting on the bow :) |
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| Showing his guitar to Aubrey. |
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| Giving her new wheels a try. |
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| Stocking time! (I'm surprised there isn't any smoke in the background.) |
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| Opening more from his stocking. |
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| Aubrey loves M&Ms! |
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| An ornament Caleb made in 3 year old preschool. |
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| Caleb got a couple more guns. |
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| Then he and Aubrey had to try them out. |
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| Aubrey loves to throw away the wrapping paper. |
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| The last present...it took Aubrey over an hour to open all of her presents...and she only had 5 :) |
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| Sledders up on the hill |
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| Aubrey only went down the hill a couple of times. This time she tried it with Uncle Jay Jay. |
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| All bundled up! |
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| Look closely and you can see Jaxon trying to pull Caleb up the hill. Luckily Jay came to the rescue after a couple of failed attempts. :) |
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| Caleb loved his new sled! |
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| Jaxon getting into it! |
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| Daddy and Caleb going together. |
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| Triple-decker! Grandma Teresa, Jaxon, and Caleb! |
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| Jaxon and Caleb |
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| Sled train with Jay, Jaxon, and Caleb |
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| Aubrey wanted to walk around on the hill but kept losing her balance. It was too funny. |
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| Ready to go at Grandma Teresa and Grandpa Craig's! |
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| Boys playing games :) |
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| Aubrey and Sammi |
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| Aubrey and Jaxon working on some dance moves! |
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| Great Grandma Betty and Aubrey taking some time to color. |
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| Passing out some gifts. |
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| Aubrey opening her doodlePro. She loves to draw! |
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| And then picking up after everybody else :) |
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