CHRISTMAS MORNING 2008

What a wonderful Christmas we had this year- Each of us had something that we had to over come this Christmas Season. Tyeann had the hardest time falling asleep Christmas Eve. She headed to bed at 8pm but lights out didn't happen until 11pm- Jesse was lacking sleep with the child up so late and not realizing that a gift still needed to be put together- Jon Cole had his first year of truly understanding that Santa was going to visit our home so he wanted his door open all night- and for Sondra it was only her 3rd Christmas in her whole life without having one or both her parents with her over the Holiday Season.
Jon Cole got his big tool bench from Santa.

Tyeann got her DS from Santa and we haven't seen her since!

Oh this was great! this was the first year that I really saw our dogs get into their xmas gifts-they made more of a mess than our human kids.

Tyeann took this photo and we just love it- alittle blurry but oh so happy.

A New Christmas Tradition

These Kids belong in the Woods
Time to cut down the tree

This was a New Texas Christmas Tradition for the Johnson Family...Cutting down our Tree. Jesse & I had to over come the lack of snow, mountains & type of Tree....see we are from the Great NW(Washington State) & in the past Jesse & I would take our snowmobiles up into the mountain snow & cut down our PINE Christmas tree. On this day it was 65 degrees & the tree the kids picked out was a Texas breed Christmas tree-I couldn't tell you the type?

The Johnson's 2008 Christmas Tree

It took 3.5years

It only took 3.5years for big sister to do this to her little brother.

huh he looks like he enjoyed it?

OK...he is still our boy- tackle those girls!

Thanksgiving-Family

We give Thanks that Grandpa spent Thanksgiving with us!
We give Thanks for a very healthy and Loved Family

We give Thanks for a 120% Boy

We give Thanks for a 220% Girl

Future Bull Rider

Over the Fence in zero flat
Under the barb wire...piece of cake

In order to say hello to the Cows in our back yard.

Jon Cole asked Grandpa "Can you teach me how to ride Bulls?" We'll have to have Uncle Todd to do that one but hey....I think we have a future Bull rider in the family.

FAMILY SKATING

Grandpa came out for a visit and wanted to go Roller skating!
Tyeann raced Grandpa round the rink a few times. A 7 year old against a 67 year old.

Looky here....a boy and his father- probably won't see these legs in skates for another 20 years!

Tyeann is taking after her mother- not only in the roller skating aspect but in the picture taking!

CANDY! CANDY! CANDY!

Can you say Candy! thank you to everyone that attended my scrapbook party and ate half! One of these days things are going to catch up with me-I work out soo hard so I can eat all of this!
yep those are my kids! almost falling into the bags.

Tyeann wanted to be something scary this year so she picked the skull fairy but hey shes still a girl:) Jon Cole was hands down batman. Three mornings in a row after Halloween Jes and I were woken up by Batman-