We had a very eventful Christmas weekend. We woke up early Christmas Eve morning at about 6am to discover that Bernie had food poisoning. He was so violently sick and we were just hours away from having 18 of his family over for dinner. We quickly switched the location to his parents house and I took on the task of making the dinner that Bernie had planned. I will just say that I have to give him a lot of credit for the preparation that goes into getting the meat prepared for dinner, he had a lamb rolled in beef. This was not something I was planning on having anything to do with and once it was all said and done I was ready to become vegetarian. I did my best to put on Christmas dinner with the help of Bernie's parents but there was definitely a void without him. Poor Bernie stayed at home and just tried to get through the night. Christmas morning he was feeling much better than the day before but had still managed to lose 7 lbs in 24 hours. Yikes! The girls of course had a wonderful Christmas and were completely spoiled by everyone as usual. We spent Christmas evening at my cousins house in Mill Creek with my mom's side of the family and spent the night at my parents house so we could do Christmas morning with my immediate family on the 26th. Bernie was a trooper through it all because I know he wasn't 100% but still did his best to put on a smile and made it to all the planned events. Once we came home on the afternoon of the 26th Bernie headed back to work and I was content at home with the kids playing with all of their new toys. Of course that was not enough excitement for us Johnsons, Ella decided we needed to end the Christmas festivities with a bang and decided to swallow one of my crystal earrings. Although we had a wonderful Christmas it was anything but relaxing and I am hoping that New Years will be a much calmer holiday for us.
The Cousins minus Eric
Playing with Sierra's new present
Ella loved the boom box Nanny and Gramps got her
Ashley was waving goodbye to PJ our elf who was hiding in the Christmas tree
Christmas morning with Santa's Little Helpers
Ella's present from Mrs. Clause. I am so happy with how it turned out!
These are puppets and when Ella opened them up she screamed,"I got my very own Muppets!"
Ella and her beloved Mermaid dolls. Once she opened this she would not put it down and tried to open all other presents one handed :)
Dad showing the girls how to jam
This is why I get very little sleep at my parents house when we stay there. Somehow the girls always end up in bed with me.
Ashley doing her twirls with her new tutu
Playing with Piper
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