The Rest of a Wonderful Christmas Day!

A bit after Noon we finally got dressed and ready for the day, and headed out to my grandparents house.  We got there just as my parents and Eric and Jen were leaving. The kids were very excited to tell my grandparents all about their amazing Christmas.  Elizabeth brought Fluttershy to show off and Devin brought his Geo(from Team Umizoomi a math preschool show on Nick Jr.) that Elizabeth gave him and they showed them off to my grandparents as well.  We visited for a while and my cousin Sarah came with her youngest and joined in the visiting and admiring of gifts especially Fluttershy.  After some snacking and lots of visiting and playing we left my grandparent's and went to Tony's parents house for the Johnston Christmas dinner and party.  It was of course wonderful!  Devin even did pretty well, he wasn't particularly chatty but he didn't have a single melt down(though he did struggle a bit when we were all down in the Cougar Den opening presents...too many people in too small a space for him, but he made it) Dinner was prime rib with lots of yummy sides! Then was visiting while the kids played and then it was time for presents.  The kids each got a new pair of super soft super cute pj's and a personal, handmade by grandpa latch hook pillow.  Elizabeth's had a butterfly as she's our little butterfly. Devin's had a dalmatian dog as he loves dogs and especially dalmatians since they're traditionally fire truck dogs! Elizabeth got a stuffed Woodstock(from Peanuts) and Devin got Snoopy, but since we already have a Snoopy Tony's going to exchange it for Charlie Brown. They also got some fun things and treats in their stockings!  Tony and I got a new Corelle dishes set(YAY!!!) and cups and a nice silverware set and even new place mats! It was a perfect gift!!  After presents were opened we just enjoyed visiting and spending time as a family.  It truly was a wonderful Christmas!

At Grandma and Grandpa Walkers

Devin is eating potato chips and baby carrots and Elizabeth is LOVING playing with barbies!

 The Johnston Christmas party, opening presents.

Christmas Morning!

Devin was up first Christmas morning and he was very excited to see if Santa came and brought him his Mike the Knight castle!  He was up just after 7 and when Tony went into Elizabeth's room she was still out cold!  But she didn't mind too much being woken up once she realized it was Christmas day! They were both very happy to see just what they'd asked Santa to bring them sitting in front of the Christmas tree when they came into the living room!  Devin even said "thank you Santa!" He can be soooo sweet!! I think Elizabeth was in a bit of shock and awe at how wonderful her Fluttershy was!  I don't think she was expecting one that nice! So she was just soaking her in, she had a constant look and feeling of, "this is really for me! It's MINE!!!!" It was really sweet in it's own way!  We kinda spoiled the kiddos this year(since we could) and it definitely helped that we found a lot of great deals and sales as well!  They had a great time opening and loving all their presents! Elizabeth's expressions are priceless and the things Devin say are too! It just makes it so worth it!!  Tony and I didn't get each other much, ya know other than the season tickets to Desert Star, we chose to focus on the kids gifts, as there just wasn't much we wanted or even needed. But I did get Tony some new jeans, and mp3 player with headphones and a BYU license plate frame.  Elizabeth got him a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle shirt and was very excited to give it to him! Tony got me a new cd player(yay!!) a couple cd's a couple nice sweaters and a nice new fancy automatic toothbrush!  It was great!  We don't need much cause we have everything we need in our little family!

Here is the video of the kids coming in Christmas morning.


This is the set up after Santa came!

The kids with their Santa gifts!

Checking out the stockings!

The milk and cookies and carrots are gone!

Opening presents!

Proof I was there too :)

Playing with their new fun things!

Shadow's Christmas!

After all the presents were opened the kids played while Tony cooked up our traditional french toast breakfast with sausage, hash browns and orange juice.  We took it upstairs and shared it with my parents and it was delicious!! After breakfast we let the kids play and enjoy their new treasures for quite a while! It was a perfect Christmas morning no stress, no strife just a very happy family!