Monday, January 2, 2012

catching up | the past month or so


We spent Thanksgiving in Indiana -- the whole family together for the first time since June!
Sisters, oh how to explain the relationship -- see this video for more information. ;)
The boys had an EPIC ping pong tournament in Grandpa and Grandma's garage.
We found the perfect Christmas tree again this year!  
All decorated for Christmas.
We had a fantastic evening out thanks to the family I nanny for -- they gave us tickets to the
Fort Wayne Philharmonic Holiday Concert for Christmas!
We drove to Nebraska on December 23rd to spend Christmas with my family -- this picture was taken at my family's church on Christmas morning.  It had been two years since we were last able to visit Nebraska! 
My mom prepared an amazing Christmas dinner as usual.  Someday I hope I have a fraction of her  skills! 
We finished off our Nebraska trip with some time spent with old and very dear friends.   Check out the Pavelka/Ogborn picture from 2003 below -- we've added a few new family members since then.
Good memories.
After we left Nebraska we stopped in Cedar Rapids to visit Grandpa and Grandma Johnson and all the Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins.  We had such a wonderful visit and were able to celebrate a few birthdays too!
We finished our road trip in Hillsdale to celebrate a late Christmas and Isaac's birthday. 
Mom J taught me how to make crepes -- a Johnson Christmas morning tradition.
Two of our five adorable nieces.  We have another little niece or nephew on the way in just a few more weeks!

Needless to say, we've had a wonderful Christmas and are so blessed by the time we were
 able to spend with friends and family.  We have much to be thankful for as we enter 2012!

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