Clone Troopers

Here is Mark dressed up in his Star Wars Clone Trooper outfit as well as my dad and Makenna who tried on the helmet as well. I thought Mark looked so awesome!

Christmas Morning

Waiting to see if Santa came...
Makenna being pouty
So happy b/c "he really wanted this"

I thought Makenna needed some red-headed dolls too... :)

Mark and Makenna had a great time Christmas morning seeing what Santa brought them and opening their gifts. Mark got all of the Star Wars stuff he wanted and Makenna got her police girl barbie that she wanted so much. It was a fun day, especially seeing all of their reactions with everything. Makenna was her normal happy and pouty self throughout the day, and Mark was just perfect the whole day.

Christmas Eve

Leaving cookies for Santa
Putting a cookie out for Santa

Leaving carrots for Santa's Reindeer

Mark and Grandpa J

Makenna and Grandpa H

I call this the Calvin Klein pose...

Grandma and Grandpa J with Mark and Makenna

My parents came in town for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day this year. They wanted to see Mark and Makenna open their gifts this year from Santa. Before we headed out to Church Mark and Makenna put out the cookies for Santa as well as the carrots for the Reindeer. They had to count out the exact amount. Then after church we went over to Matt's parent's house for a little while. They had a great time before I had to get them home and to bed so Santa could come. After putting them to bed, Mark was out in no time, but Makenna heard my parents and I talking downstairs and was afraid Santa wouldn't come if we were still awake so she kept yelling, "Go to Sleep!" It was too funny.

Christmas in PA

Mark loved the NERF gun and ammo vest he got from Uncle Ryan and Alex.
Mark with Santa

Makenna with Santa

Madison, Mark, and Makenna with Santa

Here are some pictures of the kids at Christmas in Pennsylvania at my parents house. They had a great time seeing all of the family and playing with Madison and Tyler. I couldn't wait to love on Tyler too. He has gotten so big! We loved seeing everyone and had a great time. We did Christmas Saturday, then took the kids down to my parents neighborhood clubhouse to see Santa and decorate christmas cookies, and then went to the Steelers game Sunday (the 19th). Monday we hit the road early since we heard a big snow storm was coming. We luckily made it home in time. It was a fun and fast weekend!

Successful Student

Mark after his Christmas Program

Mark has been doing so awesome in school this year. His school gives out monthly evaluation reports and a paragraph summary of how he has been doing. They have given him so many praises and he got everything perfect on this last evaluation. We are just so proud of our little Star Student!

Lovin' on Makenna

Makenna and Aunt CiCi
Makenna and Grandma J

Aunt Marci and Makenna

Mommy and Makenna

Makenna has been so sweet and cuddly lately. I love her so much when she's my little sweet girl! Not that I don't love her all the time, but it's much easier when she's sweet then when she's fiesty and stubborn!

Festive Headbands

Matt's Aunt Myrna got Mark and Makenna fun headbands the other night when we were over at her house celebrating Christmas. Everyone took turns wearing them. It was too cute and sometimes funny!

Johnson Family Christmas

Standing tall on Grandpa J
Makenna with Grandma J

Mark and Makenna with Aunt CiCi and Uncle Mike

Mark and Makenna with Aunt MiMi and Uncle Jeff (Oh and Baby Emma too)

Makenna getting her "Babysitter Barbie" or as she called it "Toilet Cleaning Barbie!"

We had the Johnson Family Christmas this past Saturday at Matt's Aunt Myrna's house. It was a great evening filled with family. The kids were thrilled to open presents already and loved everything they got. The best comment of the night of course came from Makenna when she opened her "Babysitter Barbie" which has a barbie doll and then a little girl sitting on a potty. She opened it and said, "Look Toilet Cleaning Barbie." I guess I have her helping me out a little too much with cleaning the house. It was too funny. At first I thought she said toilet training barbie which I found amusing too. She is just too much sometimes. We had a blast.

Christmas Program

Mark's class had a Christmas Program on Friday the 10th. That was his last day of school before Christmas break already! And just in time because he had the flu all day today. It was not a great day for us. But he is finally feeling better. Makenna had it Friday and Sunday. Matthew and I are hoping to avoid it, but we shall see I guess. Back to Mark's program though, he did really well. All the kids sang great together and it was a big success! Mark was happy to not only have Matthew, Makenna, and I there, but Craig and Judy also came as well as Matt's Uncle Mike. He was ecstatic. Here are some videos of the occasion. Merry Christmas! (P.S. The girl standing to the right of him (in the black and red polka dot dress) is Nora and he talks about her all the time. I'm pretty sure he has a big crush on her. It's so cute) Oh, and also, Mark's Pre-K class are the 12 kids in the back row. The front row is the Kindergarten readiness class. (That is the class Makenna will be in next year.)

Throw your hands in the air like you just don't care!

Mark and Makenna have been listening to music with Matt lately in his car and all of their new favorite song is by Pink called "Raise Your Glass." It is so funny when it gets to the chorus because they throw their hand in the air and jam to the song. They Love it!

All By Myself!

Here is a video of Makenna sledding all by herself. It then turned into a big snowball fight!

Sledding Fun

Sledding Fun
Having Fun

Throwing Snowballs

Making a Snow Angel

Matthew and I took the kids out to play in the snow on Sunday. They were begging us to go sledding as soon as they saw snow and even though we were at bare minimum on the snow, they still were all about it. They eventually ended up having a snowball fight and Makenna made snow angels. It was all fun until I got a snowball on my camera and decided that picture time should be done for the moment. Later that day we took the kids to the YMCA for open swim and they had a great time swimming around and Mark even went down the big slide that they have there. In order for him to be able to go on it he had to pass a swim test. They had him swim across the entire pool and then tread water for 30 seconds on his own. He did it! They swam for an hour and a half and had a great time. Needless to say, after a day full of playing outside and swimming they crashed hard that night...and so did I!

Santa Baby

Telling Santa what they want for Christmas.

DHWI Christmas Party

So Handsome Mark
So Happy Together

Beautiful Makenna

Adison and Mark

We had our Annual Duneland Health and Wellness Christmas Party on Saturday night. The kids had a great time seeing Adison and Caden and even were a part of a 12 days of christmas song that some of our employees performed. The finished off the night by seeing Santa and telling him what they wanted for Christmas. Mark said Star Wars stuff and Makenna wants a police girl barbie. It should be a fun christmas!

Naughty or Nice?

Makenna has a few Christmas outfits and since we are in the season I thought it was the perfect time to start putting them on her. This particular day she asked what her shirt said. I told her it said, "I'm On the Nice List." She said, "I'm on the nice list....I don't think so." It was too funny. I said, Oh, you're not on the nice list...to which she ran up to Matt and gave him a hug. I guess she knows that if she's not nice to people...mainly Matt...then Santa won't bring her any gifts. It was funny.

Mark's Tree

Putting his first ornament on

The almost finished product

This was Mark after he decorated his tree. It was only missing his star on the top. I found it later in a tote and put it on. He was happy to have a tree topper too, just like Makenna.