The Organ Family: Johnson Family

Christmas morning/day was spent with the Johnson side of the family. Our morning started by checking out the loot that Santa brought, followed by a yummy breakfast, then opening presents and finally digging through our stockings.

Now that McKinley is two and a half years old, it made Christmas so much more fun this year! She loved every gift she received. Whether small or big, stickers or play kitchens, she was excited about everything!

How we deal with Santa and traveling:

Mike and I have decided that it is silly to pack up any of the girl's Christmas gifts and take them to Searcy to open. Only to pack them back up and bring them right back home. We don't have the room in our car and frankly, they get so much from others, our gifts are not missed. With all that said, I don't want them to miss out on the joy of finding something from Santa on Christmas morning.

So my original plan for Santa this year (especially now that McKinley is catching on to the whole Santa thing) was to set out two small gifts and on Christmas morning the girls would find them with a note that explained that Santa left their big gifts at home in Tennessee.

Like I said, that was my original plan:) Then Gabbo found the perfect gift at a consignment store, a Minnie Mouse Kitchen. I mean you have Minnie Mouse plus a kitchen, for two little girls what could be better than that!?! So for this one year Santa brought the girls a larger present to Arkansas, that stayed in Arkansas:)

Merry Christmas!

Shane and Sara have arrived! Now it is time for stockings.

I absolutely LOVE our stocking tradition. Each year we draw names to see whose stocking we are going to have to stuff. Then we have the whole year to collect stocking stuffers. The rules are simple, you can not pay for anything that goes in the stocking and you can not reuse things you received the year prior. So all your stocking stuffers have to be FREE! This tradition has been so much fun.

Sara and Shane brought a few gifts for the girls. The Barbies and dress up were definitely a huge hit!

Here are some of the final pictures taken on Christmas Day. It was such a fun and memorable Christmas 2014!

A few weeks ago, we headed to Florida for the annual Johnson Family Vacation. This year we stayed in Santa Rosa Beach and loved every minute. I think I can speak for the whole family and say it is our new favorite place to stay on 30A!

Everyone had a great time. It is always nice to just get away and spend time with family. We did miss having Aunt BJ around. Unfortunately, she has a real job now and had to stay in Searcy to teach her little 1st graders:(

Here are pictures from our trip. This was the first year McKinley wasn't purposefully trying to eat sand, so being out at the beach was actually enjoyable! The first two days she was scared of the ocean and just wanted to walk the beach and play in the sand which was nice and relaxing. But the last two days of vacation she lost all fear of the water and was taking running leaps into the ocean. She definitely kept Momma and Daddy on our toes.

Warning: There are a ton of pictures and most of them are of McKinley. What can I say...I am a little obsessed with my child:)