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My favorite holiday? Christmas. Such a happy time of year filled with yummy food, reunions with loved ones, excitement, anticipation, traditions, and much-needed breaks from school and work. We had our yearly Christmas Eve celebrations with the extended family:   We had more participation and enthusiasm with the Nativity reenactment performance this year.  Joseph was […]

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This year we started a new family tradition – Christmas Adam. Adam comes before Eve; therefore, Christmas Adam is the night before Christmas Eve, where, in the Johnson household the kids get to open one present and we have a slow meal of cheese fondue followed by a dessert of chocolate fondue followed by a […]

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These videos may only be interesting to us (and grandparents) but Jax keeps asking to watch them so I decided to upload them to our blog. Last Thursday was Jax’s preschool Christmas performance.  He was chosen to be a wiseman.  We loved watching him perform!  And he LOVED performing! Disclaimer about the videos: There was […]

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The little lady in our family thinks Christmas tree decorating is one of the greatest activities of the year.  Lucky for her, it’s also a family tradition to help Gramma Meyers with her tree assembly and adornment every year on her birthday (Dec. 8th).  I can picture her carrying several glittery ornaments, prancing around the […]

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We have a very delightful group of visitors this year for Christmas.  Ben’s brother, Bret, and his wife, Shannon, and their kids drove down from Ohio and spent 10 days with us.  We love company.  The kids enjoyed every moment of playing with their cousins.  Every one got along so, so well.  Jax and Sadie […]

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