Arizona Trip

A few days after Christmas, we packed up our new van and headed down to sunny Arizona.  We've been wanting to visit Neil's brother for a long time, and we figured this was probably our only opportunity to do it!  I spent a lot of time planning things for the kids to do in the car, and they did awesome.  We weren't there for a really long time, and it wasn't super warm, but it was sunny and much warmer than the frigid 15 degrees of northern Utah!  The kids had a great time playing with their cousins, and we actually got to see quite a bit of family while we were down there, which was great.  We'll definitely have to make that trip again sometime!

Their cousins got DSI's for Christmas, and Zachary desperately wants one now!

Playing outside in December is so nice!

Yep, kids at heart.....

This is one of my favorites.  The look on her face is priceless!

We got to go see the new temple they are building.

A whole bunch of cousins.  Can't wait for family reunion time!!!

Christmas!

Christmas is always fun, but this year it seemed a little more magical because both of the kids understood the concept of Santa, and they were both so excited!  It took them both quite a while to fall asleep, and Zachary was up bright and early, asking "Did Santa come yet?!????"  They both had a great time opening their presents, and they loved getting to go to so many different Grandma and Grandpa houses.  Neil and I didn't get each other very much for Christmas this year, but our biggest present was that we opened the gender ultrasound of our baby.  We found out we're having a boy, and we're all (especially Zachary) super excited!

Mom, it's too bright!

Sporting her princess "slippers"

The only thing wanted this year was a good knife (which he proceeded to cut himself with that morning!)

My Dad and Karen got the kids costumes, which they absolutely LOVE

I made calendars for the grandparents this year

I bought these outfits last year, right after we found out Kimberlee was having twins.  They were super cute!

Christmas Eve Party

I only managed to get pictures of one of our Christmas Eve parties this year, but I guess one is better than none!  We did minute to win it games again this year and had a great time!

We had to transfer cotton balls with vaseline on our noses

Zachary became best friends with Jake

One person bounced the ping pong ball, and it had to land on a peanut butter bread

Anthony was having a great time!

Mark was our buzzer guy

And a classic, stacking the dice on the popsicle stick!

Johnson Kids Sing a Christmas Favorite

Zachary and Daphne love the song "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town", and they sang it for us!  We thought we would share with all our friends for Christmas:

Family Pictures

I've been wanting to get some new family pictures taken for quite some time, but life got busy and I never got around to it.  We finally did it one weekend before the weather got too cold, and we had Neil's sister Cami take them.  She's been learning photography just like me, and she got some fun shots!  Daphne was being a little pill, and refused to smile or let me put her down, but I guess that's what you get when you have a 2-year-old!