Happy Reunion

Our entire family was home for Thanksgiving this year! We think the last time we were all together was Christmas 2008. I'm not sure though. I'll have to look back at old blog posts to verify that. The Johnson and Stacy families both rolled in on Monday afternoon. They drove a combined 35 hours and 2000+ miles to be here. Impressive, don't you think? And that's just one way!

We all gathered at Mom and Dad's on Monday night for dinner and to make up for lost time. Since all of the boys had recently celebrated their birthdays, we started by exchanging a few belated gifts. Nathan got one of these Star Wars blasters for his birthday, so I bought 3 more for the other boys. It was on! Foam darts were flying everywhere!

The girls immediately got into the dress up clothes. I got them to stop bouncing on the trampoline long enough for a quick pic. Mikayla is so glad that the little girls are both finally big enough to play with.

After dinner, Mom let everyone open their Christmas stockings. It was a fun surprise. Birthdays and Christmas all in the same day!