Christmas, Christmas and more Christmas!

Our first festivities started with the Johnson crew at our house to kick the Christmas season off right.  The party consisted of me cooking the traditional swedish potato sausage (thankfully, not ruining it...), the white elephant exchange - that I'm pretty sure we just made up these rules:  rolling dice and when you get doubles, you get to steal a present...

Leah refused to let the party go on without her and stayed up until the very last person left that night.  Chrismas can be so much fun!

Then off to Erwin and Joan's for the Christmas Eve celebration with swedish pancakes and opening presents.  Leah's first time to tear into that wrapping paper!  She didn't quite get it, but it's only a matter of time...

Finally, it was off to Charlotte for my family's Christmas with Leah.  Leah, as usual, was a great plane traveler - chatting it up with everyone around us. 

Leah's new baby doll from GG Peg! Yum!

G.G. Peg made the trip as well, which made for a great week in NC! The weather was just what we needed to pep us up for the long haul in Minneapolis - we wore our flip flops and Art was able to work in a few runs outside. 

Such a great holiday season...although I got off pretty easy this year.  I'll be planning for Santa Claus next year along with all the secretive work that surrounds it.  Any advice is always appreciated!