The Sue has landed.....

...and she's snoring on my couch!!!

Lots of snow coming down so I'm thrilled that the shuttle got her here in one piece.

We are going to the Anker in a bit....Chris was on duty last night so he is also sleeping...

Wait a darn minute, I was up late cleaning and tracking the plane and then up early to get ready.....Where is my nap?

Christmas Morning

The Aftermath....

Chris would like you to pay attention to the truck that Alex is opening....

He managed to wrap it square....He is El Magnifico when it comes to wrapping presents.
Sorry that the pictures are going backwards in time....I'm too lazy to delete and start over....The boys are checking out what Santa has brought...

The before pictures......

I'll put more pictures of the destruction later.

I hope you all are having a Merry Christmas.

Love,

The Johnson's

Merry Christmas!

All our love!!!

No pictures......

Sorry for the lack of pictures. I really thought that there were a few good ones from the Christmas program but you can barely pick out the boy so I have just decided not to put them up.

I'll put Christmas pics up in a few days.

Chris just finished up his last shift a few minutes ago. He is now off until Tuesday!! He is so in need of a break. Night shift is killing him and the boys barely recognize him..Okay, it's not that bad..but you get the point.
I'm going to go ahead and stop typing so that I can get the boys in bed.

I'll write more tomorrow.

Love you all!!

6/6 CAV Christmas Party..and more....

Last Friday we went to the Squadron Christmas party...I made the mistake of wearing Nine West black suede heels that I haven't worn since Sara's wedding......beautiful shoes but they have never been broken in...I totally forgot that we would be doing grocery shopping after the party...I felt like such a ninny.

Well, I hope you are all ready for Christmas...We are when it comes to the children...but I'm having such a hard time doing all my other shopping...

The boys had all of their school holiday festivities last week....Performances, parties and Santa's Secret Workshop....On top of all that, Gabe's teacher decided to retire and Friday was to be her last day to teach. This makes us really sad. This woman was a great teacher for Gabe and she knew how to deal with him and all the idiosyncrasies that come with having Asperger's...

Tomorrow I'll put pictures from Gabe's Holiday program...for now you will just have to be satisfied with Santa pictures that were taken in the hanger.

Mucho Love......

Rothenburg

The square....
This is a zoomed in picture...so sorry for the quality.....
This is Alex pouting because we wouldn't let him go down the stairs at the bottom of the hill.....
I just like this one of Gabe......

The Tauber Valley.....This is 12 miles..or 20 km from Illesheim...

3 Days.......

On Saturday we went to the Christmas Market in Rothenburg o.d. Tauber. We managed to get a bit of shopping done but really we just soaked up the atmosphere and avoided the kiddie rides. Alex loves the merry-go-round...too much..he never wants to get off of it.

Sunday found us getting ready and hauling arse to Wurzburg to see the 3 o'clock showing of Harry Potter. We made it in time to eat Taco Bell and get good seats in the 6th row center....but these turned out to be awful seats...It seems as if Alex has a bladder the size of a grain of rice....5 times in 2 1/2 hours..poor Chris saw more of the bathroom than he did the movie. Before anyone says anything...there were way fewer people to step over down his way and it was just easier for him. I'm still scratching my head as to the whereabouts of Alex's bladder.....

Today found me on the never ending quest for a proper white shirt. For some reason Gabe has to wear black pants and a white shirt for his Christmas program (on Thursday) and we just found out last week about this dress code....I swear there is not a single boys pair of black pants or even a plain white shirt in Southern Germany. If I had more time I would just order these things, but I talked to the teacher today and black jeans are fine..but I was still in need of a shirt. After walking all over Bad Windsheim I ended up at a strange clothing store located in one of the grocery stores ..and there I still couldn't find a white shirt in kids size. I ended up buying a size small mens sweater...it almost fits. The sleeves are too long but they don't look strange rolled up and the bottom is easily folded under and tucked in......I'll post pictures on Friday.....

Chris has a CTscan on his kidneys tomorrow...it's no big deal..they just want proof that he doesn't have kidney stones (he takes a medication that is known to cause them) so that he can turn in his flight psysical for approval. Phew, this process is almost over.....then we just have to wait....ugh!