Meet The Family
We are the Johnson family from Cypress Texas. We moved into our home in January of 2005 and have been decorating it ever since. Before we lived here we decorated but nothing like we’ve done over the last 10+ years! We do this for our community and friends and we hope you enjoy the shows!
The Parents…
Rachel and Ryan were married in 2000 and have been decorating ever since. Rachel is a digital marketing manager for a large marketing firm. She is also a freelance writer who has been published online and in anthology books. Even though she is a professional AND a Momma she also finds time to be a photographer. In addition, she has worked on photo shoots since 2011.
Ryan is our Santa and the mind (madness?) behind our light display and pyro show. He has worked in marketing and training development for over 12 years in various industries (retail, hospitals and private practices, and oil/gas). He also never seems to be around when Santa is at the display. Hmmm… why is that?
Both also have roles in our Marketing/Training consulting business, JAX Creative.
The Kiddos…
Kierstin is our oldest daughter. After years as a full-time nanny for a special needs child, she moved into the “stay-at-home-mom” world. Kierstin lives on her own (17 houses away!) with her husband Jake. They brought our first grandbaby into the world in July 2020. We’re very proud of both Kierstin & Jake for their hard work, commitment to their family, and for being independent. Kierstin inherited our love for animals and has four little kitties that are every bit her “babies” as well!
Hayley is our middle daughter. She loves music, painting and writing. She is definitely our artistic one! When she was 4, she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. The diagnosis changed our family but also made us all closer. She graduated from Sam Houston University in 2023 as an education major. Remarkably, she graduated a whole year early in Spring of 2023. She is now a high school teacher at CyFalls High School in CFISD. We could not be more proud to watch the young woman she has become.
Riley is the baby of the family, even though she is officially “an adult”! Like her sisters, she works hard at school and does very well. She is the “momma” of the three girls. Just ask Kierstin and Hayley and they’ll tell you! She is an assistant manager at Rosehill Pet Resort. This is appropriate because she is a huge animal lover.
Jaxen is our grandson and he LOVES Santa Claus! As the girls have grown older it’s been fun to have a little one around who is just discovering all of the fun Christmas brings!
And The Furry Family Members…
- Jaxon is our 10 year old “mini” pig. No such thing – mini doesn’t mean small. He’s a grumpy old man, but he is his Momma and Daddy’s baby boy.
- Burger and Bobbi are our kitty daughters. We rescued them in 2017. They’ve become members of the family we couldn’t imagine life without.
- Whiskey is Riley’s dog. He lives here with Riley and is very much a part of the household now.
The Rainbow Bridge…
Our pets are very much a part of our family. It’s been difficult when we’ve lost them. The ones below have gone to the Rainbow Bridge. Except Sookie (bottom), who moved on to a family with no other pets; best thing for her! There isn’t a day that goes by that we don’t think of them.
- Bridget, our first golden retriever, was our first dog together as a family. She was Kierstin’s 5th birthday present. We couldn’t have asked for a better puppy.
- Sawyer was our ferret. Rachel loves them! He was certainly a ball of energy!
- Katzen and Zach were Ryan’s kitties for many, many years. They moved across the country with him, no matter where he went.
- Grace was Rachel’s baby, no doubt about it. She was something special and a crazy boxer that made us laugh all the time!
- Bob was a rescue for us and Riley’s boa constrictor. Friends couldn’t believe she kept a 9 foot snake in her bedroom!
- Chips, our chocolate lab, was another rescue from a family that couldn’t keep her. She lived a long, happy life was the easiest dog we ever had.
- Snowy was a rescue kitty who came along with Burger and Bobbi. She was a sweet and funny cat who really took to Hayley.
- Ali was our second Golden Retriever, who loved her Momma and Daddy pretty much more than anything in the world. When she passed in August of 2021 it marked the first time we did not have a dog in our home. We’re still very sad about her leaving us so we’re not quite ready for a new baby yet.
We had two babies that moved to new homes…
- Boo was Ryan’s medium sulfur-crested cockatoo since 1994. She was all his, although she did let Rachel feed and pet her. When Riley was born it was hard for her to be around so many kids so she went to live with a widower in the Dallas/Fort Worth area who had lost his wife. They’re like an old married couple now!
- Sookie was a black lab mix who was crazy hyper. Because of some things in her past she had some aggression issues with the other dogs when food was involved. She had to move on to a better home for her with no other dogs and has been right at home ever since.