Well...I have no pictures...completely forgot to take any! This Christmas has been a nice one but a bit of a whirlwind for the Gorecki family! LOL
Christmas Eve was quiet around here....kids playing the new Wii that we got, cleaning up the house and baking lots of apple strudels...then wrapping and hiding presents...wasn't as late as past years, though. When all of that was done, we did our advent devotions and lit 4 of the 5 candles and sang some carols while Meghan played piano....it was just very cozy and nice. The last month has been so busy for us for some reason, it was nice to have a quiet Christmas Eve....before the kids went to bed, Dad read the Christmas story from Luke and all headed off to bed.
Christmas morning was fun! Anna woke everyone up yelling "it's Christmas!!!!"...so we trooped downstairs while everyone opened their stockings, got something hot to drink, exchanged with each other, then sang "Happy Birthday, Jesus" and blowing out the candles on our apple strudel. After that...the kids had 3 clues this year to find 3 gifts each...Ronnie my newest reader read them...it was so cute to see all 4 of them going up and down the stairs trying to follow the clues. Then, after everyone had opened their 3 gifts, we all watched the movie "up"...it was so nice! Then, we had a big brunch with both sets of grandparents. We had english muffins, eggs, bobalki (a slovak dish of sweet bread dough balls with browned butter and sauerkraut_) and lots of homemade kielbasi....oh, that stuff is so good! Of course, we had tons of cookies as well...before they all headed over to my sister's house, and we headed down to Ron's mom's house. It was nice...we got to see his brother in from Chicago....his sister and our nephew , Timmy. Various cousins came and went to visit their Aunt Ro....it was a nice visit with everyone.
Yesterday, I visited my great aunt Helen and cousin Linda for 3 hours. I so enjoy visiting with them! Then, came home, picked up the kids and headed out to visit over Lori and Todd's house. Tommy wasn't home, so I missed him, but I got to see Ty....I've missed him so! I"m ready for them to go back to work so he can come over here again! LOL We've really enjoyed visiting with everyone. Today, after church, the girls had 2 friends come over for lunch (and one for dinner as well)...they had fun...playing Wii, watching a new movie and making/beading jewelery....hopefully, we'll be able to see some other friends tomorrow afternoon as well.
Looking forward to getting into a routine around here again....staying on task, going on a "detox" of all the white flour/white sugar overload we're all on! LOL All in all....I'd say it was a very "busy" Christmas season this year, but some wonderful memories were made by all! Next big party....Ronnie's 8th birthday in 3 weeks! Another excuse to get together! Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas as well! ~Sue~
