This year we had " our own" little Christmas celebration on a Christmas Eve eve, December 23rd to be exact. We had some simple dinner, which followed by decorating a ginger bread house and ginger man cookies. Then we read the beautiful story of Jesus' birth. And then of course the gift opening. This year I felt like my heart will burst from happiness! Because it wasn't just me and husband, and not one, but two sweet little munchkins were giggling by the tree.
On Christmas Eve, we had my in laws and my sister in law's family celebrating with us... Unfortunately I don't have that many photos... When I host a party or a dinner, I tend to forget about the picture taking. But nevertheless, we had a wonderful evening together!
Table set, and waiting for the guests to arrive.
This is my husband's parents with all four of their grandchildren, two of which were born in 2013.
On Christmas Day, we woke up early in the morning, got dressed in our church best, and headed to Binghamton to celebrate the holidays with my family. First we stopped by their church, it was a beautiful Christmas service. After church we all went to my sister Sveta's house, where we ate lots of yummy food and had good time just chatting away. Kids, as always were super loud! Just because they miss seeing each other so much... And again, I had such a good time, that I forgot all about the pictures! So I have only a handful to choose from.
The kids were so excited about opening their gifts, it was difficult to get not a blurry picture.
My sister Oksana got same dog for all three girls. You can only imagine how much barking we had at once. These dogs are bettery operated and bark like crazy...
Over the holidays, Alexis got a chance to participate in a Sunday school play. She gets super excited about it.
As always Christmas was filled with lots of joy and laughter and good times with family. But the biggest joy of the Christmas season, is the birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ!
