Family Christmas

As I mentioned earlier, this year was the first Christmas since 2006 in which the whole Slovacek family was together. In 2006, Zoie was not quite 2 years old and the boys were but a twinkle in our eye...So it was an awesome Christmas. Loved every minute of it. Loved having Steven around (I loved having everyone around, but we never see Steven-- so it was extra special). Loved the noise and teasing and laughing that comes with the family get-togethers. My kids were in heaven. Steven flew back to New York this morning and Matthew flies back to Idaho this weekend, so the reunion was short-lived-- but we had a blast.

Here are a few pictures of our Christmas morning. At our home, Santa brought the kids guitars, microphones and even a little piano. The kids have been "rocking out" ever since. (Half of these pictures were taken with my amazing, tiny new camera)

Christmas afternoon was spent trying to connect with all the Rasmussens via Skype. It was a bit complicated due to Lance's little sister trying to Skype from her mission in Chile. But the Rasmussens didn't let a little static and loss of audio keep them from cracking each other up for over an hour.We have the best families in the whole world!

The Christmas decorations are down and we are reluctantly settling into "real life" again. Looking forward to celebrating the beginning of 2011!