1st day back

so i start school today...yikes! i'm excited because it's the reason we're in CT so it kind of gives me purpose. at the same time, i am not looking forward to having this crazy schedule and no life.

--caroline

a great verse

so i was reading a bit today and thought this verse was pretty cool:

be on guard. stand true to what you believe. be courageous. be strong. and everything you do must be done with love. 1 Cor 1:13

christmas dinner at the smith's

A picture of Liz (Mike's and now my sister) and me, it was awesome to spend time with her!





We had a wonderful Christmas dinner. Grandma Smith and uncle Chris came over and a Chinese doctor named Hui from the VA hospital joined us. He's in the US doing research and his family is back in China. It was relly nice to be back home with family for the holidays.

christmas morning at the smith's

here we are with the smith family opening presents and getting our stockings on christmas morning.

First picture, Tomi and DJ who absolutely loves pictures and my brother Michael without dreads!!!
Second picture, just too cute...little DJ kept smooching his Mommy. It was really fun to have them with us for Christmas.
Third picture, Phill and my uncle Zenek who is visiting my parents from Poland. He hasn't seen us since we were little kids. He's my dad's oldest brother.

more dinner pics...

Christmas Eve at the Rudnicki's

In the first picture you can see Phill and his girlfriend Tomi on the right with her son DJ. On the left is my brother Michael and Krystal which is Tomi's daughter. In the center is Hampton Tomi's brother. It was a big Christmas but it was really wonderful to have everyone together. The other picture is of my cute parents who also celebrated their 28th Wedding Anniversary on Dec. 25th...yes, they got married on Christmas day. It's a Polish thing, we celebrate Christmas Eve.