Christmas Card Outtakes

It's always a fun time trying to get 'the shot' for the Christmas card. The one we chose basically portrays Luke's personality to a "T", but I really had quite a few other fun ones to choose from too!

Enjoy the slideshow of pics! (FYI: It just keeps playing over and over again!)

Christmas Day

Christmas Day was jam packed! We stayed at Grandma & Grandpa Zukowski's this holiday so that meant when we woke up Christmas morning, we headed over to my Grammy & Papa's. There were LOTS of presents to be opened there!



His own little nutcracker!




Luke even got his very own shaving kit!

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After Grammy & Papa's, we made a short stop at Great Grandma Hylla's and then headed over to Great Grandma & Great Grandpa Swanson's for lunch and more presents!



Logan, Zach, and Connor opened presents too!


Our final stop of the day was Aunt Kathy's for Kohr Christmas. Luke fell asleep in the car from Peru to Oglesby and stayed asleep at Kathy's for about 2 hours. Unfortunately, when he woke up, he was still crabby. It was a rough night for Lukey there. He got lots of presents, but wasn't really in the mood to open them so we did most of that for him.

Luke wasn't impressed with this present that night, but he is now!


Brooklyn, on the other hand, loved it!


He did however love Jake the dog!


And Lily too!


Lining up his new cars!


Brooklyn enjoyed the cars too!


Say 'cheese!' Luke!


Cousins shot!


And a sister one!


It was a very fun, but very exhausting day for everyone. Thank goodness our families are all in the same area otherwise our holidays would be even crazier!

Christmas Eve

After opening presents at our house Christmas Eve morning, we cleaned up, packed up, and headed to LP for the weekend.

We started the afternoon off with some sledding with Grandpa and Daddy.







Then we were off to church and had a visitor stop by just before dinner.



He took Santa right to the Christmas tree!










And then, of course, it was present time!!! Lukey got some cleaning supplies!









We had a great night with the Zukowski's - always full of games, fun, and lots of laughter!

Our Christmas at Home

Thursday night we walked down the street to see the light show at one of the houses. This family goes all out every year and this year did not disappoint. Luke really enjoyed it - Nala...I'm not so sure.










When we got home we set out some milk and cookies for Santa, put on our Christmas jammies, read The Night Before Christmas and headed to bed.



When Luke woke up, this is what he found!














It was a great start to Christmas, but believe me, this was only the beginning!!!

Christmas Cookies

Last Sunday was my cookie making day for this Christmas season (or let's face it - it's the one time of year I make homemade cookies!). Last year Luke helped to do the cutouts, but this year, he really wasn't in the mood. However, when it came to decorating, he was definitely trying to be helpful!!!









There are lots of cookies to be eaten!!!

Who's Ready???

This funny, adorable, sweet little boy is ready for SANTA!!! The big man in the red suit will be stopping by the Zukowski house on Thursday night so this funny, adorable, sweet little boy will be able to open presents Christmas Eve morning before we hit the road for more Christmas festivities!