Our Family Christmas

Happy New Year!!!!! We had a wonderful Christmas celebrating with our families and friends. I hope you also had a fantastic Christmas and New Year. Samuel must have been a very good boy by everyone's standards, because he got a TON of presents. We started our Christmas celebrations early at Randy's parents' house in Portland, Mich. with his whole family. We then met up with some friends the weekend after that back in Portland. On Christmas Eve (my birthday) and Christmas day we were at my parents' home in Manistee, Mich. We had a great time and I got to see all of my best friends from growing up. Over the holidays we spent some really fun quality time with family and friends, it was wonderful. Here are the pictures from our first Christmas as a family of three. :-)

(You can click on each picture to view it larger)


Grandma Carol and Grandpa Jim Janiczek with their grandsons,
A.J. (our nephew) and our little Samuel


Randy's dad and Samuel - Sam has two
Grandpa Jims!


Our family at Randy's parents house for Christmas


Randy's sister, Candice with her family - husband, Aaron,
son A.J. and little Luca on the way (Luca is joining the family on
January 5 - we can't wait to have a niece!)


Samuel and his Daddy taking a rest

Samuel laying in his pile of presents - you can see

he is really excited about it! ;-)

A.J. getting ready to open his presents

Grandma Carol and Samuel

Us and our really good friends - Michele, Gabriela and Lance Ellis,

Randy, Samuel and I, and Renee and Jeff Owen .

Me and Michele with our little bundles of joy.

My sister, Jalie, and Randy during a competive game

of Catch Phrase at my parents' house on Christmas Eve .

What a cuttie! Samuel playing with Grandma Kellie (my mom);

Sam got that baseball rattle from his grandma and he
LOVES it!

My best birthday ever! Me and my two handsome men.

Me opening up my birthday presents at my parents' house -

I am holding up a bottle of perfume and a wallet - great gifts

from my sister and brother.

Awesome gifts from my parents - a new ski hat and a

book about the life of Pocahontas.

Grandpa Jim (my dad) with a smiling Samuel.

My birthday cake. It was delicious (thanks Mom). I turned

28 this year.

Getting ready to blow out my candles.

Randy and Samuel on Christmas Day.

My brother, Jimmy, and his girlfriend Chelsey holding Sam.

Jimmy left today, January 1, to move to Sacramento, Calfornia

to start his new job. We are all going to miss him.

Samuel sleeping under my parents Christmas tree on

Christmas day.

Me and two out of my three best friends. Michelle Snyder, Toni

Trucks and I. My other best friend, Jill Tabaczka, also came to visit,

but I forgot to get a picture. I have been friends with them since

kindergarten!

Me, Toni and Jalie.