Celebrating with Family

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. The Heath fam has a friend who owns a home on Mission Beach so we had the privilege of spending over a week there this year! What a memorable one it was. Owen and Elizabeth just loved spending time with their cousins. It was so sweet to observe their little friendship growing with each other. Thank you Lord for such special time with family. Here are some pics of our Christmas week.The cousins!
Christmas morning: Ready to see what Santa brought to the beach!

Daddy and Papa reading with O and E.

Priscilla, Owen and Abby enjoying rides at Belmont Park in Mission Beach

Auntie Rachel doing crafts with everyone.

We even went to the SD zoo! O and Abby on the tour bus.

Abby and Elizabeth on a fun ride together!

The Beach House.

It was cold week, but the kids still played in the water.

Abby and Priscilla boogie boarding!

Elizabeth really enjoyed the water too. She might be the beach bum in our family!

Happy 4th Birthday Owen Linden!

Owen turned 4 today! We are so blessed to have this little guy in our lives. He is a sweet son and brother. He loves to just hang out and be with his family. We are so proud of him and all that he is learning everyday. We pray that he grows closer to Jesus. We love you Owen. Happy 4th Birthday.
A sweet gift from Babcia and Jaja.(Polish Grandma and Grandpa)

A fun birthday lunch with friends.

We actually took Owen to Disneyland for his birthday this year. I had to include this pic because it is Elizabeth's first time on a roller coaster. Its the Go Go Gadget Coaster in Toon Town. She also was tall enough for the Matterhorn and loved both! Way to go Elunia!

Auntie Joanna, Cousins Emily and Andrew joined us to celebrate Owen's birthday!

Daddy and Owen enjoying the Christmas parade.

Elizabeth couldn't leave Disneyland without a visit with Minnie. Her favorite friend!

Football and Owen's Christmas Show Video Highlights:)

Here's some fall football footage with Daddy, Elizabeth and Owen. Too cute to not share!

A highlight from Owen's first preschool Christmas Sing.

The Chick Fil A Cow was at Gianna's Party!

We were invited to Gianna's 4th birthday party and when we arrived we had a fun surprise guest from Chick Fil A: The Cow! Owen was willing take a picture when his friends were near, but Elizabeth stayed far from the friendly cow. Our friends Stephanie and Gianna have amazing connections at the Chick Fil A restaurant down here in CV so it was exciting to have such a fun visitor. Mommy was probably more excited than O and E. We have known Gianna since Owen and her were 1 year old. Ella, Tyler, and Maisey are also the same age and have known each other just as long. This is an annual party that we enjoy attending to see our sweet childhood friends. Thank you Stephanie and Gigi for another fantastic party! Happy 4th Gigi!

Christmas Tree Search and Decorating

Its become a family tradition (even before O and E came along) to drive to a Christmas tree farm in the mountains of SD and find our tree. As the kids get older they enjoy it more and more. The trees start looking the same after a while so we choose one and go with it.:) Owen and Elizabeth really enjoyed decorating the tree as well this year. (Little did they know that after they went to bed, the tree fell down and mom and dad had to do it all over again! A little frustrating to say the least, but we laughed about it later.)Standing in front of our chosen tree.:) It was a cool yet bright and sunny day at the farm.
Which one should we choose?

Taking out decorations with daddy!

A game of Go Fish after the work was done!

Time with the Cousins and Aunt Joanna

We stayed at my parents' house the weekend after Thanksgiving and got to spend time with Owen and Elizabeth's step-cousins, Emily and Andrew. Its always fun to play with them since we don't get to see them often. Here are a few pictures of some fun times we had with them.Fun Times with Auntie Joanna Z. too!

Polish Thanksgivings Rock:)

My mom was an amazing hostess and chef to 26 people on Thanksgiving! I don't know how she does it but the food was amazing and we all had a wonderful time celebrating together. Every time our family has a gathering we plan for a certain amount of people(26 this time), and we seem to have a few more surprise guests every time. I love that about my mom. She is always ready for unexpected guests and always has a welcoming home to all who arrive. I hope I can continue that kind of hospitality in my home. We hope you and your families had a blessed Thanksgiving as well. Thank you mom and Zbyszek for having a fun celebration with family and friends. (Jeremiah and I were up until 2am dancing to Abba with the Polish clan. We have not done that in quite a while! It was a blast, but we paid in the morning when our kiddos got up at 7am.:))Happy 60th Birthday Zbyszek! We love you!