The holidays

  My New Year's resolution this year is to do a better job at keeping up with this blog.  I really enjoy being able to go back and read what we have done throughout the year, and I am disappointed when I miss something. 

So...a quick recap of our holidays.  We celebrated on Thanksgiving day with Matt's family along with friends.  I was only a few days from my due date, and very uncomfortable, but we made the best of it.  We ate a delicious meal, and I was relieved of having to prepare any of it because of my very pregnant condition.  After dinner, we all packed into the vehicles and headed to Ronnie's Christmas Market.  It's become a tradition, and the kids love to see all the lights and decorations.  It's the official start of the Christmas season!

The next night, we went back to Ronnie's and bought our Christmas tree.  We knew we had to get this finished early this year, because we would soon have a new baby.  Mikayla found the "perfect" tree and we decided to get her tree.  We came home and Matt put it right up.  It took us several more days to get it decorated, but it was beautiful!

On November, 30th, Kristi took the girls to Bible Study and Matt decided to work from home since I was 1 day past my due date.  Around 10 am, contractions started and picked up as time passed.  Liam Edward Krupka made his appearance at 4:57 that evening!  We were so thrilled to have a boy!  I even cried a little knowing that Matt so desperately wanted a little boy and now he finally had one!  Liam has been a great addition to our little family.

We celebrated Christmas with Matt's family on Christmas Eve.  The girls got so many amazing things from Mom Mom and Pop Pop, and loved every minute spent with family.  The next day, we got up and opened our stockings, and then got all dressed up to attend church.  It was a great service filled with wonderful music and great preaching.  A great reminder of the real reason we celebrate!

We came home and finished preparing dinner, while the girls napped.  When they woke up, we started opening gifts.  It was a blessed Christmas time with my mom and siblings.  The Lord has truly blessed us this year!

We are looking forward to all the wonderful things that God will do in our family this year.  We are still adjusting to being a family of 5, but loving every minute of it.