Merry Christmas Eve

 Good Morning! Merry Christmas Eve to you, and you, and you, and you, and YOU! Did I leave anyone out? While I should be taking it easy, this was my busiest morning yet with crocheting and baking and cooking. It's no wonder I was exhausted come dinner time.

 He says "RAWR" a lot, and then proceeds to act completely annoyed. You see how his ears are still pointed back? Those are irritated ears.

 We went to the El Segundo Foursquare Christmas Eve service again this year. This years service was a tad different from last years, but still a great service full of talented people.

  I'm such a creeper on the Giglio's apparently. Oh, and I cut Mackenzie's bangs just yesterday in the Rock N' Brews parking lot. It happened, and I'm that good with cutting shears. :)

Kendall sang this year during the service, and as usual she destroys it with her amazing voice! Girl. Has. Pipes. :)

 This photo was at the entrance of the El Segundo High School--breathtaking. I've never been inside the school until now, but I can see why several shows are filmed there.

 After church, we came to the in-laws and had a Christmas dinner with family and friends. As usual, too much food is eaten and we all are victims to the evil food coma. Food coma..you are evil!

 Here's Mike and Cindy with their kids Rachael and Aaron. While they are cute, we've been reminded that it's still a good idea to wait on having little ones. This was proven when Donny accidentally slammed Rachael into a lit candle (there's our candlelight vigil. Boom!). Ok, that sounded worse than it actually was--He tried shielding her as they were both walking into the dining room and 1 small move sent her hand into the candle, but she was fine. Just more in shock than anything. And Aaron has been sick for a few weeks and wasn't happy or comfortable. Poor kiddo.

  I'm a "P" now. Best part of my 2011 :)

We ended the night with a game of Apples to Apples. Who doesn't love that game?

 Such serious game faces from the Hoffman's...I particularly like Daniel's face! haha! :)

 I feel like Jimmy is fancy in his hat and scarf. Maybe he is on his way to the theater with that swag.

 Ray Ray and Jake the Snake :)

Merry Christmas Eve everyone!! <3

xo
Laura & Donny

PS..I really think a goal in 2012 should be to have more photo's of the two of us ;)

Family Session: Meet The Zakrewski's

Say that name 10 times fast. I found myself trying to pronounce it and became stumped just like when I would come across "colonel". "Colonial..Colon-el..Colon..someone important!"  Haha! Sarah told me it's pronounced as "Zack + Chef + Ski"--easy enough when they explain it ;)

Anyways, we had a Christmas photo session with Mark and Sarah's family right after our session with the Salvaggio's (it must of been Aerospace family photo day). Donny works with Mark at Aerospace and I had met both of them back in July at the Aerospace picnic at Knott's Berry Farm. Maggie was only a month or so old (or new :) ), and Alexander was (and still is) your typical cute, bi-lingual toddler running around...Oh right, Alexander speaks Polish as well. And he's 3...3! I felt Sarah and I immediately clicked and I'm excited for date nights with these two..or to at least borrow the kids for photos! Haha :)

Here are some of the photos..

 Now tell me this isn't a normal toddler thing? He brought the sticks over as a "gift" :)

 In case you are wondering, kids aren't just magically behaved when they go for pictures. They still act like kids...and pull up chunks of grass in the middle of a photo. Ha Ha! :)

Merry Christmas, Zakrewski's! <3