Congratulations to our nephew!

We are so proud of our nephew, Nikolai! He's just finished medical school at Case Western and is now officially a Medical Doctor. The commencement took place at Severance Hall (above). If you look closely on the Jumbotron, that's a picture of Nik and his beautiful daughter, Maya. Nik will now be moving his wonderful family to Baltimore to begin his residency at Johns Hopkins as a Urologist. 

Congratulations Nik! WE'RE SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!

Nik was also able to complete his PhD at Case as he was in a PhD/MD program. 

Here's Dr. Nik with his mom and dad, George and Val.

Here's Nik's beautiful wife, Fenja, baby Maya is in the stroller, Nik, Val and our son Adam. It was a wonderful time and we're so happy and proud of our good nephew!

Happy Spring!

Christmastime

The old fashioned aluminum Christmas Tree and color wheel from our bedroom. Hope everyone had a great Christmas! Here's a few photos from our family Christmas Party at our home.
Our daughter Alexis and niece, Danni.
Our beautiful nieces, Hannah, Emily and Alex.
Getting ready for the gift exchange.
Tim is opening up his awesome gift!
Mike and Tracy.
Susie with Danni, Angie and Grayson.
Kelly, Alexis and Danny. We hope your Christmas was wonderful. We wish you a safe and happy New Year!

Firewood Anyone?

The guys are working to get the firewood ready for winter. We love burning fires especially during the holidays. If you're ever over, they will build one for you!
Looks like Adam is doing all the work!
C'mon...get busy!!!! Just kidding! Merry Christmas everybody!

Yearly Tradition with Judy and the kids

Getting ready for Christmas! A tradition every year is for my sister Judy and her kids, Alex, Chad and Mikaela to come over to help put up our great-room tree. Mikaela is on top of the ladder, Alex on the middle of the ladder, Alexis is standing on the carpet. Thank you guys! We can't do it without you! We love you! Click on any image to enlarge.
Greg's on-top to put up Mom's angel and Judy is at the bottom getting ready to put more ornaments on.

Happy Fall Everybody!

Some photos of Fall fun! Our beautiful niece Abby to the left and our beautiful daughter Alexis on the right enjoying some Halloween fun! Click on any photo to enlarge.
The pumpkin lagoon at the Carlisle Reservation is so cool! Especially at night.
Our son Adam carving this year's pumpkins.
Our daughter is also carving! Greg loves to bake the pumpkin seeds.
Our daughter Alexis (far left) turns into a TEENAGER!!!!
Greg snapped this one of our two nieces and our daughter in the Metroparks.
Playing putt-putt in Canada.
Adam trying his luck.

Yes, no trip to Niagara Falls is not complete until you visit the wax museum.

The Tradition Continues...

A photo from last year's cabbage making day. Grandpa's last. Grandpa teaches the tradition of making cabbage/sauerkraut to Adam and Alexis. We miss you, Grandpa!
Yesterday, the tradition continues....here's some farm-grown cabbage ready to be prepped and shredded. This year, both Adam and Alexis are preparing the cabbage in order to make sauerkraut.
Adam cuts the cabbage for shredding.
The cabbage heads will be cut into quarters.
As a tribute to Grandpa Holowenko, Adam is wearing grandpa's favorite Benedictine sweatshirt and straw hat. The same ones that grandpa wore when he made the cabbage last year.
Shredding is a very careful process.
Photo of Greg Zaryk, helping out with the shredding.
Alexis is removing the shredded cabbage and is getting ready to add the salt.
We had a lot of fun listening to polkas, too!
Alexis is adding the required amount of salt. This is a Holowenko recipe that's been handed down for years!
Finally, the mixing of the cut cabbage and salt. This takes forever! Once the consistency is correct, Alexis will put cabbage into large crocks for fermentation and to turn the cabbage into sauerkraut. The cabbage will be ready in a few months. Next time your over...ask for some to try!