Kielbasi Day 2015

Family and good friends joined us for our annual Kielbasi Day. We had a lot of FUN!!! Here's Johnny starting to grind the meat.

 Scott is also grinding.

 Mike is the keeper of the family recipe and is test-tasting the mixture.

 Chad is stuffing the links.

 Jared is blowing up the natural casings.

 Adam is supervising making rings.

 Mikela is doing the hardest part mixing the recipe into the fresh ground meat.

 Another huge ring by Emily and her team.

 Lexie and Alexis is stuffing a ring.

Johnny is hard at work grinding the meat! In the background is his father Brian cutting the meat for the grinder.

 Alexis is taking the ring to be weighed and bagged.

 The weighing and bagging ladies, Sue and Ann.

 Hacinto is having a hard time trying not to tear up from the fresh grinding of horseradish.

 Abby and Alexis is now trying not to tear up.

 It didn't work as they are full of tears!

 Jared and Diana.

 Mike and Jared.

 Maria and Chase.

 The twins, Grayson and Oreo the rabbit.

 Our good family friends.

Scott and Neal are cutting the meat.

We hope you had fun and hope to see you next year!!

Merry Christmas 2014

 Christmas Eve at our home with our family. Click on any image to enlarge.

Having fun with the secret Santa!

 Grayson, Angie and Danni.

 Greg snapped some shots of me and the kids on Christmas morning.

 We LOVE to open gifts!

I love my gifts!!!

 Greg and Alexis relaxing by the fire.

Wishing everyone a Blessed and a Merry Christmas season and a healthy and Happy New Year from all of us!!!

Alexis is Sweet Sixteen!

                                         Just a few pictures of Alexis from her recent birthday.

Alexis, cousin Jennifer and her cute son, Johnny, the twins and Peyton went Trick-or-Treating in our neighborhood. What fun it was to see the kids all dressed up! Click on any image with your mouse to enlarge.

Guess who carved this pumpkin??? If you guessed Alexis...you're right!!

                                                                    Adam's design.

      

When the guys were in the garage, someone snapped a shot of GZ monkeying around on his bike!

                                               Alexis and me! Happy Fall everybody!!!

Adam Zaryk becomes an Eagle Scout!!!

Click on the link below (in orange) to read a front page story about Adam's Eagle Scout project.

Perseverance helps Sheffield Village teen become Eagle Scoutwww.morningjournal.com › news › ohio › perseverance-...

We recently attended Adam's Eagle Scout ceremony. It was wonderful!! After many years in Cub Scouts and the Boy Scouts, Adam finally made the pinnacle of Scouting and became an Eagle Scout! Greg, Alexis and I are so proud. Here are some pictures from yesterday's ceremony. Click on any image to enlarge!

Adam's Proclamation given to him by Mayor Hunter. The mayor also proclaimed Tuesday, August 19, 2014, as 'Adam Zaryk Day' here in Sheffield Village.

Adam pinned me, Greg and his BSA Mentor, Paul.

Adam receives the official Proclamation from Mayor Hunter. Adam also received signed congratulatory accomodations from Governor Kasich, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted and U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown.

Adam and his Godson, Johnny, a future Eagle Scout!

 Adam pinning his BSA Mentor, Paul.

 Greg keeping the camera steady while videotaping the ceremony.

Adam with our dear friends, Paul and Becky.

Greg, Adam and I. You can see Greg's 'Dad's Eagle' pin on the left lapel. Mine is on the far left on my blouse. These were the pins that Adam pinned us with as part of the ceremony.

 Adam and his sister, Alexis.

 Mayor Hunter, who was a HUGE help to Adam.

One more picture of Johnny and his Godfather.