Gani Family Christmas

Christmas came and went like no other this year. Maybe it was because we ran all over the place in a short span of time or maybe it was because we have no idea what timezone we were in. Could be a number of things, but all we know was Christmas was amazing this year.

A couple days before Christmas, Christian and I packed up the car and headed down to Burns, Tennessee to visit my brother. He moved down there about a year ago and we wanted to see his place and spend some QT with him. It took us about 9 hours to get there, in part because Christian made the mistake of driving 2 hours out of the way towards Lexington instead of Louisville. Oops!

My brother has been saying for years he was a country boy, but I really didn't believe him since we grew up in Livonia, MI. No country here. But as soon as we pulled in his driveway, I knew he wasn't kidding. He lives out in the sticks where if he fired a shotgun, no one would hear it. He moved down there for a construction job and lives with two other single guys all living the "countryfied" life. His roomates are great and he really seems to love it there. I think he has found his place, although we miss him terribly.

The next day, we drove up to Elizabethtown, KY to spend Christmas with the Gani's. This was the first time that all of Christian's siblings spent the holidays together. It was utterly amazing to see 20 Gani's all in one room together on Christmas Eve. That night all of the grandchildren read a passage from the Bible and Dad Gani told us a beautiful story that gave me chills. It was a special time for all of us! When the dinner bell rang, we all gathered for some meat, meat and more meat as they said. What a spread the Kentucky Gani's put on for all of us. We stuffed our faces until we couldn't eat anymore; by the way Robin, I still want your brocolli salad recipe! Yummy!

After dinner all the boys gathered around the table for some "Gani" talk! What a site to see all of them together! There was a Hrivnak in there as well but we forgave him...

The following morning we all gathered at Aaron & Kathy's for some good eatin' breakfast. It consisted of several other types of meat, with meat biscuits and some meat gravy. I think Aaron even served meat pancakes at one point. Thank you both so much for preparing such a spread!! Christmas with the Gani's this year was a year to remember, in more ways than one! We love you all and hope to be able to carry on this tradition in the future!

Christian & Meghin