A Valhalla couple that embodies the holiday spirit is preparing to celebrate the next few weeks with seven children it adopted from Ukraine.

Stefanie Krebs, who works for Honda, says she was inspired when she visited her father's native country of Ukraine. Ever since adopting then-22-month-old Peter, she and her husband, Bill Krebs, a special needs teacher at Archbishop Stepinac in White Plains, have gone through the grueling international adoption process over and over.

"Sometimes you got to give back, and if all you're worried about is going on vacation, piña coladas, sitting at the bar - when you die, what is there left, what mark did you make on the earth?" asks Bill Krebs.