We have a lot of family traditions, and there were a couple more traditions we did today. My Mom’s family has a holiday tradition of going to McDonald’s for breakfast the day after Christmas. (Above) Scott and Jen at McDonald’s.
(Above) Aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews all at McDonald’s for breakfast.
Another thing we do every year is have Christmas brunch with Scott’s family. We usually have it the Saturday before Christmas, but this year it just worked out to be today. I always love this celebration with Scott’s family. We just relax the entire day, and since we don’t do it on Christmas Day we don’t have to rush off to another family celebration - we can take our time and do whatever we want. :)
(Above) Scott helping with breakfast.
(Above) Usually the guys end up playing computer games all day.
(Above) Everybody else usually watches movies. Looks like everyone is pretty tired from Christmas!
We had a wonderful Christmas! Hope you did, too! Here are a few photos.
(Above) Christmas Eve with Jen’s family.
(Above) Opening presents at home. Alaska & Kira each got a stuffed hedgehog that grunts when you squeeze it.My family has a tradition of making gingerbread houses every Christmas. It’s a tradition my grandma started when I was little, and we’ve done it for as long as I can remember.
(Above) Jen and Scott.
(Above) Everybody working on their houses.
(Above) My sister and nephew making funny faces. My nephew decorated his house himself.
(Above) The finished product: a gingerbread "village" with a house for each child in my family. (All of our nieces and nephews get to decorate and take one home, too.) Since I’m the oldest child, our house is on the left end. Scott decorated this one.
My brother got married last week. It was a beautiful wedding!
My brother and new sister-in-law.
Every summer we usually have a Pioneer Day celebration with family. Grandma (my mom) hides buffalo chips (Chips Ahoy cookies) and ropes (licorice ropes) in the back yard and our nieces and nephews go on a hunt (like an Easter egg hunt). The last few years it has kind of become a tradition to water slide before dinner. The guys tack down a few large pieces of plastic sheeting on one of the slopes in the backyard. Then we soap up the slide with dish soap and run water down it so it’s nice and slick. Everybody has a blast!
This is our annual Easter Egg Hunt with nieces and nephews.
