Happy Easter!

Grandma has an Easter Egg Hunt every year. Taysia was very serious, but had a lot of fun hunting for eggs with Daddy. I was surprised how quickly she picked up on the concept of gathering eggs. It was too cold for a pretty Easter dress, but Taysia quite enjoyed it anyway!

Grandpa's Pumpkins

Every year my dad grows these huge pumpkins for Halloween. He tries to grow a pumpkin for every grandchild to take home. We had to take pictures with Taysia and Grandpa’s pumpkins. Taysia was in a mellow mood today and we didn’t really get any smiles out of her, but she sure enjoyed the pumpkins, seeing the colors and touching the textures. She really liked the pumpkin stems.

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Breakfast at McDonald's

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.

Celebrating Christmas with Scott's Family

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!

Dipping Homemade Chocolates

Another thing my family always does at Christmas time is make homemade chocolates. Everybody brings something to dip, and we spend the night dipping chocolates. When we’re done, everybody gets to take a plate of candy home with them. I always bring toffee and sometimes peanut butter bon bons. Other people bring Carmel, nuts, truffles, homemade Almond Joy, marshmallows, pretzels, and cookies. Chocolate covered cinnamon bears and gummy bears are favorites and are the first to be eaten.


(Above) Here I am, dipping my toffee.


(Above) Our niece with some of the chocolates we did this night.


(Above) My brother and I getting plates together to take home.