like old times

I can't remember a Christmas {or even a Sunday} that wasn't spent with my mom's sisters family. We did everything together. I even made my cousin Brent play barbies & Mandy's diner w/me. We would spend every Christmas Eve @ my mom's parents. Us kids had free reign of the basement where we would lay out our sleeping bags. On Christmas morning we weren't allowed to come upstairs until it was "time" {which I think actually meant until my mom, aunt and grandma had combed their hair and put makeup on}. We would line up in the kitchen from youngest {me} to oldest {jen} and then make a mad dash for the living room. Now that we've gotten older it's harder to get everyone together, but we make it happen every year. I don't think it would be Christmas if we weren't all together.


here we are! we sadly were missing my cousin Kevin and his family who were in Cali for Christmas.


Jen..Mom & Caleb..Bryn..Tiff


Brent & Nicole


Doug & Hailey w/Matt & Jen's little girl Abby.


Brynley..Kylee..Kennedy


Jen..Me..Tiff

We always have the best time when we get together. We dined on my dad's famous clam chowder. My mom's famous oreo cookies. And a lot of other food I can't remember, which means I probably shouldn't have eaten it!

We also always play Cranium-boys vs. girls. No matter how far ahead the girls get we always lose! Something is rigged.