June Christmas 2011

Merry June Christmas Everyone!  If you follow my twitter, facebook, instagram, or have talked to me in the past week, you probably know that the family celebrated June Christmas this weekend!  Yes. Christmas.  It’s a tradition that has been with my mom’s side of the family for over 20 years.

How did it start?  Well years ago, Grandmommie (mom’s mom) was the ump-teenth Christmas Dinner we had been at and everyone was in a bad mood and out of the Christmas spirit.  So.  She decided that from that point on we would celebrate it in June.  So my mom’s side of the family all goes to Grandmommie’s house on Saturday for June Christmas.  From there the evening is full of ridiculous yard games ( we call them reindeer games), food, fireworks, and putting presents around the Christmas tree.  Then we all spend the night, wake up in the morning and open presents.  After that, it’s all picked up and tables/chairs are put out for Christmas dinner.  Turkey, ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes… you name it.  After we are done gorging on Christmas food, it’s back out to the back yard for the pinata.  I mean…it’s not Christmas unless you beat the snot out of a paper mache animal hanging from a tree right?  By the time all that is over, everyone is exausted and then loads there loot into their cars and goes home.  It’s 24 hours of madness and it’s a blast.   I love my family and I love our traditions.

So what about Christmas in December?  THat is reserved for my dad’s side and Matthew’s family.  We may go say hi to Grandmommie, but most years we are so busy.  I LOVE enjoying the moments with my family and it is perfect because it just doesn’t feel rushed

Here’s some pics from the weekend.  By the way…my husband is a trooper.  All weekend he set up, tore down, packed, unpacked, and kept me full of Dr. Pepper.  He should get a prize or something…

Dinner Saturday night:  Fried Chicken, Sliders, Potato Salad, Coleslaw, Cheese Dip, Salsa, Fruit Pizza…you know…typical Christmas Eve food.

dad and his mello yellows….

Lauren & Seth are having a baby GIRL!!!  SURPRISE!

then it’s time for the water balloon fight…notice my grandmommie is double fisted…

grandmommie decides to drop a balloon on Nila’s head…

but it didn’t work….mom’s brain is so big these days from all the school it just bounced right off

you got smoked brother…

then it’s time for Bocce Ball!

Matthew is carefully plotting his next shot…

then it’s time for kickball!!

I’d like to take this oppertunity to point out my kickball form….fingers together…foot pointed…pretty much professional.

Christmas Morning!!!

told ya…

matthew got a nutcracker…. shortly after grandmommie walks over and goes “I hope you like your Nutcracker I bought you…but if you don’t, that’s okay…you can just burn it in your fireplace…it’s wood….it’ll burn.” [thanks grandmommie]

grandmommie got her a new TV!

and the Christmas donkey pinata.  Ole!

my sweet family…. love them mucho.

snowman game – basically you dress up in the snowman gear and try to open the present…that is wrapped several times in tape, bows, more tape,  and everyone rolls dice to get a turn…first one to go to the middle of the present keeps the prize.  Lauren won this year!

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