As we all have many family traditions this is one of my FAVORITES and we have done this as long as I can remember. All growing up it was so exciting to have one of the cousins who you give a present to and then another one will have a present for you!! We have continued this even though every year or family grows with all the great-grandbabies. So now all the kids from 18 months till married have a gift giving exchange and a few years back we started a "white elephant" with all the married couples. (I didn't get any pictures of that though- shelley I hope that step ladder is coming in handy...lol)
These are my sweet Grandparents, Bompa Jess and Granny Annie
(so cute they dressed in red and green)
Here is one shot of half the family
My cousin CJ gave to Ryker this year, he gave him a marshmallow blow gun. Boy was Ryker in Heaven.
Ryker then gave to Addison. He gave her a Sleeping Beauty dress and wand
(sorry Lisa it was a size to small) But that didn't stop Addison from wearing it the rest of the night.
I love my cousins and I'm so grateful we are still so close. it is so fun to now have our kids young and playing with each other like we use to do. Oh course a little shout out to Steph and Travis who we missed this year!!!! Can't wait to see you guys in LESS THAN A WEEK =)
Also sorry Shelley for not sending you pictures, this past week was a blur!!!
4 comments:
Ya, a few hours too late Leah(j/k) Sorry you have had a busy week. Hopefully you get a looong christmas break from school. (Im putting the money in the mail for for stamps tomorrow)
Oh, and yes that ladder is Wonderful! Casey even used it the other night. I made sure to rub it in that it really is useful!
Wow! What a big family you have...and what a party!
I love getting a shout out! :) So I'll have to tell ya that Trav was a little put out by your last comment. Haha, I had to remind him that I was going to be seriously angry with Shaun when he was threatening to wisk you off to CA for his film stuff. That would have been/could have been permanent!! Thank goodness that didn't happen and dental school is only 4 years, even though 4 years turns into an eternity when you haven't see your favorite cousin!!!! Love ya- see you in less than a week!!
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