Yesterday the formal Christmas fesitivities finally began! One of our traditions since Jamie and I married is to decorate Christmas cookies for Santa with some old-fashioned, homemade icing. It is something that Jamie's mom used to do with him every year when he was a kid. I bake the cookies and he makes the icing - then we all decorate! They are sooo yummy!
We also have an annual celebration with Ken, Mary, and Eric. Mom put out a really nice spread this year and we ate a ton of food, enjoyed good company, and exchanged gifts.
Mom and Ken at the buffet!
My love and I
The whole fam!
Mary and Elise enjoying the dancing Santa
Mary, Elise, and Grandmother
All the guys
It was a nice evening, and we are looking forward to our family gift exchange tonight.
2 comments:
Your family is beautiful Melanie! Great pictures :)
P.s.- And yes, you take good pictures! ;)
Glad I have yo uand Elise to share some of my family traditions with... decorating sugar cookies w/ homemade icing and drawing pics on them was always a great thing for me as a child... hope Elise will remember it always!
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