This Is How We Do Christmas

We go to Georgia--all 32 and a half of us (one baby is on the way). We all cram into one house. We do lots of fun things.

We paint faces.

We play games. LOTS of them.

Like Killer Bunnies.

We turn the front yard into a parking lot.We sleep wherever space allows...that includes the RV outside.We have our very own "garage" band.
In addition to the frige, two freezers, two ovens and stove we have in the house already, we put an extra frige & freezer and oven & stove in the garage. Because we definitely need it.Then we stock the refrigerators with all the necessities :)

We play with smoke bombs. And flash grenades that we thought were smoke bombs--
and we learn that the hard (but very cool) way.We bake! A LOT... from cinnamon rolls to fudge to pecan pie......and then we feast!

We play Wii in the foyer.We play the baby grand.We take family photographs.

And we think it's funny to do "Blue Steel."

We shoot guns. Big ones. And we don't miss.We stay connected.We stay up way past our bedtimes.We pile our shoes by the back door.We hula hoop and play guitar on the breezeway.We ride around on the golf cart with Grandma.

Or whoever will drive us.On New Year's Eve we...
bundle up,

play with sparklers (or "sprinkles," whichever you prefer ; ),
and shoot off big fireworks in the back yard under the stars.

We love. We laugh. We cry when it's time to go.

And then we do it all again in three years!