Family Christmas

Our first Christmas with the family this year was with my dad's side of the family. We call it "Big Webster Christmas." We had it at my sister's house this year. It's always lots of fun! We had a delicious Christmas dinner. We also have a tradition where all of the grandchildren read the Christmas Story. My grandparent's started this tradition when we were younger & it is something that is so special to our family. After The Christmas Story we play dirty Santa & open stockings then we just take time to relax and spend time together as a family. This year we had all of the cousins do a book exchange. That was lots of fun too.

The day after Big Webster Christmas we always do Little Webster Christmas with my dad. This Christmas is always jam packed with fun activities. Decorating Christmas cookies, Christmas trivia, ping pong tournament, four square, you truly never know what game dad will have cooked up each year. Ever since I can remember before opening presents it has been tradition that we gather around the piano and sing Christmas carols. As my grandparent's are starting to get older we are realizing that our Big Webster Christmas may not be around much longer so my sister worked hard and typed up the Christmas Story for us to read as a family at little Webster Christmas. It is such an important tradition to our family & I am so glad we are carrying it on.

 

 One of my favorite traditions is that we go to my moms house and all spend the night together. Normally the kids get to play and watch a movie then after they are tucked in we adults play a game together, help get breakfast ready for the next morning and get the gifts under the tree. Then we wake up on Christmas Eve & have breakfast together & open presents. It's always a good time to stay the night at home with my siblings just like when we were younger.

 Our final Christmas was Christmas with my mom's side of the family. This Christmas is always so much fun too! It's very relaxed and laid back. Unfortunately there weren't a ton of pictures taken at this Christmas we just focused most on spending time together as a family. We ate lunch, Mason's particular favorite was Nana's sweet potato casserole. It's always mommy's favorite too, he definitely ate his weight that day in sweet potato casserole. Then we opened gifts & played the game where you have the presents wrapped up several times with lots of tape, saran wrap, etc and you have to wear oven mitts to open them. We had such a fun time!

Big thank you to my sister Amy for all of the pictures. She always goes above & beyond to capture memories on camera.