Christmas with the family...

Todd, Maggie and I just celebrated Christmas with my side of the family this last weekend. We are so blessed to have such a large family...on both sides. Lots of love to go around, you know! We celebrated on Saturday night with my maternal grandparents and extended family. Then spent the night at my parents house Saturday night, and had a Christmas breakfast with my parents, brothers & sister in laws and their families!

It was a super fun weekend! There is nothing we treasure more than time with family.

Many of you may already know this, but Christmas at Nana & Pawpaw's (maternal grandparents) is usually very unique, to say the least! Every year, from as far back as I can remember, is based on a theme. Yes, a theme. All of course, to go along with the real meaning of Christmas...Christ's birth. We have had themes like "A Prairie Christmas", "Christmas Cruise Ship", "A Mexican Christmas", "Christmas on the Orient", " Christmas at the Kentucky Derby", "50's Christmas style"...etc... The evening is usually all themed out with the food, decor, entertainment and costumes. Nana is quite creative!

This year we had a "Tennessee Mountain Radio Show Christmas". We ate fried chicken, fried okra, mashed potatoes and other southern food. We had an array of Tennessee mountain people (aka: the children) dressed up, as well as some Tennessee mountain music and games. It was memorable and fun, like always.

Below are a million pictures from the weekend...sorry for so many! It was too hard to narrow down which ones to post! Any how, I hope you enjoy getting to see my family and our traditions!

Merry Christmas! Love to all.........


all 6 cousins...from oldest to youngest...Morgan, Macy, Jerod, Jackson, Joshua and Maggie


Cutie pie Maggie in her snowman outfit...

The family at Nana & Pawpaw's house..Daddy, Pepper & Diana, Hilary, Karis, Chad, Jacquelyn and Pepper Jr.

Joshua, Jerod and Jackson...playing outside before dinner

My oldest brother Justin and his wife Melissa

My other brother Jason and Todd...

My parents Richard and Ginger with Maggie (aka Gigi & Papa)

My sweet Nana and Maggie

Pawpaw kicking off the "Radio Show"

Some of the "cast" plus Santa

and some reindeers...

Did you ever play that game "funny bone"? shin bone connected to your elbow bone, etc...We played during Nana's Christmas...this was my aunt and dad kicking booty at the game. They even got a prize for winning!

Maggie playing along at the "memory" game we played during Nana's Christmas

We had 2 special performers do an interperative dance to a Christmas carol...Morgan and Macy...too cute!

Daddy and Maggie being cute...

2nd cousin to Maggie...Karis...she is so beautiful, huh?

Uncle Tom and Maggie being silly...

Nana being silly with the boys gift...

Jackson with his hulk hands...

Maggie opening her gifts...

Maggie got a special homeade (special creation by her Pawpaw) activity table for Christmas, Nana was showing her the cool chalk board feature to it...