photos {christmas with holly's family}

My family opted to do our Christmas exchange on New Year’s Eve at lunchtime. We all gathered at Sherry’s house and had a lasagna lunch. After eating, we did our gift exchange. The kids all racked up with presents ranging from Under Armor & duct tape to games & make-up!



















Next, Mom and her three creative daughters did our inaugural homemade ornament exchange. We all made ornaments for each other – they could be out of anything as long as we made them. It turned out really cool and we are making it a tradition! Sherry’s ornaments all featured feathers (of course). Mom went way overboard and made us all about 5 ornaments!! So, the only rule for next year…only ONE ornament!








And following up on another new tradition…last year Michelle made us all calendars. Each month featured a list. We all brought our calendars (sort of) to share. It was funny how we all handled them so differently. Mom never even considered putting photos on hers, but brought her calendar with her lists all filled out. I had photos and lists completed for the whole thing. Sherry had some photos and some lists. Michelle didn’t even bring the calendar and only had some of her lists. But it was really neat and fun. No one had made calendars for this year so Sherry stepped up to the plate and offered to do so!