More Holiday Traditions

Every year, the women in my extended family get together to make Christmas cookies. In the past, we used to select a few cookies we wanted to make and then we split them between us when we were done. This year, we pre-made cut out cookies and got together to do a mass decorating. It is always great getting together, but we were all up to our ears in frosting by the end.

Payton decorating a cookie ...Maddy and Ella (my cousin's kids) ...

Katie (my cousin's half-sister) and Sarah (my cousin's daughter) decorating a cookie ...

Maddy decorating a cookie ... she did better than some of the adults ... I won't name any names ... LOL

Every year in the area that we live, Santa makes the rounds on the firetruck. They come through the neighborhoods with sirens blaring. For some coincidental reason, they always happen to come through the neighborhood when we are all together decorating cookies ... it has become somewhat of a tradition.

Some of the kids waiting for Santa ... they heard the sirens and knew he was coming ...

Hi Santa!