Home for the Holidays

My family is the thing I miss the most about the east coast. Going to my grandmother's for Thanksgiving and Christmas is one of my favorite events every year and even though it's a mad-house, I love it. Here's some of the craziness that happens at Gram's during the holdiays.

	Here's a normal Thanksgiving serving scene. Got the food on the table and a buffet-style serving going on. That's Erin's back, Aunt Evie, Aunt Linda, and Jessica's back.
	Here's our aspiring film-maker, Jessica filming my dad taking this picture (sadly I missed this Thanksgiving). Also featured are my cousin Johnny, who is so funny and a serious outdoorsman. He also looks like Lars Ulrich in that video where Metallica is on that big swing. Also in the pic is Aunt Dolores (Johnny's mother).
	Here's my cousin Erin looking cute.
	And here is our matriarch. I can't even describe how cool my grandmother is. All of my friends think so too. She's funny, smart, and totally with it, even at 88 years old.
	Here's one of Jess's favorite past-times. She sits on Gram's floor watching TV. Well, she also goes out and plays basketball alot, so she's not a total potato.
	And now we're at Christmas. Here's my cousin, Joanie, with her daughter Emily. Everytime anybody got near Emily (even just putting a hand toward her toe), she made a sound that reminded me of Frankenstein. "Eeeehhhhhhhhhhh!"
	Here's the standing dinner before the presents. Uncle Bob, Aunt Evie, Dad's cousin Pammie, cousin Robin, and I think that's a sliver of my cousin Rachel's face.
	Here's Jared being his usual weird self.
	Ahhh, Uncle Ray and my Dad. Don't they look alike? Uncle Ray is so crazy and funny. I should find that picture of him with the teddy bear. Or the one with the bananas in his ears...
	Here's Jared, me, and Uncle Ray (we're modeling the hats we got as gifts)
	And here's my glorious Gram, again, with Pammie.
	This is a general shot of what mayhem we cause in the Parlor when we're openning gifts.
	More mayhem (and Jared playing with my cousin's kids)
	Here's Jared showing off Babyz to Rachel, Tyler, Jess, Robin, and Juliette. They're so cute!