Have you ever seen the movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding". Well that is my family. Everything we do evolves around family and food. The more the merrier. We eat, we play and we rest.
Remeber that scene in the movie where they are having a celebration. The door bell rings, mom goes over and answers the door. She opens the door and its kiss-kiss, kids running under and around her into the house. Parents hugging, and kissing. It is pure maddness. Well that is my family and I love it.
One of our favorite holidays is Christmas and thanksgiving. On Thankgiving we load up our cars and go to West Virgina which is where my oldest sister lives. We start cooking the day before, we cook as many sweets as we can, Like Chocolate Eclair torte, Hawain Delight and Pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting. My brother in law cooks the turkey on the grill and sometimes in a deep fryer. We have chicken and dumplings, vegetable casserole, along with majic potatoes. I have no idea what's in those potatoes, but they disappear like majic. So much more, am I making you hungry yet.
After we get done eating we usually would take a nap. We are about 32 all together when everyone shows up. My sister and my brother in law built their house from ground up, he is a carpenter and he built their house with Thanksgiving in mind. I am so glad he did. We have plenty of space, but let me tell you that it wasn't always like that. They lived in a little 2 bedroom trailer and we still managed to have Thanksgiving dinner together. The difference is we slept all over the place, floors beds, couches. You name it. Where ever their was a open spot, you parked your body.
When your with family it doesn't matter where your at just as long as your together.
I think that is a blessing to have such a big family and have the opportunity to spend memorable times together. We dont realize how important is to be anchored in your family, and the only reason that comes in my mind right now is that in difficult times most likely help will come from your family rather than friends. I am also blessed with a great, maybe not that big as yours, family. We do everything together and we stay in close relationship. I cannot wait for the holiday season, they are so much fun.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to see you have such a close family relationship. I wish my family was like that. It's not, but me and my sister are really close and we do alot of things together. My mother always has her own agenda with her friends. She could careless about family.
ReplyDeleteFamily is home, it doesn't matter what day of the week or what month when we comes to family we all come together in harmony. At the holidays just like yours, we all get together and cook or bring something to share at the table with. I love hearing the laughs and fights of my nieces and nephews. Love to hear the new adventures and future plans of my sisters and brothers. It brings warm and comfort to my heart and soul, to know that no matter what the world or with us personaly are going throught we could count on our families to ease, help or forget about the problems.
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