Yesterday was my 35th annual Boyer Christmas party. All my life I have spent the Saturday or Sunday before Christmas with my dad's side of the family. My grandparents have always found a way to get us together as a family at least 2 or 3 times a year, but the one time that we were never to miss was the Christmas party. I remember as a child Santa would come, still to this day I don't know who they got to play Santa. I also remember every year Grandpa would save all his pennies in a jar and at the party he would draw a name of one of the boys and give him the pennies. I don't think it was ever more then $20.00, and Grandma would give one of the girls in the family an afghan that she had been working on for the year. I never did like the color of mine, but I have used it every winter. I liked my mom's more so I took it when I got married(sorry mom). I will never forget the games that the adults would play. If you have never seen a bunch of grownups rolling on the floor from laughter, it is pretty funny. Grandpa has not been with us for 17 years now, but he was always with us in spirit. This year Grandma was also gone. She left us in October, but made sure that we still had the party. For the past 2 years we have held it at Pazzo Vita Deli and Market. Frankie out did himself again, the food was wonderful. If you have not been you have got to go, it is worth the drive to Taylorsville. With all the memories that I have of parties through the years, I would have to say that yesterday tops them. As my dad and aunts were cleaning out Grandma's home, they decided to share it with the grandkid
s. So the game yesterday for us (grandkids) was a gift game. We were each given a number and if you could understand Hal with out his teeth, he would tell you to get a gift and then do something with it. In the end we each opened what we had and some of us got things that were funny like Grandmas HO HO HO hat (looked great on you Kristal) or Grandpa's hammer (better hide it Heather, I might come take it after I lose another hammer at our house). Grandma, even though you were not there in person, you were their in spirit and we all know. Thank you for taking the time to make sure that we always got together each year to remember the birth of Christ and the importance of family.
Yesterday was my 35th annual Boyer Christmas party. All my life I have spent the Saturday or Sunday before Christmas with my dad's side of the family. My grandparents have always found a way to get us together as a family at least 2 or 3 times a year, but the one time that we were never to miss was the Christmas party. I remember as a child Santa would come, still to this day I don't know who they got to play Santa. I also remember every year Grandpa would save all his pennies in a jar and at the party he would draw a name of one of the boys and give him the pennies. I don't think it was ever more then $20.00, and Grandma would give one of the girls in the family an afghan that she had been working on for the year. I never did like the color of mine, but I have used it every winter. I liked my mom's more so I took it when I got married(sorry mom). I will never forget the games that the adults would play. If you have never seen a bunch of grownups rolling on the floor from laughter, it is pretty funny. Grandpa has not been with us for 17 years now, but he was always with us in spirit. This year Grandma was also gone. She left us in October, but made sure that we still had the party. For the past 2 years we have held it at Pazzo Vita Deli and Market. Frankie out did himself again, the food was wonderful. If you have not been you have got to go, it is worth the drive to Taylorsville. With all the memories that I have of parties through the years, I would have to say that yesterday tops them. As my dad and aunts were cleaning out Grandma's home, they decided to share it with the grandkid
s. So the game yesterday for us (grandkids) was a gift game. We were each given a number and if you could understand Hal with out his teeth, he would tell you to get a gift and then do something with it. In the end we each opened what we had and some of us got things that were funny like Grandmas HO HO HO hat (looked great on you Kristal) or Grandpa's hammer (better hide it Heather, I might come take it after I lose another hammer at our house). Grandma, even though you were not there in person, you were their in spirit and we all know. Thank you for taking the time to make sure that we always got together each year to remember the birth of Christ and the importance of family.
2 comments:
What a fun tradition!!!!!
About your question...doesn't Smith's double coupons? You will have to ask. Also, take the ads from the stores that are 30 minutes away (you'll have to get a newspaper on Sundays to get those) and take them to Walmart and pricematch. If you have a Big Lots go there for snack food. Every Big Lots I've been to has a clearence table for their food. I get the kid's lunch snacks there dirt cheap.
Hi Holly! I was looking up your email on FB and found your link to your blog! I love it! I have one too! I forgot to ask you today about Pat, although I never really knew him, I was wondering how much you see him. What a great tradition the Boyers have.
I had the most fun ever at lunch today, that will be a memory that will stay with me for a long time, let's make more of them. Check out my blog sometime...
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