Family Christ-Day-Ing

So this weekend we celebrated not one, but two, family Christmases. Saturday we celebrated with my dad's extended family, and Sunday with my mom's. I was going to knock out posts on both at one time, but iPhoto is being my enemy, so I'm only going to cover Saturday's celebration since those photos are coming off Darrell's camera and my computer will actually let me access them. And in retrospect, it's probably a good thing I'm breaking these posts up, because I've got quite a few photos to share. So I'll let the photos do most of the talking, and by the time I'm done you'll wish your family celebrations were crazy awesome enough to include Christmas, birthday, and wedding festivities all in one fell swoop....

Saturday started off normal enough with a brunch, which was followed by a not-so-normal wedding (which, thanks to the power of the internet, my dad legally officiated)

My Aunt and her new husband getting married in my parent's living room

After the wedding we had family photos

Grandpa and his grandkids--and what, your family doesn't coordinate a color scheme for celebrations? Lame

And more family photos

My parents, siblings, and our significant others

Followed by some caroling

Then we reminisced by watching old family Christmas videos and stumbled across one where my sister, cousin, and I got the same creep-tastic walking doll as a gift, and were able to re-live its awesomeness in the present day

Yes, twenty years later, my sister not only still has the doll, but knew exactly where to find it. All it needed was some fresh batteries and it was good to go... At least as good as it ever was. And if you look closely you'll see "AA" on one of the feet--my sister was always paranoid that I'd accidentally confuse her toy for mine whenever we had identical things

Then it was off to the bowling alley to get a few games in, while simultaneously celebrating my grandpa's 87th birthday. After bowling was Chinese for dinner (you know, an American Christmas staple), followed by some good ole Wii Just Dance

The girls

The guys

We wrapped up the night with a round of Cranium and then the cousins went out for a much-needed nightcap. And I know that while it may sound like I'm giving my family a hard time, and in the days leading up to Saturday I was sure fearing the worst with everything we were trying to squeeze in, but when it boils down to it, I love this family to pieces, every little bit of craziness included. Because it just wouldn't be family if they didn't drive your crazy while making you love them even more at the same time. Or at least I'll keep telling myself that's normal so I don't feel quite so bad :)