Tradition

In my family we have a lot of traditions. We have traditions for just about every season and also for holidays. I but my all time favorite is the ones that we have for the summer and also for Christmas. In the summer my family has two parties. We have one with my grandma’s side of the family then we have one for my grandpa’s side (these are both on my mom’s side of the family).

When we go to my Grandma’s summer party we either have a bbq or we all bring KFC to eat. When we all finally get to eating and talking we are usually all caught up on everyone else’s lives. After we are done eating and talking all the kids get together for our game of water balloon volleyball and other assortments of games. I like this family party because I know a lot more of the people that come to this party then I know that come to my grandpas party.

At my Grandfather’s summer party we all meet at a church and go out back to the pavilion were the rest of the family is already gathered. With this side of the family I don’t talk to anyone really but my close family because I don’t know anyone else. But none the less we still eat and talk to the family about things that are going on in our lives. While the adults are eating the kids are getting out the piece of black plastic that goes down the hill that eventually will turn into a water slide. Then all the kids go and change into our bathing suits so that we can start going down the water slide. This is what all the kids do while the adults are talking.

My two other favorites are the Christmas party we have one with the close family. In this party we all get together with our we have all bought one other present for another and one for every kid. Then we will all eat and open presents. The one with the Johnson side of the family we all get together and have presents that no one gets to see until after dinner because then one of our family members will go dress up as Santa. When he comes in all the little kids get really excited and can’t wait to go sit on his lap and get there presents.

These are my favorite traditions because my whole family will get together. When my family all gets together we get to find out what has gone on with the rest of the family. These are also my favorite because then you get to see all of your relatives that you haven’t seen for the rest of the year except for that night.

Brianna