Grandparents: 2
Parents: 2
Siblings: 4
Sibs in law: 3
Aunts: 3
Uncles: 2
Cousins: 9
Nieces: 2
Nephews: 3
Total: 30
That's right folks, 30 family members for a weekend packed under the same roof, same time, every year - and it's grand.
Of course, the obvious question is "what exactly do you DO that whole time". Well, lots of things, we have a yankee swap gift exchange, an auction, sometimes a pinata for this kids, we build snow men, have snow ball fights, and we always top of the evening by burning something.
Well, this year my father, wanting to exercise his new snowblower, decided to snowblow the backyard (yes, the backyard) in one giant crop circle. This left a gigantic mound of snow piled up in the middle of my parents back yard about 5 feet high and probably 10-15 feet in diameter. While at first we all laughed at the absurdity of snowblowing your backyard into a ginormous pile, we quickly learned how much fun huge mounds of snow can be!
Consider, this mound soon turned into an igloo, a sledding hill with steps going up, and wall to hide around during snowball fights, a climbing mountain, and most importantly - a stand upon which to place a teepee like figure for burning later on.
I will attempt to add video later, but for now, here is a glimpse of the snow mountain.
3 comments:
i am sorry i missed that, it sounds like a ton of fun!!!
sounds like you guys had a great time!! can't wait to see more pictures! have a good new year's eve and i'll hope to see you soon!!!
You should note that the relative count was from your perspective--there were many more than 2 parents there. There were like, I don't know, 16. But there were only two of YOUR parents. And stuff. And more than 2 Grandparents two. But only two of YOUR Grandparents. I'm sure I was the only one who was confused.
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