Annual Payne Family & Friends Saturday After Thanksgiving Tradition!

For those of you who know anything about me and my family...you will know that we LOVE traditions! We have so so many traditions! Some big, some little, some just us, and some involving everyone we know! Traditions! We love them, look forward to them, want to share them, and are always starting new ones!

And this is one of our biggest! We can't remember exactly what year it started and the first couple of years we did things a little different but its pretty set now! We even passed out fliers the last two years!!! It's awesome!

It starts with lunch at El Matador.

Left side of table, front to back: Becky, Nick, Tanith, Hannah (hiding), Jeri, Dave

Right side of table, back to front: Kevin (hiding), Dad, Mom, Craig, Lana, Emily, Cory, Leah

View from the other direction!

Left side of table, front to back: Kevin, Dad, Mom, Craig, Lana, Emily, Cory, Leah

Right side of table, back to front: Becky, Nick, Tanith, Hannah, Jeri, Dave, Nephew

Me & Lana

Leah & I

After the parade we like to walk over and kill time by walking thru the Christmas Tree Jubilee. But for some reason this year it closed a day earlier so there were no trees, no crafts, no warm building to walk around in, and no bathrooms to use. So instead we stood outside and just chatted amongst ourselves while we waited for the parade to start.

Becky, Dad, Nephew, Niece, Kevin, Me, Dave, Jeri, Mom, Craig, & Lana

Me, Amy, Kelsey, & Lana!

More just waiting around! (Can you see Lana cheesing it up in the back!)

After the parade we all head back to my house for my dad's famous milkshakes!

Travis, Nick, Ally, & Dustin

Tanith & Travis

Me, Lana, & Craig

Mom, Becky, Brenna, David (I actually don't remember his name so that's what we are calling him)

My dad at his post!

As you can see there are different people at different parts of the night! Everyone is invited to it all and then they just come to the parts they can! There were even more people who showed up later for milkshakes! It was a GREAT day! So much fun filled with so many great friends! That is exactly why I love traditions so much! A chance to see people! I love people!! Thanks everyone who came!