12.13.2022

Italian family Christmas 2022

We had such a sweet weekend with our Italian family.  On Saturday, we were all together and spent our time eating, laughing, talking, gift exchange, and most importantly, connecting....

Heather was here from IDAHO!
These two are always playing music...
A quick walk before more festivities:
Time for the gift exchange...
I love our family so much and it was special to be together!
Then all of the guys left and the girls had a slumber party for Mackenzie's 16th birthday:
We all made shirts with her baby picture on them...
The  next morning we ate breakfast and then had a time of affirming her in a type of rites of passage:
All of the grandmas and aunties got a necklace and the plan is that when the girls turn 16, they will get one too.  It says "sisterhood" in Italian...
It was so sweet to all be together and celebrate our sweet girl!