let me tell you about something called tamale night...
tonight i got to be part of ryan's family's yearly tradition of "Tamale night." the whole family gets together and makes thousands (no really, i'm not being sarcastic with that number) of tamales from scratch - ryan's grandparents are mexican and i think they've been doing this for a long time. we spend hours together with the whole extended family in the kitchen cooking and then we eat a bunch of them for dinner and freeze some to eat later and to give to other people. i went last year too.
i love family traditions! seriously, who comes up with some of this stuff? my family has tons of stupid ones that i have to admit i love.
but there are somethings i don't love about december/christmas time:
1. having to get together with creepy cousins
2. end of semester = finals
3. not having enough money to get the people you love the things you want to
4. actually, i can't think of anything else.
this picture was taken on a very good day. october 23, 2004. everytime i look at it it makes me happy.
i love family traditions! seriously, who comes up with some of this stuff? my family has tons of stupid ones that i have to admit i love.
but there are somethings i don't love about december/christmas time:
1. having to get together with creepy cousins
2. end of semester = finals
3. not having enough money to get the people you love the things you want to
4. actually, i can't think of anything else.
this picture was taken on a very good day. october 23, 2004. everytime i look at it it makes me happy.