#ThrowbackThursday: Christmas Edition

I've been going through tons of old family photos for a project (that I don't think will be ready in time for Christmas... bad elf, Leila) and some of my favorites are the Christmas pictures :)

There's literally hundreds of pictures I'm missing... This project has made me wish I'd stated a long time ago on better organizing all the old family pictures that are somewhat collected in albums, boxes, etc. I can think of plenty that I wish I had at the moment, but nevertheless.... There are still some gems here making me feel pretty cozy and nostalgic!

Found this treasure of a Christmas Card from
my grandma's family when she was a tyke

"Helping" little bro

With my cousin :)

 Baby bro destroying the tree

Probably the best Christmas pic ever -- my mom puff-painted

 coordinating sweatshirts for us all and then they tried to take a "nice" picture,

this was the best of the bunch so it's what was sent in the Christmas cards that year

I think he had just learned this trick....

Ana making tamales as a toddler...

... and as a tween.

The making of the tamales :)

"Christmas Comes to IB"

back when we were still just "Boyfriend and Girlfriend"
and when he had #JonSnowHair

The grandparents making tamales in their adorbs matching aprons :)

Back before everyone started getting married and having minions!

Our first (and so far, only, haha) annual Christmas Card from the Alvarez's

at The Merriest Place of Earth for our second anniversary :)

last year's holiday party

 

Do you have favorite photos from all through the years? I really need to work on scanning in all kinds of old pictures from my parents' and grandparents' albums and boxes... Besides enjoying albums and maybe getting pictures printed on a coffee mug or something, anyone have cool ideas for using these pictures around the house?  Maybe next year I could use them to make a garland of some kind?

May your days be merry and bright,