Family Tradition Gifts

"Years ago your grandfather took me to this spot for my first spinal injury."

"O young, naive one...you must know the golden rule of the kitchen. To avoid the mother of all disrespects...never criticize the cooking of a family elder."

"Gracie, today I'm teaching you a Bermudez family tradition...passed down from generation to generation! Vamonos! Out! Now!"

"Take the off this minute, young lady."

"When I was young, we personally prepared all the food for each and every meal!"

'He spoke his first words today Serge - 'ello. . . ello. . . ello'!'

"I couldn't have made my family recipe raisin date nut cake with it's secret ingredient without Jimmy's help."

A caveman kid sees his ancestor in a museum exhibit

'Let's open presents Christmas Eve AND morning. That way Christmas lasts for TWO days.'

"One day you can participate in Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day as a parent."

"New money, Bobby, is old money that got away."

"Can you tell me the story again about how you swiped right on Dad?"

"The Flying Wallendas at home"

"Son when I'm gone, all this will be yours!"

'I think we're losing sight of our roots.'

"My dad was really good at showing me how to throw poo. He was just never any good at explaining exactly why I should be throwing it."

'My father carried this sign before me, as did his father before him.'

Tyler missed the old days before his parents used behavioral tracking software.

"I don't want to be a king like Dad - I want to be a pirate like Grandpa!"

"My great-uncle Lupe owned a barber shop! He made a lot of money!"

'Are you on any medication other than your Grandma's chicken soup?'

"I'm pretty sure your grandma's secret apple pie recipe is not considered an unauthorized classified document."

"It was our grandmother's wedding dress—we had her exhumed so you could wear it."

Lore and legend of the Pennypackers

'What do you mean, you don't want to dry grapes in the sun for dessert wines, like your father? He's a big success--and only 32!'

"Tell me again why we couldn't get an Easter bunny."

Christening

The family tradition lives on: I won the Long Jump and the Triple Jump events...

"Dad...how do you know when to stop?"

"Thank you for coming with me. This is a sacred family tradition."

"When I moved here after your mother passed... The first thing I did was make this altar...so I could pray for her. But your father said, 'Just no photos.'"

"I can tell you that's not the version of Uncle Sam that I grew up with."

"Papi, why do we celebrate Memorial Day?"

"We could repair this one of a kind globe that has been in the family for many generations or just throw it away."

"Someday son, this will all belong to a post-apocalyptic dystopian future."