Family Tradition Celebrations Pillows

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

"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!"

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

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

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

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

"What are we doing for Cinco de Mayo this year?"

"The Flying Wallendas at home"

'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'm so glad this bedtime story comes in audio.'

"I love spending time together as a family. It brings us together. It makes us stronger. It helps us understand each other."

"We were sad last year when we couldn't have the whole family over for the holidays, right?"

Lore and legend of the Pennypackers

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

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

'I wrapped it myself !'

'This is just a holiday tradition - It's nothing personal.'

'Let's see what Santa has in his sack for a little boy or girl...'

First Marriage.

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

Christening

"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.'"

"Son, once your grandma wore these shoes. I wore them after her, and now I will give them to you because I think they fit your dresses perfectly."

"Mom does this for everyone's birthday, if you don't applaud, no dessert for a week."

"I found my great aunt Irma's delicioso roast turkey recipe!"

'The first one didn't work. I need another goodnight kiss.'

Important dates in Latino history: Seven years ago, the empanada was invented.

Boys watching a christening

"If you close your eyes, it sounds like the dinners Gram used to open."

'Makes sense to me.'

"When you said you were cooking up a big 'tom', I assumed..."