Merry Christmas from us to you!Guns on the holiday? Yep - its one of our family traditions each year to get out and keep busy.
No sense sitting around when there are things to do, see, and explore. Traditions make any holiday better.
The night we first put up our Christmas Tree, the kids sleep in the living room with the tree.Well, most of them sleep, many of them can't. Too excited!
This boy had no trouble knocking off.
Church Christmas programs are another fun way we always celebrate.
Of course there are lots of other projects to do while the kids are off of school, but you've already been watching those.
We have an annual family party together, too.Grandma loves getting swamped with little kids... and gives them a new ornament every year.
Lots of baking is another tradition - and its not just Mom doing the baking. All the kids do alot of it, making goodies from scratch.Dad takes care of the testing and volume work...
Barbarian feast is another Christmas holiday favorite - no manners, no utensils, no plates... just lots of good finger food!
This year we added another Tradition that was a BIG hit - one evening each of us picked a song and did an ENERGETIC lipsync to it!It was a nice chance for the rest of us (boys) who didn't have musical talents to perform at the Talent Show.
Here she is lipsync'ing to her favorite - Harry Connick Jr.
Of course Dad has his work projects, and I have to work hard to keep the kids busy each day with stuff to make their vacation days "meaningful"!
Stacking branches in the winter is a favorite project... for Dad.
Mom gets new puzzles each year, and the kids love working on them and reading.Lots of reading.
We rent movies for the holiday, too, and on New Years we'll watch Ben Hur or Fiddler on the Roof again.
Making meaningful Traditions is important to us, and valued by the kids.
Of course, the greatest Tradition is celebrating the birth and gift of the Son of God to the world, and all of our family Traditions tie into that greatest event.
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
