Family Traditions

Christmas was so heart-warming this year! It was so great to share it with our children and to begin our own family traditions. I have compiled a list of traditions from this year that I would like to continue...and a list that I would like to trash : ) Enjoy.

Traditions we hope to keep:

* Choosing and cutting our own Christmas tree on Thanksgiving day. Thanks Stinson Christmas Tree Farm (and Jerry)!! We LOVED our tree and LOVED the experience!

* Visiting the Live Nativity here in Mobile. It made for a great opportunity to share the true meaning of Christmas.

* Opening matching PJs on Christmas Eve.

* Eating a breakfast for dinner meal together as a family on Christmas Eve.

* Matt reading the Christmas story to the kids and me on Christmas Eve (man, I guess a lot of these are Christmas eve traditions)

* Singing Happy Birthday to Jesus on Christmas Morning

* The kids receive 3 gifts each on Christmas morning. This also created an awesome opportunity to explain the reason for gift-giving. Thank you Lord for sending Jesus!!

Traditions I hope to trash:

* Carrying that beautiful Christmas tree strapped to the top of our car down I-65 for 2 1/2 hours. For those of you that know me...I like to blend in. Definitely didn't blend that day.
* Making a mad dash to Old Navy ON Christmas Eve for those cute little matching PJs...seriously. Do I have to procrastinate?
* We will keep the Christmas story. We will not read the 7 page version from the Children's Bible storybook.

* Having to head back to Foodworld because we forgot syrup. Again, ON Christmas Eve.

Sidenote here...our Christmas Eve/Christmas Day were celebrated early because of traveling.