Traditions

Follow-up:  The Baby Shower went great!  It was greatly attended and the father and mother to be were showered with many blessings from the guests.

Onto traditions:  Today is a rainy, Sunday and we are chillin' at Rocky Ridges (that is the name of the homestead)

We have some incredible traditions in our family.  Most of them were incorporated early on in our marriage and years later still stick with us.  With all of the children out of the home, my husband and I still keep most of the traditions alive (for my sake).  Each family member has their favorite family tradition.   
Starting with the New Year's day we have Rose Bowl Parade, large breakfast, and football.  We take the tree and decorations down and clean the house up....The holidays are over and way to start a new year!  Winter months are filled with snow fun, trips to Tahoe, sledding, skiing, and the twins birthday. 
Valentine's Day was full of coupon books and showering love to each other. 
March was a month we went to Bodega Bay camping, crabbing, and kiting.  Such fun memories of the bay. 
Easter is a very special day for me, as it is the reason I serve God, with His death and resurrection. From Good Friday, Sunrise Service on Easter and a large breakfast, followed by an egg hunt or scavenger hunt and family fun-my favorite holiday and family traditions of the year. 
Spring and summer we enjoy river, camping, and outdoor fun along with five birthdays from the rest of the family.  Can you believe five of us have birthdays from June through August?  When the children were out of school for the summer, I would take them on road trips to visit family in Las Vegas or Phoenix.  What incredible summers we would have.  We went to the beach, river, swimming, camping, and hiking. 
Then school would start and fall activities started.  Fall Festivals, pumpkin patches, and carving our pumpkins.  Fall also brought more hikes, last river walks, and  school fun.
Bring on Christmas!  We tree hunt around the middle of the month.  Cutting a fresh tree *my husband and I stick with Silver Tip now*  We decorate and enjoy the corny Christmas music of the season, Christmas Cookies, look for Santa, Christmas light touring, attending a Candlelight Service on Christmas Eve and family on Christmas Day. 
As the children grew they got more involved with sports, friends, and school.  The traditions still hung around, even when the kiddos didn't.   

I am really excited to see what traditions our children and/or their spouses incorporate into their families