Good morning dearies!
We are hosting a fun Mommy Homework lesson this week. They are all SO awesome! You will want to check them out. Here is the link: http://www.cindysdesktop.com/?p=2450
I thought that I would jump in and share a few of our traditions. Traditions are sometimes very little things, but they are things that we can always count on. They are the things that bring our children back home. This is my first Christmas where my grown son came back home for Christmas. Traditions mean A LOT to us this year. Here are a few of ours:
–> Our Trek to the Gaylord. Every year we go to the Gaylord Opryland and take Christmas pictures for the year. We leave out after church and head up for an afternoon and evening there at the Gaylord. It is stunning this time of year. It is the perfect background for special pictures. See our pictures at Facebook. Here they are:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=78126&l=17be4&id=780216339
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=78133&l=75394&id=780216339
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=78138&l=2afe1&id=780216339
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=78458&l=68f34&id=780216339
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=78462&l=21b74&id=780216339
After the Gaylord, we go out to a nice, nice dinner. It is always a fun family time. This is MY GIFT for Christmas every year. 🙂
–> Get and decorate our tree. We get a live tree every year. We plan a family day to get the tree and decorate it. Afterwards, we enjoy movies and yummy food.
–> Christmas Music! I love Christmas music soooo much! It is the only thing that I play in my car this time of year. It is also the only music I play around the house this time of year. It just brings a sweet, sweet spirit to my house. If you tuned in to our family videos, you would hear Christmas music in the background of all of them
–> Dip Night! Every year we plan to have a Dip Night. For this, we make all of our favorite dips (foods and desserts). We put them all out on the bar and everyone digs in! We follow that with movies and family cuddles. A relaxing, yummy night!
–> Daddy Breakfast! Dad gets up and cooks for the whole crew. While I am typing, he is making omelets, biscuits, and other yummies. REAL NICE! I have a lot of cooking ahead today. I love when someone else cooks for me! 🙂
–> Cookies! We make cookies for munchies and for gifts. My crew counts on the same ones every year. It just is not Christmas without them. I suspect that these will be MUSTS as they begin their own families.
–> Ride and look at the lights. At Thanksgiving, we pile in the car and take our first ride to look at lights. This year, we waited until Saturday night when Matthew got in from NC. We also ride to look at the lights on Christmas Eve every year. After we ride and look at lights, we come home and have snacks and egg nog. We also watch movies.
–> Christmas movies! We watch the same movies and try to add new movies every year. Our favorites become part of our MUST list. We like kicking back, cuddling up, and enjoying movie time.
–> Thanksgiving and Christmas Lunch! I make the full banquet of goodies. Here are some of our family favorites for you to print out and enjoy: http://www.cindyrushton.com/pdfs/HolidayMenu.pdf
–> Out to the Movies! Every Thanksgiving and Christmas Day the big thing around here is to go to a movie at the theatre. We see EVERYONE we know. I love movies, but it is even more fun going in and leaving. We see so many people that we don’t see all year long. It is a THING around here!
Well, those are a few of our favorites. We do many other things every year. Just little things. But, we can always count on them to be part of our holiday season. Now it is time to get dressed and get going on a big, big day! It is Christmas Eve!!! WOoohooo!
Merry, merry CHRISTmas!
Love,
Cindy
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