I was torn between which traditions to share so I have
decided to share two traditions that I have enjoyed.
#1
As a child Sundays were always spent visiting
grandparents. Living in Georgia we have
no grandparents to visit so we have established our own tradition of being able
to spend Sundays with friends. We have
always had missionaries in our ward and enjoy feeding them – especially on
Sunday. Every time we feed the missionaries on Sunday we invite another family
over to eat. We never ask them in advance, we just go to church and look for a
family we may not know as well as we should, a new family or a family that just
looks like they need a little extra care that day. Being spontaneous in
inviting someone to dinner takes all the stress out of it. I just prepare enough
food for 2 families and we go searching at church. We have enjoyed older families, families with
little children and families with teens.
As we sit and eat we have the tradition of telling each other what we
learned in church that day. We always start with the youngest and go around the
table. It is a nice time to share spiritual insight with each other and it has
kept our children on their toes as they know we are going to ask them something
they learned in church. Sundays have
always been a special day shared with family growing up and now we share them
with our friends here in Georgia and
make them feel like they are family in our home.
#2
When JC was in Kindergarten he made gingerbread houses made
out of graham crackers and milk cartons.
That day they had extra houses and
candy so I brought them home and we decorated houses with our family. For the
past 19 years we have continued this tradition of making gingerbread houses
each Christmas. We still get the milk
cartons and make them out of graham crackers – cheesy, but so much fun. We always invite another family over to enjoy
in the fun and are meticulous in creating our masterpieces.
We then take our pictures with our houses in front
of the Christmas Tree. I even sent JC
the fixins to make houses on his mission which he did with a new member family.
We have many fond memories of building our “dream”
gingerbread houses together as a family.
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