Family Traditions

I am sure that many of you have family traditions. As the holiday season has arrived it seems that many of our family traditions center around this time. The day after Thanksgiving is a day full of traditions for our family. The last 2 years I have been one of the many who brave the early hours for the best deal. This year though I decided I would like my sleep more. There weren't any great deals that I "had to have" and one of my sister in laws who I normally go with was skiing in Colorado. So, that tradition at least for this year took a break.

Another tradition our family has in going to the farm. My great grandmother who passed away this last September owned a farm about 45 min from where we live. As a kid my sis and I loved going down with Dandad to see Gramma Day. Now my kids get to experience going to the farm. On the farm there are several acres of woods. We normally have a weenie roast, s'mores, cut some wood, ride the tire swing, ride the dirt bike and visit the river. My kids and cousins have fun playing in the woods for most of the afternoon. The ride home is always much quieter than the trip to the farm.

And last but not least our kids go over to their Grammy's and decorate the Christmas tree. This year was a lil different since 3 of our nephews were in Colorado but they still had fun. Our lil man isn't old enough to join in the decorating yet but he will soon enough. They always have fun going out to eat, decorating the tree and spending the night w/Grammy and Grandpa. This year since the younger boys were gone they also got to go somewhere other than McDonald's for dinner.

Needless to say the holidays are always a busy time. Our Thanksgiving consisted of 2 meals on Thursday, the Farm and Christmas tree decorating Friday and another meal on Saturday. It was a fun time with family. Now on to getting ready for Christmas! Here are a few pics of the farm.

Getting to drive on the farm. Lil man wasn't too sure about it.

My 3 kids

Roasting hot dogs.

Lil man playing in the sand on the beach of the river.

Memaw and her grandkids.

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