Think back to when you were a kid. I bet you have some favorite memories of holidays and family traditions. Have you ever thought about how those holiday traditions came to be? Maybe you know they have been in the family for years but maybe you have no idea. Maybe your parents started some traditions of their own when they married and started a family. My family has a lot of Christmas traditions surrounding movies. That's our thing. We almost always watched "White Christmas" on Thanksgiving … [Read more...]
Our 3rd Annual Pies-giving
On Matt's side of the family, his little brother's wife has a number of Thanksgiving celebrations and Christmases she has to attend...all on the actual holiday. So we decided a few years back that our families would celebrate those holidays on a different day. Matt used to go hunting on Thanksgiving and I would just stay home and online shop. We didn't do anything special. My family hadn't done Thanksgiving in awhile due to many factors. (Although, my dad and I used to like Black Friday … [Read more...]