Jared and I are always trying to think of new traditions. When I was a kid, I remember always going out to Los Hermanos for Christmas Eve dinner, then going over to my best friend Krista’s house to eat her dad’s deer meat sticks (I am sure those things actually have a name) and Krista and I would exchange gifts.
I still have a purple diary with bears on it that she gave me one year. It had a lock and everything. She gave be a red and yellow bear pen to go with it. I think it said “Honey” on it and at the top was a honey pot where you had to push the bear’s head down into the pot if you wanted the pen to come out. Then there was a little black button on the side you could push to retract the pen and make the bear’s head pop up again.
The first entry says something like, “I just got you for Christmas from my best friend Krista.”
Other entries (there aren’t many) say things like, “I saw him at the mall today! I just couldn’t talk to him, I was too scared.”
But, onto new traditions. Jared and I have decided that every Christmas Eve we are going to eat home made Chinese food. Luckily for us, we had invited his sister Alisen over, who is an amazing cook, and she made delicious lettuce wraps and sweet and sour sauce. We made pork egg rolls and some tasty Asian Fire meat.
Henry and cousin Ethan:
Eleanor and Aunt Denise, who drove all the way from California to be with us.
Henry and Aunt Denise:
Cousin Levi:
The boys opening their pajamas- a tradition I have borrowed from lots of families.
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