This year we started some new family traditions:
--We went to the Roper Mtn Christmas lights. This wasn't the first time we have gone, but it was the first time we got out of the car and walked around. They had a cute sleigh and snowman for picture taking and tree-lit paths to walk through. There were some other fun things indoors that we didn't participate in this year but maybe next year when the kids are little older.
--We decided instead of the typical appetizer/dessert Christmas Eve dinner that my family has always done to go Ethnic. This year we had Thai food. We were supposed to spend some time talking about the culture but mainly we talked about produce. I'm not sure why or how it came up, I just remember a conversation about eggplant.
--To continue a tradition from Brad's childhood (and basically the only one he can remember) I decided to make one gift for the kids. This year it was a felt board (pictured above) to go in the basement. It started out pretty basic...small garden, apple tree, fish pond, but I have plans to add to it in the future.
--And although, we have no control over the weather in the future, we sure did have fun playing in the snow. It was technically a White Christmas because it started snowing in the evening of Christmas Day. But we didn't get to wake up to it like all the movies. We had fun playing in the snow the next day though. I thought the best Christmas gift I could get was that most of church was cancelled so I wouldn't have to teach my lesson. That was, of course, until the Grinch asked me if I could go ahead and teach it the first week of January :(
