Growing up my family had their own set of traditions. Jeff’s family also has their own traditions. So, as you can imagine and I’m sure may have experienced yourself, the merging of traditions into your own family can be difficult. Growing up we decorated the day after thanksgiving (I should add that christmas is my favorite holiday). I went all out, garland up the banisters and stockings on the mantel. The tree could light a whole room with all…
Growing up we spent many vacations in Oklahoma with my grandparents. I would always look forward to certain things, for instance my dad’s mom makes awesome rum cake. My mom’s mom she always made us spatzle, which all of my cousins loved. We would joke that we were going to make her a 50 gallon drum to make enough soup for everyone. This year I am spending New Year’s with Jeff’s family and volunteered to make spatzle….
When I first met my husband he invited me to go home with him to New York for christmas. We were both currently living in Oklahoma at the time. When I met his mother she absorbed me into the family immediately, like an ameba making me feel like one of her own. I suggested to Jeff that we should build a gingerbread house because I had never built one before. We had so much fun building our…
It’s that time of year again! Christmas is my favorite holiday by far and not just because it comes with ham. Every year we go as a family and cut our trees down together. When the tractor drops us off at the giant field of charisma’s trees it’s like a christmas wonderland. We set out into the field smelling and touching trees like a bunch of excited little kids. The debate of what kind of tree now begins. Do we…