As the weather cools down (finally) and the Holidays are around the corner.  I think of what that means.  The Holidays are a time for family and friends.  With our move to Utah just over a year ago we have had the opportunity to make new traditions.
Since I was a kid we had the tradition of spending Christmas Eve with my mom's side of the family.  With Santa visiting and catching us snoozing, so we could open our Christmas Eve present after he left.  Then go home to sleep and wake up Christmas morning and spend the day with my Grammie and Papa around the corner.
Mike's family spent Christmas Eve with just his parents and siblings playing a game called the thimble (an eye spy game invented by Mike's parents, when they wanted the kids to be calm and get some excitement out of Christmas Eve)

After we got married Mike and I altered our traditions to accommodate a little of each family, to make the holiday's our own. As time went on we altered them slightly here and there. With families moving and the passing of my Papa, Mike promised to take my Grammie to midnight mass at her catholic congregation.
Living in a new state, with different family around, We get to truly make our own traditions. We get to see what traditions we like and what traditions we will cut.
We hope to one day add children into the mix of Holiday traditions and get to see the joy on their faces  of the magic those traditions give them.