Sunday, January 26, 2014

My Traditions

a combo of traditions from pat's parents my parents and ideas i love!

Birthdays-
                  A cake! Never forget. (Bake or buy)
                  birthday breakfast or dinner with hat.
                  birthday wreath
                  birth story (my mom always tells me my birth story and the blessing I am to her. I love it!)

Anniversary-
                  Temple sealings at Salt Lake
                   watch wedding vid
                   Fun activity together (2014- Wicked, 2013-  vespas through Thanksgiving Gardens, Snowbird (slept over, rode a mechanical bull and slides,
                 
             

Valentines-

*chocolate covered strawberries
*chocolate covered raspberries (cluster together in a cupcake filter)
*buy Peter's Chocolate (available at orson and gygi or a place by pa's work that sells wheat)
(first time I tried the strawberries and raspberries was when I was 16, Patrick surprised me with them in the trunk of his sleek silver civic. um ya i was in a total puddle of love)
*grandma's heart shaped sugar cookies with pink frosting and clear crystals
*14 day Countdown for my LOVE. (sticky love notes, goodies, surprises)
                   Chocolate heart PB cookies

St. Patrick's Day- signs of our leprechaun (foot prints, green pee in toilet, green milk, switch chairs)
                             Make a green dinner

April Fools-


Easter- Rent Easter Bunny Costume
            Savior FHE/ lesson


4th of July- wear red white and blue
                   BBQ and fireworks

Halloween- witches night
                    Boo our neighbors
                    give out squeeze-it's


Thanksgiving-  Thankful tree all month
                          thankful poster

Christmas- Track's and SL Temple
                   2 night's before christmas pull mattresses into front room- family sleep-over
                   Elf & popcorn
                  make fudge and toffee
                  Service Project
                  Sledding & Hot Cocoa
                  cut out snowflakes
POLAR EXPRESS PARTY: Hot Cocoa Bar, Book, Polar Express Ride, sledding game
                                                race to put on snow stuff, ski across with wrapping paper rolls
and tissue boxes, jump in sled and be pulled back to finish
               
         

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