Our Family Traditions
I really believe traditions bond families for generations! Here are some of ours. Steal anything you like.
Christmas
Secret partners, Christmas chimes, Beef Wellington, our Elf journal, a gift to Jesus, and enough traditions to make Christmas a full-contact sport.
New Year’s
We throw a family New Year’s party to celebrate the year we just lived, give out awards, make vision boards, and dream about what’s next.
Valentine’s Day
Cupid doorbell ditches the kids, we make Valentines with friends, and Galentine’s Day gets the celebration it rightfully deserves.
Birthdays
Birthday breakfast, presents first thing, a family adventure or friend party, and a table full of people telling you exactly why they love you.
St. Patrick’s Day
We wear green, eat green food, and allow tiny Irish men to break into our house and cause general chaos.
Easter
We spend the season making Easter bigger, more meaningful, and every bit as anticipated as Christmas.
The 4th of July
Our entire extended family sleeps over on July 3rd, stays up too late, eats a giant breakfast, swims, holds a flag ceremony, and eventually rallies for fireworks.
The 24th of July
We’ve been waking up far too early to run the Deseret News 5K together since the ’90s, mostly because tradition apparently outranks common sense.
Back to School
We turn back-to-school shopping into an entire day, complete with a budget we don’t keep, lunch somewhere good, and a fashion show for Dad.
The First Snowfall
The first real snowfall means the kids come home to hot chocolate and warm cinnamon rolls—no exceptions.
DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS
We pull out pictures of our ancestors, tell their stories, eat Mexican food, and spend the night remembering where we came from.
Thanksgiving
We spend November covering a wall with gratitude and gather around a table filled with the family recipes and traditions we’ve slowly made our own.
The Last Day of School
Every last day of school ends with an ambush-style family water fight to officially declare summer open.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT STICK
Traditions don’t have to be elaborate. You just keep doing something your family loves until one day someone says, “But we ALWAYS do that.” And suddenly it’s part of who you are.
