{Traditions}

Our church offered free family photo shoots this year. I think they turned out great. They printed us each a picture and gave us a disc of all the pictures they took. What a nice gift from them. I wanted to share some tradtions our family has started and feel free to share your traditions with me as well!
~Having Christmas Eve at our house
~Going to Candlelight service.
~Birthday Cake for Jesus on Christmas Eve
~Matching PJ's (haven't done this the last couple years...but it's fun)
~One gift from Santa (usually unwrapped) and stockings from Santa. And Three gifts from us, in remembrance of the 3 gifts from the wise men. (this also helps keep down the gifts ;)
~Milk and cookies out for Santa. I've told the kids since we don't have a chimney that Santa comes to our door. The thought of Santa coming inside frightened Emery last year, so we've told them that he knocks and Daddy and Mommy get the gifts from him at the door.
~Open Stockings first, then gifts and nummy breakfast afterwards!
~We buy an ornament for each of the kids each year, usually representing something they are in to. And one for our family. This year we got a Martin Stadium Ornament. Cougs have to be represented somehow.
~Socks in the stockings seems to me a tradition for us. We have holes in them by the end of the year.

Im drawing a blank...If Mike thinks of more I'll add them. Please share yours with me!