Presents! A lot of kids & adults = a lot of presents. The tradition began many years ago on a farm in Alberta Canada, a family of 16, 14 of them were children. The only time of the year these children received clothes was Christmas day. Along with the clothes they received a few toys [...]
Family Home Evening on Christmas Eve. We eat, we sing and we share our talents around the piano with violins, cellos, harps or just our voices. Then, Grandma shares a story with the true meaning of CHRISTmas. With the story is always followed by a symbolic gift. We then end the evening by each couple [...]
Singing. Whether caroling or by simply singing around the Christmas tree – there is always a joyful song being shared
As part of every Christmas celebration, we go and site see Christmas lights. Typically a local favorite. We do this at least once a year. Tonight here in Michigan, we went to Rochester, the town where the musician Madonna grew up. They literally blanket their buildings in lights!
Father and son, working together on a project – their favorite thing to do. They are either on the computer, reading a book to each other, or in a computer hardware store. It has been like this since we have arrived.
It is so fun to watch.
Toto I don’t think we’re in California anymore… brrrrrr! We have gone from a daily average of 68 degrees to an average of 25 degrees here in MI, and we can feel it in our bones!
