Family Traditions

Family traditions are really something I never thought I grew up with as a young child.  When I started my own family I felt such a connection & desire to have traditions with my own immediate family.  The funny thing is, as an adult and having my own family, I realized that I actually did have traditions as a child growing up.  Maybe they just weren't labeled as traditions.

Our family is not a traditional family (according to the world's standards.)  We homeschool, we spend a huge chunk of our time away from home in an ice rink, our dog eats socks, we are very serious about missions, and we do not celebrate Christmas like most families do on Dec. 25th in America.

We started a family tradition 3 years ago with our family, and I am optimistic that we will see this tradition continue when I become a grandmother and beyond.  (I am NOT rushing this time, but would like to see it continue as our family grows once my children are grown.)

What do we do, you may be asking?  Each year in November, our family celebrates Christmas, Thanksgiving, and each other, by getting away from our every day life & travels to a cabin for an extended weekend. 

Our first year we went to this beautiful cabin Red Wolf Falls located in The Hocking Hills area.



Our second year our family enjoyed a weekend of movies in the Movie Theater Room at Cranberry Lodge one of Wyrick's Hillside Lodges.  (Again in Hocking Hills.)



This year we decided to try a different location.  While we love the Hocking area, it never hurts to try something different once in a while.

We packed up our belongings.


Put the table in the van.


And headed for good Ole' West Virginia to Colonel Lowe's Last Stand.


We had our annual treat of candy corn & peanuts. Nothing beats the sweet & salty snack.


And made many memories together as a family.




This is NOT a trick picture.  Hayley really did throw the pizza dough onto the ceiling.



Yes, he really is going to the bathroom.  haha

Worth more than any plastic toy, another piece of clothing, or anything else you can fill in here.  We have memories that will be with each of us for a life time.

So what are your family traditions?  Do you do something a little out-of-the-ordinary according to the World's Standards?