Traditions remain strong in our family this year! These are pictures of our annual Christmas Tree Hunting trip! Each year I schedule early with Mandy and family to find an Airbnb near the Granby area to go look for our Christmas tree. It's truly a favorite of our family! This year we ran into an issue that AJ and Ryker's robotics team happen to have tournaments during the time we scheduled to go. AJ and Ryker decided that they both wanted to forgo their robotics tourney because this tradition means so much to them. AS a parent this makes me so gooey inside. I LOVE having traditions that my middle schoolers want to do:) This year we changed things up by taking the day off to head up to the mountain earlier and we stayed at our Airbnb 2 nights! IT WAS such a great decision. Ryker and Russ enjoyed the mountain on their skis/board and the rest of us snowshoed right at the base of the mountain! It was Dempsey's first time and although she was nervous- she acted like a pro! We both ended at the same time and it felt like a win! We've struggled with figuring out how to enjoy the mountains when we have 1 kid that wants to go fast down it and the other two that want nothing to do with that. So yay for figuring out a win-win solution! We did have a foosball tourney this year-and surprisingly enough Russell and I made it into the finals. He annihilated me, but I still made it:)
This year we experienced loads of snow which was so pretty! We definitely had to trudge through snow, and tubing was BLISTERY! But no one seems to really question it because we know it's all in the fun!
The kids and I brought back another tradition this year by going to Zoo Lights down in Denver. We used to go with Mandy and family, but if I'm being honest--It was LOTS of work. Usually someone got cold, usually someone was tired, and I was both:) Russell decided awhile back that it wasn't his thing-so it felt a bit daunting to take them down by myself. This year after causally asking AJ if he might be interested, he said he was. I figure AJ is a good barometer on the other two and if he is down-then LET'S GO!!! IT was legit the best Zoo Lights I've ever had with them! I had to be the one to tell them we needed to go because it was late and my hip was barking! We decided to go with the Hot Cocoa and Glasses Package and I'm so glad I did. Those glasses made everything EPIC! All 3 kids were just in love with everything! It was a really special night with them:)
Luckily the kids and I were able to hit up another tradition by attending the Longmont Parade of Lights! IT might be one of my favorite parades! It happens at night and everything has such pretty lights!~ We were able to bring a friend with us too:) We left a bit late so we had quite the walk, but the prize of homemade banana bread once we got to our parade watching spot worked well!
Lastly, we enjoyed our Christmas Eve traditions. We all wore our matching jammies-thank goodness they are still interested in that! Then we did cheese fondue and watched The Rise of the Guardians and The Polar Express. We were too full and tired to do our chocolate fondue but fear not-we enjoyed that with grandparents on Christmas day!
We will celebrate with my family next week!
This year was a bit quiet as far as Christmas celebrations, but that was fine by us. Covid didn't ruin anything-and that was a success. We all have been staying up a bit too late, and sleeping in! We usually eat breakfast around 10, and everything else gets delayed from there!
Cheers to another Christmas celebration.
Love to all,
Mom
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