Despite the court orders, the juggling of schedules, and the last minute family arrivals, we still managed to add to our growing list of Christmas traditions in 2009.
Decorating the house for Christmas this year involved seven children, three fake Christmas trees, 20 storage bins, and a partridge in a pear tree. I was responsible for the Christmas tree in the main room, Christen was responsible for the tree up on the landing, and Abigail was responsible for the tree in the family room. Combining households has its advantages.
We (girls) also made Christmas wreaths (Abigail affectionately calls them reefs) with corn flakes and marshmallows. By the time we got the batch 10 we were all “reefed out.”
Dinner at Vince and Laura’s (Curt’s brother and sister-in-law) is always a success! It’s the only time of year I get to see all of the Tripps together under the same roof. Of course, there are many pictures to be taken, conversations to be had, and basketball games between old men and young boys to watch. The old men came in sweating profusely while the young boys came in declaring victory.
This year, there were many more dinner parties with friends to attend and to have because we had my mother visiting and because we had the kids for the week of Christmas. A close and dirty game of Pictionary was played. Of course, the best team won! A rematch is demanded for 2010.
Christmas Eve service this year was a night to rock out! After the 5pm service at our church, we piled everyone in the car and headed to Bayside Granite Bay for their Christmas Eve service. Lincoln Brewster and his band put on an amazing show of rock and roll, a spectacular display of lights, and a drummer spinning at a 90 degree angle while NOT missing a beat! Who said Christian music was boring?!
Some of our traditions will remain the same from year to year, however, we need to remain flexible from year to year to accommodate for the changes that are inevitable. The holidays keep me on my toes and reminds me that it’s not the traditions that matter but the relationships that I’m building over the years that will stay with me long after the three fake Christmas trees and 20 bins of Christmas “stuff” are packed and put away.
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