A friend prompted me with these questions on her blog. "Where do we start writing our own traditions? Where do we mold our families traditions together? Where do we discard some old traditions that don't work well for our small but growing family? If we start new traditions or discard old ones (from our respective families), are we disrespecting what our parents created for us?" I believe the answer is no. Traditions are specific to settings, time periods and the personal dynamic makeup of whom is involved.
Christmas time seems to be full of family traditions. But there are other traditions throughout the year for birthdays, other holidays and summer fun, that can bring joy to ones family. Over the past 2 years, TJ and I have gone with the flow when it came to what and when we would do certain traditions; from his family, mine or those that we come up with/adopted. But now, as our family is growing, we realize it's time to start "our" traditions. The TJ & Tennille Adams' family traditions. How grateful I am TJ & I can create and adapt traditions to meet the needs of our family and the desires of our hearts.
TJ & Tennille
We were married on July 22, 2006. We both graduated from the University of Idaho. We have had some wonderful adventures together over the years. We have two wonderful and energetic boys; Cohen Isaac (CIA) and Raiden Scott (RSA).
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Holly's parents are divorced and both live in the area, so fulfilling three families' traditions, along with starting our own, can be really complicated. We've had to roll with a lot of punches, but we have managed to start one little tradition of our own. That is to exchange our presents to eachother on Christmas Eve and while we sip sparkling cider from the champagne flutes we had engraved for our wedding reception. It is only a few minutes, but we cherish it.
Update: Actually, this year we forgot to buy the sparkling cider, so we had peach juice instead. But it was still great =)
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