Little Traditions

Somehow over the last few months we've formed a fun, new little tradition...we always have tuna fish sandwiches for lunch after church on Sundays, and Ryan always makes 'em. He makes them way better than I can somehow, and they're quick and easy and we all love 'em! Its a small, simple tradition, but its been a lot of fun. Thomas always loves to stand on a chair at the counter and "help" Daddy, which mostly means begging for as many bites of tuna as he can get while Ryan mixes it up! (I do that too. Ryan has to fend us off so we can still manage to make sandwiches!) We eat them with our favorite "zesty dill" pickle slices and on the side, if we haven't already scarfed them all, we have Crunchy Cheetos (a recent addiction for all three of us!).

I love traditions, and I love to form new ones as our own little family. Both Ryan's family and mine have lots of traditions involving certain foods on certain holidays and occasions, and those occasions just aren't the same without those traditions! As Thanksgiving and Christmas are quickly approaching I'm getting excited for all the heritage and tradition they bring. There are so many memories Ryan and I have of all our families' traditions growing up and we love that those traditions continue, even though all our lives have changed so much and we don't get to see some of our parents and siblings that often. Even though we're parents ourselves now and on our own, those family traditions anchor us to all the years we spent with our parents and brothers and sisters in our childhood homes. I want to give memories just like those to our kids! I want to have all the old traditions, add some new ones, make them our own and enjoy them together through all the years while our children are growing up. Who knows if the "Tuna Sandwiches on Sunday" tradition will continue to last, but if it did it would be so fun to tell our kids someday, "We've been doing this since your oldest brother was 2!"