TRADITIONS!!!

Dear Elijah,
I was talking to your auntie Melissa today (Your Nina), and she got me thinking about our funny family traditions. We used to do some funny stuff, and to us it seemed so normal! I can't wait to start some family traditions with you :) Your daddy and I already have some fun traditions in place. But when you come along, I'm sure our traditions will keep growing. When I was little, my brother, sister and I would go crazy over a red plate... Yes, it was a regular plate just like others that we had, but this one was RED!!! My mom, (your grandma Darcie) made it a fun, very special thing. We took turns every day with the red plate :) Also, if it was someone's Birthday, they automatically got to have the red plate that day! It made meal times special, and sometimes chaotic. Hahahaha... I admit there were many arguments over who's turn it was. Also, we used to have family nights!!! Those were SO FUN! There were all sorts off cool stuff we did as a family including, Tamale Day, Movie Nights, Worship, Journal Time, The Dictionary Game, Traveling, and so much more. There are just too many things to list! The dictionary game deserves an honorable mention. My dad (your grandpa Cruz) used to flip through the dictionary and read off a definition, and we would have to figure out the word he was defining. We would keep score and make money! He used to give us a quarter for every answer we got right! Such a fun game :) One tradition that still stands today is EVERY time the whole family gets together (cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents) Story telling is a major part of our get togethers. We always end up sitting in one room laughing and telling embarrassing, funny, and crazy stories about each other. Can't wait to see what happens in our family :) Love ya

Your daddy as a baby! I bet him, your uncle Jimmy, and your G'pa and G'ma Holland had some neat traditions too :)