One thing my parents are very good at is thinking up new ideas. Not only do they think up great and fun ideas and actives but they think of things for the long run. Each Christmas Eve we normally go down to Taylorsville and have a little yearly visit. Yes, I said yearly. It is usually quite awkward for me and my brother and sister. All we see are these little kids running around that I don't remember from the year before. And I don't exactly know the siblings of my dad's dad to well so it's always an interesting night. A few years ago I really enjoyed the party. I got to see my great grandparents who I liked a lot. But now they are deceased and so now there is no point for the party. My great grandparents kids have their own families to celebrate with now so according to the email...the Taylor family party is....CANCELLED! And now, my parents have though up a great tradition to start.
My parents are always thinking ahead. The question that they ask themselves is "How can this be a tradition that will last in our family forever?" They want to be the grandparents that we don't really have. When me and my siblings are grown up they want to have fun traditions for the grandkids so they can come over to Grandma and Grandpa Taylor's house. Tomorrow night it will be soup for dinner, then baking and decorating cookies for Santa, and a fun round of Bingo. And in years to come when the grandkids come over everyone can bring a different kind of soup, each family can take a plate of cookies home for Santa, and everyone can leave with a prize from Bingo.
I like starting new traditions, and it makes me excited for my (future) family that they can have fun traditions to look forward too.
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