Annual Traditions

There are a couple of annual tradtions at the Gordon Household that I don't ever remember a Christmas that they did not occur. One - Decorating Mom and Dad's Christmas tree as a family. This was probably the latest that the tree ever went up, since Mom & Dad waited till we got home on the 20th from New Jersey. Second - Annual family pictures in front of the newly decorated Christmas tree. Third - Cookie Decorating and Baking. It is wonderful to look back at pictures from years before and see how the family has grown and how quickly the tree gets decorated with 7 extra pairs of hands. On the other hand - it now takes significantly longer to decorate cookies with the kids than it did when Lynn, Susan and I were in college. Here are a few pictures from this year.