Traditions

Everyone has traditions. Some are passed down from your parents, some are created fresh with a new spouse or the presence of kids, and some are just random. A tradition doesn't have to be traditional, just something you do every year, right?

Nathan loves fires. He loves the winter as he makes a bonfire almost every night, usually in our driveway as that way the neighbors can wander out and enjoy it as well.

One of Nathan's favorite Christmas traditions is burning the Christmas tree. Today was that day. Our tree officially "died" some time last night. We got up this morning and the thing was pitifully dried out, dropping and threatening to drop every single one of our ornaments and shatter them on the tile floor. Since we're going to Tucson Christmas Eve we were planning on taking it down before we left anyways.

Step one: trim off a lot of the branches. Katherine supervised to ensure proper trimming.
Step two: burn said branches.

Step Three: add more branches as the bigger the flames the more fun you're having.

Step Four: try Mama's patience by burning the entire top of the tree and creating 12 ft. flames. I didn't go back inside until the tree was completely burnt deciding this activity required Mom supervision.

Nathan, Katherine and neighbor Dave thoroughly enjoyed this years tree burning and already look forward to next year's tree.