Starting Our Own Traditions

I've been working on this post since right after Jake and I got married, and now that we've hit ONE FULL YEAR of marriage, I can publish it! Here's a list of our first year of holiday/seasonal traditions, that will hopefully continue to get longer as our years together progress.

SEPTEMBER

-First Day of School pictures

OCTOBER

-Cinnamon rolls on Conference Sunday

-dressing up together on Halloween

For our first Halloween together last year, we were Lucy and Schroeder from Peanuts!

NOVEMBER

-making gratitude lists on Thanksgiving

DECEMBER

-decorating the Christmas tree together
-making sugar cookies on Christmas Eve

-"Twelve Days of Service" leading up to Christmas

-Homemade beignets and watching "The Sword in the Stone" on New Year's Eve

FEBRUARY

-Making handmade Valentine's Day cards for each other

APRIL

-Cinnamon rolls on Conference Sunday

-dying eggs together

-Easter egg hunt

MAY

-homemade cheesecake for Jessica's birthday

-making a birthday crown for Jake's birthday

JUNE

-making s'mores together around the first official day of summer

JULY

-4th of July fireworks

AUGUST

-taking anniversary photos

Have any ideas for more traditions we can start? Leave them in the comments!