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Every Christmas morning we wake up and see what Santa brought us. We gather around the stockings first and then we move to the presents under the tree. Once the gifts are unwrapped and make a special breakfast and lay around in our pajamas just enjoying our family until the afternoon.

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Every year in the few lazy days that always follow Thanksgiving, we wear our pajamas all day, make cookies, watch movies and pull out all the decorations for the Christmas tree. Each time it's so much fun to take out the ornaments we've collected over the years and talk about how we got each one while we decorate the tree. Every ornament has a story, whether it was picked from the store or handmade. It's the perfect start to the holidays.

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Every year, whatever holiday we spend with my grandparents (Hemma and Pops), the girls spend all day cooking a delicious dinner — and the boys make dessert. Just a few weeks ago for Thanksgiving in California, my mom and grandma cooked dinner and my dad, grandpa, and I made brownies for dessert. It is our way to do something nice for my grandma and mom, since they cooked all day. Here is a picture of a Thanksgiving we spent together a few years ago.

- Elijah Bowley

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Every August a group of old friends and their growing families, make our way up to the mountains and spend a long weekend camping. We try to choose a different spot each year to see this wonderful state & take in the fresh mountain air. There are games, fort building, camp fire stories, hiking, fishing, playing in the river or lake, and s’mores! You’ve got to have the s’mores!

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Every year on Dylan's birthday, the birthday fairy decorates his door! Some years it is cute, but some years it is blocked shut with streamers, making it tough for Dylan to get out in the morning!!

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Every year we grow sunflower plants in our front yard that get about 12-14 feet tall. We also have pumpkin patches, and zucchini plants that take over. It isn't unusual at night when we are out on our porch swing to see neighbors coming by to check out all the crazy plants!

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In our family we love leaves! We have a large garden, and try and supplement it with our own compost year around, but we don't have any trees for leaves in the fall. So every year when people bag up leaves Dylan and Delaney and their mom drive around getting others leaves. Then we take all these bags and dump them into our own yard, where we play with them until we are super tired. After they have been used for hours of entertainment, Dylan's mom mulches them and puts them into the compost bins to use in the spring.

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Every other Christmas we drive to the  Coteau des Prairies Lodge in Havana, North Dakota where we spend hours sledding in below freezing temperatures, eating tons of cookies, sing Christmas carols, and sharing in lots of laughs. We build puzzles, and gingerbread houses, and stay up way too late giggling with cousins.

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Every October our family goes to Osborn Farm to pick pumpkins from their patch. We love going opening weekend and seeing all the pumpkins and picking out the “best” ones. This year the kids dressed up in their Halloween costumes. They rode the barrel train and hay ride. Each kid had to pick out a tiny pumpkin as well. We love it there and the family time we share picking pumpkins.

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Every summer we go camping in grand lake. When we are up there we always spend one full day on the lake on the pontoon. We have a tradition where we jump in the cold water and Colton usually jumps in the most. We always make a stop in town for lunch, then before we get back on the pontoon we get ice cream. It's a really fun day!

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The first week of December we drive to the mountains to cut down a Christmas tree, we always bring hot Chocolate and listen to Christmas music. When we get home we decorate it while watching the movie “Christmas Vacation”.

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Every chance we get we go to our family beach house in Florida. Last trip we went on we went to Universal Studios and Island of Adventure. My favorite ride was the Jurassic Park ride. This is a picture of our family on the ride! We always have fun as a family.

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Every summer my family rents a beach house in California so the entire family can stay together. We walk to the beach, swim and build sand castles until the sun goes down. This year we had the opportunity to celebrate Charlotte’s birthday with all her cousins and friends!

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Each year we decorate sugar cookies during December. We also love to build gingerbread houses! On Christmas Eve we all open a new pair of pajamas to wear for the night awaiting Santa's visit!

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Every year I get together with all of my cousins, and Aunts and Grandma on my moms side and we build gingerbread houses and bake cookies. Here I am last year building my gingerbread house!

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A tradition in our family is to bake treats for family,
friends and neighbors in December.  This is a picture of me and my Aunt Sara rolling out cookie dough.

Piper Banuelos

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Every Christmas Eve, we go to church service in the afternoon. When we get home, we open our family gift of pajamas, popcorn, hot cocoa, and a new Christmas movie. We wear our pajamas, snuggle in with our treats, and watch our new movie before putting out cookies and milk and going to bed. Dad has fallen asleep during the movie 2 years in a row!

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Every year for the kid’s half birthdays I bake 1/2 a cake for them to eat and celebrate. Ada loves to help bake and decorate the cake.

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Every August, we go spend a long weekend at Grandpa and Grandma's and go to the county fair. They have a few rides that are 50 cents each and we eat cotton candy and funnel cakes and the kids ride until they are dizzy or sick! The ferris wheel usually ends the evening.

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Every summer, we go on a vacation with our close family friends.  We rent a house near a lake and spend a week making memories.  A couple of our favorite places are Lake McConaughy and Grand Lake! 

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Every summer, we go on a vacation with our close family friends.  We rent a house near a lake and spend a week making memories.  A couple of our favorite places are Lake McConaughy and Grand Lake! 

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Keaton Stalkup

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Every year, our family goes on a summer vacation. This year we went to Sea World in Florida and got to experience a close encounter with the dolphins. London can tell you all about it! ❤️

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Every year, the weekend after Thanksgiving, my family and I go up to the mountains and choose a huge Christmas tree to cut down with a handsaw. We then have to carry it all the way down the mountain and drive it home. We spend that afternoon putting up the lights and hanging ornaments.

This picture is me, my brother-in-law, and my dad carrying the 25 foot tree.

-Ms. Gupton

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Our family sends out a Valentine's Letter every year instead of at Christmas.  We always seemed so rushed in December that we reflected on the year once the holidays were over. Then we send out a summary of our adventures with a family photo and best-wishes for the upcoming year to family and friends. 

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Our family sends out a Valentine's Letter every year instead of at Christmas.  We always seemed so rushed in December that we reflected on the year once the holidays were over. Then we send out a summary of our adventures with a family photo and best-wishes for the upcoming year to family and friends. 

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-Mr. Grubbs