Christmas future: I am building traditions with my boyfriend and I hope to keep doing so. With every year that goes by the holidays get bigger and brighter. I hope to grow and learn with him.

Christmas present: We have a new baby in the family. Right now he is what we have in this moment and what we can hold on to. I can’t wait to see him grow and learn all the family traditions. He has really brought the family closer.

Christmas past: This picture shows how my family has been opening presents since before I was born. We always let the little kids open their presents before everyone else. They always have the smallest attention span, but that’s just how we get them to calm down long enough to open all presents.