This is a long question.

Sorry I didn't get this posted earlier. Last week was a bit hectic for me. I was sick with a miserable cold and even missed a day of work. I slept all day on Wednesday.

On Saturday we went to Washington for Baby Rachel's funeral. It was the most spiritual funeral I've ever been to. Max's talk on the plan of salvation was simple and profound. He elaborated on the scripture. "Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted." First he explained that we're supposed to mourn and be sad because it is an expression of our love. He then explained how we are comforted through the promises of the atonement. Both Ben and Mary spoke and their messages were also incredible. Ben shared some very spiritual experiences that I'd never heard before. Mary told about dreaming of her little girl, Rachel, when she was pregnant with Maxwell and she told about Rachel's birth and her life. There was so much love there. You really had to be there to experience it.

Afterward we all had lunch at Ben and Mary's and we went over to Sid's to get the tour of his house. It's going up and when it's finished it will be over 7,000 square feet. You'll have to go and see it. If you include the tower it's 5 stories.

Now for the question: Tell about your own family traditions: Christmas, birthdays, graduations, Fourth of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, hunting, funerals, Memorial Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, weddings, etc. Since most of you have grown up in the same family, perhaps you can tell about traditions you want to establish in your own homes.