I love my family because they
are one of a kind. In My family it’s normal to break out in song when ever we
feel like it. It’s also normal for all the rest of us to join in and harmonize.
Sort of like a living musical – but don’t tell my brothers that – they hate
musicals.
About a year and a half ago
we all got together for a family home evening and made our family motto. My mom
printed it up and it hangs in the entry way. This is what if says:
The Richhart family:
Believes in Christ
Loves and Prays
Always forgives
Trust and comforts each other
Spends time together
Laughs, jokes, and plays cards
Seeks for truth
Improves every day
Loves music
And in times of trial will fight for what’s right
We are also dang good looking.
And we’ll stick together through the zombie apocalypse
and for eternity…………
And then in tiny letters at the bottom it says:
Oh just because its funny doesn’t mean Austin said it.
I love my family because they
love me back. And I know that will never change.
In my family we have crazy traditions
like on the first snow we run out bare foot and see who can last the longest
out side. Then after all of our toes are freezing we run inside and lay down at
the fire and warm our feet up.
That tradition was started by
Devree and me; we used to always have competitions on who could last the
longest. And then all the rest of my siblings joined in and made it a
tradition.
Other traditions include:
watching “A Christmas Story” and eating Chinese food one night before Christmas
and carving characters on our pumpkins thanks to my Dad teaching us all his
awesome pumpkin carving skills.
We use to have a cheer after
family prayer at night – It was “Good Night Richharts!” but we sort of out grew
that tradition.
Sometimes when we do
something cool and want to do it again, as children we pronounce it a
tradition! Sometimes it works and we get to do it again but sometimes my mom
explains for the hundredth time that just because we do something once doesn’t
make it a tradition. If so, we’d have traditions like go to the Domican Republic every summer and hike up and jump down 27 water
falls.
Some of our traditions are
boring, like sorting through our 24 hours kits every fall conference – a tradition
that we forget to do sometimes.
We also like to put together puzzles and have my mom’s family over for dessert and card games.
We also like to put together puzzles and have my mom’s family over for dessert and card games.
We go camping, ride motorcycles,
we use to travel when my mom worked for Jetblue so we’re really good at
entertaining ourselves in airports, and my sisters and mom and I have performed
in plays together. My dad and brothers aren’t into that.
Most importantly we try to
spend time together and be there for each other. Even when we’re crying over
not understanding our math and or frantically searching for cell phones, car
keys or permission slips –we all try to pitch in and help.
The weirder my family gets
the more I love them. And that is why I love my family.
