Different Cups

 Seeing this picture makes me smile. It gives me a happy feeling.  

Does that seem a little strange?  It is just a picture of cups on our kitchen counter.  Yes that is true but it means more than that.  Each cup is different and belongs to one our our kids.  We started this tradition when the kids were little. To keep the dish washing load down, everybody had a different color glass.  It was washed in the evening wash (unless it got dirty for some reason).  Now it is fun to buy a new cup for the married in kids.  It means you are a Snider - part of the big, messy, fun family.

Family Traditions - Pictures Only #1

Every family has traditions that help uniquely define their family.  I started a project of taking pictures that show our traditions.  My plan is to write about each one, the history and reason we do things a certain way.  For now here are a few pictures and you can try to guess what they represent....

The first one is easy

This one is harder but something that I try to do every day.

More than one in this picture.  And is not Autumn wearing a coat during dinner. 

Because we live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.

This is a weird one and I may be the only one in the family that knows about this tradition.  And no it is not me teaching everybody how to load the dishwasher the "right' way.

More to come!