Traditions Part 2

There are traditions that we keep in our family
some from when I was a girl and the others from
my husband's family that have been handed down
the photo above is from my husbands side of the family
it is Date candy. I used to think it was awful but it is
actually very good it is an old family tradition that
goes way back on my husbands side it is one of the
first things I learned to make from Granny when I
we were first married.










the other is a sweet bread that my mother
used to make to give as Christmas gifts
I am not an expert at it as she was but I
don't do so bad at it, one of my sisters can
make it better but I think it is fun to try and
I am glad that one of my sister's found mom's
old recipe we called it Papatiza!

so this week I will be baking these two yummy things
along with a few others that are on my family's gotta
have goody list.

Oh Christmas Tree

This year I decided to only put up one of my Christmas Trees
( I usually put up two) anyway I wanted something a little
different and I thought about doing kind of a memory tree
I ran out of time and so I did not get it done as I liked but
next year I plan on having one of the trees just dedicated
to that so at least by this time next year it will be complete!

so for this year this tree is still an unfinished work in progress
and well I must say I enjoyed trying to find the right photos
to match up with the ornament frames. anyway as stated
earlier it is still a work in progress and next year will be complete.