15 years, 1 month.

Dear Jack,

Two things that are fundamentally a part of your identity are family and tradition. Once we do an activity as a family for the 2nd time in a row, it officially becomes a family tradition in your mind at that point- and therefore, the expectation is that we need to keep it going.

A year ago, randomly at the last minute, our family ended up in the Christmas parade, throwing candy from Papa’s Jeep.

This year, we decided to do it again; but this time Uncle Andrew drove you, your sister, and your cousin Darla in Papa’s Jeep, while Papa drove Mommy and me in my Jeep.

I could tell from the picture this year, that you really enjoyed being involved!

Love,

Daddy