Our Coat of Arms

I finally finished our family coat of arms. 

I’ve been working on this project for quite a while. Quite some time ago, the family wrote down all the things we thought embodied our family. Then I found symbols for each of these values. I sketched up the coat of arms, but later had a professional create it adobe illustrator.

The banner came the other day and I’m pretty happy with the final product.

• The hawk symbolizes truth 
• The 3 doves stand for selflessness, love, and kindness.
• Saturn stands for order and traditions
• Dragon stands for wisdom and protector of the weak,
• The dragon is dancing because we are a family of fun (and because “Triplett” is a reduced form of Tripelet, from a derivative of the Old French verb tripier "to hop", "to skip", hence a nickname for a dancer or acrobat.)
• Motto is “Let your light so shine”
• The dragons spout symbolizes creativity
• The crown symbolizes our royal and divine heritage
• The white in the doves stands for purity and cleanliness
• The yellow stands for fun and happiness
• The green stands for health (in mind, body, and spirit)
• The blue stands for trustworthiness/loyalty