When signing your name and your spouses name to a greeting card or letter what is the proper order?

Usually the husband

According to most accepted etiquette the following is the anwer:

Actually, if signing as a couple it is the wife's name that comes first. This can change depending on whether the husband or wife has the connection to the receiver of the card. If it is the husband friend or connection, then his name would go first; if it is the wife's connection, then her name is first.

If sending a card and signing for the entire family, the order is: husband, wife, and the names of the children in birth order. Of course, one can use the last name and put The Smiths, The Johnsons, The Parkers, etc. ( DO NOT use an apostrophe after the s for the plural of your last name! If your last name ends in an s, you make it plural by adding -es; for example The Dickenses (last name is Dickens), The Hopkinses (last name is Hopkins-) Too many people confuse the use of the apostrophe with the plural. That is for another time-) However, if the wife has maintained her maiden name, it would be signed Mary Parker and John Smith and Family.