Christmas Gifts

Heya! It looks like we've decided about the Christmas gifts. We drew names out of a hat while we were with Ruben and Mariann. (Sorry, Grace. I didn't see your post till today. Otherwise we might have done it at your place.)

Here are the gift exchanges!

Heidi & Johnathan have Christy & Matt

Christy & Matt have Heidi & Johnathan

Ruben & Mariann have John & Grace

Ruth & Brandon have Trina

John & Grace have Ruth & Brandon
Trina has Rachel
Rachel has Ruben and Mariann

I hope everyone feels okay with this. I'm sure it would help everyone if we give each other ideas of what you would like for Christmas. Do not spend any more than $30.00. There is no need to buy anything if the gift is thoughtful and from the heart. We want to make sure that everyone feels like they received something valuable.

Mom and Dad are not included. If you would like to get them a gift, you are most welcome to. Also, (I hope I don't sound like I'm speaking for myself here) I think we shouldn't cap this gift giving on neices and nephews. I certainly would love to give fun little toys to your kids... when you have them. :)

Love you all!
Christy

I vote Yes!

I think its a great Idea to do Christmas angels! I was trying to figure a budget and it just wasnt working so this would help me out a ton =)

Christmas 2011

Hey Guys! I just have a question for you all. We are moving away and creating our own families. Yes, we want to see each other for the holidays, but we need to figure out what we would like to do for gifts. It is rather pointless to sent checks and gift cards. Say I send a $10.00 gift card to Jon and Grace... and guess what? They had decided to send me a gift card with he same amount. It's just as well if we don't give gifts...

My suggestion this year is that we draw from a hat and give one special gift to the person we get. Sort of like our Christmas Angel thing we did before. This is just a suggestion. Please let me know what you think and then we can go from there.

(Matt's family adopted this because of this very issue. We can't all afford to give each other $50.00 gifts - as much as we would like to.)

Love you all!-Christy

Happy Halloween ! :)

Welcome!

Hey Everyone!

Mom has been asking for someone to create a family blog for a while. She wants to know what's up and see pictures! I hope that you all will have some time to share bits and pieces of your lives with the rest of us. Please be sure to remain respectful of each other's spiritual beliefs.

As for me, I hope that we can keep the close friendships we created when there was no one else to turn to. We have been through so much as a family and it would be a shame to have these special bonds severed.

I can't wait to see what this blog will do for us!

Love you all!
Big hugs!
- Christy