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| This is what happens when I say, "I need to take one to see if this works". |
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| The fam- minus Brayden and Alina. They had left for the night. |
For the past few Christmases, we have had the chance to buy gifts for children who are part of the Adoption Exchange of Utah. Kids who don't have homes, or families and move from place to place with everything they own in a garbage bag. My friend Lindsay heads up the project and every year, I wait for an email to carefully pick a family of kids that we can support. It has been a fun tradition and it always gets me that even my brothers (the gangster, too hard core for Christmas type) always get involved. This year we had a family of 4- two boys (6 & 7) and two girls (5 & 11 months). We had dinner and then hit the Target to buy their wants and needs from a list. My favorite part is thinking about these kiddos on Christmas morning. My brother Tyler says he always wishes he could "be there to see them open their presents"- I couldn't agree more.
We are SO blessed- my kids want for nothing and our family is so close. It only seems right to want to help these kids have what we have all had (gifts and people who care) since we can remember.
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5 comments:
Neat! We'd love to do that some time if your friend Lindsay ever needs an extra family.
P.S. Garage door is fixed! Yay!
Love Tyler's face in the first one! Sounds like a great tradition!
Awe...What a great act of service. :)
What a fun tradition. We love taking the kids to buy presents for other children. But I like the idea of getting the entire family involved and doing dinner before shopping. So great!!
Haha! We have some winners in our fam! Deer in the headlights for me, Ty had a headache and you can definitely tell hates taking pictures, Tyler is nuts like normal, Mark being his fun nerdy self, Dad... ha don't even know what to say there and the children, wow. We are a handsome bunch aren't we?
Thanks for hosting. It is fun to do that every year. It's even better to remember that we don't want for anything and there are people/kids very close to home that are in great need.
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