Christmas is Coming!

I know its not even Halloween yet, but Christmas just creeps up so quickly. Before you know it, you will be standing in long lines to purchase perfect gifts for family and friends.

Each year in our family we draw names of who we get to get gifts for. If you are like me, it would be so much fun to get something for everyone; however, it just is too cost prohibitive. So we wanted to make the name drawing a little more predictable so you don't keep getting the same family each year. Look below for this year's list.

The GIVER.........................Who you get to get a gift for...
The McKinley's ...........................Julie
The Jensen's ...............................the McKinley's
Michael & Amy ...........................the Jensen's
Joe & Kami ..................................Michael & Amy's family
Daniel & Jana ..............................Joe & Kami's family
The Shupe's ................................Daniel and Jana's family
The Padilla's ...............................the Shupes
Jacob & Natalie ..........................the Padillas
David ..........................................Jacob & Natalie
Julie ............................................David

Next year we will just move column two down one space. The person at the bottom of column two will then move to the top of column two. This way we each get a different family every nine years. Eventually, a year will come and you will have yourself to get gifts for. Since that wouldn't be much fun, we will move column two twice. But don't worry about that for now since that won't happen for nine years!!!

Mom and Dad are exempt from the family gift exchange list because everyone loves to get mom and dad gifts! Plus, they want to do a little something for all of their twenty-something grandchildren.

Happy shopping! I hope to see everyone at the big Christmas dinner at the Jensen's!