we really enjoyed our month of small services during december's Light the World initiative! nothing we did was big or life changing but it helped us feel a little bit of the love that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ have for their children and helped us to focus more on others than ourselves this season. thinking that our small acts may have been an answer to someone elses prayers is kind of a fun thought. we wrote many cards, made phone calls, visited neighbors, delivered cases of water and gatorade to the boy's shelter, dropped off goodies, and a whole lot more. here are everyone's favorite activities:
owen- doorbell ditching ham dinners to two families (proven by his constant giggling on my shoulder as we ran away)
charlie- also doorbell ditching ham dinners
ellie- paying for the person behind us in the chick fil a drive thru
jack- going to the nursing home and visiting with a stranger
lisa- taking goodies to our neighbors and officially meeting rose
chris- doorbell ditching banana bread
one of our funnest activities was putting together these two ham dinners with the love and help of delayna and tony's family. they had our family for christmas this year and asked us if we wanted to do a service project together. since we have doorbell ditched hams in the past we decided to make it even better this year and we had sooo much fun deciding what to put in each package! layna and tony sent stuffing mix, tin nutcrackers filled with gingerbread cookies, and a cash donation. we then added a ham and a pecan pie. we dropped them off the friday night before christmas and of course it had to rain that night. but that didn't stop us from having a great time!
we feel so lucky to feel so much love from our friends and family during the holidays even when we aren't with them. grandpa and grandma browne sent a fun package with tasty treats, games, and some stuffed owls along with a sweet book to read together as a family about, you guessed it, owls! we are enjoying it so much.
and unfortunately i didn't get a photo, but grandpa and grandma brower sent us a fun little lamb that we were able to do service with around our family, along with the service quilt they sent us years ago. that is for sure one of our favorite christmas time traditions and now we get to add our little lamby too!
and chris was given probably one of his best gifts ever right before christmas... he finally caught the dang mole that has been terrorizing our yard for the past couple months. if thats not a victory stance i dont know what is!
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