Revised Christmas List

Julia- Megan
Brent- JT
Kristen-Dan
Dan-Julia
Megan- Meredith
Josh- Erik
Meredith- Brent
Erik- Kristen
JT- Josh

2010 List and Group Gift for Mom and Dad

The names are in...here is the list for 2010:
Julia- Megan
Brent-Kat
Kristen-Dan
David-JT
Kat-Julia
Dan-Meredith
Megan-David
Josh- Erik
Meredith- Brent
Erik- Kristen
JT- Josh

Remember, the price limit is $25.

Okay, we all know mom and dad are almost impossible to shop for. I'm organizing "group" gifts for them. If you'd like to join in, just email me how much you want to pitch in.

Mom- A gift certificate to Corn Wagon (where she sends her quilts to be finished). She has a huge pile of quilts waiting to be finished, but its expensive so she only sends 2 at a time. I called today and they can mail a gift certificate. I'll just get the gift card for the total amount everyone wants to pitch in.

Dad- An Apple TV + a one year subscription to netflix. Total cost: $207

Please email me by Sunday night if you want to do the group gift. Thanks!

Brent & Kristen

Lets see...we'd like anything really. But some ideas are:

Brent:
new star trek dvd
best buy gift card
home depot gift card (I just laughed when he said that b/c we finally don't have any home projects...he just really likes home depot)
ipod!! :)
new car radio (he's been staring @ a hole for the last 4 years)! :)

Kristen:
chooo-choo's
vroom-vrooms
truck..truck!!
oh wait, that's Logan...sorry, let's see, what on earth would I like:
books (any interesting reads, novels, inspirational, whatever)
cute casual jewelry (necklaces/bracelets...earings don't work anymore)
cute casual shirts/tops
gift cards: nordstrom, banana republic, target
a babysitter!!! :)

Josh and Meredith

Josh

• itunes girft card (he has finally figured out how to work an ipod.....after I upload the songs for him :-)
• a belt for work (no joke...thats what he just said.)
• dress socks
• Polo shirt or t-shirt (XL)

Meredith

• I really need a car..but I think even a toy one is over our budget :-)
• cute headbands
• a new wallet
• clothes
• gift cards- nordstrom, nike, gap, disneyland, dick's sporting goods, best buy
• a minnie mouse shirt (or something fun like that to wear to disneyland)
• cute scarves/beanies/mittens for the cabin
• nail polish- opi silvery colors or anything else fun.
• whatever you like Kirsten I am almost positive I will like too.

And the names for Christmas 2009 are....

Ok, so mom asked me to post the names for her for christmas since she won't be home from her quilting retreat until the end of the week. Here they are:

Brent: to Dan
Kristen: to Meredith
David: to Erik
Kat: to JT
Dan: to Kristen
Megan: to Josh
Josh: to Brent
Meredith: to Megan
Erik: to Kat
JT: to David

The cousins/grandbabies will not be involved in gift giving this year; maybe next year.

Everyone, please get your "wish lists" posted ASAP so people can get moving on their shopping... Thanksgiving (& Black Friday) are next week & I know some people would like to take advantage of it!

Christmas names 2009

So.. the suggestion has been made to create a rotation for presents instead of drawing names. That way we know for an entire year who we have and we don't get the same people every year. I think almost everyone was okay with this. Then, tonight at dinner the question came up about the little kiddos. Who do we want to do the grandkids/cousins? Mom suggested doing family gifts. We can start that now, with doing Rigby family, Peterson, Duffy, Chapman, then grouping Erik and JT together. Or we can continue doing individuals for the siblings and switching to family gifts for later. Also...if we do family gifts we need to figure out a price limit. We were at $25 an individual, so is $50 a family about right. (Keep in mind this is for the parents and kiddos.) I was checking out games, movies, etc online and they are SUPER expensive these days. Is that too high, too low, just right? Please respond soon so we can make assignments! :-)

Peterson Elfs

Thanks to Megan for turning the Peterson kids into elfs!

http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/bDxlEYvYwwXscKbTqUu0