Grandma and Grandpa sent the 12 days of
Christmas. They gave us a journal and asked us to record our thoughts each night.
Each year Grandma and Grandpa pick a theme that our 12 Days of Christmas Gifts revolve around. This year the theme is "Gifts and the Blessings we receive in our lives because of gifts that are given to us".
#1. The First Gift of Christmas was Jesus Christ.
#2. The Gift and Blessing of Tradition
On the second day of Christmas Grandma and Grandpa gave to us... Pillowcases!! A yearly tradition from Grandma that we LOVE!! They are so cute and comfy.
#3. The Gift and Blessing of Grandparents
On the third day of Christmas Great Grandma Browning gave to us... a cozy bear (made by her) that can be warmed in the microwave each night to warm us in our beds!
#4. The Gift of Friendship
On the fourth day of Christmas Grandma and Grandpa gave to us... Yummy treats to give to our friends.
#5. The Gift of Service
On the fifth day of Christmas Grandma and Grandpa gave to us... Service Mice!! 2 cute stuffed mice to place secretly on the pillows of those that you do a secret service for.
#6. The Gift and Blessing of the Holy Ghost
On the sixth day of Christmas Grandma and Grandpa gave to us... warm and comfy blankets that Grandma made and a book about Jesus.
#7. The gift of Family History
On the seventh day of Christmas Grandma and Grandpa gave to us... a written history of my Great Grandpa and a cool story of how he was hit by a train- and survived!!!
#8. The Gift of a living prophet on the earth
The prophet has counseled us to have food storage, and on the eighth day of Christmas Grandma and Grandmpa gave us food storage!!
#9. The Gift of Time
On the ninth day of Christmas Grandma and Grandpa gave us a clock that was SEWN with love! Every family members name was sewn on with the words "Time to Say I Love You".
"God's gift to us is time, what we do with that time is our gift to God." Everyone has the same amount of time in a day... 24 hours. What we do with that time is up to each of us.
#10. The Gift of Prayer
On the 10th day of Christmas Grandma and Grandpa gave to us... a camel ornament. - let us be like the camel who "at the end of each long day, the camel kneels at the feet of his master. His master carefully lifts the burden from the camels back so it can rest comfortably through the night. The next morning, the camel kneels again before the master, and the master gently places the burden on the camel's back for another day. He is careful to rearrange things here or there if he sees the pack is wearing a sore spot... As we kneel each night at the feet of our master, may he lift our burdens that we may sleep well and comfortably. As we kneel each morning, May we realize that he knows our pain, our suffering and our sorows for He has felt them all."
#11. The gift of the atonement.
On the 11th day of Christmas Grandma and Grandpa gave us a statue of Christ.
#12. The gift of Inspiration.
On the 12th day of Christmas Grandma and Grandpa gave us some money- they asked us to pray about a family or a need in our area for the money so we can be inspired.
That is where we are on our 12 days!! Thanks mom.
2 comments:
Thanks for taking pictures. I love to see them. I hope that you all enjoyed the 12 days. I love you.
Mom/AKA.... Grandma
What great pics!! Can't wait to use them!!
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