I am really looking forward to Christmas this year. I am looking forward to having Christmas in my own home and seeing my boys come down the stairs Christmas morning. I am so excited to see family, enjoy some good food and I am really looking forward to hearing Elder Rock's voice from Mexico City. My boys are getting older and really starting to figure out this whole Christmas thing. It seems like every commercial that comes on is followed by a "Mom! I want that." A few weeks ago a Vagisil commercial came on and Parker screams...."Mom....Can I have that?" Sheesh.
Anyway, for Thanksgiving this year, my wonderful in-laws gave each of us a little money to do something nice for someone else during the Christmas season. We deliberated as to what we could do as a family so the boys could really enjoy it and learn from it at the same time. For FHE we talked about what Christmas really means and we discussed the fact that there are lots of children who won't get anything for Christmas. We talked about doing things for the less fortunate just like Jesus did. Dallin exclaims..."Lets get some toys for those kids!" What a great idea! Off we headed to Target. The boys had lots of fun picking out some toys for OTHER children. I was very surprised when Dallin chose to get a MY LITTLE PONY for a girl. For him to even acknowledge there are girls in the world was HUGE. (Except for cousin Makalya of course!) Parker chose some cars and a basketball/baseball/football sports set. (All things he would want for himself!) After they each picked a few toys and then we headed on over to the brand new fire house near our house. The boys were thrilled to meet a real fire fighter and see the big trucks close up. The fireman was very appreciative as the boys dropped their toys in the Toys for Tots bin. As we drove home we talked about the warm feeling we had inside because we did a very small thing for someone else. It was such a quick and fun
thing to do and the boys have been talking about it for days! This is definitely a tradition that the Starnes family will
continue in the years to come. 
2 comments:
That is fun! The kids and I took an angel off the tree at Hannah's school. We picked a 10 year old boy who needs a coat. That broke my heart to think someone NEEDS a coat and is not wanting a fun toy. The comment about the Vagisil commercial made me roll. That is so hilarious.
thats what we are doing this weekend :)
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