The blessings of giving

Top 3 favorites for this Christmas; my 3 sisters and I jumping on my dads bed to wake him up Christmas morning would be at the top, next would be relaxing with family, the most family that has gotten together in years, and the next thing to top my list would be opening gifts for the children of Uganda!
This year with our upcoming trip (just over a month and half away!) we asked family that in lew of gifts we would like either gift certificates or cash for our trip or items for us to take to the children, oh boy did we get what we asked for!
I feel so blessed to have such a great family! My dad and step mom Debbie took it another step and did research on what the children in Africa would want and need and did they fit the bill! Oh and to top that they wrapped them all in maps from the pages of National Geographic! They gave chalk boards and chalk, play-doh, pencils, jump rope, frisbees, craft sticks, erasers and more! I can't wait to take all that with us to share and play with the kids!
We also were extremly blessed to recieve cash and gift cards for our trip... so excited in fact that we braved the mall the day after Christmas to do a little travel shopping! We got our insect repellant and clothes wash, than we ordered or mosquito nets!


The awesome wrap job!

Dennis loves opening presents