Wednesday, September 20, 2006
To Susy, Bennett, Mary, and Anne
Are any of you interested in taking a yoga class with me on Tuesday nights at 7:00p.m.-7:50p.m. It's offered through Gilbert parks and rec, but anyone can register. It goes for 8 weeks (every Tues night beginning 10/17) and costs $28 (payable when you register online ... and registration is going on right now). It's listed as a "mindful moms and dads" class, but I talked with the instructor, and she says anyone can take it ... they'll just focus on shoulders and lower back, etc. It is a beginning class, and the teacher is great. Jake has her for a children's class. I'll follow up with you guys tomorrow, but let me know if you're interested.
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Happy Birthday, Susie!
Happy Birthday to You!Happy Birthday to You!
Happy Birthday Dear Susie,
Happy Birthday to You!
Sending warm wishes to a wonderful sister, sister-in-law and auntie!
We love you!!!
Aaron, Kim, Lauren, Elise, Luke and Cole
(ps - sorry it's a day late, we were having trouble posting yesterday)
Monday, September 04, 2006
Happy Birthday!
I want to pitch an idea that may be good for family birthdays next year.
My family tried something this year that worked really well for birthday gifts. In the past, we'd all just buy birthday gifts for everyone else, and a lot of the time they were late, or we didn't know what to get, and it got to be kind of expensive as the family (happily) got larger.
So, we swapped names for giving birthday gifts this year. Each person has only one person that they are responsible for during the year. When it is not your turn to buy the gift, you are encouraged to send a card or call. We did not include the children in this because a) it's so fun to buy for the kids and b) there aren't many cousins yet ... we will look into it as the individual families get larger too.
We set the dollar limit around $35, but this can be adjusted if needs be.
The thing that Matt and I liked about this plan was being able to plan in advance. We had a few months to look around for a good gift or to get ideas, and we also could plan our $$ for the month with the gift in mind.
It's been very successful for our family, and we'll be doing it again for 2007. And I wondered if you guys would like to try doing this? If so, write back, and we'll draw names by October or so. Incidentally, we did not include parents in this ... everyone still wanted to get gifts for them individually.
My family tried something this year that worked really well for birthday gifts. In the past, we'd all just buy birthday gifts for everyone else, and a lot of the time they were late, or we didn't know what to get, and it got to be kind of expensive as the family (happily) got larger.
So, we swapped names for giving birthday gifts this year. Each person has only one person that they are responsible for during the year. When it is not your turn to buy the gift, you are encouraged to send a card or call. We did not include the children in this because a) it's so fun to buy for the kids and b) there aren't many cousins yet ... we will look into it as the individual families get larger too.
We set the dollar limit around $35, but this can be adjusted if needs be.
The thing that Matt and I liked about this plan was being able to plan in advance. We had a few months to look around for a good gift or to get ideas, and we also could plan our $$ for the month with the gift in mind.
It's been very successful for our family, and we'll be doing it again for 2007. And I wondered if you guys would like to try doing this? If so, write back, and we'll draw names by October or so. Incidentally, we did not include parents in this ... everyone still wanted to get gifts for them individually.
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