what did you get in the childrens exchange

Post here what ornament you got and who from!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
PLEASE MAIL THESE OUT BY THE 15TH AT THE LATEST!

This message was edited Dec 9, 2004 2:28 PM

Daymein got a wonderful box from Madison-he says thanks bunches
she sent 2 hand made gift bags with a snowman in a slipper ornament,a reindeer ornament, a dog and rabbit ornament, a stocking hat ornament,a santa bear ornament, a snowman doorhanger craft and 8 toy cars!!!
Dayme was so so happy. There was a note from madison too!
He is working on a thank you-his face showed his happiness,it was great!
What a GREAT box of gifts!!!!!!!!!! :)
THANK YOU!

lol - I thought you guys had decided to exchange your children for the season....

ROFL Pebble - I came here to say that ;o)

Pebble

Love that sense of humor....
Watch it you never know what might come in the mail!
Sandy

I guess i should have added ornament to the title!!! LOL

WHERE are all the goodies? I know mine should be arriving today or tomorrow!!

Wow! Matthew just opened his. He woke up with a fever this morning and was asleep when the mailman delivered his package so I waited till he was feeling better to open it. They are beautiful!!! A big thank you!! to Elizabeth from Matthew.

Here is a pic for all to see the beautiful ornaments Elizabeth sent Matthew.

Posting for Jessica Lofton her pkg. arrived at gradmas house Hope 43 I picked up mail for her because she is still in hospital As soon as she gets out of hospital Jessica will come and stay with her granny and open her ornament then-but wanted to let you know it arrived safely and will post pic, for her as soon as she gets to open it .Tazzy posting for Hope 43 and Jessica Lofton

glad to know they arrived-i hope jessica is feeling ok now!

martha jessiia is fine it gradma whos in hospital she stay part of time at granny Twyla and she had knee replacement .wont be home till monday.

Zeth received a wonderful box full of goodies also but I can't photo them yet cause I did a terrible thing.... When I got the box from the post office I just couldn't wait to see what it was full of soooo...... yes I opened the darn thing and took a peek!!! So now I must wait until he comes home from his dad's to let him re open it!!!

Anyway, I'm sending a special thank you to Daymein. What terrific surprise Zeth is going to have!!

Tina

Madison got her package today and is thrilled heres pic. of her pretty ornaments
Thank you Laura Rabel

I hope they are all in the mail now!!!! :)

Madison also got letter from Santa from her partner in exchange ,thanks again it was post marked North Pole

oh how cute! :)

I have to tell you a funny story. A few days ago, we received a package from the Ornament Exchange for Halee and Christopher. Also, that same day, both of them received a letter from the North Pole. Well, their Mom did not open them yet because we have been waiting for their brother Nicholas' ornament to arrive. Also, Nicholas did not have a letter from the North Pole. We have been trying to figure out how they got a letter from the North Pole. I was sitting there tonight and said "Nicholas still has not received a letter, neither has Tory." (All live in our household). Hmmm, I get to thinking, could it be that the letters came from the same person that did their Ornament Exchange? It made sense, so we have since gotten some letters together for Nick and Tory so that the box of ornaments can be opened :)

I come on here and read Tazzy's post. I should've looked on here to begin with!

Thank you to the Eric and Matthew Rabel and I will post a picture as soon as the box gets opened. BTW, Tory got hers too from tmbolin's child. Tina, I have to glue it, she was so excited with it that she dropped it and the eskimo broke off, I have to find some super glue :( It is adorable and perfect though, an eskimo on a star (and her Daddy is in Alaska right now).

Pictures will post soon. Thank you, Kathy, Tory, Halee, Nicholas, Christopher

I have to apologize to Patty & Linda. It seems I sent each the others personalized ornament and of course created some confusion & laughter on Patty's part. I'll have to send you both postage $$ & each others address so that you can mail them to each other. Will this work?? Even after all that checking and double checking I managed to goof things up. Sorry!

I happened to come across a website (by accident) that for $10.00 ea. would have a letter from Santa mailed to a child. I then did a search & found lots of sites that did the same thing. Some letters were better looking than others but most sold for 10 and only a couple sold for $5 ea. It then hit me that in years past I had read an article that said that for Valentine's Day, if you mailed your letter (w/ proper postage on it) in a sealed envelope to the postmaster in Valentine, IN., they at the PO would handstamp it with their official stamp and mail it off to the person who's name was on the address. Well, I started writting letters left & right. I did some for my son's classmates too. I put stamps on them, sealed them in an envelope & mailed them to the Postmaster in North Pole, AK on Dec. 6. I also included a quick note so the Postmaster would know my intentions & gave him/her thanks. I then started getting worried that they could arrive late but was amazed that they arrived so quickly! Whew! I'm sorry I didn't send one to Tory & Nicholas too. I shouldn've known they would feel left out.

BTW, Laura recieved her ornament from Nicholas. She loved it and quickly hung it on the tree.

Eric also received his reindeer & laminated ornament from Zeth (?) Bolin. He said it was cool! I'll post pictures of these as soon as I can. I've been a bit busy w/ the kids school & just got back from their school program. Have to unload all the photos from the dig. camera so I can take pictures of these. THANKS!!!!

(Eric is the boy in front row (red sweater), Laura is the second angel from the right)

Gemilla, What a sweetheart you are, i wish I had thought of that as well. Next year. I think the Santa letters were such a beautiful touch. Tory's father is stationed 15 miles from North Pole, AK at Ft. Wainwright. He just told us that. I said I wish I had known that before, we could have sent to Jim and he would have driven to North Pole and sent them from there for us.

Thank you again for your thoughtfulness. Kathy

Maison also received her Polly Pocket ornament from Halee. She loves P.P so it really was perfect. TY to Halee and G.ma Misty Meadows

Tina

WHERE ARE ALL THE ORNAMENTS? I KNOW THERE ARE CHILDREN THAT STILL HAVE NOT GOTTEN THEIR'S! PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOUR CHILD HAS NOT GOTTEN HIS/HER ORNAMENT!!!!

These are the children that have recieved their ornaments:
Matthew
Jessica
Zeth
Madison
Halee and Christopher.
Laura
Eric
Maison
daymein

WHERE are the ornaments for the other children??
Kegan
Elizabeth
Christian
Victorya
Ashley
Nicholas

Victorya has received hers, she is listed above as Tory :) Is Elizabeth your granddaughter? I sent hers (from Christopher) almost two weeks ago, same day as Laura, Maison, and Christian, it is a red glow worm ornament. I have heard that Christian has received his and Nicholas' is on its way here. Kathy :)

Sorry for not posting these photos sooner.
Here is the ornament Laura received from Nicholas.
Its Mr. Potato Head sharing his nose w/ the snowman he made. Isn't it cute??

Here is the cute reindeer ornament Eric received from Zeth. Along w/ the laminated ornament & tin box.

Here is the pictures of Jessica's goodies she got she loves them

Starr, Nicholas received his package today from Christian, but he is at his father's and not able to come home because of our bad snowstorm. Thank you so much :) Kathy

kegan recieved his yesterday -TY
he got a dart board and color book n crayolas.

Elizabeth never got her package!!! :( I think someone might have got if by mistake an kept it!!! sad world!