After work today, I took Cannon, Neely and Ashley to Target to shop with me for EPC’s community project this year. We selected the Angel Tree, a Ministry of Prison Fellowship, that is partnering with Cornerstone Christmas Store (Green Acres Baptist Church) this year to help bring joy to children through Christmas gifts, Bibles and storybooks telling the true meaning of Christmas.
All three kids have already done Operation Christmas Child boxes through their schools and churches, so they were already in the spirit of giving. Our kids have so much compared to others and there are not enough lessons to be taught on the value of thinking of others before we think of ourselves.
Thanks to the generosity of my coworkers at EPC, we had $300 to spend on gifts (and we spent $290.80) and we will deliver them to the church on Sunday morning.
In addition to the recent project, the cousins have sure been having fun. Just like when we were kids and would go to visit our cousins in Kentucky, these three have had a blast hanging out with their grandparents and at Aunt Kiki’s and Uncle Jason’s.
Eating at Texas Roadhouse, Salsarita’s and Cheddar’s, riding scooters, walking dogs, paddle boating, roasting marshmallows, seeing Wreck-It Ralph in 3D, playing at the park, visiting the plant farm and shopping.
As you can see, these cousins truly love each other and enjoy their time together immensely. We are thankful for our cousins and for the rest of our families that will be joining us in Flint over the next couple of days. We are also thankful for our family that won’t be joining us and hope they have a wonderful Thanksgiving also.
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