Extended Family Christmas Gift Exchange

You might remember the post I did last year about our new, extended family gift exchange.  It seemed to be the perfect plan for our family and everyone seemed to enjoy it.  While I was training for the 10K race last fall, I spent many a brain cell trying to think of a theme for 2013 family gift exchange.  When My Man and I were engaged, someone threw us an Around the Clock wedding shower where each guest was assigned a time of day.  Their gift had to reflect that time.  I borrowed that idea and used the theme of Morning, Noon, Afternoon and Night to assign to the 4 Payne "Kids" for our gift exchange. It was lots of fun trying to come up with a good family gift that would be enjoyed by toddlers to teenagers and parents alike.  Here are the gifts that we exchanged.

For BREAKFAST, my little sis gave us homemade granola, homemade cinnamon cocoa mix (both in reusable containers), a Jesus Calling devotional book, flavored coffee and personalized mugs for all 10 of us!

(Sorry these are a little out of order.) 

For NIGHT, my older sis got us a funnel cake kit with 2 packs of paper plates, powdered sugar, a Pampered Chef shaker (love that!), Monsters University DVD and a cute bag to reuse. 

For AFTERNOON, my SIL got us this great Thirty-One bag (she sells them and they are awesome!) with all the things to have a baking snack of cupcakes, icing, sprinkles, candy toppings, cupcake stencils, baking cups, flavoring, mixed nuts, cupcake decorations and a mini spatula.

I was assigned LUNCH and since I assumed they all had picnic baskets, I found these fold up stools that have a cooler attached to it and straps to carry like a backpack.  Inside I had picnic ware of plastic table cloth, utensils, plates and napkins, frisbee, jump rope and bubbles, and ingredients for an Italian meal.

We had lots of fun with our gift exchange and I already told the sisters that next year we will do seasons, since there are 4 of us.  That way we can shop clearance items and save more on post-season sales.  I was assigned WINTER and got some great sales after Christmas so my shopping is done already.

Thanks sisters for awesome Christmas gifts that we can enjoy as a family!  Love them all!