The 8 year olds started the tradition last year of going shopping with Sue at the dollar store to buy gifts for each family member. It is pretty hilarious to see what they think we all need. Carson bought me some lovely foam visors (in pink/purple/yellow) and Kaity got me some lotion. Kaity was most proud of her gift to Uncle Mitch....STINK PACKETS. Last year he got a back scratcher this year stink packets. Pretty funny.

First we did the kids gifts and then we did our draw gifts. Each of us draw a name to buy for and it is a secret until they get the gifts. Our famly drew Steve, Mitch, Michael and Sara. Surprisingly it wasn't to hard. I had fun with Michael giving him the UW football since he is such a huge UW fan...YEA RIGHT! He was very excited to go home and write their season record on the ball to display! He was even more happy when he opened up his gift certificate to the new golf course in Pullman (Thanks Dita and Jeremy for the help on that!!! Jeremy is the Pro there so if anyone wants to golf at a fabulous course give him a call!).

After we do those gifts the adults do a $5 limit white elephant exchange. We have so much fun with this one. I got on the internet to find some ideas. I took a bag full of everything you need to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Steve ended up with that and got lots of chuckles...almost as many as Lori's USB plug in back massager, lol. We had a great time and went home with tired kids....that all got along so well so it made for an even better night!