Friendship week

Our ward is doing an activity called friendship week. Each family has been assigned to anonymously leave gifts for another family in the ward to build friendship with a family they might not know well.

We decided to leave "Get to know us" hints each night along with a gift that explains who we are, leading up to the night when we reveal ourselves. Jackson has enjoyed the doorbell-ditching part! It has been fun coming up with these clues. I've put them to rhyme. Since the family doesn't have access to this blog, I'll share a few (without worrying about our cover getting blown):

Day 1 (left with a can of peaches and cobbler recipe):

The week of Friendship has just begun,
And we hope you’ll enjoy our gifts of fun.

You may ask, “Who treats us so well?”
But that is our secret and we’ll not tell!

We’ll give you clues as to who we are,
The first one is -- we don’t live far!

Another clue, in this poem we will sneak,
To help you guess by the end of the week.

We like to camp and Dutch-oven cook,
We’ll share a favorite recipe from our family cook book.

And so we leave you with this gift and rhyme,
And hope your family has a good time!

Enjoy!



Day 2 (left with Smoke Signals Marinade and fajita/tortilla recipes):

Although we now claim Utah our home,
Once on the plains of Texas we roamed.

If you’ve ever traveled to the heart of the South,
You’ll know what South’ners like to put in their mouth!

Preparing good meat is nothing short of an art,
So for today’s gift we leave you our part.

Fajitas are one thing that we love to eat,
This marinade is something that just can’t be beat!

You may look for this jar in stores near and far,
But it can only be found where they fly the Lone Star.

We hope you enjoy this gift and our poem,
As we leave behind something of us in your home


Day 3 (left with ice cream from BYU creamery):

We have many reasons to like BYU,
Our majors were health and History too.

It hasn’t been long since we were students with books,
Now they collect dust in corners and nooks.

You’ve heard of the saying, “To thine own self be true,’
And that’s why we’re loyal to the white and the blue.

Yes, we’re fans of the cougars, through and through
And to the athletes who play for BYU.

We might stay at home and watch the game on a screen,
Enjoying a nice big bowl of ice cream.

Have you narrowed it down to a half dozen families at best?
If this clue doesn’t help you, just wait for the rest!



Day 4 (Given with a pumkin from our garden and carving set)
One of us is blessed with a truly ‘green thumb,’
While the other is learning just how it’s done.

We’ve grown all sorts of vegetables in our garden,
This year, we even grew pumpkins for carvin’

This one has not been long off the vine,
You can use it to carve a face that is fine!

It wouldn’t be fun to leave you without treats,
So please enjoy carving while these candies you eat!

You may have noticed that for us food’s at the heart,
If you haven’t tried guessing, it’s time that you start!

Day 5 (Given with a book)
We’re one of those families, who like to read,
Some feels it’s a pleasure, others think it’s a need.

From science, to fiction, and children’s books,
A few pages in, you’ll find us hooked!

Of course our scriptures always find time,
To teach us of Christ and keep our lives in line.

Although this book doesn’t come with a reason,
We’ll hope you’ll enjoy it in the upcoming season.

Day 6 (given with cupcakes)
We hope you haven’t figured us out yet,
So we’ll give you some dates you won’t want to forget J

We were married in August of 2004,
And hope to enjoy many years more!

Our birthdays are dates that are easy to remember,
The boys’ are in May and girls’ in November!

On each special occasion we like to make
Our very own version of the cup cake!

With these clues we leave you our treat for tonight,
There’s plenty for all—no need to fight!

Day 7( given with star cookie cutters)
Our daughter is still too young to talk,
Just this week she attempted to walk!

Our boy is active as ever can be,
Appropriate for his age, he’s just under three!

The man of the house works in Lindon, not far,
You might see him in his red truck- not driving a car!

She cooks and she cleans and gets the kids dressed,
All on less than a full-night’s sleep at best! J

Have any clue yet as to who we are?
If you have—you’re a real shining star!

The family who has us has been very generous. They have shared fun family traditions, which is great for us. Since we are a young family, we don't have many traditions of our own yet. So it has been neat to see their family traditions that we may want to implement in our home too. We have no idea who they are!