Christmas Gift Exchange

Like many families, every year the Lawrence Family Kids exchange gifts at Christmas.

I recently sent an email to each of my siblings with the following gift exchange to remind everyone who they are giving to this year.

Hey All!
Behold, the Lawrence Family Christmas Gift Exchange.

Mark's Family gives to Scott's Family
HolleeAnn's Family gives to Meg's Family
Amy's Family gives to Mark's Family
Scott's Family gives to HolleeAnn's Family
Meg's Family gives to Amy's Family
Mom and Dad give the Almond Box to Meg


Scotty replied with the following email:
Thanks mego. Way to be on top of it.

To which I cannot take credit.

What actually happened is
Amy sent a text to HolleeAnn.
HolleeAnn called me and asked if I got the same text.
I agreed that we should figure out who has who.
HolleeAnn sent me an email with the list.
I sent the list to everyone.

wow.
What if I used this many steps to do everything in life?

To be 100% sure that my Christmas List gets in the right hands, I plan to post my Megalicious Christmas List here on the Willy Blog.
The following is the series of events that I assume will commence after said post.

Scott will read my blog.

He will point out to Kristie that his list is SO much better than mine, but I did have a good point adding "excess loads of candy" to the list this year, because without Dad around at Christmas, there are just no guarantees.

Kristie will go to Wicked with my Mom and retell the joke, and it will be twice as funny.

Mom will tell the joke to Dad, who will email it to 7 people, along with a message to Amy asking her to mail Mom's winter clothes back to Co because they've extended their mission a few months.

Amy will be buried by clothes in Mom's closet for 3 days, and when she emerges, she will call mom and say, "too bad you won't be here for Christmas, I was really hoping you'd give Meg the Almond Box this year.

Mom will say, "the Almond Box is on hiatus for one more year, but Meg IS our favorite so we will give it to her next year".

Josh will interrupt the phone conversation because he pulled a hammie playin' church ball and needs Amy to bring him ice. He needs to stay off his leg if it is going to heal in time for the 1/2 marathon.

They will run the half marathon in Santa Barbara with Mark and Melinda and Paul and they will say how much more fun it would have been if Meg were there to run it with them.

Melinda will send Taylor a picture text of them on the finish line using Mark's totally awesome phone.

Taylor will text Jordan, "HAHA good thing Meg isn't in Santa Barbara with those guys ;) We'd be babysitting her kids while she ran LOL"

J will show HolleeAnn and say, "I wonder if the girls got the Halloween package we sent them yet".

HolleeAnn will say, "I dunno, let's check her blog and find out"

....and then they'll see my Christmas list and know what to get me.

We Lawrences know how to get things done.