Christmas 2005

Merry Christmas from the Wheatley Family! It’s been a pretty eventful year, and we’re certainly glad that Christmas time is here and that we can enjoy the Christmas spirit with our friends and neighbors.

Today, December 23, also marks the 200th birthday of the Prophet Joseph Smith. An official website has been created by the LDS Church called http://www.josephsmith.net which has lots of good information from those who knew the prophet.

The Wheatley Family did something different at the extended family party this year. Instead of exchanging gifts among the adults, each adult was to perform an act of service, write down the service without indication of who performed the act, and bring the paper with the story to the family Christmas party. The stories were placed in a Christmas stocking and were then later distributed at random among the adults when all were gathered together. Each person that had a story given to them then read a story of an act of service that someone performed during the year. It was a great activity, and it didn’t take up any space in the car to take home when the party was over!