Thursday, December 18, 2008

The Twelve Days of Christmas

This year I had the opportunity to try to come up with a fun version for the Twelve days of Christmas for our Ward Christmas party. Landon and I had a lot of fun coming up with this together. We thought we would share it with you all. Let us know what you think.

The Twelve Lakeridge Christmas

On my first Lakeridge Christmas, my true love gave to me
Popcorn popping on the apricot tree

On my second Lakeridge Christmas, my true love gave to me
Two years a mission
And a page of my family tree

On my third Lakeridge Christmas, my true love gave to me
Three Degrees of Glory
Two years in Rome
And a Prophets prophecy

On my fourth Lakeridge Christmas, my true love gave to me
Four Sunbeams
Three Sunday meetings
Two years in Seoul
And a boy who prayed in a grove of trees

On my fifth Lakeridge Christmas, my true love gave to me
HOME TEACHING
Four casseroles
Three scrapbooks
Two years in Whales
And a movie that is rated G

On my sixth Lakeridge Christmas, my true love gave to me
Six kids and counting
FIVE CTR RINGS
Four quilting bees
Three days of darkness
Two years in Queens
And a calling in the Nursery

On my seventh Lakeridge Christmas, my true love gave to me
Seven singing Osmond’s
Six kids and counting
FAST OFFERINGS
Four Books of Nephi
Three firesides
Two years in France
And a chance to share my testimony

On my eighth Lakeridge Christmas, my true love gave to me
Eight Mia Maids texting
Seven kids and counting
Six beehive hairdos
FIVE MONTHS OF RAIN
Elders folding chairs
Three Wiseman
Two years in Guam
And a family for Eternity

On my ninth Lakeridge Christmas, my true love gave to me
Nine high priests sleeping
Eight kids and counting
Seventies in Conference
Sixteen to start dating
RELIEF SOCIETY
Four sharing times
Three-piece suits
Two years in Greece
And a fiance with a missionary

On my tenth Lakeridge Christmas, my true love gave to me
Ten rules from Moses
Nine kids and counting
Eight year old to baptize
Seventy two hour kits
Bishopric a calling
LOVE ONE ANOTHER
Forever love
Three witnesses
Two years in Spain
And a minivan or SUV

On my eleventh Lakeridge Christmas, my true love gave to me
Eleven Mormon temples
Ten kids and counting
Nine Nike neighbors
Ate at Chuck-a-Rama
Tithing settlements
Six Jell-o salads
FOOD STORAGE
Quorum of the Twelve
Fast Sunday’s
Two years in Maine
And hot cocoa instead of tea


On my twelfth Lakeridge Christmas, my true love gave to me
Twelve-year-old deacons
Eleven kids and counting
Ten percent tithing
Nine zillion seagulls
Ate a bunch of crickets
Proxy baptisms
Ensign subscriptions
ZION
Four standard works
Three Nephites
Two Years in Bend

And a Proclamation to the Family!



Inspired by-
http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/traditional386.shtml

2 comments:

Brenda said...

That is awesome. I would have been lazy and kept the same verse through all of them instead of comeing up with a new one each time. Ya'll are over achievers! Have a Merry Christmas!

Amber said...

I love it. Hope you guys had a great Christmas and survived the snow!