I know that we are MONTHS behind on your blog, so we have some catching up to do!
Last Thanksgiving (2009) we started a tradition here in Spring Hill TN where Beka bakes loads of cookies, packages them up, and her and Michael go around to local friends and businesses to give them out and let people know how thankful we are for them. It has turned into something really fun that we look forward to doing for years to come.
So Beka set out to baking! She made sugar, lemon cake, and peanut butter cookies by the dozen! The Oakley Kitchen was in full swing.
Beka has these containers that she keeps most of her baking goods in, and they were all open for business that day.
Here she is in her favorite apron, baking away.
After the baking, she put about 5 cookies each into little parcels, and attached a note saying how thankful Team Oakley was for the recipient of the goodies. We had a list of who we were going to give them to, so Beka got to think about each person as she was making notes and tying ribbons, and reflect on how fortunate and blessed her and Michael are for knowing and being loved by all the people these cookies were going to.
After they were all packaged and ready to go, Beka and Michael jumped in their car, and drove all over our tiny little city of Spring Hill giving these cookies away. We hit local restaurants that we love, businesses, and of course local heros such as fire departments and police stations. We also dropped some off at our friends' houses. We tried to be as sneaky as possible, and doorbell ditched many of the ones we love. They opened the door to some cookies, a note, and us spying at their confused faces from around the corner :)
It was a great time of realizing how blessed we are, and being able to show that to those we love and greatly appreciate. We cannot wait to do it again next year! Beka is going to have to start baking in August now. Our list keeps growing and growing (as if that was a bad thing).
Thanks for sharing this adventure with us!
Love,
Team Oakley
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