Love from Iowa

This past summer we were able to go stay with Uncle Josh & Aunt Irma for a few days in Twenty Nine Palms, California. We had such a great time visiting them. The kids adored their dogs Lala and Lili.

In September Josh was deployed to somewhere in Afghanistan and Irma went to live in the Philippines with their son Liam who they are adopting and her family. We miss them and wanted to do something for both of them for Christmas.

The kids had so much fun picking things out to send to them. Lots of yummy snacks, some practical toiletries and some fun things to play with, and cute pair of pj's for Liam.

We made tags on go on every item in the boxes. The kids were cute making the notes to go on each item. Simeon was no-nonsense on his tags; Razors-shave up, Crystal Light packets-Flavor. Ammon was more comical with his tags; Hot Tamales-DO NOT catch on fire, Angry Bird squeeze toy-Squeeze, pull, concentrate. Corrine worked real hard on her tags. She grabbed the Naughty List card with coal. She thought he was going to get a kick out of it!

The kids also wrote notes and drew pictures to go into Josh's box. They really enjoyed writing their letters to  him. Rebecca made the sweetest Christmas tree with cut up pieces of paper to send to both of them.

In the end the boxes were filled to the brim. The kids had such a great feeling knowing they were sending a boxes of love to them and I got my 1st experience with customs forms and sending packages international. We're excited for them to get them and to feel our love at Christmas!