You walk into a big room and there are table after table of boxes full of items and you get to "shop" for whatever you want to put in your box. Grace, with the help of her mom, great-grama and sister, had a great time shopping for things to send to daddy.
They have all kinds of goodies like jerky, cookies, candy, tuna, peanut butter, movies, books, socks, batteries, games, notepads, toiletries, shoot just about anything you'd want to send to a soldier. They have a group that knits hats and mittens (we didn't choose any of those - I guess it got to 125 there are few days ago). Grace had a wonderful time and wished she could send him a box every week - but we'll make sure we get there every month before he comes home.
Halia is "signing" the Father's Day card for her daddy.
I have a feeling dad's going to like this box.
AND lots of help from Grandma Jodi, who found this treasure-trove ! and of course took all the pictures. It was great fun and the goodies available are amazing. wow !
ReplyDeleteThen we went to IHOP for brunch and if that weren't enough stuffing---first the box then ourselves, we all met at 5:00 at "The Ranch" and had a picnic on the mountain. More stuffing ! HELP.
We all enjoy the "Ranch"---its quiet, lots of singing birds, a soft breeze-----. pure heaven.
What really wonderful thing to do - and a wonderful resource. I love Blue Star Moms!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you came along mom, it was great fun!
ReplyDeleteJaci, I agree. The Blue Star Mothers are wonderful. The items they have for packing are great - not a bunch of junk that you wouldn't want to send. The people and companies that donate this stuff are wonderful as well.