Acts of Service and Kindness- Week 7

Week 7- Sending care packages to soldier serving abroad.

We signed up for Project Frontlines through the AAUSS organization (adoptaussoldier.org) & they sent us contact information for a soldier (and her unit of 150) currently serving in Afghanistan.  

Some of the food purchased (we were given a list of some goodies they were requesting- coffee, breakfast foods, snacks.)

All done packing the boxes, now we just need padding so that nothing gets smashed!

*Austin's new thing is squinting for pictures because he doesn't like the flash.  Well I don't like the results I'm getting in the pictures.....

Writing notes to the soldiers with drawings and stickers, of course.  Mommy was busy filling out those fun customs forms!

We also attached photos of our family, so the soldiers can put a face to the name!

This was a great project- Austin really enjoyed it!  He's already asked if the soldiers got their "present"  :)

UPDATE:
We received these notes back from the soldier- what a blessing!

Visiting Annie & Adelaide again!

We are really enjoying our time with the two newest additions to our family- I could just eat 'em up, they are so cute!!

Aunt Whitney with Annie & Adelaide

Shane with Adelaide & Whitney with Annie

With big sis Evie

Adelaide taking a snooze

Gran & Annie

Feeding a sleepy Adelaide

TWINS!

Adelaide Violet Dusza (7lb 7oz, 18.5")

&

Annie Opal Dusza (5lb 2oz, 17.5")

Waiting to meet the girls

Gran & her first 2 grandkids

Meeting Uncle Shane, Austin Whitney, and cousin Austin

Annie

Adelaide

Evie meeting her little sisters

SO excited!!

Annie meeting Gran

Adelaide

Annie

They are just PERFECT!  Such a blessing!

Acts of Service and Kindness- Week 6

Week 6- Taking cookies to nurses, passing out balloons to kids at the library, leaving lollipops at the playground, and picking up trash at the park!

Austin & I made cookies and took them to the hospital to thank the nurses caring for Aunt Shanna, Adelaide, and Annie

Ready to pass out balloons.. yeah, not sure about that pose he's striking.

Only a few left!  He loved asking the kids if they would like one and then saying "hold on tight so it doesn't fly away!"

We ran into a friend at the library too!

A little treat for someone playing at the playground

Austin thought it was fun to put them around for kids to find

Picking up trash at the park

Love him to pieces!!

Acts of Service and Kindness- Week 5

Week 5- Leaving money at vending machines

Ready to go

Our first stop- candy machines!

Soda machines & some rides