We planned a bit better this year and didn’t put the boxes together on the very last day you could drop the shoeboxes off!  It was a wonderful time.  Both my sisters were able to come and another friend (who is also one of three sisters!) and her sweet children.  The kids were a year older and able to understand and help even more.  I could watch the DVD they sent and cry every single time.  Watching those children with next to nothing to their name opening their boxes all over the world, it’s amazing.  It was a great way to hone in our focus on giving and sharing….let’s face it, that’s a little hard to do with little people sometimes!

Rylee must have packed her box a dozen times….she had to get it just right!