Surprise!

Last night was Friday night -- which is usually a pretty low-key kinda night at our place after a busy work week.  Last night we planned to have pizza (homemade, of course, no Pizza Hut here!) and chill out.  But just before dinner, we received a CARE PACKAGE from some very sweet friends at home!!

So here we are eating our pizza.  Nate and I told the kids we could open the box after supper, so although you can't tell from the photo, the kids are scarfing down their dinner.





The big moment arrives!!  Ethan is opening the box!



See?  It really is for us!



First peek inside!  Look at Jack's face.



We see a soccer ball and a football!


And then we started diggin' in...



Plastic containers FULL of chocolate chips!  Woohoooo!


Nate and Ethan were thrilled with new hunting magazines (in fact, I think they kissed them)!


Teddy is looking at a book on African elephants -- and he's not letting go of those Pringles!


The guys are settling in with their reading material.

And here's a photo of the loot.  We received balls, snacks, books, magazines, Jello, movies, chocolate chips, corn syrup, Nutella, peanut butter (which we ran out of just that day!), nail polish, jube-jubes and lots of other great treats.  It was so fun to open and enjoy!  


We want to say a HUGE thanks to the friends who sent this -- it made our Friday night much more special and made us feel very loved.  It is always so sweet to see stuff from home.



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