Melissa Wilstead

my, oh my! it's almost hump day!

one month from today elder wilstead will be celebrating his one year mark!

june 27, 2012 was the day we said i'll see you soon.
june 27, 2013 will be the day i'm running around singing, cheering, and shouting HURRAY FOR ONE YEAR DOWN!!!!
and june 27, 2014 will be the day i will be back in his arms! well, a few days after actually but i'm not thinking about those days.

since colton james is in the philippines, and it's very very expensive to send each other package... not very often do we send them. but for this special day, you bet he got one! oh, and did i mention it takes a month or longer to get there with no guarantees that it even will? or that it could be broken into and stolen? or smashed, tattered, and torn? yeah, kay cool!

well my sweet elder... i hope it makes it there! and on time too!

in case all you lovers were wondering what was in the package or how it came to be, here it is.

i went to the local mail-n-more || or post office to get a flat rate box. my box size was the medium. what the heck right? the more the merrier! he doesn't get / have much over there anyway.

SUPPLY LIST:

box

scrapbook || card stock || regular paper

colored pencils

tape || double sided tape

scissors || cutting board

missionary cut outs || i found a website through pinterest

once i had my box decorated the way i wanted it i went out for the things to put inside. it took me a while to figure out what i wanted to do or what theme i wanted inside.

but i finally came up with the idea to do twelve reasons why i love you || twelve months in a year.

so i created a list of twelve reasons why i love my sweet elder!

after creating the list i picked twelve objects || items || toys || etc... to go with each number.

(special thanks to hunter or also hunter with some help on the items)

what's in the box:

a tie with heart sticked to the back

a whoopee cushion

pin the baseball to the mit

noise makers

tool kit || screw driver, flashlight, batteries

my testimony

a picture book

an apron

little teddy bear

15 CTR rings

water balloons

pictures of his family

here's the picture book...

one thing i have learned, and heard from colton is that the little ones in the philippines have very little. so i tried to make a lot of the little things something fun colton could show them, or give them.