Acts of Kindness!

Mimaw and Grumpy sent us some money a couple of weeks ago and asked us to use it for acts of kindness! I have thought of several ways to use the money! I really wanted the money to be for people that really could benefit from it. But I also wanted it to be something that the boys could help us do. I really wanted them to be a large part of the acts of kindness. I want them to see another part of Christmas other than getting stuff! I always tell them "its not what you get its what you give" so this is a great way for them to really see what I mean! So after talking with some family members and listening to some of their suggestions we decided we would use the money and purchase dog and cat food with it and then take it to our local animal shelter! We knew that they could really benefit from the food. Our animal shelter is always full and they are always needing donations to help them with all of the animals. So this was a great way to use the money and a great way for the boys to be involved in this years act of kindness!

Kode helping me find the largest bag of dog food. Him and I figured out what it would take to get the largest bag of food for the most bang for our buck! That way we could get more for our money!

 

 Then he helped me load 2  46lb bags of dog food into our cart!

 

 He said he really enjoyed doing stuff like this. It made his little heart full of joy!

The dog food just about filled up our cart but we still had to get some cat food!

 

 So now it was Bry's turn to help me figure out what kind of cat food we should get!

He found some that he thought the cats would like!

So he loaded up 2  25lb bags in our cart!

 

Then we were on our way to pay for it and take it to our local animal shelter!

 

When we got to our animal shelter they were closed but they let us in for a minute to drop all the food off. They were very touched that we would do something like this. They rarely receive anything for all the animals they receive in the shelter throughout the year. They thanked us many times and asked us if we would come back at a later date to take a walk around the shelter and see how they are going to us our generous donation! We were all very happy to do this for them and we knew that they would benefit from this act of kindness the most!

Thanks Mimaw and Grumpy for giving us this opportunity to help others out during this wonderful time of year!