An Irish Care Package

It all started when a sassy Irish girl left a funny comment about Edward Cullen on Facebook.  Even though I didn't know her, I had to respond because it was honestly one of the funniest things I had ever read.  Due to the possible delicate sensitivities of some of my readers (that's you, Mom), I won't quote it here, but lets just say it was immediately obvious that she and I share similar senses of humor.  (And a love for Edward.)  Aoife sent me a friends request, and an international friendship was born! 

We started chatting back and forth about a variety of things, not just Twilight (although I think it's clear from the inspiration of this friendship that Twilight really does bring the world together). Then we decided we needed to get Shanna to join in the transglobal friendship.  Shanna and I love this funny Irish lass (she's not a bloke - that's only for the male persuasion - I learned that after I called her a bloke) so much that we thought it would be bloody brilliant (how do you like me now, Ireland?) to send her some of our favorite things.  She LOVES the United States (she has traveled far more than Shanna and I, and has visited way cooler places in the US than I've been to), so we assembled an American care package and sent it abroad.  I wish I would've taken a picture before it was packaged up, but sadly I did not.  It was quite a feat of organization to fit everything into this box, so this is the only picture I have of the contents.

Well, our little friend fired back with a care package of her own and here it is!  The scarves were hand-knitted by her mom!  It was so much fun to receive such an amazing gift all the way from Ireland.  I can not even describe how many things were in this care package...the picture really does not do it justice. 

Shanna and I had Chad take a picture of us enjoying our Irish goodies so we could show it to Aoife.  (Pronounced Ee-fa, which is the Irish version of Eve.  See what you can learn from international friends?)

There's even talk now that Aoife and her sister will come HERE to go to the premiere of Breaking Dawn WITH US.  Seriously!  Can you believe it?  Just another reason that the entire world should be thanking Stephenie Meyer.

And a true and heartfelt thank you to you, Aoife and to your mom, for lavishing us with such kindness!   Be on the look out for a Christmas care package coming to you from your besties from the westies!