We’ve been holding off to share our latest updates… mostly because a few of the details were still up in the air. So as of this week, Miles Design is officially adopting two families this Christmas. And today is our shopping day!

Both families appear to be single mothers. Our first family listed the mother and two boys (eight and twelve). Our second family listed the mother, two girls (eight and fourteen) and a twelve-year-old son.

Their Christmas lists are mostly just the basics: warm clothes, undergarments, school clothes, and a few toys. It’s yet another reminder of how blessed we all are.

We’re still working on the strategy for shopping this afternoon. There has been talk of splitting into teams for each family – or even splitting up the lists into categories and dividing and conquering in that fashion. Either way, I think we’ll figure it out.

We’ll be hitting some combination of Old Navy, Kohl’s, Meijer, Target, and maybe even Castleton Mall after lunch today. And as requested, we’ll take photos of our shopping trip to share with everyone here on the MD News blog. Watch out Castelton!

Our plan is still to keep the afternoon of December 12th as our wrapping day, and December 18th is when we plan to make our deliveries. And as before, if anyone is interested in joining in on the holiday cheer, drop us a line.