Please note that this is not a must have list, these are bonuses that make our lives nicer and richer. Many people have asked what we do we need or want, this is merely a list of suggestions to answer that question, it changes periodically as we receive things and humans are fickle.

Anything that you do for us is appreciated.

Food 

• Dried Beans
  
• Gatorade
  
• Cheese! Aged cheese will ship just fine
  
• Velveeta!
• Canned Nacho Cheese!
• Cheese flavored anything! (Cheddar flavored sour dough pretzel pieces)
  
• home made cookies
• Oreo cookies
• fast-food sauce packs: mustard, mayo, salad dressings, soy sauce, taco bell, jelly packets, Worcestershire - anything non refrigerated
• soup packets
• spice mixes (Mexican, Chinese, etc.)
• instant sauce mixes (Alfredo, gravy, cheese,...)
• ranch salad dressing mix
• Clif bars - Brian's fav is blueberry crunch
• protein bars 
  
• granola (bars or loose) - it's all good 
• candy
• mixed nuts
• dried veggies
• dried meat - jerky, sausage, pepperoni, etc
  
• packaged meat - cans, pouches, shrink wrap, etc (Kristy would love something like summer sausage or hot dogs)
  

Hygiene

• Deep Woods Off (aerosol is Kristy's fav)
  
• Gold Bond Powder
• Q-tips
  

Professional

• construction paper
  
• pens
  
• chalk eraser
  
• mechanical pencils

Miscellaneous stuff to amuse us

• Tee Shirts - fun or plain - both Kristy and Brian = medium
• Stickers - bands, funny, interesting, ...
  
• Patches 
• pictures to remind us of you 
• news stories & magazine articles from home
• magazines with lots of pictures
• card games - not playing cards
• thinking games
• travel size games 
• inflatable globe
• pictures 
• DVD's (movies, TV shows, home movies) {bootlegs or originals}
• Books
• Fun things that will remind us of you  .  

When you're packing things you can fill ziplock baggies with air to secure items or tupperware, we can and will use them to keep sand and bugs out of our stuff