Let the stress begin :)

   Well the fundraisers are up and running! And the stress begins.... Planning these fundraisers is a little overwhelming starting off. However, my wonderful family is helping so much and calming me down:) My sister is wonderful! She is already a great aunt :) Thank you so much to the people who have purchased shirts! Mine have been shipped and I cannot wait to get them. I want one of all of them. I hope to sell one everyday, but I have not sold any today....yet. So if you want to be that one person that makes my day you have a few hours left :) We have submitted a lot of paperwork this week and now we are to the harder forms and things that must be done. But we are several steps closer than we were last week. I think Matthew 6:34 may be my verse of the day for the next several months! "Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." Thanks again for everyone's support and I will be posting some updates on the pancake breakfast soon.

Let the Fundraising Begin!!

    Well the news is officially public :) We are planning to adopt! As most of you know, the cost associated with adoption is no small amount. So, we have to big plans to do several fundraisers this summer. However, we are going to need a lot of support from our friends and family. So this is the first of many requests for your assistance. For our first fundraiser, we are selling shirts through adoptionbug.com. The link to the right will take you directly to our online store or just click HERE. We have selected six t-shirts to sell, and we will receive a portion of the profits from all the shirts sold. Also, if you buy one of the shirts that say show hope a dollar is donated  to their organization to help care for orphans. 
     We also plan to have a pancake breakfast and silent auction on July 6th, so save the date! This will be held in Woodbury. If anyone would like to donate a single items or make a basket to be sold at the silent auction that would be great! Just let me know what theme you plan to do if you choose to do a basket (so far we have a dental theme, movie theme, and scrapbooking theme baskets). Also, if there is anyone who would like to donate their services to be sold like a haircut, massage, mani/pedi, photo session, etc. that would be awesome too. Anyone who sells pampered chef, 31, scentsy, etc. and would like to donate items we can auction them off alone or use them in a themed basket. If you can't donate but have some good ideas for auction items please pass those on too. 
     The last request is for yard sale items. We are planning to have a yard sale in Manchester on August 3rd just off the town square. So, we need some good stuff! We can come pick it up or you can drop it off at our house or my parents house. Just shoot me an email and we will arrange something. 
      Whew! I think that is all for now :) Keep checking back on our blog for updates on our fundraisers and our progress towards adopting. Thanks for your help and encouragement. Please pass on the info to your friends and family. 

The Journey Begins

    We are about to embark on a new journey. As many of you know, we have been considering adoption for quite some time, and we have decided that the time is now. I plan to use this blog to keep everyone posted on our progress through the process. Right now we are still in the very early stages of the paperwork and planning phase. I should probably warn you, I know nothing about blogging! Normally, I  don't put my private information out there for all the world to see, but I figure this is for a good reason. We hope that you will encourage us and pray for us as we start this new venture to grow our family.