Adoption Yard Sale

On the weekend of September 15th we hosted our first ever yard sale, with all of the money raised going toward our adoption costs.  Neither of us ever hosted a yard sale before and we learned that we had a lot to learn.  With the help of some amazing friends, neighbors, and family we were able to pull it off and make some money!

Thank you to everyone who donated items for us to sell, we are so appreciative of your generosity.  We sold more of the donated items than we did our own stuff!  Thank you to Jenn, Morgan, and Nicole (and Blake) who spent much of their Friday night in our driveway going through all the donations and help us organize and price items.  If it wasn't for them, we would not have gotten any sleep on Friday night because it would have taken us way longer to sort through all of the donations.  Thank you to Mariela who woke up early and spent her Saturday morning helping us sell items - she was better at negotiating than we were!  And thank you to everyone who stopped by to visit with us and do a little shopping (or bring Starbucks- it was much appreciated :)).   We are so grateful to have so many awesome people in our lives and so thankful for your friendship and support!

Our first ever yard sale was a huge success and we made $740!!!!  Mark still has some "big ticket" items to sell (golf clubs, weight bench, etc.) on Craigslist, so the total raised may even go up higher.

And to end an awesome day, all of our neighbors came out and we had a cul-de-sac pizza party.  It was so fun to see all the kids running around playing in the cul-de-sac and all adults catching up and just hanging out.  We couldn't have asked for a better day!

Beginning of the day 

Nearing the end of the day - looks like a lot is left, but its so much less than the morning!

Flapjack fundraiser - save the date!

Adoption can be expensive, and for some families the cost deters them from ever moving forward with the process. Lucky for Mark and I, we love a challenge. I have to admit that the cost scared us at first too, we wondered how we could ever save enough money to fund our adoption. But as time went on, and we felt more and more that adoption was God's plan for us, we knew that there had to be a way. We have faith that God will provide, although we also know that money will not fall from the sky, so we have planned a few fundraisers.

Last weekend we held our first ever yard sale (and probably last ever yard sale). Boy was it hard work! We are reminded time and time again how amazing our friends and family are. We had so many people donate stuff for us to sell and come to help us out on the big day. The yard sale itself deserves a whole post and I'll be working on that soon!

In the meantime, we are gearing up for our next big fundraiser - our Flapjack Fundraiser on November 3rd. Those of you who live locally we would love for you to come out and join us, it's from 8am-10am at the Applebee's on Hillsborough St. We will be selling tickets ahead of time and will need to give the restaurant a head count a few days before. So if you are interested in coming make sure you get your tickets. Shoot me an email or text to let me know if you want one and I'll get up with you. We also need a few people to volunteer to help us seat guests and serve pancakes that morning so let us know if you want to do that too!

Feel free to share the flyer with anyone you know who might want to come (coworkers, friends, small groups, family, etc) - the more the merrier!