We have a winner!!!

We had 28 entries for the camera!!!

 

Claire was charged with drawing the name of the lucky winner!

 

And the winner is.......

 

 

 

CONNIE!!!!

 

Congratulations!!!  Thank you to everyone who supported our fundraiser.  We raised $435.  Every amount helps us get to Ch!na!  To God be the glory!!!

Last chance to enter!!!

Our camera fundraiser ends today at 4:00 central time!  You still have some time to enter!  Remember,

$25 gets you 1 entry
$50 gets you 3 entries
post on f*cebook or your blog each gets you 1 additional entry!  (If you post on f*cebook or your blog be sure to let me know)

Thanks for helping us raise the funds to bring Caelyn home!  To God be the glory!

Guess what we have......

We got a phone call from our agency on Monday that they had our LOA!  They said to plan on travel the end of November or early December!  Woohoo!  Look what came on Tuesday...

 

 

We better kick this fundraising into full gear!  Remember, we will be drawing for the camera at 4:00 on Friday.  Click here to find out how to enter.  We have another fundraiser lined up after this one finishes.  Hurry and enter only 2 days left to win that awesome camera!

God has blessed us and heard our hearts desires to have our daughter home before Christmas!  Yippee Jesus!

Back to School and Caleb turns 5!!!

Well it is that time of year again....

 

My kiddos are off to school.

 

They were ready but really where did the summer go?

 

 Brianna 12th

 Nicholas 10th

 Hunter 6th

 Claire 2nd

 Caleb pre-k and kinder

These 2 ride together this year and that makes them both very happy!

 

The Saturday after school started, Caleb turned 5!  Can not believe he is 5 already!  He is still my tiny snuggle bug!  He weighs 29 pounds and is still wearing 18 month shorts!  He uses his cuteness and size to win over all the high school girls.  He is the most popular little brother at all the football games!  They take turns carrying him around and he loves it!  Now some birthday pics!

 What a boy!

 We spent the day at the zoo.  His most favorite place ever!

 They watched the hippos in the water for 30 minutes.  They were mesmerized.

 

 

Just a reminder, we draw for the camera on Friday!  Just a few more days to enter!  See post below for more information!!

Exciting new fundraiser!!!

I am so excited to announce our newest fundraiser to bring Caelyn home!  Right now, we are in the waiting game.  Our dossier is in China and we are waiting ever so patiently (not) for LOA. We would love to hear anything but all has been silent.  Good thing we have the Olympics to distract us!

Anyway, back to our fundraiser.  I had a fellow orphan loving, adoption loving friend contact me with the offer of a lifetime.  My friend, Sonia, contacted me because she had won an awesome camera from another orphan loving, adoption loving warrior, Connie.  Connie, by the way, is working on bringing home their newest treasure as well!  Anyway, Sonia was thrilled to win but she wanted to pay it forward and give the camera to someone trying to bring another one home!  Long story short, she has offered us the camera to use as a fundraiser to help raise the remaining funds needed to bring Caelyn home.  Right now, we are still needing funds for travel.  Our agency estimates that we are looking at $10,000.  That seems insurmountable to us but not for God; He called us to this journey and He will see us through.

Here is the information about the fundraiser/giveaway:

It's a Nikon D5100 16.2MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm lens. A very nice looking camera!!

Here is how the fundraiser/giveaway will work:

You may use the chip-in on the sidebar or email me for information on how to send funds directly. (The chip-in button does not work from an ipad or iphone need to use Internet explorer for it to show up)

Each $25 contribution = 1 shot

Each $50 contribution = 3 shots

Each blog post share = 1 additional shot

Each FB share = 1 additional shot

Please leave a comment or email me to let me know what you did.

Fundraiser ends August 31st and the drawing will be held that day!

These funds will all be used toward our travel expenses to China.  Here is a reminder why we are doing this....

Because she waits....