Yard Sale Update!

Our garage has been steadily filling up with stuff to sell thanks to our awesome and generous friends and family! The date for the yard sale is June 30th and we have decided that we will just hold it at our house. Too much hassle to transport all of the items we have amassed.

We are also going to attempt to have a bake sale at the same time and this is where we are going to ask for more help (surprised?). Would you consider baking something to donate to our bake sale? Or do you have any foodie connections where we could get some things donated (I'm thinking biscuits, donuts, beverages, etc)?

Send us a message or comment if you'll be able to help. We wouldn't be able to do this without all of your Leo and for that we are eternally grateful!!

Kindle Fire giveaway!!

Our first big fundraiser is a Kindle Fire that we are giving away!



The Kindle Fire gives you:

• Access to 19 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, and books. 
• Thousands of popular apps and games, including Netflix, Hulu Plus, Pandora and more
• Ultra-fast web browsing - Amazon Silk
• Free cloud storage for all your Amazon content
• Vibrant color touchscreen with extra-wide viewing angle - same as an iPad
• Fast, powerful dual-core processor
• Favorite children's books, graphic novels, and magazines in rich color
• Amazon Prime Members enjoy unlimited, instant streaming on thousands of popular movies and TV shows
• Amazon Prime Members choose from over a hundred thousand books to borrow for free

This is a $200 value.  Click here for details.  You do not have to be local to enter this giveaway; we can ship to the winner.

To enter the giveaway all you have to do is click on our paypal donate button to the right.  Make sure you specify in the note section that you are entering the Kindle Fire giveaway.  

You get one entry per $5 donated.  At $25, then number of entries goes up. After you donate, you can also get an extra entry for sharing on facebook, blogging or tweeting about this.  Just make sure you let me know that you've shared so I can add your entry.

$5 = 1 entry

$25 = 7 entries

$75 = 25 entries

$100 = 40 entries

The drawing will be held on June 30th.  Please share with anyone you think might be interested and good luck!

Homestudy complete!

Yesterday was the long awaited homestudy.  This was the last thing we had to do in our long checklist from the agency.  A social worker came to our house for about two hours.  She interviewed both of us together, then each individually and then we went on a tour of the house.  Linus (our dog) was a bit too excited to see someone new and jumped all over her while she was sitting on the couch.  Lucky for us, she's a dog person.

She still has to write up the homestudy which will take a few weeks.  After that we are officially "on the list".  Right now it looks like our wait time is going to be around two years.  It's a long time yes, but we need that time to be able to save enough money.

We have some exciting ideas for some fundraisers, the first one being our yard sale in May.  We have been collecting donations.  If you have anything from spring cleaning we will gladly take it and add to our yard sale collection!  We were able to take advantage of a great sale on Amazon and we have a brand new Kindle Fire that we will be raffling at some point.  Also in the works are plans for a spaghetti dinner and a silent auction so if you know of anyone who is creative or has a skill they would like to donate, please send them our way!

We appreciate all of the support everyone has shown us so far and are thankful for every one of you!