Yard Sale #3

Our yard sale went wonderfully! We had some wonderful people who generously donated their time to help us set up and tear down.  We ended up doing the yard sale at a lot that the water company that Gavin works for owns.  We got out there at about 4AM!  Gavin graded the lot a little and then I set up the tables.  At about 5:30, our help arrived and helped us move stuff from our garage to the yard sale site.  The yard sale was huge as usual and we were not done setting up until about 9.  Talk about hard work!  It was totally worth it!  We came out with about $1300.  What a blessing!  It was less than we made at our last yard sale but still a lot of money!

The guys! 

We have decided that we are going to send most of the leftover stuff over to goodwill or stepping stones.  Most of the stuff left is stuff that we have had for the last three yard sales and it just isn't selling.  We are going to get rid of it and start collecting new donations.  We are not sure if we will have time for another yard sale.  We will just have to see how many donations we get donated to us.  Honestly we are sort of hoping that this process goes so fast, we don't have time to have another one.  They are exhausting and take a lot of work to put on.  We also know that God calls us to be diligent and work hard while we wait for him to make this happen.  The next one will also have to take place in the winter and setting up a yard sale at 4 in the morning in December just does not sound fun.  We will just keep praying about it and keep see what donations come in.

The ladies!

We are also considering doing a car wash....maybe pretty soon while its still warm outside.  Does anyone have much experience with car washes?  How much you made?  How you made it successful 

It was huge!

We are also applying for more grants so please be praying for those.  At this point we are really working our fingers to the bone and are pretty tired.  We would love to get more grants and have to fundraiser less...but I guess so would every adopting family!  God never said this would be easy!

Irelyn's favorite toy....a huge bird cage.

All in all we are feeling very blessed this weekend.  We are blessed by the money made in the yard sale.  Blessed by the help of our friends and family this weekend, and blessed by the time we got to spend just the three of us raising money to bring our kids home.

Going to get lunch.  Don't worry i did not actually take her on the road.