Success! Our Adoption Fundraiser Yard Sale

As many of you know, we held our first ever adoption fundraiser yard sale this past weekend!  Saturday was AMAZING!  We got up bright and early and started setting up and even though the sale got well underway around 8:30a (we planned to start at 9a), we were able to finish setting everything out not long after 9a. 

It was a beautiful, hot sunny day, and so perfect for a yard sale!  We had a ton of traffic, were able to talk to people about our adoption, our lemonade stand manned by cute kids was a hit, and we made way more than we would have ever imagined!  Col was a beast and manned the floor like nobody's business!  He helped people test out electronics with extension cords, negotiated with people on prices and greeted everyone.  I am so thankful for him!  My introverted-self manned the checkout station and kept track of customers piles.  It was a fantastic day!

Unfortunately, we were rained out on Sunday.  We had about enough time to set up before the sprinkling turned into downpours which would let up for 20 minutes or so until it finally downpoured all afternoon.  We were disappointed, because we were excited to experience day 2 and sell a lot of stuff all at 50% off, but unfortunately the weather had other plans.  We made $59 on Sunday.  We still have some furniture and items to sell on craigslist that didn't go at the sale, which will also help.   Thankfully Saturday was successful, so it was all worth it!

We want to send a HUGE thank you to everyone who donated to our sale.  Because of you, we were able to offer a wide variety of many items for our customers.  Also, thank you to those who lent us much needed tables for set-up.  Your donations are what allowed us to be so successful!

Thank you to Christine and Heather for helping us sort and price items in the weeks before, especially when I was starting to get overwhelmed with the volume of stuff.

Thank you to our parents for helping us sort and prepare items before-hand, their constant help all day long at the sale, setting up, tearing down, feeding us, and for supporting us in yet another adoption-related venture!  My father-in-law was awesome at re-arranging and making everything look organized as the day went on.

Thank you to Heather and Aaron, who not only supplied what we needed for our lemonade stand, but sat in the sun to serve everyone.  A huge blessing!  Thank you to my sister-in-law and niece Kenzie, who also sold lots of lemonade for us.  We were going to forgo the lemonade stand last minute because we were overwhelmed, but I am so thankful to Heather and these two kiddos who owned it and made it such a success!

Thank you to Brenton and Rachel who helped us load everything into the garage right before the longest and hardest downpour of the day that closed us down.  Without you, we wouldn't have had it done in time!

Thank you to everyone who shared our event, talked about our journey, donated money, and stopped by the sale.  We are in awe of the people who God has placed in our lives and so blessed by everyone's generosity.  Words cannot express how grateful we are.  So I'll just say, thank you and we appreciate every single one of you!

I am so upset with myself for not taking any pictures!  We were running around like crazy all day, and I didn't even think about it. :(

And so, we are happy to report that with our craigslist pre-sales, generous donations, lemonade stand, and awesome yard sale, we raised:

$1,273.00!!!

 

Thank you for helping us bring Little L home! :)