Back to School!!!

I can't believe in less than a week we will be heading back and forth to Grand Rapids!!! This summer has just flown by! :( Although we are sad that summer is coming to a close we are excited that Alaina is going to be getting back into school and that means some major therapy! Also, everyday is just one day closer to us leaving for NJ and getting her surgery done! She has a doctor's appointment on the 5th of September. This will be a physical to ensure the doctor that she is healthy for surgery. Also, she needs to have an EKG done and blood work. One more step closer!

Pray for Alaina, she recently got the flu and hasn't been able to keep anything down! It's been a rough 36 hours in this household!

It's now a MEMORY!!!

These are just a few pictures of the event on Saturday! We had a blast and I am happy to say that it is now just a memory!

In case you are all wondering the grand total......just over $13,000

Praise God, he has supplied us with what we need again and again!

This amount will cover the cost of her surgery almost to the penny!

If you still feel led to give I am leaving the donation button up. Alaina attends a special school for children with Cerebral Palsy and Spina Bifida the cost to attend for the year is just over $15,000. We know that this is expensive, but we feel that this is the right place for her at this time in her life!

Thank you to everyone that made this fund-raiser possible and your generosity is immensely appreciated!

Just ONE more week!

I can't even believe that the 16th is creeping up so fast! It seems like just the other day we were sitting at Pizza Hut talking about what we were going to do? That was in February! My how time flys! I am so excited for it to be here, and for it to be over with.

Hope to see many of you next Saturday. It should be a fun day for the whole family and I know my kids are really excited and they really don't know what it is they are excited about :) Although now that they know the Fire Truck is coming they are just that much more excited! It will be fun

Pay It Forward

I really am amazed and blessed at the help we've received from the community, family, friends and strangers! Thank you, merci, gracias...


I know one day I will be able to pay it forward and help out somebody, maybe it will be you? Looking forward to that day!

It's getting closer and closer by the second according to my countdown clock! I'm not sure if that thing is giving me more anxiety or helping me remember when our event is? All of the details are coming together and I am excited, nervous and stressed all rolled into the pit of my stomach! My biggest fear is that no one will come! Does anyone know that this carnival/auction is even happening?


A few prayer requests:

• The main road in front of the church is all torn up to pieces! Please pray that people that want to come will be able to find it and there will not be any major construction going on the day of our event!


• that people will come:)


• The weather will be nice for our event!

Praises:

• My husband knows a couple that puts on a carnival themed event every year. They are letting us borrow whatever we need!!! Thank you


• My friends and family are helping me plan this event!


• We already have had some monetary donations come in and we are amazed!

Notice in the sidebar I have added a list of events taking place during the carnival and some of the auction items!

Do you like to buy online?

Today beginning at 4:00pm EST two shops on Etsy will be holding a mini-fundraiser for Alaina, with all the proceeds going directly to her! This picture just shows off some of the goodies that will be up for sale! So if you like to buy online, love handmade goodies that no one else has then you need to go visit these adorable shops and start adding to that cart of yours!

The shops you can find all of the goodies at are Little Bit Funky and Jane Says these two girls are super friendly and take paypal too:)

Thank you...

Hi All, I have been trying lately to put on this blog a meter to keep everyone up to date on how much money we have raised for Alaina. I'm having a tough time finding one:) To date we have raised $1840, Thank you!

An update on her surgery...everything is going as planned and we have the date, we just booked our hotel and I just made an appointment with her pediatrician for a history and physical, plus she needs some lab work done! Since we have confirmed that we are having the surgery done, the amounts are confirmed...for the actual surgery it is about $8700, for her to be in the hospital it is about $3500 and for the anesthesiologist it is $875. So we estimated a little low. We trust that God will provide for our needs and we are so thankful for every one's support thus far!!!

At the park...an update!

Alaina is doing so well! We officially got the letter from Dr. Nuzzo stating that she is a candidate for the PERC's surgery so we are very excited about that. So we are planning for the end of September. There is a link to what Dr. Nuzzo does on the sidebar. We took the girls to the park and they had so much fun!
This picture is so cute. Addie wanted to hang onto Alaina's hand, but she needs it to hold onto the walker, so Addie just held onto her walker and walked side by side:) so sweet!
We are on summer vacation and Alaina is enrolled in Occupational therapy and Aquatic therapy. She loves both!

Thank you to all who have supported us already! We appreciate it so much!

I will be adding the list of auction items soon!