The Final Countdown
Top Ten Reasons to Come to our
on September the 17th from 11-2
10. To leave space open in that Sunday pew for someone who REALLY needs it. (You know who I’m talking about!!)
9. We’ll name our daughter after every attendee. (As in, we’ll consider the consonants and vowels in each of your names and DEFINITELY include most of them in our daughter’s first, middle, and even last name! What an honor!)
8. With enough participants, we can coerce the lovely, talented Shalisha Kerr into singing theme music from Dukes of Hazzard, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. (Okay, just kidding. I’ll sing the last one. With no coercion whatsoever.)
7. Look at some of the silent auction items! Our friends created these things. With their hands (or printers or small businesses). Come meet them and admire their handiwork IN PERSON at the auction. Some *may* be willing to autograph their items for the lucky winners. (Kyle Dingle WAS Washington County’s 2016 Teacher of the Year, so pretty much a celebrity. He’ll be there.)
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| Kyle made this. The ruler, not my husband. |
6. Because of venue limitations, kids (besides in-arms infants) aren’t able to come. Which should be a HUGE motivating factor for parents to search the earth for childcare, so we can kick back and relax together -sans munchkins!! Woot-woot. #Sundayfunday
5. Food. Ah-mazing food. Debi, Mama of my longtime BFF Beth, has offered her catering services for the day. Here’s Beth’s very Julia Child-esque description of what will be available-
“Visit our deliciously assorted brunch tent to...
- Please your palate with various scones, muffins, & breads with delightful preserves & jams.
- Spark your senses with savory, crisp vegetable arrangements filling the breeze with their earthy aromas.
- Test your creativity with refreshing combinations of fruits, cheeses, & specialty crackers to pair with the beverage of your choice.
- Tempt your taste buds with scrumptious gourmet petite cupcakes, macaroons, & cookies bursting with fall flavors.”
The “vegetable arrangements filling the breeze with their earthy aromas” is MY personal favorite. (It makes me LOL every time.) But hey, I’m a vegetarian.
4. Red.Heifer.Winery. Have you been? If not, we’re really doing you a favor by introducing you to this gorgeous location AND its incredibly generous owners, Kevin & Yvonne. (There’s a reason JC’s first miracle was turning water into wine. You're welcome, everyone.)
3. Think of things you spend money on: Nerf guns, lego sets, Star Wars tee-shirts. (Oh wait, that’s JUST David and Elijah.) But seriously. Kill two birds with one stone, as in: Christmas presents + Charity points. We can totes make a “doing good” tally board (Read: Theologically unsound!) and give you marks. You could take pictures with it for proof.
2. My mini-van will be present. Perhaps we should record a slow-mo video of it climbing Red Heifer’s rocky drive. You guys, we’ve accidentally (and purposefully) peeled out so many times. The inevitable gravel shower and close-up of my cray face is reason enough to be there.
1. Our daughter. Um, you might not know this, but I hate advertising for our adoption. While I’m 100% game in cheerleading someone else’s charitable events, I never want folks feeling harassed by OUR adoption/fundraiser chatter. All of us have irritating things clogging up our Facebook feed; we’d prefer NOT to be lumped into that category. But, the flip side is, we’ll do freaking anything for our daughter. Anything. We’ve already been to hell and back for this girl, so bothering you on social media doesn't rank highly as a concern. (#sarinotsari) And if our family was independently wealthy, it'd be a different story. But we’re a social worker, part-time librarian, and geography bee champion. Not exactly swimming in the Benjamins like Scrooge McDuck. Should this exclude us from adoption or from providing our daughter with parents and a brother? I certainly hope not. So, you’ll have to put up with us for awhile. At least until we bring her home.
Tickets are now $20 and can be found (along with a concise description of our fundraiser) at EventBrite:
If we don’t have at least 50 tickets purchased by next Wednesday the 13th, your money will be refunded through EventBrite and we’ll host a Facebook auction of the donated items instead.
(Those who already purchased tickets at the original $30 price will
receive $10 towards the auction item of their choice -or- a beautiful
centerpiece designed by Coseytown flowers.)
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