The holiday times have just taken up all my time and I'm exhausted by the time I get home, I promise to spend more time at home and on my computer catching up with various things!
Okay so back to our trip!!!!!
Two fundraisers down.. and oh what great ones!
First we had the Santa Photos on last Friday December 10th, it was mainly during the day, so I wasn't able to get there until after 5pm, but luckily Dennis and Jason were there to help out along with Yvonne. Our fabulous photographer Amaryllis (here is her website: http://amaryllisimages.com/)was awesome!! She spent all day taking great photos and we had a real looking Santa, it was so much fun to see her work and her set up, wish I could have been there longer. Here is a friends son with our Santa that Amaryllis took;
We (I use we very loosely, we know that Amaryllis did most of the work for this event!) raised $743!!!!! Wahoo go team!
Last night was our next fundraiser... Beer for Books! What a blast, Jen was leading the team and set up some great bands, including Brandon from our group. I think we had a great turn out, even people that didn't know about our event bought raffle tickets for our numerous gifts that got donated to us! I can't believe we had so many great things! I feel super blessed too, I had some great friends and family come out and support me and our team. After getting lost for a while trying to find the place, we arrived and Lynsey and Justin were already there! So great to see their smiling faces! Thanks guys! My sister Shannon came with us, so nice to have her around now..... blessing in disguise there :) My friend Aja came, even though she couldn't find anyone to carpool with, she still came out, had a drink and supported us, so great! Our friend Matt came too, sad that Karen had to work, but she was there in spirit, I could feel it! Love you guys! Of course I got to spend time with three more of my favorite people, Dennis, Jason, and Shannon.... we are going to be a great travel team, and I know this will bring us all so much closer, love my friends!
My favorite thing about this event is that it was a great opportunity for our group to get together and hang out and get to know each other a little more. I really enjoyed that too. I can see so many great friendships forming from our group already. I felt a few connections on the first day and they just keep growing!
Beer for Books raised $863!!!! Awesome!
Jen was such a great announcer! Good thing we have someone in the group that liked to talk on the mic! I have better pictures coming soon!
Here is also a great pic of our group from our last meeting. Sure wish I would have had a warning so I didn't wear that bright neon pink shirt! I love it, but it sure doesn't go well with everyone else in the picture :)
Can't type anymore today... got my second set of Hep A and Hep B shots... and my arm hurt instantly, I think it was done being poked for the year! But we did get a prescription for sleeping pills, cause I'm sure we will need them for the long long long flight!
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