Sunday, June 9, 2013
Another Successful Saturday...
We were all about the yard sale this Saturday. Thank you so much for all the donations everyone. We were able to raise enough to get to the half way point. We put a $5000 goal on the yard sale fundraising goal for the summer. We are HALF WAY there!! We have two weeks to get together more yard sale items. We will be out June 22nd for the next yard sale. I will need to go back through all my stuff to restock the garage. If you have any donations please let us know and we will come pick up the stuff!! We are feeling so accomplished even though we still have a long way to go but right now- WE ARE HALF WAY. Rejoicing in all the little accomplishments. :) Thank you to everyone who helped us get this far!!
Sunday, June 2, 2013
My beautiful Family!
I can't wait til our little Miles (in the small photo below) can join our family in the large photo above. I feel like this photo captures how we feel about the adoption right now. We are so blessed and hopeful for our family to be all together but he feels so far away! There is us here and him there!! Waiting for us all to be together is getting harder and harder!! Wish we could catch a flight right now and go be with him. The only way we know to try and tell him how we feel is through prayer. My heart bleeds for him to know that he has a family that loves him desperately. We are a family through faith and we will unite soon. I just wish he knew we are here, that we love him, and that we are doing everything in our power to come to him!! We love you Miles. Please know that Mommy and Daddy are coming.....
Saturday, June 1, 2013
First Official Fundraiser=Success!!
We are feeling so overwhelmingly blessed tonight! We had our first official fundraiser and it was such a success. We held a massive yard sale today from 7am-3pm. We had so many wonderful families donate a ton of amazing stuff. We were up late last night getting ready and up at the crack of dawn this morning to pull it all out and set up. I was so nervous NO ONE would show up. We were surprised by the overwhelming turnout. People came because they follow our blog, some came cause they follow us on Facebook, some came cause they saw our ad on craigslist, some came because they saw our signs on the road. Everyone was so supportive and we had such a successful day. I am hoping a few people decide to start following our journey :). We want to thank everyone who donated items, donated time, donated help, and came to the sale. Your generosity amounted in a LARGE appreciation from our family and we raised enough money to BUY ONE TICKET TO BULGARIA!!!!! So AMAZING!!! We are getting so close to meeting our sweet little Miles. We will be out next Saturday with more stuff and hopefully earn enough for one more ticket to Bulgaria!!! Hope to see you there!!
We would be lost with out them and want to give a shout out to my little sister and her boyfriend. Emmy and Dustin arrived at our house around 6pm last night. They cooked us dinner, helped us get ready, stayed the night, woke up at 5am to help set up, stayed for the entire yard sale, helped us clean up and didn't leave here til close to 4pm today. You guys are amazing!! We love you so much and are so blessed to have an Aunt and Uncle that love our son as much as we love him. Thank you so much for your help, support, love and dedication to our family!! We are forever grateful for all you do for us!!
Remember to visit our online store for all your coffee needs. 50% of whatever you buy is sent directly to our Adoption Agency to cover adoption fees. Thank you so much!!
https://justlovecoffee.com/loveoutloud.hawley
We would be lost with out them and want to give a shout out to my little sister and her boyfriend. Emmy and Dustin arrived at our house around 6pm last night. They cooked us dinner, helped us get ready, stayed the night, woke up at 5am to help set up, stayed for the entire yard sale, helped us clean up and didn't leave here til close to 4pm today. You guys are amazing!! We love you so much and are so blessed to have an Aunt and Uncle that love our son as much as we love him. Thank you so much for your help, support, love and dedication to our family!! We are forever grateful for all you do for us!!
Remember to visit our online store for all your coffee needs. 50% of whatever you buy is sent directly to our Adoption Agency to cover adoption fees. Thank you so much!!
https://justlovecoffee.com/loveoutloud.hawley
Monday, April 29, 2013
Piles of paperwork
The overwhelming amount of paperwork!! There is a common saying in the adoption world that if you stop doing paperwork than you stop being pregnant. It is very true!! Everyday you are pregnant you have to take care of that little one living inside of you. When you are adopting the only way to get closer to that little one, the only thing you can do to keep the process moving, the only thing that is a constant is PAPERWORK!! We are at a little bit of a stand still with paperwork as we wait on Agencies, Government, NBC and the MOJ. Standing still is way to hard for me so in order to feel like we are still progressing forward I have dove head first into Fundraising mode. I have been amazed at how hard it is to fundraise when you are not a Nonprofit but that is NOT going to stop us. I have been busy making flyer's, letters, announcement cards, yard sale signs, and much more. Today I went a viewed a venue for the Night Out Event!! It is perfect and the lady who owns it is so great. I am excited to get started planning that event. Our 5k/10k run is coming along nicely. We are almost ready to start collecting business sponsor for the t-shirts. The yard sale pile is growing almost daily thanks to such amazing people. We have had two WONDERFUL people purchase coffee on https://justlovecoffee.com/loveoutloud.hawley. We are truly blessed to have such amazing people surrounding us and supporting us through this journey. THANK YOU!!
Sunday, April 28, 2013
5K/10K RUN
Found out that the Latah County Fair is on Sept 7th so that wont work for our fundraising event. New date will be Aug. 24th!!! More details to follow....
MILES!!!
WE ARE SOOO AMAZINGLY BLESSED!!!
We have received our referral. Our dear son Miles Svetlev Hawley will be joining our family. He was born on June 25, 2010 which means that our boys will be exactly 1 year and 12 days apart. What a fun month June will be for our family!! He is beautiful!! We are hoping to be able to post a picture soon.
We have always been open to children with specials needs. The Lord blessed us with Miles who is autistic. He is nonverbal and has developmental delays. Early intervention is key for autistic children. We are eager to meet him and so excited to be his forever family. WE need to get Miles home in order to get him the medical attention he so desperately needs. The great news is that YOU CAN HELP!!
Here is how we plan to get him home:
**YARD SALES: Please donate anything and everything you do not need or want!! We will sell it and the money will help us to bring our son home. We will hold yard sales on June 1, June 8, June 22, and June 29. If we still have donations rolling in and have stuff to sell we will continue into the month of July. Still working, still having donation roll in then we will KEEP GOING!! :)
**Night Out: We are shooting for Sept. 7th. We will hold a HUGE night out. There will be food, drinks and karaoke. We will have a silent auction, a presentation, and a TON OF FUN!! This night is aimed at allowing adults to fellowship and enjoy each others company while raising money for the adoption and to educate others about the need and process of adoption. It will be a casual event. If you have anything you would like to donate to the silent auction, please contact me 509-595-8803.
**5k/10k Walk or Run: Also happening Sept. 7th. There will be t-shirts and a discount for early registration. This event will take place in Pullman, WA. Please come and support our precious little boy!!
https://justlovecoffee.com/loveoutloud.hawley- Please visit our Store Front. You can bring Miles home one sip at a time!! We wanted to do something that allows our friends and family that are not local an opportunity to participate. Visit our site, order your coffee, and save a life!!!
**Pancake Feed: We are going to partner with our local Applebees and host a Pancake Breakfast!! More to come on this. Tickets will be available soon....
**Last but NOT least: If anyone feels it in there hearts to help us in our efforts to bring this beautiful little boy home you can donate to our adoption fund by sending a check to our adoption agency. They will apply that money to our outstanding balance. Below is the instructions.
All God's Children International
Attn: Soojin Parks
3308 NE Peerless Place
Portland, OR 97232
***IMPORTANT: in the notes section of your check write- HAWLEY FAMILY ADOPTION***
We have received our referral. Our dear son Miles Svetlev Hawley will be joining our family. He was born on June 25, 2010 which means that our boys will be exactly 1 year and 12 days apart. What a fun month June will be for our family!! He is beautiful!! We are hoping to be able to post a picture soon.
We have always been open to children with specials needs. The Lord blessed us with Miles who is autistic. He is nonverbal and has developmental delays. Early intervention is key for autistic children. We are eager to meet him and so excited to be his forever family. WE need to get Miles home in order to get him the medical attention he so desperately needs. The great news is that YOU CAN HELP!!
Here is how we plan to get him home:
**YARD SALES: Please donate anything and everything you do not need or want!! We will sell it and the money will help us to bring our son home. We will hold yard sales on June 1, June 8, June 22, and June 29. If we still have donations rolling in and have stuff to sell we will continue into the month of July. Still working, still having donation roll in then we will KEEP GOING!! :)
**Night Out: We are shooting for Sept. 7th. We will hold a HUGE night out. There will be food, drinks and karaoke. We will have a silent auction, a presentation, and a TON OF FUN!! This night is aimed at allowing adults to fellowship and enjoy each others company while raising money for the adoption and to educate others about the need and process of adoption. It will be a casual event. If you have anything you would like to donate to the silent auction, please contact me 509-595-8803.
**5k/10k Walk or Run: Also happening Sept. 7th. There will be t-shirts and a discount for early registration. This event will take place in Pullman, WA. Please come and support our precious little boy!!
https://justlovecoffee.com/loveoutloud.hawley- Please visit our Store Front. You can bring Miles home one sip at a time!! We wanted to do something that allows our friends and family that are not local an opportunity to participate. Visit our site, order your coffee, and save a life!!!
**Pancake Feed: We are going to partner with our local Applebees and host a Pancake Breakfast!! More to come on this. Tickets will be available soon....
**Last but NOT least: If anyone feels it in there hearts to help us in our efforts to bring this beautiful little boy home you can donate to our adoption fund by sending a check to our adoption agency. They will apply that money to our outstanding balance. Below is the instructions.
All God's Children International
Attn: Soojin Parks
3308 NE Peerless Place
Portland, OR 97232
***IMPORTANT: in the notes section of your check write- HAWLEY FAMILY ADOPTION***
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