April/May Update

We just finished our third Parent's Night Out, and it went great, as usual!  We had a smaller turnout than last time, with 3 kids coming, but we still made money for the adoption fund on a night that we would have just been at home (or worse, out spending money that we didn't need to spend!)  We're still slowly chipping in money when we can while still rebuilding our emergency saving fund and paying off medical bills. 

Our candy bar sales have kind of plateaued, but that was expected, and we both continue to keep them out at work and we sell a few here and there.  We have added over $100 to the adoption fund from just the candy bars, and we still have at least 200 bars left, which will be all profit.  We plan on keeping this up indefinitely.  In other candy news, I made some adorable birth announcements for my new nephews, Henry and Julian, on Hershey's Nuggets.  I have already received 2 other orders, $30 of which has already been put in the fund. 

A friend of mine will be hosting a Wrap Party on June 02, and is donating all proceeds to the adoption fund.  If you've never tried a body wrap and would like information on the party, please get in touch with me!

We are also planning on being a part of our neighborhood's rummage sale this year.  If you are interested in non-financial ways of helping us raise money, this is one!  We will be accepting any and all items you would like to donate to the rummage sale, and all of the proceeds will go into the fund.  I already have my car parked in the driveway for the foreseeable future so that we can start clearing out the house and organizing and pricing items.  We are happy to pick things up from your house if you live in the Indy area (or Muncie, though we would have to plan that on a weekend that we are there!).  The rummage sale isn't until sometime next month, so just get in touch with us if you have items to donate!

Klif has also been working major overtime lately, which has been helping out immensely with us catching up.  Pat him on the back next time you see him.  Or don't, because he doesn't like to be touched.  :)


Upcoming fundraising events:

Wrap Party - June 02
Jordan's June Bonus
Rummage Sale - June
June Parent's Night Out

March Update

We just had our second Parent's Night Out, and it was even better than the first. We had 5 kids attend, ages 3-7. They all got along great and had fun watching movies, playing video games, and playing with toys. They especially like decorating their own cupcakes! We made $85 from our second PNO, plus we made $40 more from two other days of babysitting this week.

I also have 2 burp cloth orders that will bring in another $40-50 as soon as I finish them up! Our personal contributions have slowed while we are working on building up our short term savings to access in case of an emergency, but we hope to be back to putting money in from each paycheck soon!

February Update!

We just held our first Parent's Night Out, where we offer childcare from 6-11pm for $10 per kid. It went really smoothly, probably partially because we only had 2 kids attend, but we are sure the numbers will go up in the future! We made $35 on a night that we would have just been at home anyway (thanks to some extra donations!), and only spent $5 on a Little Caesar's pizza. We are already setting up our second PNO, and the the parents who took part tonight seemed to really enjoy the time they had out by themselves!

Looking forward to the next one!

We are 1/4 of the way there!

Our tax money is in, and that took us right up to the 25% mark!

Tax time!

We love tax time. We have made a habit of having extra money pulled from our paychecks to get a lump sum returned to us after we file our taxes. I just transmitted our return and the adoption fund will be getting quite the boost in the next few weeks. I just had a couple of decently priced eBay auctions end, and I will also be adding those amounts in as soon as the money is received and I ship the items.

We're making progress!

We did it!

Thanks to one last Christmas donation and good paychecks from both Klif and I, we were able to chip in enough money to break the $1,000 mark!

We are feeling pretty good going into the new year, and look forward to 2012!

Merry Christmas!

We had a great holiday weekend and spent a lot of time just enjoying family and relaxing. We were also blessed with some financial gifts for the adoption fund, which I have added to our total. We are now over our 5% mark and we are quickly approaching $1,000. I have some items listed online, and a few items that have already sold, and I will be adding that money to the total once I receive all of the money and ship all of the items out.

Not only did the adoption fund get a much needed boost, but thanks to a lot of overtime on Klif's part, some clever saving, and some Christmas money, we were able to have major repairs done on both of our cars over the last couple weeks and it was all done in cash. I hated to see all of that money go at once, but it was a lot better than having to finance any of it!

We hope everyone has a great New Year's, and we will update again soon!

Klif, Jordan, and Will