It has been a wildly busy weekend (lots of paperwork, organization, phone calls, emails and food prep!), but tomorrow is finally almost here. By 1:00 tomorrow afternoon we will open the doors of the fundraising lunch and silent auction for the Faires’ adoption.
When those boys finally get here we’ll be able to tell them that Auntie Rae cooked more than 15 quarts of mushrooms (which totally gross me out, by the way) and Uncle Ryan brewed 19 gallons of iced tea to help get them here.
Not only that, but their future community has donated just short of $6,000(!!) worth of goods and services to be auctioned at the lunch. It has been so exciting to see everyone rally around the Faires family (even some people who don’t even know them!) and donate what they can to help. It’s neat that so many people in our community have invested in these boys. I can’t wait to see what happens tomorrow!
I thought y’all might think it would be fun to see the final list of goodies we’ll be auctioning tomorrow, so I’m posting them tonight for your perusing pleasure:
| Good/Service | Donated By | Value |
| 16 oz. Pure Raw Honey | Hilltop Haven Honey | $10 |
| 16 oz. Pure Raw Honey | Hilltop Haven Honey | $10 |
| 1 lb. Casi Cielo Coffee | Starbucks | $13 |
| Magnetic Flap Journal | Penman Paper | $16 |
| Amura 2005 Pinotage | Mallory Lane Wine | $17 |
| Castello DiMonastero 2005 Chianti Classico | Mallory Lane Wine | $17 |
| Men’s Haircut | Dave’s Barber Shop | $18 |
| Men’s Haircut | Dave’s Barber Shop | $18 |
| Woven Leather Deluxe Journal | Penman Paper | $24 |
| Embossed Leather Journal | Penman Paper | $24 |
| Luxury Bath Items | Bathos | $25 |
| $25 Gift Certificate | Mellow Mushroom | $25 |
| Necklace | Whats-In-Store | $25 |
| Leather Laptop Bag | Becky Walton | $30 |
| Leather Bible Cover | Penman Paper | $30 |
| Manicure | LaBella Salon & Spa | $30 |
| Oil Change | Gateway Tire | $32 |
| Oil Change | Gateway Tire | $32 |
| Oil Change | Gateway Tire | $32 |
| 5 Burritos | Baja Fresh | $35 |
| 5 Burritos | Baja Fresh | $35 |
| Handmade Tutu | Tracy Abney (woot!) | $35 |
| Women’s Haircut | Kari Russell | $45 |
| Babysitting (up to 5 hours) | Lizzie Goddard | $50 |
| Babysitting (up to 5 hours) | Audrey Anderson | $50 |
| 2 Tickets | Boiler Room Theatre | $50 |
| Routinely Sleeping Basket | I Slept Great | $65 |
| 50-Minute Relaxation Massage | Hand and Stone | $70 |
| Movie Basket | Beth Beard | $75 |
| 1-Hour Massage | Serendipidy | $75 |
| I Slept Great Kit | I Slept Great | $78 |
| 5 CDs & Tshirt | Seeds Family Worship | $79 |
| Bumble & Bumble and Haircut | Dion’s South | $89 |
| Bumble & Bumble and Haircut | Dion’s South | $98 |
| Piano Tuning | On Key Piano Tuning | $100 |
| CAbi Gift Certificate | Alexa Ketchum | $100 |
| 7-day Kennel Stay | High Meadow Kennels | $105 |
| 1-night Weekend Hotel Stay | Embassy Suites | $120 |
| Haircut and Color | Rodney Mitchell Salon | $120 |
| Bird Portrait | Vicki Sawyer | $125 |
| Bird Portrait | Vicki Sawyer | $125 |
| Dinner for Two | Capitol Grille | $150 |
| 2 tutoring sessions | Knowledge Points | $196 |
| Vintage Blue Fox Coat | Alexa Ketchum | $200 |
| Photography Session | Claire Wise | $225 |
| 1-hour Voice Lesson | Singing Success | $250 |
| Teeth Whitening | Grant Hensley DDS | $300 |
| Exam & $200 in eyewear | The Spectacle Shoppe | $300 |
| Illustration Commission | Caleb Faires | $300 |
| Photography Session | Leslee Mitchell | $395 |
| Website Design | Ryan Myers | $1,500 |
Pray for us tomorrow as we work hard to actually pull this meal and auction off. I’ll try to post some photos tomorrow once it’s all said and done (and once I can finally put my feet up!)
Goodnight, friends!
>We’re looking forward to it. Hope all goes well! Thanks for making the mushrooms- we’ll enjoy them.
>yay! I hope it went well. I was thinking of you guys all day today!
>So excited to hear how it went!