Event Success

Well, the party is over. Thank you God!

Our spaghetti dinner (wonderfully prepared and donated by Sumer Galloway, Succotash and Matt Edmunds) and silent auction was a success. Thanks to the generosity and support of our family, friends, family of friends, co-workers and church pals, our attorney's fees are fully funded.

Wait.
Did you catch that?
Fully funded Baby!! Woo hoo

Now, our dossier heads out this week and our first payment to the attorney officially gets paid.

Wow.
I've got goose bumps.

We are a long way from bringing the boys home, but what a giant leap forward!

(the tables looked even better filled with yummy salads and brownies.)

I would be remiss not to name names:

Thank you to Kelly, our Adoption Finance Coach extraordinaire, for her guidance, professional opinions, support and electronic gift processing skills.

Heather, you are the most selfless, generous silent auction coordinator I could've ever hoped for. Thank you for advertising, organizing, transporting, storing, embellishing and coordinating our items. You may have a calling outside of anesthesia to fall back on :)

Mom, thank you. For listening during this difficult season, for running errands and picking up the tab, for making phone calls when plans changed and help fell through, for your hard work the day of the event (and getting the kids to take a nap so they weren't messes), and for your prayers on our behalf.

Dad, as usual, without you the lights wouldn't have been bright enough, the temperature wouldn't have been just right, and a million other little things may have been overlooked. Thank you for scrubbing pots and pans too. I love you.

Thank you Aimee for your wrapping skills and sacrificed Friday night helping me bring it all together and look fabulous! Matt and Sumer - saying "thank you" doesn't scratch the surface. Amy, Stefanie, Deb and Lowell, Jerome and Shaun and Katie - thank you for your support when I needed it most.

Thank you Mom and Dad Postnikoff for the hours and hours spent baking and wrapping and making the BEST poviticia around and for donating all the profits to our family.

Alan and Patti, as adoptive parents you understand some of the stress and expenses we are experiencing. Thank you for helping us out in so many ways. I miss you, as I expected, but especially during this season of the year. 

I'm a little teary eyed as I type this, but I love you guys! Thank you all for your friendship, support, generosity, and love.

Eric and I are blessed beyond belief to have such wonderful, supportive, and generous friends in our lives. Thank you for coming out to lift us up! Thank you to all of our friends who had other committments as well - your words of encouragement, interest in our journey, and ongoing support throughout this process is truly appreciated.

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