Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Here it is....More Precious Than Gold!!

We have decided to start another fundraiser. This fundraiser will continue until we bring Brian home.  There are companies that are looking for GOLD to buy, you know the stuff most of us have laying around, broken chains and other damaged pieces...or simply stuff we don't care for any more. We are asking friends and family and those that are following our journey to bring Brian home, to look for those items and send them to us, we then will send them in to one a company that will mail us a check and those funds we recieve will be used to help us bring Brian home. So if you have any items that you would like to donate, please send me a message and I will give you our address so you can send them to us. Thank you to all who have helped us so far and to those willing to help and where would we be without our prayer warriors, we praise God for all of you. Brian is More Precious than Gold!

Monday, December 20, 2010

More Precious Than Gold~~~~

   Well, I have not posted much lately other than Auction stuff, so it seems like I have been on here a lot, but I know that it has been awhile since I have posted anything. Our Homestudy is just about finished, and we are well on our way working on our Dossier. We are on pace to have our Dossier finished and ready to go in Feb!! Christmas has been somewhat difficult....having a little boy that we all love dearly in an orphanage in Eastern Europe...makes it hard for all. We are enjoying family and Christmas is a wonderful time of celebrating the birth of Christ, it is a time with family and friends.... but part of our hearts are in Eastern Europe. My children realized recently...that there is no tree for little Brian, no gifts...he is not with his forever family and it was touching and hard. We love him so much!! We pray for him often and pray that we will be able to get there to bring him home. God is so good and He is faithful! God has changed each member of this family, through this adoption journey. It has been good to see God working in our lives...each day we are reminded that God is in control.
   Our first blog auction has ended, we learned a lot... we know how to do things better next time around, actually...we were trying to decide if we were going to do another one...but Items are starting to be promised to us for our next auction, so we probably will do one more. We are still selling Lasagna...and that is going well, we will be adding other items as well, BBQ beef and dessert item/s hopfully. I have a friend who will be making necklaces for us to sell and...we are doing a "MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD" fundraiser. I will add a blog post about that tomorrow. A friend from Reece's Rainbow is doing the same fundraiser and shared the Idea...so we are doing the same. We think that it will be several different fundraisers that will help us raise the money to bring Brian home....so it means more work and one busy mom.....and that is okay...our little BRIAN is WORTH IT!!!
 

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Winners are...........

Blanket------Kristy L. $20-
Joy Picture-----WV. $5-
JOY Letters---Becky H. $5-
Hooded Towels---Charrissa B. $26-
"The Open Door"  Book---Mary M. $35-
Baby Hat----Marlene $5-
Necklace---R.N. $10-
Merry Christmas book set---Brady B. $1-
1st Set of Flowers---V.B. $3-
Hair Bows----Tammy $5-
2nd Set of Flowers---Maribeth $10-
Chinese Trinket---V.B. $5-
Photo Shoot---V.B. $20-
Gift Wrapping Service---Bryan B. $25-
Bracelet---Maribeth $20-
3rd Set of Flowers--- W.V. $10-
4th Set of Flowers--- Jenn A. $10-
Mickey Mouse Glasses---Mary M. $20-
Flatware--- Sheridan $ 280-
Eagle Plate---Becky H. $10-
Remember Plate---Brady $1-
Yellow Tigger---Maribeth $15-
Lg. Orange Tigger---B.V. $10-
Sm. Orange Tigger--- *** $5-
Starbucks Bear---Sarah $2.54-
Blue Tigger---Daniel S. $5-
If you choose to pay the chip-in please put on there that it is for the Burger family. Let me know you have paid and I will get your items to you. If you are paying me...just contact me and we can make arrangements to get your items to you. Thank you all for Bidding and helping us to earn money to bring Brian home!! We are so excited!!

It is done......Will post winners soon.

We have laerned a lot with this blog auction. Next time if we do another, We need to post starting bids, also I set it so comments would go directly on here, but for some reason it kept going back to moderation which made it tough for bidders. I will get the winners and then put up the list. Thank you to all of you!!

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

New Items and 4 More Days To Go!!

Well, it is finally here, our first Blog Auction. It started Thursday the 9th of Dec. night and will run until Friday December 17th at 11:00pm. Add your bid in the comment box of the item you're bidding on. We will anounce the winners shortly after the auction ends. We have two ways winners can pay for thier item. You can pay the chip-in on my blog, that money will be fore use when we travel to bring BRIAN home, or you can pay us directly which would help us pay for the paperwork that we are working on right now to bring him home. Remember, this is all to help us bring BRIAN home .  Have fun!!
Remember, this will help us BRING BRIAN HOME!
JUST A REMINDER, THE PURPOSE OF THIS AUCTION, IS TO RAISE FUNDS TO HELP US BRING OUR SWEET LITTLE BRIAN HOME!! Thank you!

Friday, December 10, 2010

Baby Hooded Bath Towel
I make these hooded bath towels for babies. They are big, but perfect for keeping an infant or toddler warm after a bath, and it is somtthing they can use for several years.
I will customize TWO hooded bath towels for the winner. You pick the colors you would like.
I might even try adding some embellishments!
Book "The Open Door" Donated By Charrissa B.
New Baby Hat donated by Luba B.
New Necklace Donated by Luba B.
More hair Pretties made by Melissa F.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Painted by: Molly A.  Brian captured her heart.
If you would like to see more Molly would be willing to donate something else. You can go to her website: www.studio21art.com/
A Portrait Session Provided by: Daniel S.
This Bracelet was made by Rachel R.
These Hair Pretties are made by Melissa F.
These Hair Pretties made by: Melissa F.

Blog Auction is Finally Here

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Our First Blog Auction........Starts on Thursday!!

Here are a few of the items that we will have on our blog auction. Our hope is to raise some funds for our adoption of Brian. We do need some of the funds to use for putting our Dossier together. We also have the chip-in....those funds will be for traveling and fee's when we are there to get Brian. We hope some of you who win items in our auction will be able to pay us. Thank you!!

Our Fist Blog Auction....Starts Thursday!!

Here are a few of the items that we will have on our blog auction. Our hope is to raise some funds for our adoption of Brian. We do need some of the funds to use for putting our Dossier together. We also have the chip-in....those funds will be for traveling and fee's when we are there to get Brian. We hope some of you who win items in our auction will be able to pay us. Thank you!!