Garage Sale Part Two-a praise Jesus kinda day

To begin with NO rain and that is saying something for the strange summer the Pac NW has had! It literally waited to rain until all was put under the tents and we were back inside resting last night!

First I can't say more without a ton of thank yous. In no particular order:

To: Sue and Ed and Cheyenne-for Friday and Saturday-Cheyenne you are a superfantastic 11 year old, a great jar washer and the greatest customer ever! Sue, thanks for the donations and all the help setting up on Friday. Ed, greatest hotdogs ever! Sue you were essential to keeping all the customers happy and boxed up-no one had to juggle their treasures with you around-it kept them shopping and that was just what we needed!

To: my sista friend Carrie. For working late into the night Friday-getting us fed both dinner and breakfast the next day!! For managing the cashbox with accuracy and a smile to each customer! For helping box the remainder up after 8+ hours of duty-did you ever take a potty break??? Oh, and thanks for the awesome donations too!

To: Becca and Panina...two awesome teenagers who make a mean rootbeer float and helped whenever and whereever they were needed. Also for the contributions to the Smiley bank AND for keeping the laughter alive all day!

To: Naomi who took time out of 1 of only 2 days she gets off with her own chillens to help us raise money for ours! You are the bomb girl-thanks for coming by and pitching in!

To: Aunt Pat and Gloria for dropping off some of the best sellers we had-fishing poles and books!

To everyone who donated their quality stuff-we sold 3/4 of everything we had and everyone mentioned what a nice assortment we had-THANK YOU for your donations!

To: any of our customers-whether you shopped, or donated to our smiley bank or shared a hot dog or rootbeer float with us...THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU

Because of all of you we raised just over $800 on this sale!! This will help so much.

Also of note were the family from Florida who had read our story and had stopped by just to give us a donation! They had just adopted 2 months ago and brought their precious baby daughter to our sale. I didnt get to meet you but want you to know how special your visit is to us-we'd love to see you again next year when you are in town-Thank you so much!

There were items that would have been difficult to dispose of had they not sold or been given away-PTL that even those items found new homes.

And of the remainder of the items, imagine the blessing it was to hear this morning that our new friend and dog sitter Tara will take these things and sell them at her consignment shop and actually give us the full price for whatever they sell for-she's even going to pick them up! Another Praise Jesus moment!! Thank you Tara and hubby AND if anyone needs an awesome dog sitter-let me know, I'll pass on Tara's contact info!

There was some comic relief in the day as well(besides the giggling girls I mean). Our friend, neighbor and police officer Jon showed up at the sale reporting a theft...his own... Seems late Friday night he was walking his dog(2am) and decided to take a peek at the goods! Using the flashlight end of his taser he proceeded to find a few books and videos he'd like. We of course knew nothing of this until he came later in the day to 'fess up. Once here he decided on a few other treasures and actually called a friend down who bought some more....who says crime doesn't pay??? ha ha

And last but not least the tables and huge tents that Cascade Dafo loaned us for this event were a god send-everyone loved our set up and the tents provided a great respite from the raining walnut shells(its time for all good little squirrels to start storing up for winter you know!)-Thanks Cascade!!

So, we're just about a week away from the big day. Its exciting and scary all at the same time. But we know that God is in control. Just as He brought us through the hardest times, so He will bring us through these times. We'd appreciate your continued prayers this week. I'll try to post at least once more before we head to baby town!