Our sweet Landriebug has decided to start fundraiser to help bring her brother home! She has bought, with her own money, a 100 piece puzzle of the world and when you "buy" a piece, she will write your name on the back of the piece. When all 100 pieces are sold, she will put it together and it will hang in Henry's room! It will be a reminder of how many people loved him home!
Landrie has decided that she would like to raise $10 per puzzle piece, because her goal is $1000! Not only are you helping bring Henry home, you are instilling the spirit of generosity and giving in an 11 year old girl.....I'd call that priceless!
Our PayPal link is on the top left side of our blog! Thank you!
Just the story of our little family that is slightly off kilter and just a wee bit strange...we laugh inappropriately , are super loud , we appreciate the small stuff and have a lot of fun doing life. Cause really , normal is so overrated anyway.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Matching Grant time!
We are so excited! We have been offered a matching grant of $300! If we are able to raise $300 by this Sunday the 27th, the grant will be matched another $300! That's $600! Woo hoo! We need this, friends! So please, if you can.....donate and share this post!
The best ways to donate are our Project Hopeful FIG fund...we can access these funds at any time and can use it for our dossier, which we really need to get done! AND it is a tax-deductible donation!
http://www.projecthopeful.org/waiting-kids/matched-children-and-families#Kael
You can also donate to our ChipIn...
Which, for the life of me, I can NOT get it to link here...but if you scroll down on the right side of the blog there is a label marked ChipIn that you can click on and it will take you there from back in the day when I could figure out how to link it! Sorry for the confusion! I am easily overwhelmed at this point!
There is also our PayPal tab on the top left of the blog!
Thank you so much for helping to bring our little man home! We are really to the point that we need to get this process wrapped up....it's time for him to meet his family!
The best ways to donate are our Project Hopeful FIG fund...we can access these funds at any time and can use it for our dossier, which we really need to get done! AND it is a tax-deductible donation!
http://www.projecthopeful.org/waiting-kids/matched-children-and-families#Kael
You can also donate to our ChipIn...
Which, for the life of me, I can NOT get it to link here...but if you scroll down on the right side of the blog there is a label marked ChipIn that you can click on and it will take you there from back in the day when I could figure out how to link it! Sorry for the confusion! I am easily overwhelmed at this point!
There is also our PayPal tab on the top left of the blog!
Thank you so much for helping to bring our little man home! We are really to the point that we need to get this process wrapped up....it's time for him to meet his family!
Help Henry Home!
Wonderful news....our time crunch/date/paperwork issue has been resolved and we are not working against that timeline any longer! BUT we still want our little man home as soon as humanly possible! So we are still working hard on fundraising and praying that we are blessed with some grants!
This week I would like to ask, okay, maybe beg...just a little, to share our family and our story with your friends on FaceBook, your blog, any way that you can! Several of our friends have already done this and our Project Hopeful FIG fund went up almost $800! In just a couple of days! We don't know if this will do any good, but we feel like it just might. Stranger things have happened!
So please, share our blog as many times as possible this week!
Oh and we have announced our little man's new name! We will be naming him Henry Jude (he is currently Kael on RR)...Henry means ruler of the home and Jude means praised and of course, St. Jude is the patron Saint of Lost Causes....which is just so appropriate for our family! Ha!
This week I would like to ask, okay, maybe beg...just a little, to share our family and our story with your friends on FaceBook, your blog, any way that you can! Several of our friends have already done this and our Project Hopeful FIG fund went up almost $800! In just a couple of days! We don't know if this will do any good, but we feel like it just might. Stranger things have happened!
So please, share our blog as many times as possible this week!
Oh and we have announced our little man's new name! We will be naming him Henry Jude (he is currently Kael on RR)...Henry means ruler of the home and Jude means praised and of course, St. Jude is the patron Saint of Lost Causes....which is just so appropriate for our family! Ha!
Monday, January 14, 2013
What's New
So I haven't posted in FOREVER. Mainly because I am busy and a little because I'm tired. Tired of this process. Tired of waiting. Tired of our boy being in an orphanage. Coffee doesn't fix this tired.
Some HUGE things have happened since my last post. Things I can't talk about....yet! But very good things! Seriously, don't you hate it when people do that? I do, yet I just did it. Hypocrite.
So, as of today I am finishing the last things up for our dossier. We are waiting for our blood work to get back. We had to re-do our physicals because we had them done almost a year ago and, apparently they "expire". Those should be all done on Friday. We will get all of the dossier papers notarized and then apostilled (come ON....we have to notarize the fact that our notary is real??? So weird!), which luckily, we can walk in to the Capitol and have done very quickly!
The kicker? We have to do this now. Like NOW. The dossier has to go ASAP! And we are $8000 short. Our homestudy approves us for a child "up to 3", well, the little Mr. turns 3 on March 3. IF we don't get the dossier in and get our referral back by his birthday, his country will say that we aren't approved for a child "3 and up". Makes me want to voh-meet, as my friend's son would say. We would have to re-do a lot of stuff.....homestudy update and a new USCIS approval. Which means more money and more time. We have applied for several grants, but it is a timing thing right now. We are gonna either have to put our little boy on a credit card or take out a loan. Sorry Dave Ramsey, we have completely failed you.
BUT a little boy's life hangs in the balance. He needs to come home. Soon. He's waited long enough.
And if you happen to know Dave Ramsey, ask him if he wouldn't mind making a donation to our adoption. I know he's good for it! And it's tax deductible! ;0)
Ways to donate to our adoption.....yeah, I hate this part too!
We are signed up to be a FIG Family with Project Hopeful! This is a tax deductible way to donate to our family. We are able to access this money at any time, so it could be used for immediate needs, like our dossier!
http://www.projecthopeful.org/waiting-kids/matched-children-and-families#Kael
Reece's Rainbow is another way to make a tax deductible donation to our family. We will get these funds when we are traveling to pick up our little man!
http://reecesrainbow.org/sponsorsaubers
Paypal-
There is a link on the top left hand column of the blog. Not tax deductible, but we are able to access the money immediately.
You can also see the fundraising blog post for our Just Love Coffee fundraiser and 147 Million fundraiser!
THANK YOU! <3 We couldn't do this without your help and support. It truly does take a village! Our village rocks!
Some HUGE things have happened since my last post. Things I can't talk about....yet! But very good things! Seriously, don't you hate it when people do that? I do, yet I just did it. Hypocrite.
So, as of today I am finishing the last things up for our dossier. We are waiting for our blood work to get back. We had to re-do our physicals because we had them done almost a year ago and, apparently they "expire". Those should be all done on Friday. We will get all of the dossier papers notarized and then apostilled (come ON....we have to notarize the fact that our notary is real??? So weird!), which luckily, we can walk in to the Capitol and have done very quickly!
The kicker? We have to do this now. Like NOW. The dossier has to go ASAP! And we are $8000 short. Our homestudy approves us for a child "up to 3", well, the little Mr. turns 3 on March 3. IF we don't get the dossier in and get our referral back by his birthday, his country will say that we aren't approved for a child "3 and up". Makes me want to voh-meet, as my friend's son would say. We would have to re-do a lot of stuff.....homestudy update and a new USCIS approval. Which means more money and more time. We have applied for several grants, but it is a timing thing right now. We are gonna either have to put our little boy on a credit card or take out a loan. Sorry Dave Ramsey, we have completely failed you.
BUT a little boy's life hangs in the balance. He needs to come home. Soon. He's waited long enough.
And if you happen to know Dave Ramsey, ask him if he wouldn't mind making a donation to our adoption. I know he's good for it! And it's tax deductible! ;0)
Ways to donate to our adoption.....yeah, I hate this part too!
We are signed up to be a FIG Family with Project Hopeful! This is a tax deductible way to donate to our family. We are able to access this money at any time, so it could be used for immediate needs, like our dossier!
http://www.projecthopeful.org/waiting-kids/matched-children-and-families#Kael
Reece's Rainbow is another way to make a tax deductible donation to our family. We will get these funds when we are traveling to pick up our little man!
http://reecesrainbow.org/sponsorsaubers
Paypal-
There is a link on the top left hand column of the blog. Not tax deductible, but we are able to access the money immediately.
You can also see the fundraising blog post for our Just Love Coffee fundraiser and 147 Million fundraiser!
THANK YOU! <3 We couldn't do this without your help and support. It truly does take a village! Our village rocks!
Friday, November 30, 2012
Funky Fish
Dawn at Funky Fish has graciously offered to do a fundraiser for adoption! For one week, 10% of the sales from her site will be donated to our adtoption fund! She has the cutest stuff and it is so reasonably priced! Great for Christmas presents! This is a one week only deal! It ends next Saturday!
Just mention "Saubers Adoption" at check-out and we get the credit! Thank you so much for putting up with another fundraiser from us!
Here is the link to her etsy shop.....she also has a FB page, so check her out and "like" her!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/FunkyFishJewelry
Just mention "Saubers Adoption" at check-out and we get the credit! Thank you so much for putting up with another fundraiser from us!
Here is the link to her etsy shop.....she also has a FB page, so check her out and "like" her!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/FunkyFishJewelry
Monday, November 26, 2012
Giveaway Update!
Huge news, friends! HUGE! The prizes for our giveaway have been donated to us! We do not have to pay anything out of pocket for these items! So all of your donations will go straight to our dossier fees! We really need this fundraiser to go well and this is a huge boost to us!
So keep sharing, tweeting, blogging and donating to get your entries! The "reserve" has been removed!
Thank you for helping us to bring home our little boy! It means so much to us!
Ok folks, I am really, really excited about this! We are having our first giveaway and I am a little nervous! I have never done a giveaway! If it was a silent auction for my favorite charity *cough*Best Buddies*cough*.....well, I help with that every year and could do it with my eyes closed! So this is a little new for me!
Here's the deal, we still need a lot of money to go get our little man! Like, a LOT. Right now we have a large chunk that we will need to have very soon to get our dossier on it's way across the ocean. We are doing everything in our power to raise this money. We don't like to ask for help. Ever. But this is a little different and a little boy is waiting in an orphanage.....waiting to come home and be loved.....waiting for his family.
So what better way to help bring him home and give you something in return to show our appreciation?
Here is how works.....
You can earn 3 entries a day just by sharing this giveaway on Facebook, Twitter or your blog. You have to then come back here, comment how you shared and leave a working email that I can contact you at if you win.
Want even more chances to win? No problem! Just donate to our adoption fund via the Paypal button or to make a tax deductible donation, use our FSP account. If you donate through the Paypal button we will double your entries!
Here is how you can earn more chances:
$ 5 = 1 chance
$10 = 2 chances
$15 = 3 chances
$20 = 4 chances
$25 = 6 chances
$50 = 15 chances
$100 =35 chances
Wanna know what you can get??? It's awesome.....really awesome! I feel like Oprah.....it's like Shauna's Favorite Things round here!
Oh, yeah.....you wanna know what we are giving away!
A brand spankin' new iPad Mini!
Squee!!!
Want more??? Ok, ok.....IF we hit $1500 in donations we will add another item! Did you hear that? Another. Item. This one is something that I use every single day and can not live without! I love it more than my luggage.....any Steel Magnolia's fans out there? No? Sorry, I'm easily distracted!
A Keurig Special Edition Brewer!
So get busy! Share away! Donate now! We are running this giveaway until December 12th! Make sure to come back and comment on this blog post so I know how many entries you have! Don't forget to leave your email address or I can't contact you if you win!
Thank you so much! It's really hard to put ourselves out there and ask for help and we want to know how much we appreciate all of your help and support!
So keep sharing, tweeting, blogging and donating to get your entries! The "reserve" has been removed!
Thank you for helping us to bring home our little boy! It means so much to us!
Ok folks, I am really, really excited about this! We are having our first giveaway and I am a little nervous! I have never done a giveaway! If it was a silent auction for my favorite charity *cough*Best Buddies*cough*.....well, I help with that every year and could do it with my eyes closed! So this is a little new for me!
Here's the deal, we still need a lot of money to go get our little man! Like, a LOT. Right now we have a large chunk that we will need to have very soon to get our dossier on it's way across the ocean. We are doing everything in our power to raise this money. We don't like to ask for help. Ever. But this is a little different and a little boy is waiting in an orphanage.....waiting to come home and be loved.....waiting for his family.
So what better way to help bring him home and give you something in return to show our appreciation?
Here is how works.....
You can earn 3 entries a day just by sharing this giveaway on Facebook, Twitter or your blog. You have to then come back here, comment how you shared and leave a working email that I can contact you at if you win.
Want even more chances to win? No problem! Just donate to our adoption fund via the Paypal button or to make a tax deductible donation, use our FSP account. If you donate through the Paypal button we will double your entries!
Here is how you can earn more chances:
$ 5 = 1 chance
$10 = 2 chances
$15 = 3 chances
$20 = 4 chances
$25 = 6 chances
$50 = 15 chances
$100 =35 chances
Wanna know what you can get??? It's awesome.....really awesome! I feel like Oprah.....it's like Shauna's Favorite Things round here!
Oh, yeah.....you wanna know what we are giving away!
A brand spankin' new iPad Mini!
Squee!!!
Want more??? Ok, ok.....IF we hit $1500 in donations we will add another item! Did you hear that? Another. Item. This one is something that I use every single day and can not live without! I love it more than my luggage.....any Steel Magnolia's fans out there? No? Sorry, I'm easily distracted!
A Keurig Special Edition Brewer!
So get busy! Share away! Donate now! We are running this giveaway until December 12th! Make sure to come back and comment on this blog post so I know how many entries you have! Don't forget to leave your email address or I can't contact you if you win!
Thank you so much! It's really hard to put ourselves out there and ask for help and we want to know how much we appreciate all of your help and support!
Thursday, November 22, 2012
The Black Friday/12 Days of Christmas Superfantabulous Giveaway!
Ok folks, I am really, really excited about this! We are having our first giveaway and I am a little nervous! I have never done a giveaway! If it was a silent auction for my favorite charity *cough*Best Buddies*cough*.....well, I help with that every year and could do it with my eyes closed! So this is a little new for me!
Here's the deal, we still need a lot of money to go get our little man! Like, a LOT. Right now we have a large chunk that we will need to have very soon to get our dossier on it's way across the ocean. We are doing everything in our power to raise this money. We don't like to ask for help. Ever. But this is a little different and a little boy is waiting in an orphanage.....waiting to come home and be loved.....waiting for his family.
So what better way to help bring him home and give you something in return to show our appreciation?
Here is how works.....
You can earn 3 entries a day just by sharing this giveaway on Facebook, Twitter or your blog. You have to then come back here, comment how you shared and leave a working email that I can contact you at if you win.
Want even more chances to win? No problem! Just donate to our adoption fund via the Paypal button or to make a tax deductible donation, use our FSP account. If you donate through the Paypal button we will double your entries!
Here is how you can earn more chances:
$ 5 = 1 chance
$10 = 2 chances
$15 = 3 chances
$20 = 4 chances
$25 = 6 chances
$50 = 15 chances
$100 =35 chances
Wanna know what you can get??? It's awesome.....really awesome! I feel like Oprah.....it's like Shauna's Favorite Things round here!
Oh, yeah.....you wanna know what we are giving away!
A brand spankin' new iPad Mini!
Squee!!!
Want more??? Ok, ok.....IF we hit $1500 in donations we will add another item! Did you hear that? Another. Item. This one is something that I use every single day and can not live without! I love it more than my luggage.....any Steel Magnolia's fans out there? No? Sorry, I'm easily distracted!
A Keurig Special Edition Brewer!
So get busy! Share away! Donate now! We are running this giveaway until December 12th! Make sure to come back and comment on this blog post so I know how many entries you have! Don't forget to leave your email address or I can't contact you if you win!
Thank you so much! It's really hard to put ourselves out there and ask for help and we want to know how much we appreciate all of your help and support!
*I HATE to have a disclaimer, BUT.....we are having to pay for these items out of our own pocket, they are brand new and have not been donated. We will have to have a "reserve" on the giveaway. We need to reach $850 to break even and make something to help bring our sweet boy home! Thank you for understanding!
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