Great Success!

Well the sale went on without a hitch and despite being hot and tired at the end of the say, we had a great time!  We started setting up at 5:45am and by 7am we were up and running with a cup of coffee in hand.  Throughout the sale, we had a ton of friends come to shop and show their support and strangers who heard about our cause through FB and wanted to be a part of our day as well. Crazily enough, one lady even asked me for a flier and as our friend was telling her about what we were doing she asked me to sign it for her!! Haha! I was completely dumbfounded and all I could say was , "um....okay?" Lol!  She just said she thought it was awesome and was blessed to meet people like us so I went on ahead and signed it.  All day long we had people coming in droves to shop and the things we thought we'd never get rid of went first but the items we thought for sure would fly out the door just sat there.  Regardless of what sold, it was really a great experience to see just how many people like to give from their hearts. One thing I'm most grateful for in all this is our friends and family who showed up to help us.  Our best friend Catherine Lopez was there with us before daylight to help set up and get situated, not to mention used her Spanish skills to help out big time til the end of the sale!  She has been so supportive through out this entire journey volunteering wherever we needed help and for that we are eternally grateful.  We are also extremely appreciative of Bobby's cousin Debbie Cranfill who came from out of nowhere with her sweet kiddo's and rocked our socks off!!!  She brought lots of items to contribute to the sale and literally kept it well organized from beginning to end.  There wasn't an item out of place when she was around and if she wasn't shopping for herself, her kiddo's were shopping.  There were several times when we would have to tell her to take a break b/c she just wouldn't stop. THEN at the end of the day her husband came, bought more things, and loaded up every single leftover item and carted it over to Goodwill for us!!  We have had many more friends who donated to the sale or contributed their time to help sort/price items too.  Among those are Angela Layfield, Carolyn Bradford, Ashlee Linnea, Tonya Brazil, Dana Young, Kelly Csizmazia, and my mom.  Hopefully I am not missing anyone!  All in all we were completely blown away at the help we received! Pretty much all of the baked goods sold except for a few leftover that we brought home so that was awesome too.  I was scared b/c of this heatwave, I thought for sure the goodies would be melted and worthless by the time the sun was out but that just simply did not happen.  Because of where we sat up at in the lot, we were shaded by a neighboring building and a few large trees that kept the sun off of us the entire time!  Not to mention the weird breeze that kept sweeping through the canopy keeping us cool all day until the last hour or so of the sale.  It was really bizarre but I like to think of it as a blessing we received from God b/c I had prayed about the heat a few times this week prior to the sale. God didn't lower the temperature for us today but he made He sent that breeze to make it bearable enough to keep going! In the end, we had a wonderful sale and what started as three full truck loads of donated stuff was dwindled down to one truck load that we gladly donated ourselves to the next charity. Thanks to everyone's voice on FB, the people who saw our signs, memorabilia purchasers prior to the sale, and those that found out about it through CL, we were able to raise over $700 to help us with our cause.  I can't thank you all enough and I certainly can't thank God enough for blessing us with such amazing friends and resources.  God's blessings to everyone involved in helping us do what we hold so dear to our heart. 

Hannah