Oh boy--I feel like it has been just about forever since the last time that I've updated our blog!! This summer schedule has been a bit of a blur. And although summer always seems to be significantly busier than the rest of the year...I absolutely love it. I am a summer kinda girl. Plus, it doesn't get any better than a good, old Wisconsin summer--filled with mixes of rain, hot heat, sweatshirt days and everything in between. Perfect. I love the variety. I digress.
Anyways, during the summer, I double my work hours as a nanny--so it's a bit of a juggling routine. Between vacations and missions trips, Dave and I usually hold down the fort at church during this time too. Add our adoption and a few fundraisers, and you've got yourself a full schedule!!
The latest thing that has been keeping us busy is actually an ongoing fundraiser that I am pretty excited about. Dave and I have been working hard, along with a few of our A-MAZING friends (Lisa Turner-our race running expert, Ken Young-our creative designing friend, and the Chapman Family-fellow visionaries, sponsorship raisers and movers and shakers)!! With the work of all these people combined, we are beyond excited to put on our first annual HomeRun: Lake Country 5K for Adoption! The HomeRun is going to be a community event--a run/walk 5K to support adoption. This year, all of the proceeds for the race will go toward our adoption; however, in the future, we'd love to be able to support other adoptive families too!! Because of our awesome sponsors (Summerset Marine Construction, The BoatHouse of Lake Country and Boucher Automotive), all of the costs of the actual race (rentals, awards, fees, t-shirts, etc.) are completely covered. That means that each person who registers to participate in our race will be helping us with our adoption costs.
We are striving to create a family atmosphere at this event--along with the 5K run/walk, we've also got a Kids' Fun Run (1 miler, .5 miler, and Toddler Trot), and facepainting! We are also looking forward to featuring a couple different orphan care agencies: Lifesong for Orphans and Evangelical Child and Family Agency of Wisconsin. They will be setting up tables at the event with information for families who might be considering foster care, adoption or even orphan sponsorship. We've got many family, friends and supporters volunteering to carry out the work that day as well. We actually even have one sweet relative who's registered for the race--but will be running his own 5k in Texas that day. We are definitely feeling the love!
God has been so incredibly gracious to provide for each of our needs up to this point in the adoption. We are getting closer and closer to raising the total costs--just a little ways to go yet. :)
If you'd like to sign up for the race, you can register here. (Note: Register soon if you want to guarantee yourself a t-shirt--those who've already registered will have a shirt, but it will be first come first serve on the day of!) If you can walk or run, and you'd like to help us on our journey, come on out to the YMCA at Pabst Farms (head back toward the Miracle Fields) on Friday night! Packet pick-up and day of registration go from 4:45-6:00, and the race begins at 6:30 PM. Hope to see you there!
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