Salsa Fundraiser

****We have changed the ordering deadline to January 7th, so keep spreading the word!****

Not much time left

Hey everyone! Ashlee and I fly out next Wednesday to Ohio for surgery. We are very excited yet very nervous...especially because we STILL don't know where we will be staying. :( Pray for little Ashlee! If you would like to have access to Ashlee's other blog that I keep updated with how she is doing, please EMAIL ME.

LemonAID for Ashlee 8/16/08

Hey everyone! My Angel on earth, Kamarah Adams, has taken my burden upon herself and gone WAY above and beyond, as always. She posted this on her blog and I told her I would post it on mine and Ashlee's too. We so appreciate her doing this and would equally appreciate any help from any of you. Feel free to copy and paste it into an email or onto your blog as well. Thanks everyone!

♥

Make LemonAID for Ashlee! 8/16/08

What are YOU doing this Saturday morning? Can YOU spare some time to make LemonAID? Get your family and/or friends together for a quick act of service to make a big difference for Ashlee Adams and participate in the LemonAID Challenge.

Aid = (synonyms of) Help, assist, support, minister to, relieve, serve, sustain, bolster, encourage, promote, advance, foster

Where do you need to go to do the challenge? Your front yard! (Or come visit my lemonAID stand & garage sale 4602 S. Oak St. Tempe 85282, more posts to come with details on that)

What do you need to do? Set up a lemonade stand! Have some fun get your kids, spouse, significant other, friend, or neighbor and by a bag of ice, some lemonade, and plastic cups (or make your own fresh squeezed if you are so inclined) and sell your deliciousness for a $1 a cup. Do it right in your own front yard! Be silly, have fun, turn the sprinklers on, spray each other with spray bottles, water guns, or hoses and SELL sell SELL!!!

Why do you need to do it? Because its time for our amazing friends and cousins the Adams family to go all the way to Ohio for a very specialized surgery to significantly improve the quality of their baby Ashlee's life. They have to stay for at least 10 days and get back and forth from the hospital to a hotel. They won't be able to stay at the Ronald McDonald house because of the long wait there. Which means they will need to not only be paying for hospital bills and plane tickets but now also a hotel and a rental car. We can make a difference and make LemonAID! It is a small time commitment and the whole thing could be done and over with for your family by 10am - enough time to have a full Saturday left to party while doing a simple and kind act of service for someone else. You can make a difference "by small and simple things are great things brought to pass!"

How do I turn in my money to make a difference for Ashlee & her family? You can either deposit the money into Ashlee's PayPal account online or you can meet me at the Target food court (for those east valley residents) on Gilbert and Southern from 1 - 1:30pm this Saturday August 16th to turn in your money and multitask with your Saturday Target list.

I've mentioned Ashlee before on the blog and I know most of the people who read this silly blog of mine know Miss Ashlee or her Mom and Dad personally. It's just something small we can all do that is not only fun but a special memory of service you can make with your family at the same time!

Put yourself in someone elses shoes and do something simple to make a difference! Join me in the LemonAID for Ashlee Challenge!

Grab em up then Scrap em up!

Hey everyone! Just wanted to let you know that I still have a some scrapbook kits from Angie Dunn left. $3/each. Here are just a few samples of what is left. They are all perfectly adorable and have everything inside (including step by step instructions on putting them together) to make them. Please email me if you want some!

Fundraiser still going...

The Fundraiser on Saturday went great, but we still have almost half way to go! Here are some things still for sale!

I also have 1 Scentsy left that you won't have to pre-order and it comes with 3 scents. So a warmer plus 3 scents for $25.00 (GREAT DEAL! The warmers themselves are usually $25). The scents are: Key Lime Tortillas, Orchid Sake and Wasabi Ginger. The picture of this warmer has a seige stripe the one I have is the same but with a black stripe. Please let me know if you are interested!




**Book your photo shoot with Janelle Joy Photography for the week of May 19-24 and she will donate 50% of profits to Ashlee. She is an amazing photographer! Book your session now! Go to her blog and see shoots she has already done and get more information. http://www.janellejoyphotography.blogspot.com/

**A NICE set of Golf Clubs was donated but not sold yet. $100 OBO. (Pictures to come)

**Leopard Eye Masks - I have a few left. $4 each.

**Vinyl - I have LOTS of pre-cut vinyl sayings. Some of these are different sizes so email me if you want to know more details on font and size.
Bon Appetit - Black - $10
All Because Two People Fell in Love - Black - $10
RETURN WITH HONOR - Black - $10
Love is Spoken Here - Black - $10
Small decals
3 white basketballs $3/each OR 3/$8
1 white football $3
3 white baseballs $3/each OR 3/$8
1 pink hibsiscus flower $3
1 white butterfly $3
1 pink butterfly $3
1 white star $3
1 pink star $3
1 small white star $2

I will also be putting in a vinyl order this week from the fundraiser so please email me if you would like to place a personalized order.

**Scrapbook page kits donated by Angie Dunn (teaches classes at Scrapbooks Etc) - there are quite a few - SUPER CUTE with instructions on putting them together and everything you need - $3/kit

I also have TONS of scrapbook paper. I am selling it for 10 cents/page. It is all 12x12 and so many fun different colors and designs. Let me know if you are interested!

REMINDER!

Please feel free to copy and paste this image onto your own blog or email to tell all of your friends and family. It is THIS Saturday everyone! Hope to see you there!!
♥ Coree

This is awesome!

Here is the latest and greatest of donations for the fundraiser! This is awesome guys!

Janelle Joy Photography (the photographer who did our most recent family pics) is donating 50% of proceeds for any photo shoots booked for the week of May 19-24. She is awesome! Check her out!

Surgery Update

This morning, May 7th, was Ashlee’s long awaited appointment with her surgeon where were supposed to get a surgery date. Instead…we didn’t. That’s the bad news. The good news is that we have an AMAZING surgeon who knows his limitations. Our surgeon was very honest with us at her last appointment telling us that he has done Cloaca surgeries before but that he wouldn’t be doing his job if he didn’t tell us about this Surgeon in Cincinnati, OH that does them almost daily. This other surgeon is also the one who “invented” (for lack of a better word) the procedure to fix these Cloacas. We told him that we had confidence in him as a surgeon and appreciated his honesty but wanted him to do the surgery. Today he told us that after we left that appointment he didn’t rest for 2 days. He hasn’t done a Cloaca surgery in 6 years and has never done the specific procedure that Ashlee will need. He is very concerned for her Gynecological future and doesn’t feel confident that he is the best surgeon for the task at hand. His sincerity is touching, and we know that his concerns are real. (Especially remembering back to the NICU when we first met him and he told us how confident he was in doing the procedure to fix her Esophagus.) Again, we appreciate his honesty. He said he also doesn’t know a surgeon in Arizona that he would recommend for this procedure. He again mentioned the surgeon, Dr. Pena, in Ohio and said that he was waiting for our call. We are very pleased that Ashlee’s surgeon who has performed all of her surgeries and procedures since birth will fly out to Cincinnati for her Surgery with Dr. Pena to assist him and learn more about the procedure he will be doing. We knew Ashlee’s situation was rare when we first heard about it but now we really know how rare it is seeing that we have to go see the man who basically invented the wheel for this procedure.

This means that we will have to fly to Cincinnati for a consultation with Dr. Pena. Then after the surgery is scheduled we will have to fly back out for the surgery. So now added to our list of expenses is the two flights for Bryan and I to go out there for the consultation and for the surgery itself. Many of you already know that we are going to be having an All for Ashlee Fundraiser to help pay for medical expenses. It will be a garage sale/bake sale/boutique. If you have anything you would like to donate, please contact us at allforashlee@gmail.com , or you can make a monetary donation right here on this blog by clicking on the "DONATE" button. The actual fundraiser will be on Saturday, May 17th. Please contact us for directions.

Thank you!

Sincerely,
Bryan, Coree, Dane and Ashlee Adams

V-Day Blocks

Here is one of the sets of V-day Blocks that I've done so far.

Lucky

Ok folks here they are! This is what the "Lucky" St. Patty's Day blocks will look like. These are the backgrounds. (Sorry, they look more yellow than they really are.) You can choose from these 4 fonts. As always if you have a font that you like better, you are more than welcome to email it to me and I can use that one. If you can't tell the font is a dark green color, the blocks will be white and the same size as the "Be My Valentine" blocks ~ 2"x 1 1/2". I will be taking orders for these blocks until the last week of February. Cost: $15

V-Day Block Backgrounds

Ok last night at 11:00 I put together this sample page for background options for V-Day blocks. I am not showing the picture because I seriously did it with not a care in the world for prettiness. You can see tape and they are crooked and everything. SO, if you are interested in looking at the backgrounds for blocks, just click on the link and try not to be too judgemental. HAHA
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i183/bcforever213/vdaybackgrounds.jpg

Be My Valentine

Hey everyone! I just wanted to let you know that I am making Valentine's Day Blocks!! I don't have a set done yet, I am still waiting for the vinyl to come and need to pick out my backgrounds. (Obviously the backgrounds will be the classic Valentine's Day colors of White, Red, and Pink. Block colors can be any of those colors or if you have another idea, let me know! These are for your house, so be creative! These are the fonts that I have picked out, but I definitely can do them any font you would like, as well as in pink, black, or white if you don't like red. I am doing these blocks smaller than the other blocks I have done in the past. These blocks will be on the same size block as the alphabet blocks I did before, if you ever got a chance to see those. They are approximately 2" tall and 1 1/2" wide. So they won't take up a TON of space, but will still look SUPER cute! This set of blocks will be $10, so hurry and place your orders so I will have time to get them all done by February!! As always, if you want them to say something different, that is always an option too! I will adjust the price as needed.