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Tonight was the dinner and auction for my brother’s recovery fund. His brain surgery is next Thursday so we have that yet to come, but tonight was such an overwhelming show of support and I pray that carries him through the weeks to come. There were hundreds of people who came to the dinner and bid on the items and there were many people who could not come and gave anyway. My niece worked so hard on this and had almost 200 items donated. It warmed my heart to see people show such love and support to my brother. It also would take my breath away the last few weeks when I’d go to the bank, the grocery store, the popcorn shop, etc and see the posters advertising the event. Kind of strange to see a very beloved face on those signs.

My camera battery went dead so I only got a few not so great pictures.

The line for the food was LONG and the auction tables were very crowded.

Anyway, we came home with some fun things.

A sheep puppet! I collect sheep and several people said it really needed to come home with me.

Next up we have a very sweet sleep-theme basket put together by a very dear friend of mine. It was filled with bath salts, cocoa, popcorn, music, a teddy bear, chocolates….and that’s not all!

A sleep shirt and magic socks! How cute!

I love it! Thanks, Shanda!

Kenny got in a bit of a bidding war and I was shocked when I was sorting the slips and found our number on this one!

A tv sound system. He’s pretty thrilled. Sorry for the bad picture but I am tired and didn’t want to carry it somewhere easier to take a picture.

I also got in a bidding war. My sister-in-law has an aunt with Down Syndrome and she is an artist! She had 2 pictures up for auction and I don’t know who I was bidding against, but I had to put in several bids to win one of them, I tried for both. I was then honored to get to take a picture of her with her art.

This is a water color she painted and my niece named it “Earth”. Evidently she paints daily and takes great pride in her work. My camera battery went dead when I wanted a picture of her so I tried using my cell phone and the pictures were terrible. I found a friend who had a camera and I stuck my card in her camera and got this. I asked this sweet lady if she minded having to stand there so long having her picture taken so many times and she said, “Oh no. I love having my picture taken!” She repeatedly shook hands with me and told me congratulations. I will treasure this and am so glad I ended up with it as I heard someone else really did want it. I had decided to stop where I was when I was told that, but I secretly hoped it would come home with me. I love that someone else was fighting for it, too, though.

Anyway, to say I am blessed is an understatement…..if you are reading this and you had any part at all, I humbly say thank you in behalf of my family and ask that you keep my brother and the rest of us in your prayers over the next few weeks, but especially on Thursday.

We’ve had a few other things going on here lately, too.

I finished my project and will post pictures soon, I need to mail it first.

The other day, Miss Mayah got a very sweet package in the mail from Finland….a just because!

Isn’t that sweet? It was knit by Hasbu, who had her baby right after she mailed this to us.

We went for therapy the other day and got to Red Robin before they opened, here’s the silly boy checking out what hours they were open.

Kind of fun to be the first ones in the door!

And then I have to show my two silly boys.

Why is it that I raised my kids to not love super heroes and they do anyway?

And I leave you with little missy and her swimming lesson.

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