"I Would Die For That"

$1 Raffle Ticket Baskets

You could win one of the following 5 baskets.

Each basket will include a $10 Gift Card to Atomic Bowl/Jokers PLUS one of the following: $25 Red Robin Gift Card, 2 Granny's Buffet Entrees, 2 Old Country Buffet Entrees, 2 IHOP Entrees or 2 Denny's Entrees.

$5 Raffle Ticket Baskets

You have your choice of which basket to buy a ticket for.

1. BBQ Basket - Famous Dave's Gift Certificate For A Feast For 2 ($40 value), Three BBQ cooking utensils, BBQ mitt, Jack Daniel's Steakhouse Marinade, Famous Dave's Rich & Sassy Sauce and Sweet & Zesty Sauce.

2. Golf Basket - Two 18 Hole Green Fees & One Cart @ Columbia Point Golf Course ($90 value), Golf Balls, Practice Balls and Tees.

3. Date Night Basket - $20 Gift Card to PF Chang's w/Free Appetizer, 2 Rounds of Mini-Golf @ Golf Universe, 2 Wine Glasses, 1 Bottle Sparkling Cider & Candles.

4. Dessert Basket (we have 4 of these baskets) - 2 Dairy Queen 12oz Blizzard Gift Certificates, 1 Dairy Queen Ice Cream Cake Gift Certificate, Pillsbury Cookie Mix, Pillsbury Brownie Mix and Ice Cream Cones.

5. Starbucks Basket - Gold Coast Blend X-Bold Whole Bean Coffee, Double Walled Stainless Steel Mug ($20 value), Dark Chocolate w/Caramel, Cinnamon Chewing Gum and Lindt Dark Chocolate.

Completed Home Study

We finished our home study without any problems. After cleaning and organizing for a month, we had our house perfect. I mean, we organized EVERYTHING - my wonderful friend Katie even came over and helped organize my bathroom, now that is true friendship! When our caseworker arrived, we just sat and chatted for about 25 minutes. He asked us all sorts of questions like, how close are the nearest schools, parks, library, hospitals, etc. He looked around downstairs and then he went upstairs. I was so nervous about what he might say when he walked into our baby room, but he was just wonderful. He walked in and with a smile said, "So this is the place!" He very kindly let me show him some of the awesome stuff that we have received and he seemed genuinely interested. After that we went back downstairs and chatted for a few minutes and he said everything looked good.

After he left, we couldn't believe how easy it was. We had been so worried and anxious. Brandon said that he thinks it went so well because we were overly prepared. Our caseworker didn't even look in our cupboards, but at least now we are all done with all our Spring cleaning. We are still waiting for our FBI background checks to come back. It's been almost 2 months since we sent them in. Once we get those back, then our profile goes online and we could be chosen any day after that! It's too exciting to even think about.

On to other events, it's almost time for our garage sale! We can't believe it's only 2 weeks away. Yesterday we started bringing all the stuff people have donated over from our storage unit to our garage. We have accumulated quite a bit, which we are grateful for and we are still picking up donations. We have been so blessed by everyones generosity. At church today, the Beehives (12-13 year old girls) decided to help us out by holding a bake sale during the garage sale. They are such awesome girls and so willing to help - I am amazed by them. So, the countdown is on - 13 DAYS UNTIL THE BIG SALE!

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Baby Blankets

My good friend, Katie, has been trying to help us as much as she can with our adoption. Well, her sister-in-law heard that we were trying to raise money and made us some beautiful baby blankets to sell for our adoption. We are so blessed to have such amazing people in our lives that want to help us with our journey. It's overwhelming how generous people can be, and even those that don't even know us!

If you want to take a look at the baby blankets, click the link to the left under Special Blog Pages titled "Buy A Baby Blanket". If you want to buy one, just leave a comment and let us know which one you want (or send us an e-mail at brandonandhannah@hotmail.com). Thanks again to all that have given us their support. We are very anxious for our home evaluation on Thursday and we feel your love and prayers for us. Thank you.