Garage Sale

Our garage sale was a great success, even though we didn't sell all the furniture.  Matt got up early and bought three dozen donuts and a carton of coffee from Dunkin Donuts to offer people to attract them to our table with the information on Luka and Brittany's Hope Foundation.  We met lots of nice people and had a lot of fun.  The temperature was pleasant but the sun was shining down hard.  Matt's head was sunburned and my face was bright red by the end of the day.  

We raised approximately $1100!  Some was in sales and a lot was in donations.  We'll be selling the rest of the furniture on Craigslist for additional donations.  We are so thankful for everyone's support, even though you might not have made it out, we know you were giving us your support mentally.

A special thanks to my sister-in-law, Heather, my mom and dad, Micah Leydorf (and family) and my in-laws, for putting a lot of work in leading up to and during the garage sale.  And thanks to Rachel Harrison (and family) and Julie Sholtess for their support in coming by and supporting the foundation.  It means so much to me to know we have such good friends and family.

I forgot to take pictures at the beginning of the sale so these pictures are towards the end when our house started to look like it was in the middle of a junk yard.  Also, about 2 hours into the sale, a lady offered to by the frames that Luka's pictures were in on the Brittany's Hope Foundation table, so I took Luka's pictures out and sold them!  A sale is a sale.  But the display didn't look nearly as good with his photos just laying flat on the table.

 Matt's Stay Puff marshmallow man.  He was a hit.  A couple even stopped just to have their photo taken with him.  And we had many offers on him but Matt didn't want to sell him, he was just for attracting attention.  Of course, Matt said he would sell if the price was right--$100!  But he didn't have any buyers at that price.
 

Padraig & Millie making use of some cushions to rest at the end of a long day.