Moving Sale and Bake Sale

We had a very busy week of finishing up sorting and getting ready for the Moving Sale this weekend.  Kathy came on Wednesday to help get things set up and priced, and then Theresa came on Thursday to do more of the same.  I was so grateful for their help and it made the job a lot more fun!  Wednesday and Thursday afternoon we also did some baking for the bake sale.

Friday morning started bright and early so that I could make fresh hot cinnamon twists for the kids to sell (kind of like a cinnamon roll except twisted dough).  Our Moving Sale went from 9-3 on Friday and Saturday.  On Friday we were very busy with people coming right at 9.  We didn't have very many slow moments on Friday except maybe 10 minutes right around lunch time.  By 3 we were all exhausted and ready to just relax , but the kids had sold out of most of their baked goods so back to the kitchen we went!  We rearranged some of the items for sale and found more things to sell.

Saturday morning started early once again as we wanted more hot cinnamon twists to sell.  The morning started out a little slower, but eventually picked up despite the rain.  Thankfully we had chosen to have an indoor sale so we were able to have it rain or shine.  Although the kids had their bake sale stand outside so they had to put up a tarp when the rain started falling.  We ended up selling most of what we had for sale and the kids did great on their bake sale fundraiser...they made about $140!

The kids' enthusiasm for raising some money to get us to the Philippines was amazing.  Tyler had this idea over a year ago of making a food stand.  Last summer he built a store front and they planned a menu of items to sell.  We had to modify the menu slightly, but they had such a great plan and were wonderful salesmen and women!  All 6 of our kids worked hard and helped out anywhere that was needed...they are such great hard workers.  And we had so much fun doing it together!