Thanks!

First of all...or as my oldest used to say in his toddler voice, "firthdaball"....I want to thank all of you out there who are praying and thinking of our Jack.  The support we have already received from total strangers is totally amazing!  And get this...Jack's Caring Bridge site hasn't even been up 24 hours, and he's already had 125 visitors and has 31 guest book entries!!  WOW.  I know that my sister and brother-in-law are reading your comments and I can only hope that your comments help lift the burden on their hearts, even if it's just a tiny bit.

For those of you who may live in our area, we are planning a multi-family benefit garage sale for March 27 and 28.  All of the proceeds are going to be split between my sister's family and a good friend of mine, 33 year old Shawn Hull, who was recently placed on the kidney transplant list.  Shawn and his wife Felicia recently welcomed their first child five months ago.  When Felicia was 8 months pregnant, they were told that Shawn was in kidney failure.  Both of these families are facing medical bills and many other unexpected expenses.  We need to do what we can for them!!  We are currently accepting (and have actually already received MANY) item donations to be sold at the garage sale, and we also plan to sell freshly grilled hot dogs and ice cold drinks (food donations accepted, as well) and will have a jump house for kids to play in.  We also have two banners being made, like you see above, and they will be displayed all around town now until the event.  We want to make it a fun event that draws in tons of people so that we can collect as much money as possible for both of these sweet families.  After the garage sale, Scott and I plan to head on out to Arizona so that we can see Jack and baby Braden and be there to help out Laurie and Zac in any way that we can.

Zac has a great job with great insurance, but co-pays and other expenses are going to start piling up quickly, so Scott has opened a Paypal donation account on Jack's behalf.  If any of you would like to donate to the fund, please click the DONATE link below.  I know that times are tough right now - believe me, I know - but even a dollar a person adds up!!

"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies."   -Mother Theresa