March in Review and Thank You

To all the readers, Amanda and I appreciate all the comments, support, and questions over the past month. There are many things to make mention of in this blog which may be of interest to our readers. But first a couple things Amanda and I have learned from infertility. First, asking for help is difficult. I cannot stress enough how difficult it has been for Amanda and I to ask family, friends, and acquaintances for help with our infertility fundraising. However, our burdens have been made lighter because of your support and your support means a lot. Second, we have been truly humbled through our infertility process. We've learned that everyone is carrying burdens, known or unknown. We are grateful we have been able to help strengthen the feeble knees of others and also have others strengthen ours.

Now for the month of March fundraising details. First of all, with your help we have raised close to $600 dollars toward our IVF treatment. Second, Amanda and many supporters have successfully made and sold items on our fundraising site www.twoinfertileturtles.blogspot.com. throughout the month of March. Many of these items will continue to be available online, the turtle key chains are a personal favorite, but will also be available at our booth, # 416, at the get outdoors expo www.thegoexpo.com/ to be held Friday, May 13th and Saturday, May 14th at the South Towne Expo Center in Sandy, Utah. It may have been mentioned before, but a booth was donated to Amanda and I to allow us to raise money to pay for our expensive IVF procedure. During the past month, we received several raffle prizes which will be available at our booth. Third, Jill Witt and her wonderful organization, Pound the Pavement for Parenthood, have begun registration for our 5k walk/run to be held Saturday, May 14th at 11:00 a.m. in Saratoga Springs, Utah. This organization has put together a wonderful race that will help raise money for our IVF procedure and help build awareness of the growing infertility issue that many couples are being faced with today. Fourth, we had another fundraiser begin this past month, Scentsy, with all proceeds being donated to our cause. If interested, the link to this fundraiser is http://connie.scentsy.ca/buy/setupprompt. Be sure to change the Canadian flag to the U.S. flag so the currency is right, unless your a supporter buying in Canada. Lastly, we have several other fundraisers coming up that were planned or further organized this past month: a movie night under the stars June 10th in Draper, Utah and a turkey shoot to be held in September. We appreciate all your support and invite you to participate in our many fundraisers.

Other events outside of the fundraiser: I am getting ready to graduate from Weber State University with my Master of Education degree, I will share my master thesis with my graduate committee this next week, and Amanda has been going to Planet Fitness to get ready for the 5k race in May. She can out run me! I need to get in shape for our race. Perhaps after graduation!