We apologize for our long absence. We haven't had the internet for the past month, so we have been out of the blogging world for a while. It feels good to be back online! So many wonderful things have happened since our last post. It's hard to know where to begin.
To recap, our last post highlighted our fundraisers for the month of May. We can't thank all of our friends and family enough for all their support towards our IVF process. We'd like to highlight a few more recent fundraisers that we have had that have helped us get closer to our goal of becoming parents.
Our friends, John and Connie, ran a Scentsy online fundraiser for us spanning across the U.S.A. and Canada. They helped us raise $420 and have also introduced us to their friend, Kristine, who is going to do another Scentsy online fundraiser for us next month. More info on this event to come..... Thank you, John and Connie, for your help!
Our latest fundraiser was an outdoor movie night sponsored by our friends Jeb and Leslie. We watched Gnomeo and Juliet projected on a big screen in their backyard. It was such a great movie to watch outdoors. Admission to the movie was free. The concession prices helped raise funds for our IVF. We were able to raise $148 at this event! Thank you, Jeb and Leslie! We would also like to thank Jeb and Leslie's son, Zyon, for making signs for our event!
Now in our last post we wrote we were planning on starting our IVF at the end of this month. Unfortunately, we have had a bit of a set back from our plan. Austin and I both received cut-backs from work and aren't working as many hours during the summer months. Needless to say, we were expecting Austin to be teaching a few more classes at Weber State this summer but it didn't happen as we had planned. This puts us probably in August or September to begin our IVF process. Wish us luck. We will keep you posted on our progress toward IVF. We have personally saved $4,137.30. With your help, we have raised $2,924.99! We just need to be sure that we can make the monthly payments on the roughly $30,000 baby loan that we will need to pay for the IVF money back guarantee program. It sounds scary, but it will be possible when work picks up in the fall and we complete a few more fundraisers. Stay tuned...
Don't worry. IVF fundraising isn't the only thing happening in our lives. We recently moved further north and are loving our new place. It's a bit quieter here than in Ogden, but we enjoy our new surroundings. However, we miss the familiar sites and friendships from our old place.
We have also had quite a few opportunities to enjoy time with family this past month. My family had their first "official" family reunion for a week at my parents house. We had relay races, played Just Dance 2 on the Wii, had a talent show, and went digging on Topaz mountain. It was fun to have everyone together again.
Another family outing was with Austin's family. Austin's parents took us down to the Tuacahn outdoor amphitheatre to treat us for Austin's graduation. We watched two incredible broadway musicals: Disney's The Little Mermaid and Grease. We would highly recommend anyone to go to the Tuacahn! It was amazing! His parents also took us to Snow Canyon and we found a few hikes there.
We will try to post more often now that we are connected to the internet. It's great to be able to blog again!
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