Fundraisers

Here are links to fundraisers, all in one place. :)

Thank you all so much for all your support!!!

Coffee ($5 from every bag sold is donated to our adoption fund)

Beef jerky (50% of retail sales for the next week are donated to our adoption fund)

Scrapbooking and stamping supplies (50% of sales for the next week are donated to our adoption fund)

Photography (50% of sales for the next week are donated to our adoption fund)

Our church is also holding a fundraiser for us on December 17. If any of you have ideas or are in the area and would love to help, please let me know!

I'm in awe at how much support we have and how generous people have been. We are so blessed and God has really been there for us. It's so amazing.

So overwhelmed!

Seriously, you guys never cease to amaze me.

We are so overwhelmed by the amount of support we have received, especially from those who have suffered the pain of infertility. No matter what you’ve been through or are going through, you still are so supportive and want to help. You guys amaze me and I am so blessed to know you all.

THANK YOU!!

I’ve had a few people ask about a donation button. I have decided to put one on the side of my blog. Please don’t feel you have to donate by any means. I’m only doing this because people have asked and want to help. Please know that any support you give whether it is financial, emotional, prayer, etc. is soooo greatly appreciated and we love you all for your support.

One of my dear blogger friends from Australia asked how people from faraway can help. This means so much to me as this blogger is dealing with so much with her son and has already given me a bracelet and called me on the phone (yes, from Australia!). So for her to think of me means so much to me. For some reason I can’t comment on her blog or some other blogs (anyone else having trouble like that???) and I haven’t been able to thank her personally. But it means so very much to me.

Another blogger (ironically I can’t comment on her blog either :() offered to send cake pops or iced sugar cookies which is soooo nice! I think they would sell WONDERFUL! And those white chocolate cupcakes on her blog look d-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s! You gotta check them out!

It is so nice to have the amount of support we have and it gives us so much hope.

Anyway, I did have a suggestion from my consultant that people could have a sale at their house and donate the profits. Otherwise, I’m not sure, but again, just the thought means sooooo much to us!

On top of that, we had an amazing thing happen to us. I don't think I should mention it here. But, I do want to share how wonderful God has been. Everything is falling into place. I seriously can't explain it other than a miracle but a friend has helped us in an amazing way and it made my day this morning. My dear friend, if you're reading this, bless you! You're an angel.

We do have a peanut fund blog with handmade items for sale if anyone is interested.

Thank you again so much for your support. Thank you really just doesn’t cut it. We are so grateful for all your support!

Our sale

I have to say, I'm completely exhausted after this weekend! But, it's such a "good" exhausted and I feel so good. The funny thing is, I had been waking up the last 3 mornings at 4 to work some overtime at work before our sale and I was so tired this morning that when my alarm went off at 4, I didn't hear it and Mark woke me up and asked if I could turn it off please. :) I realized then I was way too tired to work and I slept in until 7 which is very unlike me.

Anyway, it was a GREAT weekend and we had so much fun. The best part of the sale was the bonding time with my family and I always look forward to that. Everyone came Monday and Wednesday nights before the sale to help set up. We honestly couldn't have done it without them. THANK YOU GUYS!!! Love you!!

And Mark was husband of the year. He worked so hard to try to keep the house in order and did the laundry and dishes all weekend long. He was wonderful and I know he was so tired and not feeling the best, so him working so hard meant even more to me.

Then for the sale, my mom and the kids were here on Thursday. My sister and her family camped out in our yard all weekend with their new camper and it was so much fun to have them here. Each night, one of the kids would spend the night in the house and it was such a joy to wake up in the morning with them in the house. Saturday night both of them spent the night in the house and they had a lot of trouble falling asleep and were giggling and picking on each other. I finally had to separate them. But, it really caught me off guard and it was amazing to me to hear them giggling together and actually getting along! That doesn't happen too often!

My mom and dad also had their trailer for their business at the fair not too far from us, so we spent a lot of time with them, too, and all of us would go back and forth to the fair. It was a lot of fun and great family time.

We've had some road construction on our road and at first they were planning on being done before the fair so the road would be open for the fair as our road is a huge asset to fair-goers as we are right by the fair. Unfortunately that didn't happen and our road ended up being closed. So, the garage sale was pretty slow. There was hardly any traffic. But we were still able to raise $600! We were very happy and blessed with that. We'll be having another sale in a few weeks when our road is open so we can hopefully get more traffic then. We still have sooooooo much stuff. The garage is still packed!

We are so blessed to have the support we do in so many ways. You guys, we are so blessed and lucky....words can't even express it.

It was a wonderful weekend and in so many ways, it's sad to see it end. And yet, it is a relief to have it done with, too. :)

I want to thank you all, my bloggy friends, for all your support and for asking about the sale and everything! Thank you! It really means so very much! (((HUGS)))

And, oh yeah, I got pictures!


Tyler playing at the sale


Me and Jamie Bean


Me and Jamie Bean


Mark and Peyton


Mark and Jamie Bean


Tyler sleeping in the morning.

I think the weekend was the most exciting for Peyton.

This is Peyton on Friday:


And Peyton on Saturday:



My sister's family's new camper. Pretty cool, huh? :)


Jamie Bean. Gotta love those eyes!!

Here is Jamie Bean with his mommy. I love these pictures. He's smiling so much for his mommy and you can see how much my sister just loves him to pieces:

Memory quilt and new baby fleece blanket designs!

I wanted to share what one friend said about the memory quilt she got. It was so sweet and she gave me permission to share along with a picture:

I have to say, I don't think I've seen her so appreciative in a long time. She was really happy and she is taking that quilt to Portland too. LOL I really did a job of creating a good collection of memories, and she and my dad were shocked at what I managed- and everyone LOVED how it looks, the fabric and everything. Man was she THRILLED.

Thanks C! You're so sweet and so supportive! Love ya!



I also wanted to show some new baby fleece blanket designs. I still have to put them on my peanut fund blog, but here they are! All of them are $10 plus $10 shipping and handling. If you get more than 1, the shipping is still only $10.






To see the other designs, see the Wondra Peanut Fund blog. :)

Pictures from the sale

Here are some pictures from the sale. I have to admit, though, the pictures don't show how much stuff there really was. To be here in person, you could see just how much stuff there was, but this gives a good idea. :)


Setting up

Setting up

The 4 tents with tables underneath

Inside the garage. There are actually 3 tables set up behind the hanging clothes that are hard to see and 3 tables on the right that are hiding

The tent for sale and the trailer full of more stuff.

I had to take a picture of this. Mark wanted to make sure this Christmas tree "stayed dry" as it was supposed to rain. His idea was to put a plastic bag over the top of it. In my mind, it did no good and just looked stupid, but Mark thought it worked very well. :)

Our dog, Eddie, who wasn't too excited about the garage sale

Peyton had a little too much fun with the "free box". Her and Tyler really dressed her up good with the "free stuff"

Tyler and Peyton playing with some kids. We found the kids sure loved to play with toys and it was fun to watch them. :)

My friend, Amy, who donated a lot of stuff, and my sister, Danielle, who also donated and was there the whole day to help on Friday

Peyton helping Friday morning and was a bit chilly

After the sale. Looks like we hardly made a dent, doesn't it?

The empty tents after...kind of sad. We worked so hard and it was over so fast.

I realized I never got a picture of my mom working at the sale or my other friend who helped Saturday and donated a lot. :( I'm sooo sorry. I meant to and didn't get a picture. But thanks to them for all your help! Love you guys!!

I'm still alive :)

I have soooo many e-mails and blogs to catch up on. I've been thinking of you all!!

I've been going steady since Thursday until tonight. We've had our garage sale since Thursday morning. Our county fair was this weekend and our road is the way to the fair so it was a very busy weekend. Most days I was out setting up by 6:30 in the morning and wouldn't get in until 8 or 9 at night....it was unreal.

I had one really bad experience that just made me sick where a couple ladies stole at least $25 of Avon...that I know of. It was probably more but I know of $25 for sure. Why do people do that? It just makes me sick.

Otherwise, it was a great weekend and for the most part, I had a great time and it was nice to see a lot of different people.

I'll be posting pictures later, but I had to tell you guys the final amount we raised for our peanut fund.

$1007.10

Isn't that amazing??? It brings tears to my eyes. God is sooooo good to us! We still have a TON left over so we'll be doing another sale again soon. Our garage is still so packed. We had an amazing amount of donations...an AMAZING amount. We still have some people interested in more stuff so the total may increase.

We are so blessed to have so many family and friends who have given so much. We are so unbelievably blessed.

I'll be writing more later! Missed you all! I'll be checking up on blogs....I've gotta play catch up!

(((HUGS)))

Table runners

I got this wonderful present for Mother's Day from my mom, with a little help from Tyler and Peyton :):

It is a table runner and Tyler and Peyton did their own artwork on it. I, of course, was too afraid of getting it dirty so I have it up on my wall so I can look at it all the time.

It is so precious and I love it.

My mom has made more and is selling them for our peanut fund! I told you she was the best. :) They are a perfect gift. They are fun for the kids to make, fun to save and fun to give. I absolutely love mine and will keep it forever.

My mom has one of her 4 little grandchildren, each with their handprint on it. It's so precious.

Here is a picture of the table runner she makes. Along with the table runner comes a special fabric marker you can use for drawing on the fabric. It has everything you need!

My mom is selling these for $10 which is a steal! She always underprices things but that's just the wonderful person she is. :) For only $10, you get a perfect memory and something you will definitely cherish forever (plus $2 shipping and handling).

The table runners come in different colors. This one is a blue one (the master color in this particular table runner). But, the table runners also come in the other colors seen here with the matching fabric marker.

If you would like to order one, please let me know! You can e-mail me at tammywondra@yahoo.com or leave a comment and I will get back to you.

Thank you!

Memory quilts

I wanted to upload some pictures of the latest memory quilts we have done. Thanks so much to Chocodaisy for letting me share hers. :)

My mom and I LOVE doing these for people. It's been so much fun to hang out with my mom and earn a little money for our peanut fund. We're almost to the point that if we got on the embryo donor list and received embryos, we would be able to do a frozen transfer! It's so exciting! And it's thanks to soooooo many people who have ordered memory quilts or blankets, so THANK YOU! It truly means a lot!

I also have kids blankets available now and new designs of baby blankets. :)

If you would like to know more about the memory quilts and the blankets, see our other blog: Wondra Peanut Fund

Thank you so much for the support you guys! It's so nice. Our baby will definitely be shared amongst so many wonderful people. :) (((HUGS)))