Well on our way!

Last night was so amazing!! I still cannot believe the turnout.  We were blessed to be surrounded by our family, friends, and coworkers for a really fun time.  The night started with dinner and drinks and a jam-packed silent auction.  People were eating and bidding and talking.  There were kids running around the putting green outside.  After the bidding wrapped up, we thanked everyone and announced the winners.  People got some great deals on spas, salons, tutoring, books, lottery tickets, and much much more.  Then we danced and just enjoyed the evening. 
My coworkers did a phenomenal job on the organization of the event.  The food was yummy, the desserts were out of this world, and the entertainment was great.  Overall, it was a great event.  And, I'm sure everyone is wondering, how successful was it?? Well, we raised...

$4425

Yep, A-MA-ZING!

Our next step in the process is the home study visits.  We are just waiting on our social worker to call and set these up.  Bethany has all of our application stuff.  So we wait.  Hopefully we will hear something soon and we can jump this hurdle too!

So, for now, I just want to wrap up by thanking as many people as I can remember who donated to the auction last night and made it so successful!

Thank you...

Miss Cocky

Discovery Flight

Bliss Salon

Bewitched Salon

Griffin Pools and Spas

Hope Bryant

Lindsay Kenney

Mandy Stroud

Jonna Howell

Laura Alexander

Terminex

Susan Douglas

Kiki Wooley

Miryam Malpartida

Kelly DeShazo

Pivotal Fitness

Bodyshop Athletics

Anytime Fitness

There's definitely more and I'll add them.  But right now my eyes are closing.  Mark and I followed up our big night with the Mud Run this morning, so we are wiped out.

Thank you everyone!!



Formal application complete... on to the next step

We got our formal application complete and turned in today!! After filling out numerous papers, getting drug tested, TB tested, writing our personal testimonies, doing our health histories, filling out our cash flow, and various other papers, we got it all turned in today. 
Our next step is to attend the training session on August 26.  This is an all day training that they said will cover lots of stuff.  I think we will meet our social worker and hopefully get going on that. 
I ordered 100 prints from Snapfish, so once I get the info on our photo book I think I may hit up some creative person to do the book for me :-) Scrapbooking is not my  strength. 
We are very excited to be moving to the next step.  We have a couple of fundraisers in the works as well, so stay tuned.  We'll be scheduling our Adopt-a-Mixon Nights Out and our "Completing our family puzzle" coming up.
On another note, my little fur baby had his teeth cleaned and one extracted today.  I was a little nervous because he had to be put to sleep, but he is fine and his breath is actually tolerable for the first time I can remember!! Baxley had an allergic reaction to something this week, but he has recoverd as well.  So both the fuzzy faces at our house are doing well!!
I am including pics from our yard sale since I haven't done that yet.
School has started back, so we are in for a busy few months!