Running to Baby Hendricks......

Anyone who has ever met me knows that I am NOT a runner.  In fact, if you look up klutz in the dictionary you would see a picture of me surrounded by what could be my own medical supply store.  You name it and I have sprained, strained, pulled or broken it.  It really is amazing that I have lived to the ripe old age of........well maybe we won't go there : ) 

To the point of the matter.  My friend Kate and I are running in the In His Hands Orphans Outreach 5k on June 4th at Rochester Park.  This is a wonderful organization that helps orphans all over the world. Since Mark and I are actively adopting you can make a pledge for the 5k by addressing the check to In His Hands Orphans Outreach and putting Hendricks Family in the memo section.  They will keep track of pledges made to us and the proceeds will go towards our adoption.  If you send me a message I can add you to my pledge sheet and give you my address for you to send a check.  If you prefer to donate to the organization directly please do so.  What this organization does is something Mark and I feel very strongly about and we will not be offended if you want the money to go to the organization for further projects.  Also if you are in the area and want to participate in the Run/Walk that is even better.  Please see there website below for more information about the 5k and In His Hands Orphans Outreach mission. 

http://www.inhishandsorphans.org/

Ashley

P.S.  Home Study went off to DCFS today.  WhooooHoooo!!!  So excited. 

Thank You!!!

Just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who showed up this weekend to support us.  Whether you donated items, helped price/set up, came to shop or just came to offer support we want to thank you. We also want to say a huge Thank You to my Mother-Leanna and our friends Kate and Brian.  You have all donated countless hours these last few months helping us get ready for this and we could never have pulled it off without you.  So how did we do????  Awesome!!!! We were blessed with beautiful weather despite the forecast of rain and we surpassed our goals by leaps and bounds.   We were able to meet several other families from our area that have adopted or are in the process of adopting.  We are so lucky to be living in such a supportive community.  There are a couple other fundraisers we are working on setting up and will keep you posted as things progress. 

In other news, we signed off on our Home Study on Friday and it should be going to DCFS for approval this week.  WHOOOHOOO!!!!  That is one huge check mark on the list.  We are currently working on getting our documents together and filling out our paperwork for USCIS (Immigration).  Planning on having everything ready so we can send it off as soon as we get the approval from DCFS. 

Ashley

                                   Mark and Ashley enjoying a couple minutes of downtime

                                                
                                               Garage Sale Mania!!!!!

Walmart size Garage and Bake sale!!!

We are officially only 40 hrs away from the biggest garage sale of the year.  We have had over 25 seperate families donate.  We have clothes of every shape and size, electronics, hundreds of books, a queen size mattress set, dresser set, collectibles and much, much more.  We also will have an assortment of baked goods and cold drinks for purchase as well.  Let me know if you need our address.  The sale is Friday May 6 from 1-7 pm and Saturday May 7 from 8-12.  We will post pictures after the sale and let everyone know how it went.  Wish us luck!!!

Ashley