The month of June....

So much news today! We still are at the same number that we were on Tuesday in regards to our goal for the Crawl folks to meet, but there is SO much going on!

Here is a new link to the Scentsy fundraiser... And also the link to Velata, which is CHOCOLATE FONDUE!! Who doesn't like chocolate?! Order now!! And I mean NOW!!!
https://scents2enjoy.scentsy.us/Scentsy/Buy?partyId=90876587
https://melt2enjoy.velata.us/Velata/Buy?partyId=90892442
Why buy now? Because for every order placed TODAY, Tonya will MATCH our percentage. So, if your order would give us $20, SHE will match that with $20 of her own. THEN the money will go into our account on June 10th, meaning that $40 will be DOUBLED BY THE CRAWL FOR CANCER!! So, our percentage from today's sale will technically QUADRUPLE!!! What an amazing excuse to place that order you've been thinking about lately! Get on it! :)

In other news, we are still a "go" for the garage sale fundraiser in August.... BUT we plan on having one in just a few short weeks, to help us meet our Crawl goal! If  you want to help us out, bring over a box or a few boxes full of stuff you don't want or need anymore. We will sell it for you and the profits will go to our IVF fund!!! Let me know if you need the address to drop your stuff off at!!

I think that's all I've got for today fundraiser wise...

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Tomorrow is the first day of June. I can't believe it! June is an AMAZING month for us.
June 1: Faith's birthday (she'll be 8 this year. She was 2 when I met Danny, can't believe how much she's grown!)
June 13: Our anniversary (Three years this year, WOW)
Danny was technically cancer free after his colon resection surgery, so....
June 24: Danny's Cancer Free Anniversary (will be three years!)

With so many wonderful days in June, it's easy to NOT get down about things. I could easily throw a pity party on June 18, remembering the day we found out Danny had a tumor. Or June 19, remembering the day Dr Hyder confirmed. Or on June 24, remembering the day of his surgery. Instead, we will CELEBRATE the 24th, because that's the day he officially became cancer free. Every event after that was to ensure many more years together. Yes chemo and radiation were hell on Danny, but they both did their job. And that's largely in part to the amazing surgeon who made sure to remove every bit of the cancer.
So, on the 24th I'll be more thankful than ever for Dr H, Dr J, Dr G, all their nurses, their schedulers, the nurses in the chemo area at the Cancer Center, and EVERYONE that helped us through those times and are helping us through THESE times.

Looking back on this time in our lives three years ago, I remember the stress I felt trying to get last minute things done for our wedding. We planned for a year and a half. I had everything planned down to the MINUTE. Every second of music was well thought out and talked over with Danny. The centerpieces and wall decor were drawn up and experimented with for months. We planned the PERFECT wedding. And it didn't matter how much planning I did. Or how well thought out every second was. There were still hiccups. I will list just a FEW for you:
The candles that surrounded the stage in the chapel melted (even though they were "dripless") and since the a/c was blaring, the wax went EVERYWHERE.
My underskirt wasn't tied high enough on my waste so it hung down about 4 inches too far, so I tripped on it every step I took while walking down the aisle... My dad grabbed it and held it for me while he walked me to my future husband.
Our pastor forgot that we needed to say OUR VOWS. He was about to pronounce us husband and wife when I reminded him, and he quickly corrected himself. It was hilarious.

No matter how much planning I did, life took over. Things happened. Did it ruin our day? NOT. AT. ALL. Our day was perfect despite the hiccups. Why was it perfect? Because I married the love of my life. I married my best friend. I married into his family, accepted by them all. I vowed to love his daughter as my own. It didn't matter what we did, what we wore, what music was on... what mattered was we were married.

Did I have my life planned out? Yep! We had so many plans. One of those plans was to enjoy the married life for about 6 months before trying to have a baby. And when I say "trying" I mean we wanted to not PREVENT but not plan plan plan. I never wanted to be that person that calculated the days and times and checked temperatures and all that. Deep down to my core, I am a planner. I plan everything. I didn't want to plan a baby. I wanted it to just happen. Danny said he was ready whenever I was. So 6 months after the wedding sounded about right.

It wasn't even six DAYS after the wedding that we got the shock of our lives, and every plan FLEW out the window. Including the plan to not "plan" our future babies. Suddenly every day was a precious gift that wasn't guaranteed. And suddenly the only plan we had was to keep Danny alive. To do whatever we had to do. And we did.

Three years later, we are still baby-less. But, we are alive. We are happy. And thanks to all of YOU, we are well on our way to planning the IVF

Thank you to all of you for encouraging me to keep blogging, for helping us out with fundraisers, for donating your money to us in a time when the entire world seems to be in a money-funk. We really can't say Thank You enough!!