Start your bidding!

Let the bidding begin!! Today is the first day of the silent auction to benefit the Tarapchak Family Children. The proceeds from the auctions will go to an education fund which was previously set up for the Tarapchak kiddos.

Browse the master list of auctions taking place here and you'll also see more details listed.

Up for auction RIGHT HERE TODAY is an adorable navy blue tote with a trendy floral liner (perfect as a purse, pool tote,or diaper bag) filled with lots of great professional beauty products!
Products inside tote include:

FUSION ENERGY OF BEAUTY HAIRSPRAY
RUSK BRILLIANCE SHAMPOO
RUSK BRILLIANCE LEAVE IN CONDITIONER
KENRA NOURISHING HAIR MASQUE
AVON HONEY & VITAMIN E BUBBLE BATH
FUSION VENT BRUSH
OPI NAIL POLISH
CREATIVE NAIL POLISH
PINK NAIL FILE
BIOLAGE HAIR CARE SAMPLES
BATH AND BODY WORKS SWEAT PEA MINI SET

Take time to celebrate you! This package has all you need and is perfect for Valentine's Day!

(Est. value of tote & product: $60)

Hair products donated by hairstylist Mimi Anglin; Tote and Bath and Body Works product donated by Jenny Lusher.

Bidding will continue through Sunday, Feb. 15 at 8:00 PM Eastern Standard time.

100% of the proceeds will benefit the Tarapchak kids!
Flat donations may also be made to their fund on an ongoing basis.

Bid in increments of... $5.00

Place a bid by leaving a comment to this post.

Cash, check or money order will be accepted.

PayPal will be accepted, with additional PayPal fee charges added on.

I MUST have a way to contact you in order for your bid to be valid. The winning bidder will be notified the evening the auction is done!

The 4th

This is the first blog tag I've received and it's a pretty neat one, I have to say! Thanks Arminda for getting the ball rolling. But I must say, I keep so many pictures in my folders that I'm scared to find the 4th pic in my 4th folder. Let's see how this goes!

Well, 2009 happened to be my 4th folder...and this was the random pic! Making the boys smile into the sun just didn't work! Huge no-no in photography, I understand. :-) But we were happy to have sunshine this day.

Lil Brudder was not happy about the size of our snowman, even though he didn't help much in the building process. His class from school built this one (below) earlier that day, so ours really didn't measure up! He was so pumped when he came home from school that day and so energized. What awesome teachers for bundling all 12 of them up, getting them outside and taking advantage of the warm morning!

Your turn...I tag Haylee, Karen, Carrie & Kelly and anyone else who wants to jump in on this one! Who doesn't love their family photos, so you can't help but have fun digging through and finding one!

Wake Up Call!

Since the new season of Extreme Home Makeover, we have spent several Sunday evenings watching the new episodes as a family. Generally, we budge on bedtime and make it a family time, since the boys surprisingly enjoy the show so much. They get so excited when the new house is revealed and the boys are pretty moved by the heroes' stories who've been chosen for the makeovers. But I think they've seen Ty Pennington yelling into the megaphone one too many times.
Yesterday I was checking over my breastpump to make sure it would still function after several years of storage. So of course, the pieces that you see here were all revealed and the boys were fascinated by them. I didn't tell them what they were for because, well...they didn't ask, for once! But soon enough they were running around the house using them as spaceships or doing their best Ty Pennington impressions, yelling "Good morning such-and-such family!!" into them.

"Oh boys...once you see what those are really for, you truly are going to get a wake up call of your own!"

I know the questions are going to continue to flow once the baby is here, just as many have been asked during this entire pregnancy. But it's been entertaining to see what sparks their minds and how creative & couth we can be with the response! Hopefully we'll have some news to share within the next 2 weeks and we'll see if the interrogation tapers off a bit.

Pamper Me Beautiful!

Thank you to my friends, Mimi Anglin (my favorite hairsylist!) & Jenny Lusher for contributing to the Tarapchak Family Auction! Below is a description of a great tote they'll be auctioning off on my blog next weekend - (February 14 & 15)!! This item is one of several items to be auctioned, where the proceeds will go to benefit the Tarapchak kids' education funds.

YOU can be a part by blessing this dear family AND win a great pampering package!! Place your bid by including it in a comment on THIS post. At the end of the day on Sunday, Feb. 15, the winner will be announced and you'll be contacted to arrange payment. Pick up is the preferred delivery method, but shipping can be arranged.

Up for auction is an adorable navy blue tote with a trendy floral liner (perfect as a purse, pool tote,or diaper bag) filled with lots of great professional beauty products!
Products inside tote include:

FUSION ENERGY OF BEAUTY HAIRSPRAY
RUSK BRILLIANCE SHAMPOO
RUSK BRILLIANCE LEAVE IN CONDITIONER
KENRA NOURISHING HAIR MASQUE
AVON HONEY & VITAMIN E BUBBLE BATH
FUSION VENT BRUSH
OPI NAIL POLISH
CREATIVE NAIL POLISH
PINK NAIL FILE
BIOLAGE HAIR CARE SAMPLES
BATH AND BODY WORKS SWEAT PEA MINI SET

Take time to celebrate you! This package has all you need and is perfect for Valentine's Day!

(Est. value of tote & product: $60)

Hair products donated by hairstylist Mimi Anglin; Tote and Bath and Body Works product donated by Jenny Lusher