This weekend, we had a huge garage sale to help raise a little money for our adoption. I come from a long line of garage sale shoppers, but even I have never been to a garage sale at someone's home this big! My grandmother would have been so proud. She would have also walked away with the gravy maker.
Our church members made donations to the garage sale, and boy, did they come through! On Thursday evening, Chad made a bunch of stops at people's houses with the help of Mr. Jim Byler. By the end of the night, our garage was full and so was the big truck they had used to pick up all the goods!
At 5:30 the next morning an army of help showed up to help drag it all out. By the moon's light, they sorted everything from candleholders to Christmas items.
By 7:30, we were open for business and in need of coffee.
The following details some of the highlights of the sale.
1. April Vest knows Antiques: My friend and her husband, Dennis came to help work the sale. Little did I know that April knows EVERYTHING about antiques. It didn't take her long to spot 2 vases and some pyrex dishes that were worth a pretty penny. God sent us an antiques dealer to help us out!
2. Mrs. Terri and Fancy Nancy: Terri Burnside and Nancy Sarson are total workhorses. They were there throughout the entire sale and they work. Straightening clothes, talking to customers and best of all - entertaining Hadley!
3. My NightWatchmen: This is hilarious. I was concerned that we couldn't get all of the goods back into the garage on Friday night, so what could we do? I jokingly said that we needed to hire security, well once again, God provided. Kyle Burnside and Shane Stoltzfus who are sophomore in high school, came over and "camped out" in our front yard. Well, they slept on a couch a air mattress with a crowbar, bat and curtain rod to protect themselves and the boy and girl stuffed reindeers that were for sale... The picture you see above of the couch actually has Kyle laying under that blanket and the air mattress was home to Shane, under that blue sheet. Hanging out with them a little that morning over sweet rolls (hey, I had to pay them!) - confirmed for me that I cannot wait to have a son! What fun!
Thank you to everyone that donated, worked, came by just to say hi, petted our dog, loved on us, entertained Hadley, and encouraged us. You all went over the top and we couldn't be more thankful.
The Grand Total of our garage sale was $2,452 - AWESOME!!!
2 comments:
OH MY GOODNESS! Your yard was very full. Thanks for sharing. I wish we could have been there to help. God is so good. :) Love Yall!
Now that's what I call a successful garage sale!!!
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