Fun having and Fund Raising

This Thursday, Nathan took part in his school's First Grade Concert! He told us that he was a little nervous, but once he came out on to the stage, with the rest of his class, he seemed relaxed. We were so proud of him, as he sang every word of every song. His actions were also perfect and he seemed to be having a great time! The first graders were led by their music teacher who did a fantastic job with them! The performance was a huge success, and afterward, to celebrate, we stopped at our favorite dessert place, Menchie's, for a decadent frozen yogurt, with all kinds of delicious toppings! For your enjoyment, here is a the first grader's singing Do Re Mi!

The next day, Liesel started cooking up a storm in the kitchen, baking cutie pies, fudge and brownies to name a few! She was in charge of the Bake Sale at the fund-raising dinner for our friends, the Muth family, and was busily adding to her inventory!

That evening we all headed to the church that was hosting the Spaghetti dinner fund-raising event. As I mentioned last week, Olive Garden, donated most of the food, including bread sticks and salads. The food was pretty darn good! In addition to the main meal, Liesel had two tables, and the floor beneath, stacked with cakes, cookies, and plenty of other dishes piled high with sugar and/or chocolate! By the end of the evening,  most of these dishes had been bought by people attending the dinner. But wait! There's more! Children from the two schools that the Char and Jim taught at, provided gift baskets that were all being auctioned off to raise additional funds. Other sponsors offered orchards, box tickets to some of Cleveland's professional sporting events, rounds of golf etc, to make a huge variety of packages to bid on! The event was very successful, and apparently over 400 spaghetti dinners were dished up! 

We love living in a community that rallies around those that need help. Thank you to all who came out and supported our friends!