Give Amelia A Lift - Part 2

Well it has taken me a LONG time to get to part 2 of the GIVE AMELIA A LIFT update. I know that you were all sitting by your computers waiting for it. So wait no longer, read on....

As I said before the event was amazing. It far exceeded our expectation and was so much FUN. There were lots of people in attendance. Rob and Carla's house is quite large and it was busting at the seams. It was so great to see people from different eras of our lives come to support us. We were even blessed to have Amelia's teacher and speech therapist join us. To see pictures of some of the guests see Redeemer PCA's facebook page.


As you can see by the pictures the food was AMAZING! Kristin at The' Cup provided and set up all the food. It look almost too good to eat, but don't worry we ate it!! If you haven't eaten at The' Cup, you should. The coffee, tea, sweet and savory foods are something you shouldn't miss. Also Kristin makes the most amazing cakes.


What wine and cheese party would be complete without the wine! Thanks to the lovely people who served the wine. Pictured above is Keri.



Heidi Beran blessed us by playing the harp during the event. It added so much great atmosphere. THANKS HEIDI, and Liz who arranged it!!

Last but not least THANKS to our wonderful friends who planned and executed both the events. A huge thanks to the talent and creativity of Eleanor Creative who did all the communication pieces. Thanks to Andrew Weeks for planning and organizing the golf event. Thanks to Sommer (not pictured) who helped with thank yous. Be sure to check out the list of those who donated items and sponsored Give Amelia a Lift. One last special thanks to Grace Chapel and Chris Tran for coming up with the idea of a benefit, none of this would have happened without you. You suggested it at a time when we were especially discouraged and feeling down. THANKS!

Chelsey (organized the wine and cheese event) and Jenni (general helping and support)

Christine (overall organization owner of Eleanor Creative) and Tara (photographer and servant extraordinaire')

Christine and Carla (hosed the wine and cheese event)

P.S. Stay tuned for the third and final installment where you will find out what you are really wondering. How much money did we raise? and Were we able to purchase a van?

Give Amelia A Lift - Part 1

Golfers lined up for the shotgun start.

Amelia with Team Sumerlin.

The event was a HUGE success! Amelia had a wonderful time at Woodland Hills . We had 48 golfers participate and all involved had a treat time. The weather was beautiful, almost hot, and the scenery was amazing. What a beautiful fall day.

We were very impressed by the facilities at Woodland Hills. Everything was well organized and put together. I was most impressed by the GPS video screens on each of the carts. They had the hole sponsors and all the golf information up to the minute.

A picture of the GPS screen.

Several of us drove golf carts around the course, cheering on the golfers and snapping pictures. Amazingly Amelia loved the ride. It was bumpy but the breeze felt good in her face and I think the bouncing actually helped make her cough (which is good as she is still recovering from pneumonia).

Amelia is loving it!

Driving the cart.

Congratulating the winners!

Chrissy came to get Amelia and Miles to take them home for lunch and naps. As we were preparing her to leave she kept looking right, which means "no". Then when she got home she did not want to eat or nap, typical three year old behavior! I love it when she is sassy and shows her personality. She loved all the attention and knew that she was the guest of honor. She soaked up all of it!

We ended the afternoon with a prize ceremony and watching of football at the clubhouse. Thank you to all who participated. For more pictures see the Redeemer Church facebook page.

We're home

We were unexpectedly able to go home yesterday! Amelia's blood work was much improved and she was looking much better so they released us. We are tired and depeleated, but blessed and thankful for all you. Thanks to Julie for helping me make 18 calzones, Lauren and Kelsey for helping at the garage sale (also to my neighbor Theresa for all her work on the garage sale), Jamie for taking Steve on the adventure race which was his highlight for the weekend. Thanks also to Abigale and Ashley for faithfully praying and for lifting my spirits tonight, for Chelsey and the little Kirks for curing our boredom this morning, and for all the amazing people helping with Give Amelia a Lift benefit (Christine and Andrew and many more). Oh, and Sommer for the amazing worship selection and leading on Sundy night, it filled my cup. Oh, and Susan Meckel for delivering my fall food share, and Rhiannon for picking up the 18 calzones Julie and I made and for delivering the food tomorrow. I know I am forgetting....oh, Sarah Tlamka for the runzas you brought that we ate tonight:) Oh man, to my mom for her help around the house and with the garage sale and for Chris and Jenny for keeping Miles for the weekend. It is really dangerous to start and "thank you" list because I know I am forgetting someone or something. Really I just appreciate all of you praying for and caring about us...Amelia is awake and I am not sure why, so I will go now and see what is up and snuggle with her for a bit.

Hospital Day 3

Amelia is slowly getting better. Her white blood cells are down and fever is staying down and she has not needed any supplemental oxygen. They are pretty sure they have her on the correct antibiotic and will change her to an oral form soon. She will have to be on oral antibiotics for 2 weeks probably. She will have another chest x-ray and some additional blood work tomorrow and we will see where to go from there. Oh, she has needed IV fluids so she needs to tolerate enough food and water before we can go home. Maybe Sunday, more than likely it will be Monday that we are able to go home.

We are both going to nap right now, so this is "all she wrote".

Jen