This and That

We're really going to have to get better about asking people to take a picture of all of us.

Picking out the perfect pumpkin?....We didn't get this one! We agreed on one that could be carved.

Ready to go!

Kenten was supposed to blow bubbles for Joscelyn. When I went to check on them, he was flicking the wand at her head, she was wandering around oblivious. Once he saw me looking he immediately started blowing bubbles!

Kenten's 6 year old picture

I took Kenten to get his 6 year old pictures today. We're only 5 months late!

Delivery!

The FedEx man made a delivery of 8 large boxes. When we got everything opened and sorted out, this is what we had! Thank you to everyone who helped us by making a purchase or collecting orders for us.

Fundraiser Update

I closed out The Pampered Chef Fundraiser today. Our commissionable sales were $2,559.70! The fundraiser will receive 15%, and I will receive 15% commission for a total of 30%. That's $767.91! That will make a pretty sizable dent in our cost of Kenten's surgery.

Thank you to everyone who made a purchase or other donation. We are so blessed to have so many wonderful friends and family.

Rescheduled

I was able to talk to the scheduling lady at Children's Mercy Hospital. We have rescheduled Kenten's surgery for January 17th and 18th.

Fundraiser!

We have started taking orders for The Pampered Chef fundraiser! With my commission we will earn about 30% back from the total sales. We'd like to earn about $2000 of the cost of Kenten's surgery. That means we have to sell about $7000 in product. You can order by contacting me personally or you can order online at my website. You can click here to get there. Once at my website you should click on "shop online." Then under option one, enter Kenten Faust as the host's name. Be sure to spell it correctly or it won't get you there. I'm closing the show on October 2nd. Please have your orders in by October 1st. Choose to have your order shipped with the show if you are local. If you are not local, you will want to have your order shipped to you.

Kenten is still scheduled for surgery on December 28th. I'm still planning on talking to the hospital to see if we can change it for after the first of the year. Just in case he should decide to fall and break something, his deductible will already be met.

Please feel free to pass this along to everyone you think would like to help us out! If you have questions you can call me or send me an email.

Thank you for all your help, support, and prayers!

Frustration

This last week I received in the mail my insurance packet. I put it to the side, not thinking anything of it. Tonight I decided to look through it. Normally the changes would not have bothered me. However, having in mind the future trip we are going to take to KC, I'm very frustrated with our new insurance coverage. Our plan that expires October 1 would have cost only $2000 as a maximum to us. With the new plan, we will have a maximum amount of $3000. I'm going to call the hospital tomorrow to find out what the total bill is expected to be so I can begin to look at the numbers and estimate our total.

I have begun to think of ways to pay for this bill. We don't have $3000 in the bank. We really can't afford any kind of a payment right now. So....I was thinking I would use my business to raise the money! After all, that is why I started my business, to help my family out with the extra expenses life throws our way. During the month of September, I will be collecting orders for Pampered Chef items. All the orders will go toward a Fundraiser show that I will turn in around October 2nd. Turned in as a Fundraiser show, we will earn anywhere from 15-20% commission for the fundraiser. I will also earn 15% commission personally. Both of those checks will go toward paying for Kenten's procedure. It seems like a lot, but my goal is a $6000 show! This would allow us to raise approximately $1800 to pay for Kenten's procedure. A show of $10,000 would almost pay for the whole thing. We're going to put some money aside on a medical flex card that I will sign up for through my employer. However, we can't put traveling expenses on a medical flex card. I'll put up more information regarding The Pampered Chef Fundraiser and how you can help when I get things completely figured out.

Check back regularly for updates. I'll try to get some pictures uploaded before school starts and everything gets crazy again!