Longaberger Lottery / baby / fun day

Hey all!
I wanted to let you in on our latest fund-raiser that is starting this coming week.
Some women that Matt works with are doing this for us to help raise money for the adoption. We appreciate it so much! They have done a lot of work to get this together - now we have to do the next step which is selling tickets!
Here's how it works:

Purchase a ticket for $5.00 (plus a 46 cent PayPal fee) and get 26 changes to win!!!
Those of you that know us in real life can buy actual tickets from us without the PayPal fee, of course.

Thru the month of December we will award a basket each day to the person who has the winning lottery ticket based on the pick three West Virginia lottery. For example if your ticket matches the West Virginia lottery number on December 19th you will win the Knick Knack Basket.

Here is the schedule of baskets to be won:
Dec 1 - Mother's Day Basket
Dec 3 - Small Purse Basket
Dec 4 - Small Autumn Treats Basket
Dec 5 - Carry Along Basket
Dec 6 - Horizon of Hope Rosebud Basket
Dec 7 - Small Waste Basket
Dec 8 - Woven Memories Basket
Dec 10 - Medium Purse Basket
Dec 11 - Small Gathering Basket
Dec 12 - Small Picnic Basket
Dec 13 - 3 Medium Flower Pots (Pottery)
Dec 14 - Large Berry Basket
Dec 15 - Pen Pal Basket
Dec 17 - Coaster Tote Basket
Dec 18 - Kiddie Purse Basket
Dec 19 - Knick Knack Basket
Dec 20 - Small Helper Basket
Dec 21 - Cracker Basket
Dec 22 - Fabric Purse with Mugs
Dec 24 - Christmas Basket
Dec 25 - Deck the Halls Basket
Dec 26 - Woven Memories Basket
Dec 27 - Fabric Purse
Dec 28 - Berry Serving Plate
Dec 29 - Small Scalloped Pocket Basket
Dec 31 - Spring Basket

Matt has set up a separate blogspot with info about this fund-raiser as well as links about the baskets and our other fund-raisers. Check it out by clicking on 'Smith Family Adoption Mission' on our sidebar.

I'm really excited about this. I'd never heard of doing a raffle/lottery thing like this before, but it seems like a great deal. 26 chances for $5 is pretty good. I don't know how wide the Longaberger craze goes, but these baskets are really popular around here. Check out their website for pictures of their products.

We had such a great day today! We hung out with my mom all day today and had so much fun. We met some friends at a big craft fair, did a little bargain shopping and ate way too much ice cream at Sarris! Mom and I see each other a lot but it had been a long time since we had just spent time together, not hurriedly rushing around or trying to get 10000000 things done.
Mom is the best. She is currently reading the book Black Baby, White Hands. She asked if she could read it when she saw it at our house. I was so happy that she was interested enough to read it and she is really enjoying it. She says she's learning a lot about growing up as an adopted child and also about trans-racial relationships. Thanks Mom for taking such an active interest in our family! It means a lot to me!!