Some friends of ours live in a neighborhood where they do a neighborhood yard sale, and they offered us their driveway for our adoption yard sale. We gladly accepted. Our first yard sale was incredibly successful for only one day (we raised over $2,600), but we had a lot leftover. I put out a couple […]
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our adoption facebook group
I’ll be honest with you, Instagram is my favorite social media platform. BUT, Facebook does have its perks. I found early on in our journey that strangers (who I had briefly talked with as I picked up yard sale donations) wanted to follow our journey. Realizing not everyone wants to be “Facebook Friends,” I decided […]
let’s normalize big families can adopt too
I was in WalMart the other day by myself with my four kids when an older gentlemen commented on how many kids I had with me by saying, “you have your hands full!” This is a comment I get a lot, and I replied with a smile, “yes, I sure do. And we’re adopting.” I […]
egg my yard fundraiser
We took advantage of the holiday and offered something unique to families in our local communities. I posted it in our Adoption Facebook group, some mom Facebook groups and community groups and got a great response. In the description, I included the link to our Google Form which is where they signed up and paid […]
emmaline’s florals
As we were preparing for our adoption yard sale, the girls chimed in and said they wanted to sell something too. We settled on lemonade for Rylie, cookies for Paisley and flowers for Emmaline (they came up with these ideas themselves btw). The flowers from Emmaline made so much sense honestly. She’s the one that […]
our adoption yard sale fundraiser
I’m writing you on the other side of our adoption yard sale fundraiser and we’re exhausted hahaha it was such a large event and we went big but we also were so blessed and raised $2,635 towards our adoption. But let’s back up to when Aaron & I were discussing fundraiser ideas. A yard sale […]
we have merch – the journey of how it started
When we first announced we were adopting, my second action (after posting it on socials) was researching all the ways we could fundraise money. I read dozens of blog posts and they all had one same suggestion – t-shirts. I rolled my eyes every time. I even mentioned it to Aaron and said, “we’re not […]
the shaver crew adoption merch is LIVE
The Shaver Crew adoption merch is LIVE & ready for you to rep! 🤟🏻 is sign language for “I love you!” & 🙂 is the national symbol for adoption. But it’s also just awesome! We’ve got two colored shirts & two hoodie colors + stickers. You can place your order through our form HERE.
adoption faq – part one
Since we announced we’re adopting, the amount of conversations I’ve had is overwhelming (in a great way!). I’ve been surprised how many families have considered adoption and (like us) are just clueless where to start. I’ve also had a lot of people ask me questions that I feel a lot of you have. Adoption is […]
adoption cost (& how you can help)
Since we announced we are adopting, we have been overwhelmed with congratulations and questions. You guys are such an encouraging, supportive community and we are excited to bring you along on our family’s journey. I’ll compile all the questions I’ve received into a blog post shortly, but one of the most common questions we’ve received […]