November 2009

Our fundraiser was a delightful success!  Thank you to all who were able to come out, and to those who've supported us in other ways.  We feel very loved and are very blessed!

Here are some photos of our family from that night:

These are Kevin's sisters and their families

Kevin's sister Lori and her husband Eric bid on the amazing artwork of Aaron Zenz that depicted our family, including Maria, along with Kevin's junk sculptures from "The Tomato Collection" that Aaron brought to life.  They then surprised us and presented the piece to us as a gift, saying that it's rightful place is in our home!  Such an amazing and beautiful gift!!

 

Here is Ethan (one of Kevin's junk sculptures) next to the piece that Aaron made.  It's hard to see the details in this photo, but Aaron drew Carlos swinging from one of Ethan's arms and Maria sitting on the other.

We love it and are so happy that we get to look at it every day!

Carlos and some of his cousins

Steph's parents, who came up from Metro Detroit to spend the weekend for Thanksgiving and to be able to attend the fundraiser.

Kevin's cousin Justin, Aunt Judy, and Mom

Sorry Brian, this was too funny not to post!  Brian and Kristi (Kevin's sister and brother-in-law) won the bid for this movie night basket.  This is Brian sitting off in the corner secretly eating all of the candy that was in the basket, before telling Kristi that they won it!

Kevin performed some songs that night with Jacob:

 

Again Brian, too funny not to share!  (He's mimicking Uncle Kev-Kev and secretly got caught in the action.)

Emily loves to hear Uncle Kev's shows!

Here is the wonderful staff of Urban Mill who was kept hoppin' all evening!:

We still have a few auction items left, mainly art, so we thought we'd post the photos here before trying other avenues for selling them.  If you are interested in purchasing one of them, you can just send us an email.  Or if you know someone who loves art who might be interested, please feel free to pass along our blog address to them.  Thanks!

The retail value is $600, but we are selling it for $400 (the book is included).

This is a print from the book Don't Forget to Take Your Umbrella, illustrated by Holland, MI artist and children's book illustrator, Carolyn Stich.  The approx. value is $200, but we are selling it for $125 (the book is included).

This is an original painting by Michigan artist and children's book illustrator, Lori Eslick.  The value is $350, but we're selling it for $250. 

 "The Garden - Opus VII" Limited Edition Print by Michigan artist Mark Herrick.  The approximate retail value is $1,500.  We don't know what to sell it for, because we don't think we know anyone who has that kind of money to spend, especially right now.  So I think we'll leave it as just "make an offer."

 

"The Love Letter" Limited Edition Collector's Print by Mark Herrick.  The approximate retail value is $700, but the same situation applies as above.  We'll put this one also as just "make an offer."

Kevin's dad made a photo montage of the entire event.  If you'd like to view it, check it out here: Bringing Maria Home Fundraiser Photo Montage

And then I thought I'd end this post with a few photos of Carlos in the leaves.  The last few days of fall: