Tickets are booked!!!!!!!!

We are officially going to the Philippines! We booked our tickets today!!! We did not get the itinerary we wanted...everything was sold out!! But it's ok because we are going and that is what matters!

We will fly a combination of US Air and Korean Air.

We will go Charlotte-Chicago-Seoul-Manila.
On the way home we will go Manila-Seoul-New York-Charlotte

We will leave Friday, August 9th at 10am and arrive home Saturday, August 17th around 8:30pm.

We had hoped to have a long layover in Seoul, but we didn't get it. We will have 5 hours on the way back. We may not be able to go far from the airport, but we do hope that it will be enough time to see our dear friend there. We are excited to return to Korea and hopefully we can get a picture of Aubrey in Seoul:)

We are so excited to have everything booked! Oh, and the best part? Our friends and family have been so very generous...We paid George and Aubrey's ticket in full. In CASH!! No credit card needed:) Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who helped make that possible!

My Ebay selling is also starting to go well. I've sold around $140 worth of stuff so far. I haven't even posted most of my items yet. It is a learning curve and I am definitely still learning. I will keep selling stuff...A) to get crap out of this cluttered house and B) to keep saving money for the trip. We will still need to pay for food, transportation and incidentals while we are there.

Another huge milestone in this adventure that I haven't had a chance to post yet...Aubrey's passport came in!!

She doesn't understand what it is, but she keeps saying what sounds like "that's mine!" every time she looks at it. She loves that her picture is in there. So cute!

Ebay and Fundraising

Things are moving along in the fundraising department! We have received a few very generous donations and I think we are pretty close to having the full amount needed to book! I am going to call the travel agent in the morning and see what rate she can get us.  We are praying for a particular route that gives us long layovers in Seoul, South Korea. We'd love to take Aubrey there and we have a dear friend we'd love to visit.

Selling on Ebay is starting to pick up. We've sold several items so far and more items are starting to sell. I still have a ton of things I need to post so they can sell too. It is hard to get everything photographed since Aubrey likes to wear my merchandise around the house. She thinks she's found the greatest dressup box ever!

I may keep this Ebay selling up after the trip...it's kind of addicting:)

We are still waiting for Aubrey's passport. The government has cashed the checks, so hopefully that means it will come any day now:)

Passports and Fundraising

My passport came in the mail! Hooray! Hopefully Aubrey's will come in the next few weeks. Aubrey thought it was a book for her to read- haha!  She sat in her chair and "read" it for a long time. So cute!

We are working hard to raise the money we need to buy our plane tickets. We want to buy them soon because the prices are going up. They have already gone up about $300 in the past week or so! We have been trying to sell a ton of items on Ebay and Amazon, but that is much slower going than we would like. Please check out our items for sale on Ebay- My screen name is jcann2013. I am working to post more items (it is so time consuming! especially with VERY

helpful one year old!).

We currently have about $1,600. We need $2,500 to book George and Aubrey's tickets. If you can help (no gift is too small), you can donate directly through Paypal. My email for Paypal is jenicacannella@yahoo.com Of course, cash or checks are acceptable as well:) We appreciate donations of any amount. We definitely want to book before the tickets skyrocket any higher! We will keep you posted on our progress! Thanks so much!