We bake to build

The bake sale this morning went really well, minus the fact that it was only 45ish degrees and it was outside. We pretty much sold everything and all of the money went to our Church's building fund. We are in a temporary building and have to raise a ton of money before we can get onto the property that we (well the Archdiocese) own. We're doing another bake sale next weekend and at least now I know what people are looking for(cakes, pies and breads) and that it is important to mark that you bake with Splenda so all the diabetics will buy the treats too. I have no idea how much money we made today at the three masses but I know last night we made at least $150 which is awesome.

Our priest also just returned from Haiti with his mother. For those of you that don't know our priest, Father Jean, is from Haiti and all of his family is still there. His immediate family was not harmed by the earthquake, however his nephew, cousins and some aunts and uncles are either deceased or still among the missing. His mother will be staying in the states for at least 2 months until everything calms down. She was at the masses last night and I was told she was somewhat overwhelmed by everyone, plus she doesn't speak English, so I'm sure that was a bit much too.

I have to share this story with you that he told us today, when Father Jean went to Haiti he spoke with some of the priests from the diocese, well what's left of it, and told us that two seminaries were destroyed with all of the priests and many of their nuns. They have nobody. Father and the other priests that travelled with him brought supplies for the remaining churches and priests. Our church alone raised $13,000 to send with him and the entire Archdiocese of Central Florida raised $3 million. I think that is amazing and extremely generous! So nice to see that caring people are still out there.

That's all from here, sorry for the lack of pictures, the kiddos have colds and the snot is everywhere. I'm going to try their cold air humidifier tonight to see if it will help. I really don't know what else to do at this point, I think they are still to young for a decongestant, right? I'm going to call our doctor in the morning and see if there is anything I can give them. Any tips?

Everything I know I learned from Anderson Cooper...

I have to admit my last few nights I have been glued to CNN's coverage of Haiti, and not because they are the leader in world events, but because they have this man on location:

Hush your mouth Lani, I know what you are thinking! But seriously, don't you think if more reporters looked like him we would be better educated in world events? Just from the past couple nights I could probably tell you every fact about this earthquake chronologically, alphabetically or via flow chart because I have been hanging on every word out of this mouth:

Obsessed? No, concerned citizen of the world. Now do I secretly wish that during this coverage a huge gust of wind would blow by and make his shirt fly up to reveal what I can only imagine to be rock hard abs? Yes, I mean look at those guns!

And don't get all "Oh Amanda you're married! How can you say these things?!" Um hello, look at this man! Seriously, scroll up and look at him! I know Scott thinks the same thing about Megan Fox, why else do you think he watched Transformers? Trust me, not the compelling story line. Did it even have a script?

But seriously if more reporters looked this:

or even this (just for you Scott):

Maybe more people would be informed on what is going on in this world. Just a thought major news stations...just a thought.

To help send relief to Haiti please visit redcross.org, whitehouse.gov or help with Headphonies for Haiti!