Lemonade Stand

The plans were in place. The stand was built, thanks to Dave Emrich. A date was picked. Lemonade and cookies were prepared.

This morning, our boys, their friends Sam and Charlie, and one Efficient Baby opened for business. We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day!


We have friends who are in the process of adopting two little boys from an orphanage in Peru, so we had decided in advance that all the money we raised at the lemonade stand would go to the orphanage.

People were so generous. More on that later.

Here's a shot of our first customer! This guy obviously is at home in front of the camera.

We had a little lull in business, but then things picked up.

Lots of friends from church stopped by. And, of course, faithful BFF Josh and his family.

The boys had a wonderful time yelling "Lemonade for sale!" at the top of their lungs every time a car passed by. Libby yelled, too.

The boys also were responsible for serving customers and taking money. Libby wanted in on that action as well. After watching the boys collect donations for a while, she walked up to the next car that pulled up and yelled, "Money, please!" Which, of course, is everything I've ever prayed against...watching my daughter standing on a street corner asking people in cars for money. Fortunately the young moms in the car my two-year-old was attempting to hustle thought it was hysterical.

We were open for business for about an hour and a half. The boys kept wanting to know how much money we'd made. We had no idea, but in the immortal words of Kenny Rogers, "You never count your money/While you're sittin' at the table," so we waited till we got home to tally it up.

$91.65 for the orphanage. Seriously. People were so generous.

THANK YOU to everyone who stopped by our lemonade stand this morning!