The Normal Beaty Bunch

A couple of weeks ago, Noah and Titus were playing in the back yard. They unlocked, and sneaked through the gate and were running around the front yard, and towards the street.

Last week, Noah unlocked and opened the front door and he and Titus ran outside.  By the time I was able to catch Titus, Noah had already ran across the street - and was coming back across the street  to the house.

One of the goals of a service dog is to help provide safety and security for kids with Autism, kids who like to run.  The service dog will be trained to stop dangerous behaviors (like unlocking the gate and running to the front yard) or to chase and tackle Noah when he tries to run away.


We are in the midst of raising money for our service dog (for more info, check this out: The Beaty Bunch)


One of the ways we're working at finding money is by using CHANGE JARS.  You've seen them, at a restaurant, check out counter, or gas station.  I have available ALL shapes and sizes of containers!

I would LOVE to come to you and drop one of these off for you.  Let  me know where and when!


Would you maybe be willing to take one of these and put it at your office?  Maybe on your desk at work?  Or even in your car cup holder, and put your own change in there?


If you don't live near here, I can email you the picture for the front of a jar, and some brochures and business cards. Our business cards have our personal website on them, so your friends can learn about our boys.




I even have a cover letter you can give to a store owner or your boss, to explain the situation with our boys.



Paws4Beatys@gmail.com                                                            Paws 4 Beatys

I'm working on clutter ... I mean PAPERWORK ... at my desk - listening to Pandora.  I'm wondering how I can raise this money for our 5 boys and their service dog, and I'm feeling slightly discouraged.

Then - the 'Facebook ding' - someone messaged me ....

"Hey Karen!  Hope you guys are well!  I wanted to give you a little proposition!  We would like to donate to the Paws 4 Beatys, but we would like to do it in the form of a challenge.  My husband and I will match the total donations that come in from now until the end of October up to $500. 

I reread this - and then felt slightly guilty - I could have just asked God to encourage me - and He would have - I didn't have to complain!

She went on to say:
"You can share the challenge, of course, with other to get them to contribute.  I hope  it helps spur others to donate and we are excited to see what happens!"



Then I realized that God was playing this song on Pandora ...



....and as I listen right then - here's the words I heard:



My friend went on to say:
"Share away! and let's see what God can do!  Again, the thanks goes to HIM!"


Would you like to help meet the challenge in the next 10 days?  Here's one way or email me for more information.

Just three years ago today ....

Overwhelmed - Yes -
Excited - even more so!

Guess that means I am excitedly overwhelmed with the thought of raising $14,000 for a service dog.  

So - trying to organize everything we have to get together - web pages, places to donate, pictures of kids, stories about the boys, letters, etc.  AAUUGGHHH!!

~MORE TO DO~


~more updates, more links to click on, more cute stories... 

~more doubt, more frustration... 

~more prayer, more trust , more reliance on God...

~More of God shining through.  

I never get to sleep.  I always have someone awake...walking through the house.  So, sleep is very precious to me.

But I work hard to get kids to sleep... and NOT get up at 5 am on Saturday morning.



That didn't work so well for me today.  Four little boys decided to get up and play at 5 am.


That didn't work so well for those 4 little boys today.



Momma decided they could scrub my kitchen floor and clean my patio.  


This is not the way they planned on spending their Saturday morning.


Maybe they will sleep in till 6 am tomorrow?