Calling all birthday babies!

If your child has a birthday over the Kazapalooza weekend, please e-mail me at murielcollison at hotmail.com

We would like to do something special for the birthday sweeties!

8 MORE DAYS PEOPLE!!! CAN I GET A WHOOOO HOOO!

Slideshow Update

Below are the following families that are in the slideshow. If you sent me something and your name does not appear, please contact me ASAP!

Tennen
Prud'homme
Elrod
Khin
Wood
Morley
Sapp
Snyder
Hochstetler
T-B
Mortenson
Van Sant
Sanders
Yeomans
Gojkovic
Keogh
Fulford
Decker
Struck
Hermann
Lloyd
Pike
Sandlin
Bilbro
Serra
Ruopoli
Ghomeshi
Morgan
James
West
Driskill
Serges
Johnson
Floyd-Leggett
Leggett
Kitzman
Hodges
Wilons
Forscher
Fakih
Falk
Segebarth
Morrison
Thomas
Reed
Strobbe
Tarpey
Taylor
Moore
DuBose
Lucas
Henson
Hoffa
Meri
Printy
Bierig
Matasovsky
Smith
Raymond
Preston
Parisi

A Few More Things...

Several people have asked about transportation. The hotel does have a shuttle service from the hotel to the airport and to several tourist areas such as downtown Nashville, the Grand Ole Opry and golfing, the mall, etc. There is a charge for this shuttle. Check the hotel website to determine the price. They also charge a daily rate for parking at the hotel. So even though the shuttle might be expensive ( I can't remember exactly how much) if you rent a car it may be even more. Once you get to the hotel, you will not need a car unless you want to go somewhere on your own. All of our activities and events are at the hotel or the mall next door which is within walking distance.

We also would like to explain the raffle for those of you that were not at last year's KP. We will hold a raffle Saturday night at the dinner. The raffle benefits Two Hearts for Hope, a charity that gives hope and help to orphans in Kazakhstan. 100% of the ticket sales will go to this charity. Throughout the day Saturday you will be able to purchase raffle tickets for $5 each. You will write your last name on each ticket. At the dinner we will have all the raffle items on tables with a cup in front of each item. You will place your ticket(s) in whichever cup that corresponds to the item you want to win. Buy more tickets to increase your chances of winning. All items in the raffle are donations. Please consider bringing a donation to put in the raffle. Some ideas are gift baskets of tasty treats, books, region specific items (make a basket with items from your town), Kaz related items, children's toys and games and books, gift cards, you name it, you can bring it and win it! We already have some really good items. Help us make this year's raffle a success! Last year we raised over $800 for Interlink, let's break our record!

A few things....

PLEASE READ ALL POSTS BELOW!

As stated from the beginning, tickets for the dinner and the registration fee are NON-REFUNDABLE. We have already put deposits down and have given final counts. If for some reason you are not able to make it please let us know but understand there can be no refunds.

What to wear?
I have gotten several questions about this. The entire weekend is casual. On Saturday night we will all be wearing our Kazapalooza tees. If you did not get a tee (my hubbie and I did not) make sure to wear your yellow and blue! If you still want a tee, it is not too late...see below!

DEADLINE: t-shirts

If you missed the deadline date to order a t-shirt, you're still in luck - the supplier, Shari, has extended the date, so you can still order. If people still need to order, you just need to e-mail Shari (heartandseoul@cox.net) and let her know the date you are leaving home so she can be sure to get your order to you on time. She will be shipping everything that has come in so far on Monday (today). Remember that Canadian families (due to the high shipping costs) will have their orders shipped to me, Michelle, and I will bring them to the event.

So... there's still a little time!!!

Here is the direct link to do so: http://www.heartandseoul.com/Kaz.htm

The deadline for the slideshow was last Friday. I received a ton of pictures last minute, so if I haven't sent you a return e-mail yet, I will be doing so today!

DEADLINE

I briefly interrupt this blog to remind you all that TOMORROW, May 15th, FRIDAY, is the deadline to send me, Michelle (SpEduc8er@aol.com) pictures for the slideshow. I will be turning the slideshow into a movie (big process for the program I use) when I return this weekend, so I really won't be able to add any pictures to it after that. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE get me your pictures if you want to be a part of this by TOMORROW, FRIDAY, MAY 15th or unfortunately your family will not be a part of the slideshow.

Information needed:

Family name (ex: Sapp Family)
Child(ren)’s name: (ex: Mateo Timur & Natalia Grace)
Area where adopted: (ex: Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan)
Month and year traveled (ex: October ’05)

Pictures can be of just the children, the entire family, or a combination of the two. It's completely up to you.

Also, TOMORROW, May 15th, FRIDAY, is also the deadline to order t-shirts.

Here is the direct link to do so: http://www.heartandseoul.com/Kaz.htm

Thank you!!!!!!!!


Now look below again at all the beautiful families we have featured this week ;-)