MY BROTHER ANDREW FOUND THE MOST MONEY $33.78
MY SISTER IN LAW HEIDI AND MY DAD TIED FOR WINNING THE MOST MONTHS - THEY EACH WON 3 MONTHS DURING 2007
THE FINAL TOTALS FOR 2007 IS $229.95 WHICH WILL BE GOING TO CHARITY. WAY TO GO MONEY FINDERS!
Congratulations DAD on finding the most money in September $2.59!!I got behind in doing the final tallys for the Money Finders so here they are for August. I am still working on September.
Today was a BUSY day! We first had to be at the middle school for Taylor and Landon's meet the teacher. Taylor will be in 8th and Landon in 6th. This will be Landon's first year in middle school. Please pray for him as you feel led . . . he is a little apprehensive about the whole middle school thing. On a good note, we found out today that one of his best friends is in 4 classes with him this year! Yea! He felt so much better after finding that out today. I didn't take any pictures at the school . . .I didn't want to embarrass them . . . and you don't know how badly I wanted to get my camera out . . . but I controlled myself and left it in my purse :-)
After we left the school around 12:15 pm we headed to the big resort where my mom and dad are staying at. They are here for a Mayoral conference through this Sunday. We made it out there 45 minutes later and we picked them up and then headed to the mall.
By the time we got to the mall the kids were hungry so mom and dad treated us to lunch. Thanks for lunch!!!!
For those of you who read my blog a lot you will know that my family created a group called The Money Finders. We have about 25 family members all over the US who are constantly finding loose change or hopefully loose dollars. At the end of the year we give all the money we find to a charity that the whole group votes on. Last year we found over $342.00. 
Also, I can't leave our mall without a visit to the Bare Escentuals Boutique. My mom needed to pickup a lip color . .. I just picked up three samples. For those of you who where BE . . .the boutiques will give you up to 3 samples each time you visit. This is a great way to try the colors before you decide to buy them individually! The three colors shown below are Soul Sister, Celestine and Brocade. The two look dark but they go on very light!
I dropped mom and dad off at their hotel around 5:00. The kids and I then headed towards the church. Every Friday night at our "House of Prayer" we have a Children's Equipping Class and then prayer time for the kids 6 years through 12 years old until 10 pm.
After she taught, the kids then begin praying or studying or just worshipping as they feel led. It is so neat to see the young kids praying, praising and worshipping as they do!
They dance before the Lord . . . .
At this map they can pinpoint an area of the world to pray for.
The House of Prayer at this time has 100 hours of constant prayer and worship each week! You will find the children, the teens, the young adults and the adults all in there throughout the week!
Congratulations to my brother who was the big moneyfinder for May. He ended up finding a $20.00 bill along with other change throughout the month that brought him the title of May's Big Kahuna! He found a total of $23.64 for the month of May! Great job little brother!
May's Findings
Andrew K $23.64
Travis 5.25
Tom 2.16
Emily 2.07
Sarah 1.91
Patti 1.56
Ashley .83
Nathan .80
Lisa .65
Todd .40
Shelby .25
Ann .18
Kaitlyn .12
Sierra .11
Kacie .02
Kim .01
Michelle .01
Leslie
Dave
Taylor
Landon
Cody
Abigail
Andrew B
Joe
Totals January through May
Grand Totals and Points
JAN $11.56
FEB 14.43
MAR 16.78
APR 25.97
MAY 41.32
GRAND TOTAL $110.06
TOTAL COINS Found: $72.06
TOTAL GREEN FOUND: $38.00
Travis - $1.00
Travis $5.00
Emily - $1.00
Stephanie $1.00
Stephanie $20.00 (Only counting $10.00)
Andrew K. $20.00
Tom - 1 point for January
Heidi - 1 point for February
Heidi - 1 point for March
Steph -1 point fo April
Andrew - 1 point for May
*Heidi is out in front for most points!
*Andrew K. is the big winner for most money found so far for the year!
TOTALS through May:
Andrew $26.79
Steph 12.85
Heidi 10.41
Nathan 8.22
Emily 8.60
Travis 7.99
Tom 4.94
Sarah 3.84
Patti 3.81
Ann 3.56
Ashley 3.17
Todd 2.82
Cody 1.55
Leslie 1.47
Kim 1.28
Lisa 1.20
Sierra .84
Landon .71
Kacie .64
Dave .49
Kaitlyn .36
Shelby .25
Taylor .10
Michelle .01
Abigail
Andrew B
Joe
Jordan
Alexia
Jim
Courtney
Congraulations to my sister Stephanie! She is April's Big Kahuna. Stephanie found the most money this month! In fact, while on vacation she found some BIG MONEY! Here is her story!
alright...........here is my story.........while we were in San Antonio, we would go work out every day....I really liked this one bike that they had there, but when I went to go use it, someone else was on it...not wanting to just sit and wait, I decided to use the eliptical machine. I put my water bottle into the cup holder, did a great two mile work out and then got up to switch to the bike....when i picked up my water bottle there was a $20.00 bill stuck to the bottem of my bottle.....
so...........I am going to count $10.00 of it for money finders, so that I don't pull that far ahead of everyone....................but glad to say that I BEAT my little brother...........
sorry Andrew....better luck this month..............
ps...............i did ride three more miles on the bike.jpg)
My sister in law Heidi was the Big Kahuna again for March. She ended up finding $3.37. I did almost pull off a win. I came in second at $2.98.
Congratulations Heidi . . . .you are on a roll.
CONGRATULATIONS To my Dad and to my sister in law Heidi. As I mentioned in an earlier post our family and extended family play a game each month called The Money Finders. We have about 20 family members from across the country that look for change. We created a yahoogroups called The MoneyFinders and when you find money you post it on the list. I then update the findings once a day. All money raised by the end of the year goes to a charity that we all vote and decide on. We also give prizes to the person who wins the most months and a prize to the person who finds the most money for the year. Last year we all ended up finding close to $300.00 . . . the money went to a charity!
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February's Big Kahuna
$3.64
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You are probably asking, "Who are the money finders?" You probably won't believe this even when I tell you but here goes. . . . In my family for years we have had a "thing" about looking for money as you go about the day - on the floor in stores, parking lots, malls etc . . . Well, last April we decided to have a contest to see who could find the most money. We invited my side of the family and my Carlos' side of the family - plus any any of my sister's or brother's inlaws families. There are about 20 of us who are currently playing around the United States. We decided to start a yahoo email list so we could easily post how much we find so we came up with the name The Money Finders. Each month we have a monthly winner - that we have named the BIG KAHUNA - each month you win you receive one point. Then we will also have a winner for whoever finds the most money from April through December. The person with the most points at the end of the year will get $1.00 from each of the participants and the person who found the most money will receive $1.00 for each of the participants. Then at the end of the December - each person will give the money they found minus the $2.00 that they gave for the winners and give it to the charity of their choice. Since April 1st we have found $247.35. It's amazing that we have found that much money just by finding mostly pennies, nickels and dimes. When someone finds money they post on the email group how much they found and where they find it. I am in charge of posting the daily totals for everyone. My creative sister Stephanie found these cups that say BIG KAHUNA on them. She surprised us all and had saved many our posts - and she gives the winner each month a BIG KAHUNA cup - that has many of the posts we have made throughout the month printed and glued to the cup. It's been a fun thing for the family to do and the money is going to great causes. So, the next time you see a penny on the ground - think about the money finders that are all around the US looking for money too :-) Here I am below- I was the BIG KAHUNA for April!
Taylor has been the Big Kahuna twice - May and October!
