"Breaking" News

In a previous post, I explained how Olivia was going to get to go to Alaska this summer.  While it will be a great and educational adventure for her, it isn't cheap.  We were looking for ways to help raise money for the trip.  Her martial arts school, Cincinnati Martial Arts Club, had a great idea of a break-a-thon for Livvi to do.

The break-a-thon actually offered two different opportunities for people to give:

1. Donate $5 per board to break the board themselves
2. Sponsor Livvi a total amount or a per board amount
3. I guess a third opportunity was to do both!

I think all money is now collected.  Everyone was so generous!  Livvi broke 60 boards in 30 minutes and raised $1,705!

Here is a video of her breaks:

Thank you to all who donated their time and money!  It is truly humbling!

Evacuation Update

We have an update in our previous post.  According to a reliable source, it turns out there was a pop in the basement and a strange odor resulted. Long story short, the line on a generator in the basement broke and gasoline poured out in the basement and must have mixed with something in the drain to produce an odd odor. As the neighbor is a firefighter as well (trained in haz mat), he called 911 and evacuated the immediate neighbors. Each fire department has a haz mat person or team and that is why there were several different departments represented that night. It is good having a firefighter and no less than 4 police officers on our street alone!