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Happy New Year from the Markham's
Happy New Year! Some people get their holiday cards out (digitally or physically) before Christmas, but not us! We just wrapped up Damian's Christmas Village this past weekend though, so I think we are more than justified, haha. Our last in-person fundraising event of 2025 went so well, I couldn't be more pleased! I reviewed all the specifics in my last post , but today's is our annual family newsletter! It sometimes feels a little silly talking generally about our year (beca
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Happy New Year from the Markham's
Happy New Year! Some people get their holiday cards out (digitally or physically) before Christmas, but not us! We just wrapped up Damian's Christmas Village this past weekend though, so I think we are more than justified, haha. Our last in-person fundraising event of 2025 went so well, I couldn't be more pleased! I reviewed all the specifics in my last post , but today's is our annual family newsletter! It sometimes feels a little silly talking generally about our year (beca
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7 days ago5 min read
Damian's Christmas Village: The Results!
Our 9-night run of Damian's Christmas Village has concluded and with that, 2025 is coming to a close! Our latest fundraiser event was SO magical! I didn't quite get everything built that I had planned on , but we definitely succeeded in "plussing it up" from last year's version and that was my main goal! This post contains affiliate links, meaning I may earn a commission if you click a link and then purchase something What was NEW this Year Peppermint Mickey Unfortunately las
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Dec 30, 20256 min read
Prepping for Damian's Christmas Village 2025!
I'm SO excited today (appropriately on Giving Tuesday) to announce my plans for our final fundraiser event for 2025! Last year was our first time doing Damian's Christmas Village and it was such a big push to get it done, but a BIG help this year has been the ability to build off of everything I made last year, rather than start completely from scratch. A lot of cleaning and touching up has been required so far, but everything is going up MUCH quicker! And just like our Hallo
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Dec 2, 20253 min read
We raised over $17K in October!
Talk about SPOOKTACULAR!!! When I originally decided to set $15,000 as our October fundraising goal, I couldn't even say it out loud because I was nervous it was too lofty. And yet, here we are! Wow wow WOW! I cannot thank all of you enough for making this Halloween season our most successful one yet. I am SO excited to share all the results and stats with you, so let's get to it!! Upgrades to Damian's Not-So-Haunted House Oh my goodness, we almost looked like a full-blown
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Nov 3, 20256 min read
BIG GOALS for Damian's Not-So-Haunted House: 2025 Edition!
Our "0% Scary, 100% Halloween Fun" walkthrough experience has been a favorite project of mine ever since we first made it in 2023 - can...
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Oct 2, 20254 min read
Our workout series is HERE!
Let me just ease all your minds right now and say I DID NOT WRITE THESE WORKOUTS! I did not go to school and get a degree in health &...
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Aug 14, 20257 min read
Parade results & what's NEXT
The parade was a SUCCESS! As always, finishing up this year's parade float was a RACE to the finish! Even the paint was still wet (Brock...
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Jul 24, 20254 min read
Our 2025 Parade Float Concept!
Our biggest, most ambitious float yet!
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May 10, 20255 min read
The Month of Celebrations!
Sing it with me now: “It’s gonna gonna gonna gonna gonna…. It’s gonna be MAY!” (I was an *N Sync girl growing up, not Backstreet Boys –...
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May 1, 20253 min read
Fighting for treatment... again
I've been spilling some little splashes of tea on my Instagram stories lately and promised there would be a more in-depth blog post about...
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Mar 5, 202512 min read
Already crossing off goals for 2025!
Don't be alarmed, we're just already halfway through January... I always get so pumped up at the start of the year while making...
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Jan 15, 20255 min read
Damian's Christmas Village 2024 *RESULTS!*
The results of our very first Christmas fundraising event!
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Dec 31, 20246 min read
Our BIG (little) Christmas Project!!!
Can we pull this off in a month? I think we can! I've been teasing this project for the past week or so, and it's finally time to share...
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Nov 16, 20243 min read
The 2024 results of Damian's Not-So-Haunted House!
All the numbers from our latest crazy fundraiser!!!
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Nov 6, 20245 min read
Damian's 3rd Surgery
With our latest massive fundraiser, Damian's Not-So-Haunted House, well underway (tonight will be night 3 of 10 total nights!), all the...
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Oct 24, 20245 min read
ENHANCING Damian's Not-So-Haunted House!
Our BIG plans for enhancing our biggest fundraising event of the year!
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Sep 16, 20245 min read
I'm Painting Again!
Happy (belated) World Elephant Day! Brock texted that to me yesterday morning that he heard it announced on the radio or something......
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Aug 13, 20242 min read
Takeaways from our 1st NNPDF Conference!
I honestly cannot believe we are already in the last half of July!!!! It's all going by so fast!! We did our massive 4th of July Parade...
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Jul 19, 20246 min read
Our 4th of July Parade Success!!!
Our best parade float ever!
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Jul 8, 20245 min read
Our 2024 Parade Concept!
We've participated in the Santa Clarita Valley's Independence Day Parade ever since Damian's diagnosis. In fact, when I decided I was...
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Jun 4, 20244 min read
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