Easy Money...Not!

Ever since "Aunt" Roxanne landed in Uganda, we've wanted to go for a visit. Since round trip airplane tickets are expensive, we've been entering contests since 2008 to try and win the trip. One contest we entered in May 2008 had the following criteria "Submit a photo showing you and your family in a way that symbolizes your families’ dream vacation. Include a caption of 50 words or less, highlighting your vacation request". Here is the photo and caption we submitted:

"Aunt Roxanne lives in Uganda.
She works in the cancer ward.
We’d like to spend Christmas there,
helping her serve the Lord."

Despite our cute scrubs (thanks Tracy and Gary) and efforts to tie the photo to our caption (map, gifts, scrubs), we didn't make the cut.

During the next two years, we entered at least three recipe contests to try and win the money to go. We must have sampled "Forgotten Au Gratin" at least five times while Chris was trying to perfect the recipe. And we felt sure her Colossal Ice Cream Cake had a chance of winning the Pillsbury Bake-Off.

Eventually, doors opened so that Chris could earn money the old-fashioned way: a job!!!