Wow! What an experience! Our family is blessed to have so many people loving us and supporting us through this time in our lives. Our team was outstanding and we raised over $9000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. We had about 70 friends and family join us for the walk... in the rain. I don't know what happened. "They" said all week that it was going to be a dry weekend, but "they" were wrong.
The party started at my parents' where a lot of us gathered for burgers and fellowship. Grant was in heaven with all the kids to play with. He woke up so excited that morning and just couldn't wait to start his "leukemia party". We did have a cake for his party that he loved! We sang "It's a leukemia party for you...." to the tune of "Happy Birthday".
About 4:00, we headed downtown to join the Light the Night festivities. Just as we all walked into the square, it started pouring. We were all trying to squeeze under tents that were set up. The heavy rained lasted about 20 minutes, but it sprinkled off and on for the rest of the evening. It was enough rain to wipe out the sound system, so we didn't get to hear any of the testomonies or have the live music. But, they still had food!! We all got our balloons and it really was amazing. Grant was so excited about his "special" white balloon. He wanted to walk the whole time, but had to be carried part of the way or we would have been there all night. There were so many people there, our group got all split up. It started to rain heavier about halfway through, so we bailed! We were pretty wet and cold. Overall, despite the weather, we had a great time. The best part was watching Grant have so much fun. We just want to say THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, to everyone that participated with us and ALL of our friends and family that are fighting this fight with us!
(Thank you to my cousin, Shelly, for working so hard to organize our team for the walk and manage the t-shirts!)
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