Quick recap of May & June’s activities past, present & future:
On May 8th I spoke at the Go Red for Women luncheon for the American Heart Association’s annual fundraiser. I’ve included some pictures from the event. My mom, Chris (Scott’s mom) my Aunt Joanne & friend Susie accompanied me for support. We sat at the table with our MC's -Jennifer Smith from Channel 10 and Amy Lewis from KFBK-radio station-both local celebrities.
I was very nervous before the event-with almost 500 people in attendance, but once I started my speech…it just flowed and I felt that I had done well. Much better than the previous week when I had spoken at an Organ Donor Appreciation luncheon and got all choked up and missed half of what I wanted to say!
The AHA raised $11,000 in donations made after my speech and the event coordinators seemed very pleased.
We celebrated Mother’s Day & Scott’s Birthday in May and the month sailed quickly into June. A big thunder and lightening storm filled the sky on June 2nd or 3rd and although it was a really awesome light show (like you would see in Minnesota) it did fry our TV, answering machine and phones. Luckily Scott was able to come up with a new TV with all the stuff “laying around”, but we’ll be shopping for a new answering machine and phone in the coming weeks.
We left for our annual Fort Bragg abalone dive camping trip on June 5th. During the trip I celebrated 19 years with my donor heart-Chris even made me a special cake and presented it to me during our big abalone dinner.
We had a total of 22 people camp with us this year and Leah had a great time with all the kids that attended this year. She is ready to go camping again "tomorrow".
We returned on June 10th and after we finish doing laundry, cleaning the trailer, cleaning the van & packing again…we’ll be headed to Kansas for my family reunion/celebration of my Granny’s 90th Birthday.
Yes…we are driving…no we are not taking the trailer. It will be my van’s first long-distance trip, so we’ll see how that goes. After Kansas, we’re headed to Chicago for a few days to visit Lisa and family and then home again before July’s events/activities begin.
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Funny things about Leah (4 ½ years) and Nolan (20 months):
Leah’s favorite thing to say about 10x a day- “I love you mommy”…sigh - I'm enjoying it while I can.
Nolan’s favorite things to say “uh-huh”; “calling doctor Nolan” (while wearing his scrubs); “How are you?” and his regular repertoire of “Daddy, Grandpa, Mema, GG” He is a regular chatter-box.
Leah’s favorite thing to do: make up funny stories with mom
Nolan’s favorite thing to do: whine???? Ok…probably not his favorite thing-but he does it much more than Leah did at this age. Perhaps his favorite thing is to copy whatever Leah is doing….hmmm…that may explain the whining….LOL
