RIDE FOR KIDS

I just wanted to share a quick note that the Ride for Kids event we went to on Sunday was awesome!  This was our first time attending an event like this.  Thank you Elaine, Lynn and Amber for participating and riding on Aly's behalf.  Thank you to Justin and my grand nephews Austin and Jack for coming out to watch with us. Next year, we will definitely have to have Aly there.  She would've loved riding a motorcycle.  She is the daredevil of the family!  Aly was in North Carolina with Grandma and Grandpa, so she wasn't able to join the festivities.   

 This ride was a fundraiser to benefit the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation.  They offer support to family's, aid in research for a 

cure and much more.  The event raised $47,000 here in MN.  Aly's cancer doctor, Dr. Bendel was there to talk about how the foundation helps families and looking for the cure.  We had no idea she'd be there, so that was a fun surprise.
We were told that, everyday, there are 11 children diagnosed with a brain tumor!  That is 11 too many!  A cure needs to be found!
We will definitely be attending this event next year.  I hope that more families will attend too.  It didn't seem to be widely advertised and surprisingly we didn't hear about it from any caregivers we've been in contact with.  It could be a huge event with a little more push.

 Anyways, it was really hot, but worth being there to see the outpouring of support.  Thank you!

Aly is headed home, with Grandma and Grandpa today.  They are driving, and are planning to arrive back in MN on Friday.  Yeah!  We also finally got an answer on fixing the pool.  The owner of the company came out, looked at the pool and said, "yes, this is unacceptable."  FINALLY!  So, now we need to figure out when to have it fixed, again.  I think we'll wait until this heat goes away!  I'm

 just thrilled to finally have someone confirm our point of view!

One of these days, I'm going to figure out how to put in pics and keep the typing where I want it...sorry for the unorganized blog!