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One of the Best Saturday’s ever!

With sports all over and my “Crop for A Cure” is over, I finally had a Saturday that was free of schedules! I had so much fun. Randy let me sleep in… then a surprise to me, the boys went to their friends house to play, so all we had was Cameron. It seemed easy taking Cameron out. It is so different with just one instead of three!

We went on a hunt for Legos for Michaels Birthday present. We went to Toy’s r us, Lewisville Mall, Cotsco, and then Grapevine Mills mall. All to just find this Lego bin that had over 700 peices instead of the 400 we already bought at Target. We never found it, but we sure had fun. We walked past this booth to take those crazy pictures. I couldn’t resist. I though it would be so cute to have the three of us.

I somtimes think that maybe it will always be the three of us when Cameron gets older. I just don’t know what he will be like. That is the adventure of having a child with Down Syndrome. They are all so different:) I love it! Anyways, back to the booth, Randy was unsure of it because he didn’t want the other boys to feel left out. I’m sure they wouldn’t mind. They didn’t even ask what it was when they got home. All they cared about was how much fun they had at their friends house.

I am so glad that we have such good friends here. We are definately taken care of. Here is the cutest picture ever!!! I don’t remember taking a picture in a booth like this. I think it was maybe in middle school?!

Poor Cameron

Well Cameron has now been added to our fine list of ER visits. Tonight he was upstairs playing with our boys and our neighbors kids when I heard a cry. I thought surly Ricky would console him or bring him to me. Neither happened. It was Michael running down the stairs yelling for me, saying Cameron has blood on his head. Of course I go running.Sure enough he does. I carried him the rest of the way down and our friends helped take care and assess the situation. We decided it could use a few stitches. Maybe one or two.

My sweet neighbor takes me to the InstaCare to help me, She is so sweet. I don’t know if I would volunteer myself to hear someones kids screaming. They walked us right in and wiped some of the blood away and got out the staple gun. She explained to me that they don’t use any numbing shots since there was only going to be two staples why traumatize him more. Poor Cameron. We laid him down in my lap. It took three of us to hold him down while the doctor stapled his head. After it was done he cried for just a minute. Cameron is so cute. I love having him. The doctor felt so bad for him that she gave him a little bear. He loved it:)

Our poor neighbors. They came over for a Family Home Evening and this is what they got. We haven’t ever had someone not in the church over for this. It was really scary for me. I am just a nice person that I don’t ever want someone to get upset at anything we may say. Randy did the lesson. He did such a great job at it too. That is why I married him:)

All in all, tonight I hope was a success for them. I hope they felt the spirit in our home. I enjoyed having them here with us. Maybe they might come back for another one. Who knows!?

~Becca:)

I did it!!!!!!

I finished the Breast Cancer 3-day walk on Sunday and I was still smiling. I had such a great time. I was able to accomplish 56 out of the 60 miles. On Sunday my feet were so sore and frozen I couldn’t walk as fast as we needed to. Therefore I had to get in the van and get dropped off at the next pitstop. I of course got emotional about it. It was hard to see Beth walking alone. I have to say that I loved doing this with such a great friend like Beth. What a strong women she is. I am glad to be her friend.

I told my story a lot too. It was Beth’s idea to put on my sign: I am walking because I can… ask me my story…

It was neat to be able to tell so many women my story. I’m sure Beth has it memorized be now. It was still neat to hear other stories as well. Just being there with 3500 other women who all has a story was amazing. You almost can’t describe it. I was honored to be there. I will be going every year until I can’t go. This was so worth the hard work to raise the money.

I have to say “Thank You” to my friends that came to cheer us on:

Thank You Lori & Amy who came out with fun balloons and a great poster. Amy also took fabulous pictures too. I can’t wait to get my hands on those:)

Thank You to Maria Sievert who came with flowers and balloons on Sunday. I was thinking we were needing more balloons:) She is such a great friend to Beth.

A HUGE Thank You to my family!! Randy was so amazing. He made sure he came with the boys all 3 days to cheer us on. It made my day to be able to see them. Randy also made sure to post for me. He is the best husband ever:)

Also Thank You to Beth’s family too. It was fun to see a familiar face smiling you on.

I’ll have to post more great stories later. My feet hurt when I sit too long. I walked away from this with 6 blisters and a couple of hot spots. Also shin splints and a hurt knee. I still think it was worth it too!!

~Becca:)

Walk – Day 2

Becca and Beth did well again today. They are having an amazing time and love that we come and cheer them on. Becca’s feet are really sore, go figure. All in all she is doing awesome. I’m so proud of her and her desire to keep going on. It’s such a great cause. Thank you all so much for you love and support!!

Walk – Day 1

They made it! I talked with Becca several times today. Beth and Becca made the first 21 miles and are feeling great. They have another 21 or so tomorrow and feel like they can do it. I took the boys with me and cheered them on from a rally point in Plano. It was just awesome to see so many people supporting the walkers, but the sheer number of walkers was unimaginable. It was so moving to see all those people walking together for such a great cause.

Keep up the faith!