this year penny, mommy and daddy participated in race for the cure! it was a pretty awesome experience to see tens of thousands of people walking to support their friends, family, or even complete strangers...our little family, along with most of penny's aunts and uncles and both gma's came out to walk. we had never done the walk before, but this year, we joined a team for gma h who is currently busy kicking some breast cancer butt.
the team was called "Ho's Heroes" ... apparently that's a nickname for gma h at work... not sure we want to know the details on that one :)
the walking team (comprised of penny, mommy, daddy, gma h, aunt kori, matt, uncle kyle, aunt mary beth (plus baby in the belly), aunt tony, betsy, aunt lizzie, gma d, matt and tracy l,aunt kori's friends, plus a whole crew of people from children's hospital (gma h's work) met up bright and early at 8 am at union station for the walk...
we attempted some group photos but penelope was way too distracted by the fish pond at union station and refused to participate.... the race started about nine and lasted about an hour... we just did the short one mile walk, but with soo many people it was crazy.. coming up over the hill at olive and 17th was amazing... people as far as you can see... this photo doesnt really do it justice, but wow.
was a pretty cool event to be a part of. penelope was great... didnt do much walking, but was happily entertained in her stroller with some water and la la loopsys... she made a swimming pool out of the cup holders in her stroller for her dollies and that pretty much took care of her for the whole walk.
it was a long hot morning and we were all worn out by the end... when we finally made it back to the car everyone was beat!
we were so happy to be a part of the day and honored to walk in support of gma h who has been so strong and awesome through her fight with cancer. she is more than half way complete with chemotherapy and we are looking forward to the finish line. you would never have known by how far she walked yesterday that she was going through treatment. we love you gma h - keep kicking some breast cancer ass! (it's okay to cuss on a children's blog when it's relation to fighting cancer! :))
other than the photos above, i dont have more of the race, but i do have a few of penelope in her race gear enjoying a run through the sprinkle after our hot and busy morning...
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