The Youngs: June 2009

Monday, June 29, 2009

Relay for Life :)

This past weekend we took part in the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. Our team 'Hope' walked around a track for 24 hours straight to show that cancer never sleeps and that we are willing to fight back to help find a cure.

Here is a

picture of us before the event started.

And here is the after picture.

It was a long 24 hours and we estimated that we each walked about 15-20 miles over the whole

day.

The relay

started at 9am on Saturday and

ended at 9am Sunday. On Saturday night they had a luminary ceremony and lined the track with candle filled bags dedicated to those who have fought cancer. We

dedicated one to my stepmom Beth who has been battling breast cancer and one to my Aunt Carole who lost her life to breast cancer 4 years ago.

I am so glad we had a chance to be a part of such a wonderful, yet challenging experience. We had a lot of fun, got blisters and look forward to recruiting more people for our team for next year. Thanks to my team for all you did, Love you all.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Donald's Promotion

I know this was a couple weeks ago, but I forgot to post it and I don't want Donald to think I am not proud of him. On June 4th Donald was promoted from 5th grade and also given a certificate showing his acceptance to the G.A.T.E. program. I am so proud of how smart he is and I just love this picture of us.

Congratulations Best Bud!

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Happy Father's Day Don!

Since this is Don's 10th Father's Day as the father of my kids, I gave him 10 presents and he was given clues to find them around the house. This slideshow was one of his gifts and it shows all 10 years of him being the amazing dad that he is.