Relay for Life

On May 1st, we were honored to be a part of the Lindale Relay for Life. It is sponsored by the American Cancer Society and helps raise money to find a cure for cancer. As you can probably guess, finding a cure for cancer is really important to us. The relay goes all night to show each stage of fighting through cancer. It is a really cool process, but I can't seem to locate the actual story, so as soon as I find it, I will post it for you. Here are some pics to show the great time we had fighting for others who are fighting, will fight, and have lost the fight. By the way, I did 4 miles, which is a lot for me!

All the survivors that participated

The survivors do the first lap of the night

Me- walking my survivor lap (I'm wearing the bandana for my team, not b/c I still don't have hair- I have crazy hair!)

We let balloons go when we started our lap

Our luminaries that we purchased to remember some of our friends that have gone through the fight, some that are fighting, and some that have lost the fight. If you can't read them, they are:

In memory of: Ethan Powell and Sully Farrar

In memory of: SuSu and Eve

In honor of: Claudia and Aunt Flora

In honor of: Stuart Smartt and PappaDuck

and the last one is in honor of me.

We love each one of you!

The fire department gave stretcher rides around the track for $2 for their on-site fundraiser. It was a big hit!! Natalie had a blast on her ride!

Natalie and Rob getting ready for the crazy hat lap

Our happy family!

Me and Rob


I gave up around 3 am and slept for a few hours...

while I was sleeping, the Relay went on....

Natalie doing the hula-hoop

We loved being a part of the relay and will be doing it again next year! This really just geared us up for the Light the Night walk coming up in October. We are hoping this year will be even better than last (and this year I won't be in the hospital)! We would love to have you join our team! http://pages.lightthenight.org/ntx/EastTX09/Lymphoblasters If you can't join in, please donate and help us find a cure for blood cancers. One day, people won't have to endure all the horrible toxins they have to fill our bodies with. Don't you want to say you were a part of that?!?! Our team's goal this year is $15,000, so please help!

On a health note: I had my monthly blood work last week and everything was in NORMAL range!!! WOOHOO!!! God is still hearing your prayers! Thank you so much!

With God, WE BEAT IT!!!