I was able to be part of Relay for Life for the first time this weekend! I was on the Whirlpool team and while I signed up only a week before, I was still able to raise $70! Thanks to Derrick, Lori, Natalie, and Kathy!
Here's part of our team (my friend Ashlee is on the right). We sold socks and ducks for a buck to raise more during the 24-hour event. Ashlee and I volunteered to walk around the loop for about three hours (about 20 minutes it poured down rain!).
Each team had a booth to sell something or other. This year's theme was "Rockin' for a cure"!
We had to leave early in the afternoon because I had to watch Anthony for Lori from 3 to 8 p.m. But as a team, we raised over $10,000! And the entire event raised $503,483.07!
Both of us only had a week or so as team members but have come up with many ideas to raise money throughout the year, i.e. selling stuff (scarves) on Etsy.
At the event, I saw my friend, Ben, that I went to college with and lived next to my senior year in Washington state! I haven't seen him in almost exactly 5 years and it was pretty cool to see him again! His mom lives here in town and his younger brother died of cancer when he was a little boy, so she is usually part of the event every year!
After the relay, I headed over to watch Anthony. He's so cute and adorable! Here he is sitting up on his own, for a picture, but as soon as I took the shot, he started to fall over... sorry, Lori, at least I tried to take pictures! He was not in a very good mood the whole time! I tried everything I could think of, i.e. checking his diaper, holding him, playing with him, massaging his legs, reading him a book, laying on the floor with him, and changing his clothes (maybe he just didn't like what he was wearing!) but nothing seemed to work but taking him in the jogger for a walk through the fields. He started falling asleep in the jogger, so I tried getting him to sleep in his crib for about an hour and finally had to hold him in my arms and take a nap with him on the reclining chair! Hey, no problem! I wanted a nap anyway!
I've lived here for a few days over five years now and today was the second time I've ever gone down to the lighthouse! The first time was two days ago!
Here's the lighthouse from the end of the pier.
And this is the little mini lighthouse at the end of the pier.
Trying to figure out what to do, we found this log wedged into the sand, so we figured that we should try and get it loose. Let me tell you, it was a very old heavy log, too! We tried pushing, pulling, kicking, etc. and it wouldn't budge! So, I had them start digging the sand while I searched for something to help. We found another log, that wasn't so big and old, but was actually quite heavy, so I had Katie on one side and me and Ben on the other bringing it over and we dug a hole under the old log and wedged the younger log underneath, then we all went to the other end and pushed it up, while the old log moved an inch or so. So, then, we'd start again and keep trying!
Finally, we got it free!
We had a great time at the beach! We did get a little wet though and on the way back to the car, Ben's shorts kept falling to his ankles and he'd say "Fray! LOOK!" Which would then cause everyone within hearing distance to turn and look! So, I had to have him keep his hand in his pocket to hold his pants up! Then we had almost made it to the car, when Katie started telling a group of people about the fossil she found on the beach of an alligator! (She actually found a small skeleton and asked me what I thought it was and I told her probably a small crab or something like that! But NOT an alligator!) It wasn't but a few seconds later, we heard them bust up laughing! Katie asked me why they were laughing so hard, I tried to explain it, but I still don't think she got it!
(Here's a picture of me and Ashlee at our first game this season.)
Here's a shot of my wrist. See that blue section? That hurts!
Here are my wrists today... Obviously, I had to have a co-worker take the picture. It's a huge bruise now!
Gross, huh? Hopefully it'll heal quickly!
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