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Heart Walk 2013

It's Sunday night.  This much anticipated weekend is over, and I'm exhausted!  Our first annual, Team Lia Heart Walk is in the books, and it was a good one! It started out a bit rocky (major t-shirt drama), but in the end, everything went really well!  The rain held off until the walk was over, we had a great turn out, and a lot of money was raised to fund research on heart disease!

I am so very grateful to the family and friends who came from near and far to support Lia, and us, in this event.  It is something that really meant a lot to Ryan and I, and we are thankful for all the love and support you've shown us ever since our battles with Lia's heart condition began.  This weekend was a humble reminder to me of how very fortunate and blessed I am to have that little girl in my life. She is such an inspiration to me, and others, and Saturday was all about HER.
Nanny and Lia. 

I sure was feeling the love from my friends at Willowbrook Elementary! Love that they were there to walk with us!

Kisses for Grandma Sue before the walk began.

Uncle Brent and Aunt Morgan

Great Grandpa and Grandma B.!

Uncle Dan and Ashley

Here we are!  All ready to go.  Jack was over the pictures.

Grandma Sue and Grandpa Jeff on the walk.

The back of our 'Team Lia' shirts.  You can see how many people were there. Filling the streets of the East Village!


Brynn and Lia.  Riding in style.

Dancing to the Nada's after we completed our 3 mile route!

Dancing with Nanny.

Shes the reason we walk!

Pretty sure she was asleep before we were out of the parking lot.

Lunch with Uncle Spencer at Jethro's afterwards.  He gets the award for traveling the farthest to walk.  All the way from El Paso, TX! Thank you, Spencer!

We love Uncle Spencer!
 The rest of these pictures are from the weekend:
What happens when you're in Altoona, and you have diarrhea and your mom didn't bring any diapers? Well, you break out the feminine pads, of course!  Yes folks, this really happened.  My dear friend Amy had to make Lia a diaper out of masking tape and pads.  Yep.  Pads.  This thing was rock solid.  It got us all the way home back to Norwalk.  After wiping her with makeup remover pads, (yes, your are reading this correctly) we concocted this little number.  I was quite impressed with Amy's taping skills.  Ryan had to cut her out of it when we got home, but hey, it held everything in! THANKS AMY!!

Lia and Brynn in the tub.

Rub a dub dub, three cousins in the tub!
Lia swimming this afternoon.

Comments

Gina Christensen said…
I'm totally cracking up at the diaper....that Amy, she's a crafty one! I'm glad you had a great turnout for Lia's Heart Walk! I wish I could have joined you. Next year!!
June 16, 2013 at 11:14 PM
Anonymous said…
Hi Ashley, Ryan and kiddos! So happy for your successful Heart Walk...Lia is such a MIRACLE! As always, love your pics...keep sharing and I'll try to check your blog more often. Your Gma Jan stopped by this morning to drop off a book from your mom, so she reminded me to check it out. What a fun time and great cause. We too had a wonderful day at Relay for Life and raised over $111,000 to go beyond the $1 million mark for total Relays in Washington. Enjoy your summer with your fam. Hope our paths cross one of these days soon. Love & blessings, Tammy
June 17, 2013 at 12:12 PM
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