these boots were made for walkin'...

and that's just what they'll do...

tonight, at Relay for Life!

there ceremony kicks off at 6pm tonight, with the survivor lap being the very first lap...then we'll continue on thru the night - up until 6am! (then comes clean up ~wink~)

thx again for all the support u guys have given us...we set our original team goal at $2,000...& after all is said & done this weekend, we're gonna be right at $3,000! & that's just amazing! for getting started a little late (January), & being such a small team...i think we did good!

i mean check it out...we're golden!!!
;0)

thank u, thank u, thank u!!!
♥

celebrate, remember...fight back!

Warrior Women - Stronger Than Cancer


u know i'll have plenty of pics coming next week ;0)

xoxox,
sharon

weekend recap...

foggy morning walks...

& summer haircuts on a Saturday morning...

collecting 1/2 gallon of hair for Locks of Love...

playing outside in the sun...

chilling with a friend...

late night ice cream trips to JJ's...then riding around with the windows rolled down, listening to tunes & enjoying the summer-like drive with the fam...

church on Sunday morning...

& a Slurpee stop afterward...

roller skating...

& shakin' ur groove thing...

evening bike rides...

& making charm bracelets* for the upcoming week...


pretty cool weekend if u ask me!
;0)

*the girls were looking for a way to do some of their own fundraising for Relay for Life...i suggested they make something, & they asked to do bracelets...i picked up some supplies & used some of what we already had, & we made about 25 charm bracelets (& a few necklaces) for the girls to sell at school...they took 6 the first day & sold out right away! at only $1 a piece, their friends jumped on these sweet little bracelets...& the girls felt major pride in raising some cash of their own to put towards our Relay goal...i'm pretty proud of them too ;0)

wordless Wednesday...do we look illegal?

do we look illegal?

we did it!!!

team Warrior Women has raised $2,665 so far...flying by our $2,000 goal!!!

there are 3 days left til Relay, so u still have a chance to win that free cake...the gift to beat now is $250 (thx Kristin!!!)...winner announced Monday

thx for all ur support!!!

Mom & Me!

last Saturday, Gabrielle & i hopped into a fellow church member's Jeep & headed to (near) Lynchburg VA for a Mom & Me weekend at Camp Eagle Eyrie...we went with another mother/daughter team from our church...it's for girls in 1st thru 5th grade (so Corinn's not quite old enough yet)...there were approximately 400 people in attendance (200 girls/200 moms) & it ran from Saturday afternoon until Sunday afternoon...it was a short 24 hours, but boy did we pack a lot in!

i'm sooooo glad that Gabby & i went on this trip!

here's a pic of Jessie & Gabby shortly after we arrived...believe it or not, they're the same age! ~lol~

the funny thing about being at Eagle Eyrie, was that this is the same Baptist camp i used to go stay at yeeeeeaaaaaars ago! ;0) i would go for week-long teen camps & fun long weekends with our youth group...that was over 15 years ago, but i have such fond memories of this place!

a few things have changed, but it's mostly as i remember...the huge slide is still there! & it was one of the 1st things that caught the girls' eyes ;0)

& oh my, the food is the same too! they have a huge dining hall & all meals are served all-you-can-eat-buffet style...that was my favorite part - getting to eat 3 meals (dinner on Sat, b'fast & lunch on Sun) without doing a bit of cooking or cleaning up! ;0)

there were only 2 short sessions that had the girls together, & the mothers separate...the first was Saturday night - while they played games, us moms had a "coffee shop" moment where we met some new faces & learned about what all our weekend would entail

then we met back up & had our African dance session together...i already showed u some videos from that night...it was soooo much fun!

exhausting, yes! we were sweaty messes when we returned to our lodge at 9pm after our class...but what a great workout & bonding time with our daughters!

since we were such a tiny group, we lodged with another group of girls from a church in northern VA...they had brought supplies to make homemade pizzas that night & were sweet enuff to invite our girls to join them in the fun

then the crazies came out & replaced our sweet & innocent daughters for an hour or 2...

we thought we'd never get these nuts to bed!

the next morning after breakfast, it was time for a scavenger hunt...

the camp is built on the side of a mountain (literally) & it's quite a steep climb from the bottom (where the main office is & the scavenger hunt began), all the way to the top where the lodges are

& of course the clues were scattered everywhere in between ;0)

let's just say that between Jaden's field trip to the Science museum that Friday...then all the walking we did with the girls up & down the mountain over the weekend...i got in my exercise!!!

we were thankful that it only misted on us for most of the morning (we had a huge downpour the night before, while we slept)

finally they had all their clues...

so we went inside to relax with some hot chocolate :0)

on the porch of the hotel lodge after our hot chocolate...

next, we got to hear from the missionaries featured that weekend...the Eatons lived in Uganda for 30 years!

we found out a lot about how they lived & witnessed to the folks of Uganda...& the girls got to try out instruments & tools that are commonly used there

after that, the girls headed to do some crafts & the moms went off to the 2nd stop that had us separate from the girls...a prayer walk

i don't have any pics from that 1/2 hour, but it was honestly my favorite part of the weekend! (well, besides getting to spend so much quality time with Gabby of course!)...we paired up with another mom who we had never met before, & walked around together, praying for our daughters...it was actually really strange how similar the other mother i partnered with was to me - our lives were almost mirrors of each other! it was an emotional experience for me...& something i hope to continue to do - to follow this devotional & keep praying for all 3 of my kiddos & the many challenges/hurdles they'll face in life...that they grow into selfless, kind, generous, strong, children of Christ

the last stop of the day was to help pack meals with Stop Hunger Now...

we filled bags with soy, dried veggies, a vitamin/mineral powder & rice...then sealed them shut...

they told us that each bag could feed 5-6 people...

& that over the 2 days that we were there, enough packages had been filled to feed 11,000 folks total!

after the closing ceremony, it was time to head home...both girls had a blast on their first Mom & Me weekend & cannot wait to go back again next year!

me too...i had a blast!
(& Corinn gets to go next year)