I walked

The walk has come and gone and I'm sad.

This years walk was much different than last years;

• We knew what to expect which ended up making the walk somewhat easy
  
• We were missing a Jibbley girl...she's ready to pop. You'll see in the photos
• It was colder and foggier
• Fundraising was much harder
• My mom was able to complete both days like a champ and we finished together
• We had people we were walking for
  

We honored Marsha Patterson, Gabi May, Suzy Koss, Heidi Wright, Linda Rodrigues, the Probst sisters, Carol Shill, Jo Hendee, Sister Booth and Hannah Powell.

We walked in memory of Mrs. Convento and Laura Moutray.

We grew, cried, smiled, cheered and were once again empowered to win this battle.

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Just a few tidbits of information...
-The song in the slideshow was played at her funeral.
-The picture of the woman with the drum was taken while she was at her window, cheering us on. She happened to have a pink nightgown on.
-The following picture was where the Golden Gate Bridge was...you just couldn't see it since the fog was so thick.
-Cute little boy, standing all alone, did have 2 sisters with him. They were throwing pink rose petals at us, as we walked by. They ran off but he stuck around for the picture. After I said, "thank you" he said, "adios!"
-"Bicyclists Slow Down" sign was as we were going uphill...ironic.
-2 pictures of me in front of the old California Culinary Academy site and the new one.
-"Minna" was my great grandmother's name...hopefully it will be one of our little girls names as well.
-Picture looking downhill with the city in the background was the hill that nearly took my mom. The sweep van stopped to see if she wanted a ride up to the top but I quickly answered for her by saying, "She's finishing this hill whether she likes it or not!" and she did :o)

We're Back

After a little over a week on the East Coast, we're glad to be home. Well, we were glad up until 5:30 this morning when the neighbor dog began to bark. Then I wished I was still in a quiet hotel room.

Our first stop was Washington D.C.

Next was Philadelphia.
Then New York City.
And last was Boston.

What You Don't Know, Can't Hurt You

I'm always a little cautious when I stay at a hotel. I put a towel over my pillow, I take the comforter off and just sleep with the sheets, I've brought Lysol on some occasions, to spray things down.

But this...this is nuts.


I don't want to see the stains on the furniture or toilet seat! I'm assuming that the maids have done their job and would prefer to think that most things are clean. But to do a "CSI Investigation" on the room...you'd drive yourself to insanity.

Bienvenido

LaVor's younger brother came home from his mission today. It's unbelievable that it's already been 2 years. Time sure does fly.

While we were waiting, we ran into the Oakland Mission President and his wife. There were 22 new missionaries on the same flight as Brett, coming to our mission. Their 2 years have just begun.

Brett's a great baseball player. Notice what was in his carry on bag.

WWF

During my freshman year of high school, I had a boy in my English class that was obsessed with "The Rock". Everyday when he'd get to class, he'd stand in the doorway and say, "Do you smell what the Rock is cooking?" One day, without even thinking, I said, "Yeah, and it stinks." The class thought I was hilarious and the kid never said it again.

For some reason tonight, the following words came out of my mouth...

"And that's the bottom line...cause Stone Cold said so."

My brother, Tommy, loved Stone Cold. That was his (Tommy's) signature phrase for a while. It made me giggle when LaVor reminded me of that tonight.

Next Trip?

I've never had a desire to go to Oregon...until now.


Pine State Restaurant...hopefully we'll be meeting soon.

The "Reggie" is what got me drooling, minus the gravy, maybe some ranch dressing.

Tally Marks

My sister-in-law dropped by tonight and gave me the cutest shirt...


I've been contemplating this last week on whether or not I would continue training and participate in the walk. I have pro's and con's for each side and have been thinking about last years walk, non-stop. It was such an amazing experience.

This shirt has added another point to the "pro" side.