Race for the Cure

We woke up bright and early this morning and drove to Little Rock to do Race for the Cure.  It is always such a special day.  We have been doing it since my mom was diagnosed 8 years ago (mom was diagnosed 1/23/04).  This year we walked in celebration of my Aunt Kathy, too!  She was diagnosed a little over 1 1/2 years ago.  Last year was her first year to walk as a survivor, and the race in her hometown was on the same day as the LR race, so she didn’t get to walk with us.  We were so glad she was with us this year!

Two sisters, both SURVIVORS…..

Kathy with my cousin, Lacey……

Mom, Lindsey, Cole and me…..

Five sisters…..

The sisters with Bonnie…..

The “next generation” with the Survivors…..

Waiting for the race to start…..

Look at all of the women!!!  I think there were 45,000 racers this year!!!!!

A few of the hilarious signs along the 3 Miles of Men…..

Dad and Steven in their usual post.  Dad has held the same poster for 8 years, and this year he and Steven held an “I’m with Miller” banner…..

Dad is a pretty popular fixture along the 3 Miles of Men!  Every year countless women stop to have their pictures taken with him! This year he had a man come up to him with a cardboard cutout of his wife’s face and told him that his wife had had her picture taken with dad for the last 5 years and she was out of town this weekend so she wasn’t able to make the race, so he was supposed to have “her picture” made with Bud!!!  How funny is that!?!!

Mom’s annual picture crossing the Broadway Bridge…..

This year we got Kathy in the picture too…..

Canoeing for a Cure…..

A precious puppy along the way……

You see all sorts of fun and crazy outfits…..

Check out the stretch Hummer…..

Cycling for a Cure…..

Cole LOVES the hot air balloon…..

Lacey and Kathy…..

I love that you can see the state capitol as you’re crossing the bridge back into LR from NLR…

The guys at their 2nd station…..

Roping for a Cure…..

Precious little cowboy that we saw along the way……

The SURVIVORS nearing the finish line…..

ALMOST……"(walking backwards)!!!!

THEY DID IT!!!!!!

“ME TOO!”…..

Love this boy!!!

Amelia’s baby brother was born very early on the morning of the race, so “Kay Kay” (Karen) brought her along for the ride.  Congratulations to Angela and Daniel!!!!!!!!!!

Priceless……….

So proud of them…..

Peg’s grandbabies are “with Peg”…….

A bloody mary toast to celebrate…….

Bud and Peg with their boys…..

I’m sorry it’s blurry, but it’s the only family picture we took…..

The next 3 pictures are Cole at his best.  He is SO hard to take pictures of these days!  He is going through that goofy phase and only wants to be silly for pictures…..

Headed home…..

Precious boy, exhausted after the race…..

We look forward to CELEBRATING again next year!!!  Go Peg and Kathy!!!!!