Ross's Gator Crusaders

About 2 weeks ago the Felker's came up from Farmington to do a walk for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation with the rest of my family as well as some of the Wright family. This foundation raises funds to find a cure for type 1 diabetes. For those who may not know our nephew Ross Felker was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes about 5-6 months ago at age 10. He has been quite the example in this diagnosis as he gives himself his own shots and sets health goals, etc. He is such a great big nephew and a great example to our girls and to myself! So, he wanted to have a goal of raising $1000 for the race. Well they definitely met that within a few weeks and by the time of the race they had raised almost $4000!! It was very impressive!

So that Saturday we all ventured out to Legends and joined to complete the 2 mile walk! It was so stinkin' cold!! We all bundled up as best we could and braved the weather! The walk went well even admist passing around and taking turns with holding fussy kids! They were so miserable and weren't old enough to understand...it was hard to see them so cold! But after the walk we were able to enjoy some of the free food very quickly and then dispersed to find heat while all the big kids and Stephanie braved the cold and enjoyed the fun games! My kids did not stay so I didn't get any picks of the fun games, but I heard they were the only ones there! They even closed up shop early and the nieces and nephews were upset cause they didn't get to do all they wanted to do! It was a lot of fun and we are looking forward to doing this again next year for Ross! We are blessed to have such a great nephew! :)