Food Allergy Walk a Success!

Yesterday was a beautiful day to support and celebrate people who live with food allergies...especially my favorite food allergy kid, MAX!

This was the third year of the FARE Food Allergy Walk in Cincinnati and the first year for us to participate.  Crazy to think that the first year of the walk was when Max was first diagnosed with severe food allergies...peanuts and eggs.  We are so fortunate that we have been able to cross peanuts off the list!

Our team this year was small yet mighty, just like Max!  Pat's parents were in town and our friend Annie, who has a laundry list of food allergies herself, and her son Wesley, allergic to fish, also joined us.  My parents were with us in spirit and wore their shirts proudly!

Photo by Annie Anglin

Photo by Connie Naylor

Photo by Tom Lindsey

Photo by Donna Lindsey

Leah and Max had a great time sliding down the bouncing slide while we waited for the walk to start.  Max was able to sign a banner and we 'tried' to get some pictures.  The walk took place at the International Friendship Park along the Ohio River.  It was such a pretty path to walk along.  I was even able to get a nice picture of Leah.

Our day would not be complete without a little drama...the boys ended up at Urgent Care for an upper respiratory infection and Noah was also diagnosed with pink eye!

Small yet mighty, Max's Maniacs enjoyed the day.  We hope our team can grow next year!

Happy 34th, Pat!

Today is Pat's 34th birthday, but because we will not be home all together until 8:30 tonight, we celebrated a day early.

Noah and Max helped me make Daddy's cake while Leah was at the marching band show with Hippa.  Memaw made sure that the spoons did not turn into swords!

Since Pat's favorite cake is cherry cheesecake I make two different goodies.  The cheesecake for Pat and anyone else that will eat it (aka the adults) and cupcakes for the kids (mainly because if Max ate cheesecake, we would probably end up at Childrens' for all the vomiting that would take place since it is loaded with eggs!)

Max is really eyeing those cupcakes!

We sang Happy Birthday and enjoyed dessert for breakfast!

Happy Birthday Pat!

Five Years of Betty's Bunch

Yesterday our little family gathered at the Wetherington Golf and Country Club in West Chester to Walk to End Alzheimer's.  This was our fifth year walking together as Betty's Bunch in honor and memory of my Grandma Snow.

We had shirts made our second year, but I decided they needed to be spruced up a bit this year.  I love the result!  Special thanks to Moonshine Printing in Oxford for creating our new shirts!

A special thanks to many friends and family, including Tom and Donna Lindsey, Dawn Hofherr, Becky Kuritz, Kathy Jaynes, Larry Snow, Christine Birhanzl, Mary Jo Wilhelm and a few others who wish to remain anonymous, who made monetary donations to the Alzheimer's Association in the name of Betty's Bunch.  I appreciate the donations!  We surpassed our goal of $500 this year!  I would love it even more if our little group of seven can grow next year!  We have a great time walking and sharing stories of Grandma Snow!  Mark your calendars NOW for September 12, 2015!