The Walk was a Success!

Twenty four of our loved ones came out in the bitter cold to Walk for Hunter's team in the annual Walk to Cure Diabetes. Again, we had one of the largest teams there and we were the ones dressed in camo! This is the first year that the Walk was held inside. Previous years it has been held in September at Sertoma Park. This year we walked around the Sioux Falls mall and got to window shop as we went along! :) The goal of this walk was to raise $50,000. By the end of the Walk they had tallied up the amount of donations collected that morning, not counting all of the online donations, and the total was $65,000! Wow! Hunter was thrilled that his cousins joined him on the Walk. They were more interested in a Run than a Walk! :) Here we are making our way around the mall. Robb joked that he would just walk his mile and a half around Victoria's Secret. Whatever! :) As you can see Gage is sound asleep in the stroller. He had it made! We are so blessed by the donations and prayers that we received for a cause that we are so passionate about. The morning of the walk Hunter said, "what does cure mean?" I explained that a cure would mean that doctors would be able to fix his pancreas and he wouldn't have diabetes anymore. With a sparkle in his eye he said, "Oh, that would be SO COOL!" I agree that a cure would be so cool. I got so choked up to see all of the strong little boys and girls at the walk that were sporting insulin pumps and had their family and friends dressed in the same shirts walking beside them in 100% support of the cause. As parents we want nothing more than for our kids to be healthy and through the work being done by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation I can see that someday soon all of these boys and girls will indeed be healthy and diabetes free. How awesome that will be! Thanks again for all of your support!