Wednesday, September 17, 2014

United Angels Walk

Earlier this summer we attended the United Angels Foundations Walk with Angels.  My main reasoning in going was for Stella to see Rachel from Signing Time.  She has grown up loving the books and DVDs from Baby Signing Time, Signing Time and the new Rachel and the Tree Schoolers preschool program.  It has helped her emensley with her speech and how to put words into sentences.  She also is learning to spell with ASL. Anyways, we are huge Signing Time fans so that's one of the main reasons we went. 
The United Angels Foundation is here to support all special needs kids.  It was an amazing get together and was so kid friendly we all had a blast.  There was bounce houses, snow cones, lunch, face paint, balloon animals, princesses and super heros, a awesome show put on by Rachel. It was so much fun and we will be making this an annual event! 

We got to meet Rachel.  She is so nice and such an amazing woman!
This is Rachel, Jefferson and his buddy Crew.  Crew had heart surgery a couple months before Jefferson did and is also extra lucky with an extra chromosome too!

Stella didn't know what to think, she was a little scared that she was standing in person and not in her TV. 

Finally realizing she's a real person that's holding her! :)

We were the only ones in line so she said come here I have someone I want you to meet.  So we walked over and met the stars of Signing Time, her daughters, Leah and Lucy.  Leah was just a kid when they filmed signing time, now she is all grown up. They were so nice and I was so star struck meeting them! 

Of course we had to sit with Princess Anna and Queen Elsa. 

Go Team Jefferson!

Jeffersons extra special friends Liam and Crew. 
Can't wait till next year!





IHH walk/5k

We joined a foundation when I was 22 weeks pregnant with Jefferson.  We had found out that he had a heart defect and was referred to the support group called Intermountain Healing Hearts. 
1:100 kids are born with a Congenital Heart Defect.  Jefferson is that 1. 

 They came and visited with us after his surgery and the Facebook group has been so much help and has given me much comfort over the past year.  We went to the 5k/walk this year down in West Jordan.  

On our drive down we saw this beautiful double rainbow. 

This was Andrews 2nd 5k he's ever done and he placed 38th out of 120 runners.  

I had to take a picture of the heart shaped sweat mark Andrew had. <3


They had a program after the run where they released butterflies for those sweet kids that lost their lives due to a CHD.  It was so beautiful and I was sobbing watching these beautiful creatures wake up and take flight. 
Stella got to hold one of the butterflies




It was so awesome to be able to support this foundation that has helped me through so much this year.  



Family Photos summer 2014


Thank you to my sister Brooke for her amazing talents to capture my beautiful little family!














Talk about melt your heart to a million pieces!! 
How am I suppose to choose one for my wall?! Man I love my family!!