Team Hope Walk 2014

So, five months since my last blog. How does that happen? Factor in a anniversary trip to Disney World to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary, my graduation from college with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, the holidays and a surgery for me that involved a few set backs, it is easy to see how time can get away from you. Add in a severe case of writer's block and time can pass in a blink.

Hopefully, life will return to normal now and I can get back in to the swing of things.

In October of last year, Robert and I did something that has become one of our favorite things to do each year. We participated in the Team Hope Walk that the Great North Texas HDSA affiliate organizes for the area.  I thought I would share some of the pictures from that day.

     

First, we had t-shirts made for everyone to buy and wear. We charged extra for the t-shirts and sold them to family and friends, too. All told, we raised an additional $286 dollars from the t-shirts to donate to the HDSA. Thank you to everyone that bought a t-shirt. 

We got a lot of compliments on our shirts, too. Pretty much every person that we walked by commented on how much they loved our shirts. 

On the back is the name of several people in the family that have Huntington's Disease. If they have lost the fight, we added in the years. They are 

Robert's Great Uncle (His grandfather's brother)

Robert's Grandfather

His Mom

His Uncle (From his Great Uncle)

His brother

His sister

His cousin (daughter of his Uncle)

Robert

For the walk, we had Robert's sister Debbie, her three boys, a friend to one of the boys and Robert's daughter. We even brought Lady along for the ride. 

We had a pre-walk warm up with the shark and lion to the Cha-Cha Slide. 

And then we were off. The actual walk is approximately a mile around a small pond near Les Lacs park in Addison. Here, Debbie is being helped along by a couple of the boys as we walked around the pond.

Afterwards, there were hot dogs and other snacks. There were also several tables set up from the different sponsors for the walk as well as a lot of informational tables. We are hoping this year that we can get Robert's brothers to join us and have an even bigger group and show of support.