Heart Walk 2014

The American Heart Association's Annual Nashville Heart Walk was Saturday, October 4.  This event seems to grow every year, and our Team Little Heart Heroes grows as well.  We are thankful to be a part of this big event, and we are also very thankful for friends and family supporting us with donations and / or walking with us.

Team Little Heart Heroes raised $7,520 for the American Heart Association this year.  $4,495 was donated in honor of our little heart hero, Colby.  This doesn't include $300 that is still pending from a company match, which will take Colby's total to $4,795 and our team total to $7,820.  Each year, we are blown away by the generosity of friends, family, acquaintances, and even strangers.  We are humbled, amazed, and extremely thankful!!

We know the successes that Colby has experienced to this point would not be possible without God, his doctors and surgeons, and the incredible research that has been done on congenital heart defects.  This is why Jason and I do this event and our bake sale every February.  We want to do what we can to raise awareness of congenital heart defects and hopefully encourage people to make donations towards more research. Money funds research, and research will produce new and better treatment options for these defects.  Who knows, maybe research can one day find a way to completely fix congenital heart defects, and what an awesome day that would be!

Kindergarten Pajama Day

Pajamas for the letter "P"...

Kindergarten Tie Day

Tie Day for the letter "T"...

Kindergarten Apron Day

The Kindergarten ended their week of learning the letter "A" by wearing aprons...

Kindergarten Silly Socks Day

The kindergartners celebrated the letter "S" by wearing Silly Socks.  Colby impressed me by creating his own original super silly socks...

Kindergarten Mustache Day for the Letter M

The Kindergartners had a Mustache Day to end their week of learning the letter "M."  Too cute!

Colby's Marvelous Me Week in Kindergarten

This week, Colby was the Marvelous Me Student in his Kindergarten Class.  He made this poster of pictures to help tell his friends all about him.  He picked some great pictures to use, and his labels for the pictures make me smile.

Brody's 8th Birthday

Jason and I joined Brody at school for his birthday lunch.  Mrs. McCoy had crowned him the Birthday Prince, and one of his friends, Presley, was the Birthday Princess.  Presley's birthday is the day after Brody's.  

After school, Brody was super excited to get home and open his presents.  These boys are always up for presents!!

Over the last several months, Brody has become very interested in fast sports cars.  So, for a special birthday treat, Jason and I took him to Music City Dream Cars to check out some of their awesome cars.  Brody could not have been happier!  He was in absolute heaven around all these cars.  They even had his two favorites...a Lamborghini and a Ferrari.

After looking at the cars, we headed to Two Bits for dinner.  This is a cool little place that has video and arcade games all over the restaurant. This was the first time we had been there, and Brody thought it was the best place ever!  As we were leaving dinner, Jason ran into a friend who was there with a couple of NBA players.  Brody met and had his picture taken with Steve Novak, which was very cool.  He couldn't have been any nicer and talked to Brody for several minutes about sports, food, and school.  This was a great way to end Brody's special birthday outing.

We ended our night back at home with Colby for birthday brownies.  Brody, I cannot believe you are 8 years old!  Watching you grow and develop has been such a blessing.  You truly are a special little guy...wise beyond your years, caring, compassionate, sensitive, smart, funny, loving, handsome, and just a great example of who a Christian should be.  Thank you for inspiring us in so many ways.  Thank you for bringing us so much happiness.  We are extremely proud of you and love you very much!  Happy 8th Birthday!

Kindergarten Muffins with Mom

On Friday, August 22, Colby's class had Muffins with Mom.  It was so much fun meeting all of his new classmates and their moms.  This is a great class, and we are so thankful that Colby is a part of it!  

Celebrating our Boys

We celebrated the boys' birthdays with a family dinner at our house on Saturday, August 16.  We ate, played, had a pinata, and ate lots of cake!  It's always a fun time spending time with our family.  

Jeanine, Harper, and Darbye unfortunately couldn't be at the party, so we met them at Opry Mills for dinner and ice cream the weekend before.  We couldn't miss out on celebrating with them too!