The St Louis Race for the Cure will always be near and dear to me. Each year we walk, there are special memories of my Mom walking alongside us and the things we did. We started each year with a stop at Keiner Plaza where Bryce tossed his 'pink wish' coin into the fountain, the sea of pink shirts, the strong spirit of survivors you can always just feel as you look around... The whole experience is amazing to be a part of!
Jason is away on his six month stateside deployment through the end of the summer so I took the kids and we met family friends to walk with this year.
This is Therese.
This is Therese.
We walked with her sweet family this year. She is a breast cancer survivor and I am so very proud of her! Bryce has been classmates with her son, Mathew, since kindergarten. We love you Therese and fam!
Bryce was walking holding Caroline's hand and this sweet lady walking by said she wanted to hold a princess' hand as well! So they all 3 walked hand in hand for quite awhile. I love how the Race brings so many people together! It is truly amazing and can't be explained unless you participate in one.
Coins in hand, now they're all set to make their pink wishes this year!
Apparently Bryce's coin must have more wish appeal that her own coin?!? Ah, siblings!
1, 2, 3... WISH!
The three of us took a moment of 'still' after the wish to just sit and enjoy the pink plaza.
On a side note, I haven't blogged in ages! I still had Easter pics on my camera up until a week ago if you can believe it! I thought it would be a piece of cake with Jason away because I am a pretty strong girl. He's been away since February and I still am not into a routine. HELP! So, I will be posting completely backwards coming up soon! Easter, Bryce's May birthday, Caroline's June birthday, our trip to Florida to visit Jason, soccer favors I made... see, I told ya, way behind! Love you guys! XO
Bryce was walking holding Caroline's hand and this sweet lady walking by said she wanted to hold a princess' hand as well! So they all 3 walked hand in hand for quite awhile. I love how the Race brings so many people together! It is truly amazing and can't be explained unless you participate in one.
Coins in hand, now they're all set to make their pink wishes this year!
Apparently Bryce's coin must have more wish appeal that her own coin?!? Ah, siblings!
1, 2, 3... WISH!
The three of us took a moment of 'still' after the wish to just sit and enjoy the pink plaza.
On a side note, I haven't blogged in ages! I still had Easter pics on my camera up until a week ago if you can believe it! I thought it would be a piece of cake with Jason away because I am a pretty strong girl. He's been away since February and I still am not into a routine. HELP! So, I will be posting completely backwards coming up soon! Easter, Bryce's May birthday, Caroline's June birthday, our trip to Florida to visit Jason, soccer favors I made... see, I told ya, way behind! Love you guys! XO
29 comments:
I'm sorry life is so overwhelming with your husband gone...but it sounds like you're over halfway toward having him home again!!
I love that even the fountains are tinted pink!!
~ Sarah
I am so glad you got to participate in this walk. It looks like you had a blast! Caroline looks adorable in her pink outfit too!
I don't know how you do it without your hubby all of those months. We would starve at our house! Hang in there!
So glad you're back! :) Love the pictures and can't wait to see more of what your fun crew has been busy with! xoxo
What beautiful pictures! Hope you had a great 4th!
So good to see you back!!!!!I missed you! I look forward to the catch up!!!!!Awesome cause!
Beautiful pics of the kids. Bryce looks so much like Jason now and Caroline looks so precious...look at those curls! Be proud you took the kids even without Jason!
I'm surprised you can even find the time to blog at all with your hubby gone and two children!
What a wonderful day to walk in the Race for the Cure. Caroline is sooooo cute in her little pink outfit and Bryce (ooooo he is handsome!!!). He seems like the BEST big brother in the world! GREAT pictures!!!
Hey girlie!
love the race pictures! the kids are georgeous as usual! cant wait for you to come back home from Fl!
Love B
Those pictures by the fountain were so great! How do you ever decide which ones to frame?! :) You are getting good at that photoshop!
I love walking in Race for the Cure and had a fun time doing it this year too!
Hang in there, Leslie!! I'm thinking of you.
And those pictures?? Love the photo editing. But NO amount of editing could make yur kids any cuter!!
How great!
I love the pink fountain in the background!
Oh we have so missed your posts!!! I am happy to see you pop up in my google reader:)
What a great cause and what cute little walkers to support it.....I love all the pink...especially Miss C's tutu and matching bow...adorable!!
Hope you are enjoying your time with Jason.....talk to you soon!! Thanks again....you are so sweet:)
Lisa
That is very cool! I always tear up when thinking of everyone participating and the loved ones they've lost/dealt with cancer.
My hubs is from St. Louis (Webster Groves specifically). The water fountain is beautiful in pink!
Those pictures are absolute perfection!!! The one of your little one throwing the coin into the pond is soooo precious!! Those are frame worthy, for sure!
Oh my gosh, Caroline is getting so big and look at all the curly hair!!! Both kids are ADORABLE. Love the "Race for the Cure", that's great you got to walk in it!!!
Hi Les :)
Loved the pictures of the walk! You are so talented, seriously! Your sweet hubby should be coming home soon right? Not soon enough though, huh? ;)
Rich is enjoying his job here. We've decided this is the town he'll retire in we love it so much. We only have 3 1/2 years left until retirement... yay!
Take care of yourself sweet friend :)
xoxo,
rue
Ok, did you curl her hair? jk, gosh I love those little ringlets. Caroline and her brother are adorable. Great pictures!
Hope you are doing well. Been thinking of you. I know you miss your honey so much.
Hey, not a big deal to post backwards. Can't wait to read them!
Her outfit is so very cute! Your son is so handsome!
What a neat idea to dye the water fountain pink!
sandy toe
So nice to see you again Les! I am sure you are just so busy with the hubby gone. I love the photos of the cancer walk. I think it is so moving to see all those people together for the same thing...especially your friend the Survivor! And of course the kiddos look so cute too!
Carrie
Wow how cool is that? Very neat. cherry
Beautiful pictures.
Sorry I haven't been by lately - not enough surfing time for mom.
Hope y'all are doing well & have had a good summer.
Your children are beautiful and so are your pictures of them! Love the pink tutu your daughter is wearing~ so sweet! :)
You must just be EXHAUSTED and completely ready for your husband to come home! I agree with your second commenter~ how DO you do it? You are AMAZING! And don't you doubt that for even one second. It takes strength to take such wonderful care of your children each and every day, while being apart from your husband. I can tell you are doing a fantastic job! I am praying that God will carry you through this last month and that it will go very, very quickly! I am praying for you girl! :)
Hello? Is this thing still on?
Your comment on my post totally brought tears to my eyes! I will also hold lift you and your family up this pink October! Sorry about your loss. I am sure your Mom was an amazing woman who fought such a great, hard fight!
Your little princess looks adorable in her pink tutu!
Hi Leslie,
I just wanted to write again and say hello! I hope you are doing okay! Is your husband back from deployment yet? I sure hope so, I can imagine you have missed him so much! :)
Hugs,
Jenni
I just wanted to say hello and to tell you love the pictures you take on your blog. My husband too is a "Port Dawg" in the Air Force so just wanted to say hello from one Port Dawg spouse to another!!!
Lovely - such a great cause and great pix!
Also, we're done with soccer for the season. Glad but it ended on a sad loss. For the Varsity high school team :(
Hope all is well... Happy New Year! Looking forward to updated photos & news when you return to blogging! I had to take a blog break over the last few months so I totally understand.
What happened to the update?
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