Race for the Cure

This has been a very busy week in the Chenery household. Ryan took Matthew to Binder Park Zoo on Thursday to be with me and my first graders on our field trip. He loved feeding the giraffes and laughed with amazement when they ate the cracker from his hand. He also liked the monkeys, peacocks and the prairie dogs. Last night we had a pre-race dinner at Dave VanDam's house and that gave Matthew the opportunity to play with Jack and Brady. They had a blast!! Today Matthew participated in his second Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 5k. Granted he was pulled in a wagon, but he toughed out the rainy, cold morning and windy conditions to walk it with me, Ann, Heidi, Jack, Matt and some other friends. We were walking in the memory of Nancy VanDam (Matt's mom and Heidi's mother-in-law and a former co-worker and friend of mine), who just passed away in early April after a very LONG battle with breast cancer. This is the second year we have walked this race. I am glad I can take Matthew along with me and let him see what this is all about and how much we care about this cause. We look forward to this tradition on a yearly basis. Tomorrow we will be celebrating Jack's fourth birthday with a gathering at the park! I enjoy this kind of busy!

Ryan leaves on Thursday for his annual fishing trip up north with his buddies, so Matthew and I are looking forward to a quiet weekend home together. We are keeping our fingers crossed yet again that Ryan will get on this upcoming call for Wisconsin. The last call was not for his trade, but this one is suppose to be. He is #2 at the hall for this traveling position. If he is called to go, he would leave right after he returns from his trip. We are hoping that this is it. It is hard to get excited for every new call because we have been let down so far. If this one doesn't work out, we know there will be more. So, we are asking that you keep your fingers crossed too and that this is "the one". Once my computer gets fixed, I will post pictures of the walk and the zoo.