Did you see this?!?! ----->

That's right! $1200 so far! I am so so impressed by how generous our friends, family and followers are!

So, I was totally off with the date of the skate...it is actually this weekend, January 23rd. Our goal is to make this 23rd better than the previous 2. Jan. 23rd, 2009 is the day the girls were diagnosed with SMA. Jan. 23rd, 2008 is the day that our dear friend, Little Joe, left us. I've never really talked about Little Joe on here before, but through his suffering, he taught us something very very important. He taught us, as a circle of friends, how important we are to each other; how much we all love each other; how much we are really there for each other. I've often wondered if other groups of friends function like our little family? I know for a fact I could not have survived this last year without the love and support of everybody around me and I hope that others are lucky enough to feel that same love and support from their friends.

Help Riley!

As some of you may know, when the girls were first diagnosed with SMA they were at Riley Hospital for Children. I've always had a soft spot in my heart for Riley because I was a Riley Kid myself. As a child, I visited their Pediatric Ophthalmology Department every 6 months and when the girls became Riley Kids, I felt even more energized to help out such a great hospital. We were so lucky to receive such great love and care from the doctors, nurses and staff at the hospital, especially from our favorite nurse, Megan!

This weekend, Jake and I are doing an ice-skate-a-thon to help raise money for Riley. If you would like to help out by donating a dollar, I would be very grateful! I know times are tough, so if you can't donate, at least leave a comment cheering us on...neither of us are any good at ice skating and we each have to do 100 laps...YIKES!!

To donate, please visit https://www.firstgiving.com/brookpritchett. Thanks again!