Words

Jake's grandpa died almost two weeks ago. Richard was a good man. A very good man. He was the quintessential Hoosier. Born and raised on the farm, high school basketball star, married the homecoming queen, and lived a quiet, peaceful, giving life. He was everything the obituary said, and more, but for some reason, those black letters on the paper hurt me again. He was preceded in death by his great-granddaughters, Sydney and Carynne.

The service at his funeral was given by the same man that did the girls' funeral. As he gave his closing remarks, he said he could just see Richard now, sitting somewhere rocking two sweet baby girls. It was so very nice of him to remember our girls during his remarks. His simple words meant a lot to me, and for that I am thankful

SMA 5K in Cincinnati

This is a bit late, but I still wanted to share that Team Sweet Girlies was very well represented at the FSMA 5K in Cincinnati last Saturday! We raised $525.00 for Families of SMA and had 28 walkers for Sydney & Carynne. The rain didn't dampen our spirits and even though we had to walk inside the Cintas Center, we still had a blast! Our team even started an impromptu dance party that provided tons of entertainment ;) I've got a few pictures from the day, including lots of goofy dancing, but I'll save everybody the red faces and just post a quick group shot. This doesn't include everybody that walked, but all of the Moms of Multiples and their double strollers were wandering around at this point.

Back Row: Jenny, Sonya, Sean, Greg, Jake & Brian. Front Row: Jess, Nate, Amy & Karen.