Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Olympia CF Walk - Great Strides 2009


How awesome is this picture?!?!
We were so incredibly blessed on May 31st with our first Great Strides 'TEAM LUCY' Cystic Fibrosis Walk! We ended up with over 76 walkers on a bright & beautiful sunny day! (5 walkers missed the photo, they were already at the starting line! Sorry Palmer family!) Randy, Lucy & I are all so thankful for the HUGE amount of love & support we felt from all of the people there that day. We had immediate & extended family as well as friends from all different aspects of our lives. It was totally amazing to look out & view a sea of bright yellow tshirts with a sketch of Lucy on the front! (BIG thanks to Cousin Andrew Amondson for drawing the Lucy photo & to my friend Ian Jordan (owner of Product Apparel) for making all the shirts at a bargain price as a way of helping out the team!) Here are some of the other photos from the wonderful day! This is an annual event, we'd love to have you again next year! The two big fundraisers for the CF Foundation that we plan to have an active part in every year are the WaMu Tower Stairclimb (in Nov or Dec) & this Olympia Great Strides Walk every spring.



Genie, Carter, Lucy & me
Lucy was in attack mode when she saw Carter! Watch out cute little man, here comes Miss Lucy!

The Webster's & The Kugler's



Marci & James with Miss Lucy!
Thank you guys for bringing the whole clan - we loved having so many of your family members at the walk!

Cousin Jaymie & Baby Boy Brady
We love you guys!


Aunts Bonnie & Margaret, Christy & Lucy, Mark & Johannes


Teresa, my mom Susan, me, Lucy, Nisha & Meera
HUGE thanks to the Puri girls for being a part of the walk! We were all wishing the other 2 adorable girls were here - Rashmi & Baby Penelope! Can't wait to see them soon! (August)

Stacy & Johannes - walking on the way back under the I-5 overpass

Randy & Uncle Norman Webster

Cousin DJ & his beautiful wife Anika Kugler along with the super cute Coco the puppy! Thank you so much guys for coming down with your boys!


Stacy, Johannes, Lucy, Christy & Mark


What a treat!! Some of our closest friends came down from Seattle & Lucy was quite happy! I think in this photo, she's wondering what all of the fuss is about - she just wants to catch up with her buddies, Stacy & Johannes! ;-) I know these guys had lots to do - Stacy's in grad school, Johannes is a resident at Children's & they're in the midst of a kitchen remodel - plus 2 puppies at home! But, they took time out of their busy schedules & it meant the world to us!! We love you guys!


Owen the puggle & Oscar the pug
(Chris & Ali Hallam's ADORABLE puppies!)


Jill, Christy & Susan along with Julia & Jill's littlest man! Such a treat to have Christy's (sister in law Christy) good friend Jill Coke join us for the walk!
Notice the troop of NICU nurses in the background! It was such a strong reminder of why I love working in the NICU! My friends at work are so incredibly supportive & it meant a ton to have these girls all be a part of the walk! Thank you to my coworkers who couldn't get the day off as well - I know you were there in spirit! =)

Three of Randy's uncles - Norman, George & Jim along with Grandma Alice Peterson


The Lucy store (women's fitness apparel) donated bags, stickers & other Lucy gear to our TEAM LUCY!


Grandpa Neil strolled with Miss Lucy, she loves her Grandpa!


Asha & little miss Sara! Sara is about 6 months older than Lucy & they continue to look a lot alike. Asha & I work together at TG & have fun meeting up with the girls from time to time. The support TEAM LUCY had from my TG coworkers was absolutely awesome!! Thank you everyone!


My mom on the right, my Grandma Jean on the left, behind them Aunt Jill & Uncle Carl as well as a crowd of other TEAM LUCY members!
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1 comment:

The Creese Family said...

Way to go Team Lucy!!!

I love your blog! I only wish we lived closer...we would've loved to join you.

What a great day!!! What a great family!!!

Tami, Jim, Cooper & Cannon Creese
Central Coast California