Relay For Life 2009

My sister-in-law decided to be a "yes woman" and say yes to everything she could reasonably do (bad idea, by the way). Well, this resulted in her creating a Relay For Life team. FYI...Relay For Life raises money to help fight cancer...great cause, right? So, anyway, she asked me to join her team...and I said no. Not because I didn't want to help, but because I'm non-committal. I'd rather say no and then show up to help anyway, then commit to something I can't do when the time comes (I've learned this from experience right?). So...a week before the relay, while celebrating one of my other sister-in-law's college graduation (YAY!! I'm so proud of you! insert photo of her at her celebratory lunch following commencement....

here ), my younger (and most ridiculous) brother states, "oh, Juli and I will take the 2 am - 4 am shift for you!" I of course piped in with a "WHAT?!?!?!?!?!" because really, who wants to walk laps for two hours at 2 in the morning? Well, as ridiculous as he is (I mean that lovingly of course) he replies, "are you PRO-CANCER??" Without a good rebuttle, I fell silent. As they say, silence is compliance, so yeah, I got roped into the craziness. By the way...I would do it again in a heartbeat. It was an amazing experience.

Now that you have the background...here are some photos...

Daisy with some Star Wars characters. Cost me $2 to have my dog's photo taken with them...but don't mock me, it was for a good cause! (Yeah, mock me and I'll know YOUR pro-cancer!) :)


And here, smiling at me in the middle of the photo, is Laura (and her cute daughter behind her). Laura is my neighbor and was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and is currently undergoing treatments. You can read her story here. She was participating in the survivors lap (first lap of the relay). I saw a couple other ward members who were survivors as well, but was unable to catch photos in time. :(


And just for kicks and giggles...here is a photo of the flute/piccolo section of the marching band (best section ever!) leading the survivors in their lap.