Sunday, October 5, 2008

Light the Night

Last night was the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Light the Night Event. It was a beautiful evening as we walked with other families affected by these blood cancers. The walk was held in a park where we walked on a paved trail with balloons that were lit from the inside. The hundreds of lit balloons making there way together in the dark was an amazing sight.


TEAM LORI

Audrey is strolling for her mommy!


Mimi and Ellie listen to the ceremony before the walk

It was a beautiful night! Ellie asked Mimi where the rest of the moon was :-)


Getting ready to start the walk

Lori with other survivors on stage


We're ready to light the night!




Boppa pulled Ellie in a wagon during the walk.

It was way after bedtime and she has a cold!

Audrey stayed awake for the entire evening and loved looking at all the lights around us!




Thank you to everyone who supported TEAM LORI in this endeavor. Our team raised a total of $875, which we will be used by the LLS to fund research to treat, cure, and prevent these diseases. As Lori said last night, we hope to do this annual walk for the next 30 years!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

It was a wonderful night. You could feel the love that we all shared for our families as we fight this group of blood diseases together. We love you, Lori!

Four peas in a pod said...

Thank you Mimi and Boppa! I am so blessed to have you as my family. You guys add so much to our lives.

You add so much to mine, thank you.

I love you, too!

-Lori

not2brightGRAM said...

I hope you get stinkin' tired of making this walk -year after year- for 40 more.

Love you...

Anonymous said...

would have liked to been with you all....I keep you in my prayers everyday...like Judi said "hope you get stinkin tired etc" love you Lori......mom

Rebecca said...

$875! That is AWESOME! Go Team (Aunt) Lori =)

Jess(ica) said...

I wish I could have been there to walk with you!! Love you!