Last Saturday was a wonderful day! About 55 of our friends and family met us downtown Houston for the It's My Heart Run and Family Walk to support Jake. Our team was called "Jake's Jets" and we had great bright green t-shirts which made us easy to spot in the crowd. This was our first year to participate in the event but definitely not our last. Altogether there were about 1,800 participants which is 1,000 more than last year. At last count, they had raised $138,000, but money is still coming in. Our team raised roughly $1600 (still waiting on the final total). The money from the event goes to awareness for congenital heart defects and towards research.
We were humbled by everyone that joined our team to support our family. We are so blessed with a wonderful family and friends that feel just like family as well. It was a beautiful day and after the walk, there was a big festival with music, bounce houses, food, and entertainment. Here are some highlights from the day:
Aunt Destin with Grace and Nash--Mark, Destin, and Nash came from Ft. Worth for the walk…it was also Nash's birthday weekend--it meant so much they spent the weekend with us!
Jake with Anna and Leah--two of his most favorite people!
Jake with JoJo--Jonesa brought three of her friends from work with her
Misty and me--we go way back to our freshman year at Harding…she was the first person I met at Harding and now our kids are friends!
Gigi and Jake--we realized there aren't pictures of Poppy because he was doing all of the picture taking!
The Starting Line
Jake's Jets
Getting a piggyback ride
Jake and Jackson
Ty and Jake--all of the CHD kids and adults wore red hats
Gracie with Aunt Casey
Trying to get a group shot of the kids
Jake holding Grace for the group shot
Becky with Leah and Kate--Kate was recently diagnosed with a CHD as well. Please keep her in your prayers as well! They're some dear friends of ours that had already planned to do the walk, but it took on more meaning for them with Kate was diagnosed.
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