Thursday, May 23, 2019

Hello 5k!

So I am super excited to announce that we have officially launched a 5k for April of 2020! Yes, that is forever away but if we want to make the most of it, we have to start now right?! This will be the first of [hopefully] many races to come to benefit the Lucky Fin Project. It has been so near and dear to our hearts and I can't imagine my son not having the support. We went to the LFP weekend last year and he still talks about it to this day and asks when we are going back. He loved to see that he wasn't alone and other kids "like him" were out there. We are hoping that this 5k can do that on a local level now too. How cool would it be to have a ton of kids with limb differences start this race off?! I'm pretty sure I would ball my eyes out!

Anyway, how did this come about you might wonder? Well I personally decided in 2019 that I would run at least 1 5k a month or 12 in a year depending on how hot summer can be here is sunny Florida! I ran my first one in February and my little lucky fin ran the race with me and loved it! Since then I have run several and each time he hears that I am running one without him, he gets upset. He loves loves loves to run 5k's with me and he is actually really good at it for only being 5 years old! So as I started running these, I started thinking about hosting one. Me and my party planning background got thinking that this could be totally do-able, especially if we have a year to plan and prep for the race. Once I decided that I would do this for my son and the LFP, it was all over. I have been working non stop for the last few weeks on securing location and possible vendors and sponsorships. Where do we get shirts, who will help with all of this? Those are all the things that have been going on and then some! Luckily I have a super solid team of people who have stepped in to help me make this run come true and I am super blessed to have them! So now let the games begin!

On another note, all is well in the crazy lucky fin house over here. My lucky fin has his VPK graduation next week and I am already crying now. How is he already this old and going into kindergarten?? I remember when he was born like it was a month ago! Trying to figure out mom-hood and then all of his fingers and toes and surgeries and doctors appointments and now we are going into kindergarten?! Holy. Crap.

And my youngest is loving school and also loving anything and everything his brother does. Until it's annoying and then he is miserable! Hope my kids are not the only ones like this! They love the heck out of each other and then in a matter of seconds they are fighting. I just don't get it, but overall the boys are doing great and we are excited to go back to the LFP weekend coming up in July! If you don't know about it, check out the LFP website (under Helpful Sites) and you can learn more about it there. I highly encourage anyone with a child who has a limb difference; go. I promise you wont regret it!


Some updated pictures! 

My brother came into town from California and I convinced him to run a 1 mile with my little lucky fin because he was mad he didn't get to run the full race with me.

They finished! 

So proud of him! And love that he had to take his short off LOL

Our Easter together 

My sweet sweet family

We had a great mothers day! Like their winks??

How could this not make you smile?! 





Have a blessed day :) 

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