Father's Day at Branson!

 So by now you are probably starting to notice a trend......any holiday that causes too much pain, I run away and get the kids and I out of town.  So Father's Day is no exception.  So this year we headed to Branson for the weekend with my parents.
We spent most of the weekend at Silver Dollar City.  Here is some pictures from there....

 That night we decided to go to the outdoor show "Shepherd of the Hills".  Before the show they had a kids show where the kids can all come up and do a bullfrog race.  Andrew was the only brave soul to do it!

His frog didn't win but he still had a great time trying!

 The next day we went back to Silver Dollar City....

 At the end of the night we went to watch the free show.  They called for kids to volunteer for some parts and of course Adriana was one of the first to raise her hand and they called on her to come up!

 And here is they boys old tyme photos they had taken.  I thought they turned out really good!

Although the weekend was still really hard, it was still good to get away and listen to the kids laugh and have a great time!

Miles Against Melanoma Race!

 This year we participated in the Miles Against Melanoma Race in memory of Chris.  We miss him so much and it still hurts so bad but it makes me happy to see that his death could be saving the life of so many others!
Along the race path, they have pictures of all the Angels that lost the battle to melanoma.  Chris had many signs along the path and it made me so proud!
Here are a few of the pictures he had.....

 

 While waiting for the race to begin, the kids decided to jump on stage and do a little performance of their own :)

 Adriana and her friend, Clare, after they ran the 1.2 mile race!

 After the kids race, my kids and their friends did some volunteer work and handed water to each of the racers.  The kids had a blast doing this, although it did get out of hand a bit!

 At the end of the race they did a balloon release where you could write a note to your loved one to be sent up to heaven.  The balloons also had a light in them to make them glow in the dark, and was super cool!

We had a great time and it was so nice to honor Chris!  And I was overwhelmed with how many people participated in the race in memory of Chris!  I know he was smiling down on us all!