Rachel's new haircut

I've been talking about it for months now... but finally did it!

I cut my hair and donated it to Pantene Beautiful Lengths. They've partnered with the Women's Cancer Research Fund to give free wigs to women who have lost their hair to cancer.

Cecelia cut 9" off, and I'm pleased with it. So I'll encourage you too! If you have it to give- give! It only takes 8" for Pantene Beautiful Lengths, and there are tons of details on the website!

Relay For Life Fundraiser

So, since we were participating in Relay For Life, we sponsored a fundraiser at Fox and Hound to raise some $ for our team.

We charged $10/head for 1 beer, appetizers and 1 drawing of chance ticket... we had a BLAST and raise $1,005! I'm pretty proud of myself... I went out and got the venue (and got them to donate food, they got a vendor to donate beer, and a few prizes), I got prizes, advertised, and invited people.

The event was quite the success and I know exactly what to do next time to make it even better!!

Here is a link to my page

http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RelayForLifeSouthAtlanticDivision?px=4332091&pg=personal&fr_id=8834

Relay for Life and NASCAR!!! Heeyaaw!

Do we ever stop??

Friday night- Relay For Life with our Kiwanis Uptown Folks- SO much fun! Mikey walked 5 hours before I could pull him off of the track ... slept for a few, then walked 4 more... that man is a tank! He walked 1 hour for each person he knew currently fighting, who already fought, and those we've lost. It was emotional for sure.




I walked about 2 with him in the beginning, then went to the store, took a nap and got back to it, walking 2:30-7:30 am, when I stopped to break down the tent and pack up (after all we had to go to the NASCAR All Star Race with our AppState friends)





I figure we both walked at least a marathon (3-4 miles/hour for 8-9 hours)... Mikey definitely had me beat though.


After closing ceremonies we pledged to save at least one person each this year... so go get checked! Wear sunscreen, have your mammograms, do self exams, quit smoking... the earlier we catch it, the better our chances are of fighting it!!

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Home to sleep for a few hours, and it is off to the NASCAR AllStar Race we go! We got a smokin' deal on tickets through ASU and met up with about 30 other Alumni out at the track for a pre-race tailgate and party. So fun!





Kasey Kahne won (he's about our age, and adorable) Go Kasey! (this is not Kasey Kahne, this is Wally Brown, Mike's buddy from high school)





Sunday, we slept... our bodies are still not on a "normal schedule"... we are just so thankful to be surrounded by such great people.

AKD, Mother's Day and our nephew- Eli!!

That is Dr. AKD to you! We trekked to NCSU this weekend for Amanda's Vet School Graduation- hard to believe 4 years have gone by so quickly and the beach girls now have a Doctor as our claim to fame!

The Girls...

Mikey and I got the spend the weekend at home with Mom and Dad, nice and relaxing, and got Mom some airbake cookie sheets... since she made us delicious cookies and milk :) Well, she didn't make the milk, but she bought it fresh for us!

Sunday we helped Mom at school for a bit, then headed to Winston to see Mike's parents, with a short stop in Mebane to meet Eli Kareem Cress... Hey is quite the bruiser and basically the cutest golden I've ever seen. (I can't say cutest puppy, as we are teaching Lu how to read, and it may hurt her feelings :) )

After Mebane we met Mom and Dad at Ruby Tuesday for a nice Mother's day dinner and crazy thunderstorms/tornadoes...

Ahh, another whirlwind weekend!

Cinco de LuLu!

Lu Lu is one!

In order to keep with our partying trend, we had a Cinco de Mayo Fiesta with Matty A and Tess (Tess makes a mean enchilada), Zo and Keith (mmmm, margaritas), SaeRae (who was planning her trip to Germany) and Mike, Lu and I.

I didn't have the camera handy to take any pictures (note, at this point I've had parties 3 nights in a row, I'm beat... )
But here is a Lu Lu picture in honor of her big day!

We bought her a doggie photoshoot and day at the spa (come on, it was at a charity event for people and dogs with cancer!) You'll see the pics once we have them taken ;)

Margie, Joey and Owen come to town!

Some of our long lost, favorite, friends came home for the weekend, and we got to host them on Sunday night! Margie and Owen came over early to hang out while Mikey and Joe worked on their house.

Sunday was also Owen's first birthday! (He and Lu are just a day apart!) Here he is enjoying his ice cream cake!

Hurry back guys! XOXO

Nicole and Yadam's Shower

On May 3rd, Mike and I hosted a shower for Adam and Nicole, who are getting married Saturday, June 21st. Check out their link to the right!

We had a great time at our backyard Luau and enjoyed celebrating with them at this exciting time in their lives!