Ellie Fund Video

You might remember that a few months back, I helped out The Ellie Fund and appeared in a promotional video for them. Well, it is up and running on the website! If you would like to see it, go to www.elliefund.org. On the home page, you will find a link to the video. It was an honor to help them out!

Off to Finland!

On Wednesday, Jeffrey and I (along with my dad) are off to visit my brother, sister-in-law and nephew in Finland. We are SO excited! It will be Jeffrey's first trip on a plane (my dad's second). I have TONS of things for him to do to keep him busy on the trip over. It should be so much fun and quite the adventure. We will post pictures when we get back!

Collin's Little Girlfriend

This summer, we have spent a lot of time with our very good friends - The Henderson's. I grew up with Jessica and swam with her all through school. She and her husband, Pete, bought her parents' old house and nw lives right around the corner from us again! She has 3 kids a 1st grader (Zach), 4 year old (Jeffrey's friend, Mikayla) and an 18 month old (Kira). Jess and I swap babysitting time as well. We have been having get togethers on Fridays where the adults have adult time and the kids play. When it gets late, the babies go to bed and the bigger kids hang out on the pullout couch and watch a movie until they fall asleep and go home.

Anyway, Kira and Collin absolutely adore each other! It is the cutest thing going. They have their own language which they talk to each other in and follow each other around the house. Just like Mikayla and Jeffrey, Kira and Collin will be in the same grade together in school.

Summer Fun

Where has the first half of the summer gone!?!? We have been loving the summer sun and all of the fun that comes along with it. Jeffrey took swimming lessons at the town pond and passed level 1! He can now swim a little by himself and dunk all of the way under water! We have spent many hot days at the pond which the boys love.

We went up to Maine for the beginning part of July. My dad had a full house for the weekend of July 4th. Jeff, the boys and I, our friend Steve, and our other friends Richie, Michelle and their 3 kids came up to spend some time at the beach. It was great! The kids were in the Higgins Beach parade. The theme was indians, pilgrims and explorers. The kids were indians and looked so cute! Collin spent the entire parade waving the crowd.

After the weekend was over and everyone went home, I stayed up there with the boys for the remainder of the week. It was all fun but very tiring!

On the Catwalk....

So you all know I have done the public speaking thing - in March for The Ellie Fund's "Kelley for Ellie" Fashion Show. Now it's time to strut my stuff on the catwalk itself! In September, Sara Campbell, a high-end fashion designer on the South Shore, will be holding her 2nd annual fashion show with proceeds going to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. I was contacted today (from recommendation of channel 5 reporter Kelley Tuthill) to be one of the models! Last year they used models/people that were touched by breast cancer in some way and this year they are continuing with that theme. It sounds like the event will be a blast and I will post more info when I get it! I would love some company cheering me on (and praying that I don't trip)!!!

Here is a link to pictures from last year's event.

http://www.saracampbell.com/Sara/imageslist.aspx?EditId=73

Trip to Bethel

A couple of weeks ago, we all headed up to The Bethel Inn and Resort in Bethel, Maine for a weekend away. We were celebrating my one year anniversary out of chemo and just needed some away time together. It was a great time and the place was beautiful. The weather could have been better though - it rained almost all day on Saturday. Even so, we went to the pool, went fishing at Sunday River, and Jeffrey and I went horseback riding! We had a blast. Jeffrey loved it and was asking to go back again the next day before we were even done with the ride.

Jeffrey's Last Day of His First Year of Pre-school

The end of May brought Jeffrey's last day of pre-school until September. He loved Community Nursery Scool as did Jeff and I. It is such a loving and supportive place and I am so glad he is there. This year he went 2 mornings/week and next year he will go 3 mornings/week. After that...kindergarten!!!

Here are some pictures of his last day ceremony. There songs were farmed themed hence the bandanas. Jeffrey is the second one from the right in the first row.