Avon Walk - Boston

I just finished up one of my favorite weekends of the year - the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer! This year, I wanted to do more than one event, so while I will be walking 39.3 miles and fundraising $1800 for the Avon Walk in Santa Barbara this upcoming September, this past weekend in Boston I was working as Crew. Crew are the full weekend volunteers that man the Walk - we are there from sun up (literally) on Saturday through Closing Ceremonies on Sunday. Crew does everything from transporting all gear and tents, to serving all the meals, to running operations at the Wellness Village. I was lucky enough to be a team leader for a Rest Stop - which is an AWESOME job. We get to see all of our Walkers out on the route - proving water, Gatorade, ice, food, medical support, and inspiration to the 3000 Walkers that come through. My friend Robin joined me on the team, which was fabulous.

The Avon pillars at sunrise on Sunday morning (the only bad part of the weekend - a 3:30 AM wake up call. yawn):



The amazing, stupendous Rest Stop 2 Crew!!! (Yes, I have legwarmers on - we had an 80s theme):




Our Rest Stop set up and ready for the Walkers to come:






Our fabulous porta-potty decorations:



Me and Robin in our 80s gear:



The Walkers coming through:




The arch into the Wellness Village:



Robin next to our tent (it was REALLY windy, hence the weird shape to it, I swear):





Pink rubber ducks in the fountain:




Showing off my fabulous new Avon fanny pack (yes, I succumbed to the fanny pack darkside):




Shower trucks!:


The Wellness Village was at the amazing Reebok National Headquarters:




Our tent "street" at night:



Our Rest Stop on Day 2:





Rest Stop ladies rocking the side ponytails:



At Closing Ceremonies:



With our "Repeat" shirts after signing up to Crew the Boston 2011 Walk!:



The best Rest Stop team you could ask for:



About to Walk into Closing Ceremonies:



Closing Ceremonies:



Of course, Henry loved the pom poms:






Now, time to get ready for the Avon Walk, Santa Barbara!

Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day!

We decided to celebrate Mothers Day by once again going to the Lilac Festival at the Arnold Arboretum. The weather was significantly colder than last year, but it was still beautiful at the Arboretum and we had a really fun time.

Henry and Jake once again played their favorite game - "tackle the adults":




Henry and I with Michelle and Jake:




In the afternoon, Mike and I took Henry to see the Big Apple Circus:



It is a small circus, so our seats were nice and close:





Henry liked it a lot - especially the acts that involved the horses and dogs. He seemed confused by the clown humor, and at times was very concerned about a clown potentially hurting himself. However, his favorite part of the circus was clearly the mass quantities of popcorn he was able to consume (cotton candy was also enjoyed - alas, no pictures of that):






After the circus, we wandered to Faneuil Hall, where Henry met Sam Adams:




And discovered that it was an ideal location for playing trucks:

Kate's Birthday Party

This afternoon we went to Kate's 3rd birthday party! It was actually a triple birthday party for Kate and her friends, twins Danny and Charlie. They had a bounce house, so we knew that Henry would be in bliss. A bounce house, cake, and friends - what could be better??

The birthday girl:



Enjoying the bounce house:





Laughing with Alexander:





This picture cracks me up - Henry's "sad face". Dramatic, much? Think he takes after me???:



The 3 birthday kids, and the cake! (ever notice that at all these parties Henry is right up there next to the cake? He means business with his birthday cake enjoying):




I think Henry and Kate enjoyed the cake:





Happy 3rd birthday Kate!!!