May Part Deux - Talk Derby To Me!, Team Lilly Presents Painting with a Purpose, Spring Weather and Field Day, Little Gym Recital and Great Strides

Just a few pics from a small Derby party we hosted this year - so much fun!

Our Painting with a Purpose fundraiser for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation was a hit!  The event was a sell-out and we raised approximately $700 to donate to the CFF on behalf of Team Lilly - way to go everyone!  It was also a great time with friends and family - I hope to make this one a tradition.

Mary was our first door prize winner :)

Ellen and Laura won door prizes as well!

The instructor painted the red lily as well and had everyone who participated sign the back of the painting and gave it to me - so very nice!  I am holding my painting - not to shabby for an amateur!

Thanks to everyone who came out to support us!

My Chi-O sisters - don't know what I would do without them.

May also brings beautiful playground weather and field day.  Love these two photos of my girls :)

Some pictures of Lilly's recital at the Little Gym.  She is growing up so fast and loves her gymnastic classes.

My baby has NO fear!

We ended the month with our annual participation in Great Strides.  Everyone was so supportive this year and once again Team Lilly raised over $8,000.00 to help find a cure for CF.  The Lexington Great Strides Walk raised approximately $30,000.00!!  I couldn't be happier or more appreciative!  Thank you again for your support!

Darin and Jacob

These girls had so much fun!

Bobbi and the girls :)

Uncle Rusty finally made it this year!

Thelma and Max come out every year, rain or shine - thank you!

The Chi-Os and their brood

Team Lilly 2013

Uncle Chris always brings a crowd

Somehow I was roped into speaking - of course, I cried.  Hoping to avoid this next year...

Thomas and Dorothy Claire run every year - they put the rest of us to shame :)

"Taking Steps to Make CF Stand for 'Cure Found'"  

May - Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month and Team Lilly at Great Strides

May is Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month.  Across the country, volunteers and people with CF and their families will be spreading awareness about the disease and highlighting the progress the CFF has made in the search for a cure.  

Walk today.  Add tomorrows.  Great Strides is the CFF's largest national fundraising event.  More than 250,000 walkers come together each year as one community for one cause...to help find a cure for CF.  The Lexington Great Strides walk will be at Whitaker Bank Ballpark on Saturday, May 18, 2013, and Team Lilly will be there.  

Team Lilly was formed in Lilly's honor as a way for her friends and family to help her battle this disease and do what little they can to find a cure and make it possible for her to live a long and healthy life.  None of the children and adults with CF should suffer the way that they do.  None of their families and loved ones should suffer watching them battle the disease.  We want Lilly and others who fight CF to have a long, happy, and healthy life without the difficulties associated with disease.  Lilly is the reason we are so passionate about raising awareness and funds.  We are so close to a cure and every dollar counts.  Our friends and family have been so supportive over the years and we cannot thank them enough.  The money and support is all for this little superhero who brings sunshine to our rainiest days...  

Every dollar we raise makes it possible for these sisters to share many years together... 

We have one goal - to make sure Lilly is given the same opportunities as the rest of us lucky enough to be born without the yoke of CF around our necks...

So in that spirit, Team Lilly is once again raising money for the CFF by participating in Great Strides.  Please take a look at our team page and consider helping us reach our goal of $5,000.00 by donating to our cause or joining us at Whitaker Bank Ballpark to raise awareness on May 18th.  You can donate at:

http://www.cff.org/Great_Strides/dsp_DonationPage.cfm?walkid=8449&idUser=359691

If you join us at Great Strides, look for the boys and girls in pink and blue.  Team Lilly creates tshirts to help raise awareness each year.  Our theme this year is a superhero theme, a result of Lilly and Olivia's love of superheroes and the realization that Lilly is a little superhero who in our eyes has an amazing amount of courage in battling this disease...

Standing beside Lilly, we will fight for a cure...

We will raise awareness and money through fundraisers like Team Lilly Spirit Night at Chik-fil-a...

And Painting with a Purpose scheduled for 

Monday, May 13th, from 7-9 p.m. ...

(To sign up, go to http://www.paintingwithatwist.com/events/viewEvent.aspx?eventID=112311)

We do these fundraisers so that one day we can all "breathe easy" when we find a cure. 

Thank you for your support and we hope to see you there!