March of Dimes Walk in Chicago

We did the March of Dimes walk in Chicago on April 23rd. We walked in honor of our best friends daughter Makenna who was born 8 weeks premature. Cam, K, C and I were able to raise almost $900.00 and our Mak-Ing a Difference 1 Step at a Time team was able to raise almost $6,000!! Thanks SO much to those family and friends who helped our cause by making a donation...we truly appreciate it!!

Kaitlyn and Colin were all cozy in the jogging stroller....we were up before 6am and heading to the city. It was an early morning...especially after having Kaitlyn's dance recital the night before.

Family Pic before the race!

This was our team who walked in honor of Makenna!


At the starting point.

Family pic with sweet little Makenna:)

The clouds started rolling in right when the walk started!!!

Then the rain started....it POURED on us!!!! But we all continued to smile, laugh and have fun because we knew it was for a good cause!

Cam was teasing the kids and getting close to the water....silly daddy! Doesn't it just look rainy and icky out?!?!

Yeah!! K & C were doing a dance in the rain...they survived 3 1/2 hours in the jogging stroller and we are so proud of how well they behaved!!! The race was really slow because of the weather! If you do the math its pretty sad.....3 1/2 hours to complete 6.2 miles:) But on Michigan Ave the didnt close off the street so we had to stop at every block for stop lights.

Kaitlyn, Madi and Colin!

At the finish line...we were soaked!!! :)

Ready to go back to the car....how many daddy's does it take to control 3 kids who have been in jogging strollers for over 3 hours:)

What a great day we had! We were all so tired I think the 4 of us were asleep at 7pm that night:)

Here are 2 videos....one of the kids doing a dance at the finish line...mainly because they were SO happy to be out of the joggers:)

The starting line of the race!