Heading North

Tomorrow we are heading to the Upper Peninsula with Johnny's whole family.  John, Ginger, Jim, Molly, Andrew (and Kait, I think), Joshua, Dan, Aida, Skyler, Willow, Talon, Pooh, Melissa, Zack, Zoe, and of course, Johnny, me, Quinn and Jake:  all together enjoying our quirky family and guaranteed to return home with a million stories to tell.  This will be a week to remember for us all.

Two big events are heading our way very soon.  Relay for Life (July 10-11) at Niles High School and the Toad Brawley Birthday Bash/Benefit on July 17th.

I will take the week up north to get my thoughts organized and then will post full details on both events as soon as we return.

We are looking to have an enormous team for Relay for Life with a bunch of people walking the track in Johnny's honor for the duration of the event.  Even if you can only come to walk for one lap, please consider joining us.  It would mean a lot to us!  We need walkers as much as we do team members.  Anyone interested in walking can either message me, FB msg, or email me with the time you are available to walk and I will sign you  up.

The details that I do know are: 
Opening ceremony:  Saturday, July 10th at 12:00 noon.
Survivor ceremony:  Saturday, July 10th at 6:00 pm.
Luminaria ceremony:  Saturday, July 10th at 10 pm.
Closing ceremony:  Sunday, July 11th at 8 am.

If you are interested in joining the team or making a donation, please go HERE and scroll down until you find our team name:  The Fighting Toad.  You can click on the team name for donations or "join team" to be added.  We would love to see everyone there.

We plan on having birthday cake for Johnny at the Relay for Life on Saturday, July 10th at about 8:00 pm. 

Speaking of Johnny's Birthday!!!

Some AMAZING friends are planning a pretty big party/benefit the following weekend (Saturday, July 17th) to celebrate Johnny's 44th birthday.  EVERYONE IS INVITED!!!   This is so huge, there is a planning committee and sub-committees.  Crazy!  This is a great opportunity for everyone to celebrate with Johnny and it promises to be one amazing night.  This is a family party, so kids are definitely welcome.  The party is from 4 pm - 10 pm at Roger and Shea Kulwicki's home (1409 Barron Lake Road, Niles) and will have great food, great friends and great fun.  Please please please join us!

Until we return from the Upper, please continue to pray for us all.  This trip will be very bittersweet for our entire family.

Also, our friend, Tom, is battling valiantly with cancer and really needs prayers for comfort.  We keep his whole family in our prayers as well.  Their son, Liam, and Quinn played on the same travel baseball team a few years ago, and our families have a lot of really great memories together.  Tom, aka Lars, was our team mascot and could wear a Viking helmet proudly!  Tara, I pray for you guys every time you are brought to my head and heart which is pretty much constantly.