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04 Nov 2016

Our new Stars

I wanted to give everyone a quick update.

I know a few of you have been wondering about trick or treat costumes. But it wasn’t until I received this little gem from the archives of Grandma WaWa that I realized what great memories are made with these things.

Remember this one? I think that was our oldest’s very first Halloween.

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Grandma WaWa thinks this one’s adorable. She ain’t lion’!

Here are this year’s outfits. We are posing with our neighbors first.

Their youngest may have been the cutest this year in her Dory outfit.

Can you find Dory?

Here is another with one of Dylan’s friends we ran into.

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And I really enjoy trick our treating in our new neighborhood. These folks get more excited for Halloween in their front yards than we do for Christmas.

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We never had any houses decked out like this when I was a kid! I never thought of ‘Lights’ for Halloween before we moved here.

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Speaking of our neighborhood, we are getting a new one….

Right behind my house! Last week they started clearing out trees for the 100 houses being built, starting right behind us.

Remember this scene from last week’s storm?

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This is will be the new and evolving backdrop now.

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Its sad.

Just getting started. Pulling the trees out of the ground like twigs…

Other things going on…

The school held their monthly PTA rally by ~~dragging~~ inviting the 3rd graders in for a presentation. We captured this little gem below.

For years I have mentioned Dylan’s ‘happy-go-lucky’ demeanor.Here is a good example captured in this video as they sing Rockin’ Robin. (sorry again for inflicting ‘kid videos’ on all you non-family readers)

That’s her! She has always been that way. She helps her sister, cleans her sister’s room, picks up trash while trick or treating and more. A great kid!

Thank you God!

Speaking of pimping out my blog, it is Fundraiser time at their school.

It is the annual Fun Run this time where the youngsters are asked to get $1 pledges for how many laps they can do around the school’s track.

The organization made a crafty way to get you involved and help separate you from your money with some cute videos, Starring our little Angels.

These videos are adorable, if not identical. And so if you can stomach one or two more kid videos check these fun ones out below.

Then, if you feel led, or inspired, or sorry enough for one of our young ones please donate to them to help their school. The school gets some good cash (help keeping our taxes down) and our girls get prizes for when they hit their target of $10 per lap.

So here is Skylar’s Dashboard and ‘Star Video; the Greatest Star in Hollywood:

https://funrun.boosterthon.com/a/s/39gNF4GZ

And here is the link to the reigning fundraising champ at our house, Dylan and her ‘Star Video; the Greatest Star in the World‘.

https://funrun.boosterthon.com/a/s/D_jVFFht

“I am definitely their biggest fan!”

Thanks gang for stopping by!

Have a GREAT fall weekend.

I’ll try to do better next time knuckleheads

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23 Jul 2015

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What’s next?

Hey gang!

I wanted to share something that appeared in my Inbox this morning from the American Lung Association’s Event Planner, Margaret Ann Mabry:

‘Hey Andy! I hope you all are having a great week! I just looked at the stats for the Climb, and Dylan is only $15 away from $500!! I’m so impressed. Please let her know that everyone who raises $500 gets a special recognition at the Climb. I appreciate all you guys are doing! Can’t wait to see you both on Saturday.”

Margaret Ann Mabry | Development Manager

American Lung Association in South Carolina

44-A Markfield Drive | Charleston, SC 29407

Isn’t that so cool?

So I wanted to take a minute a publicly thank all our family and friends who have supported little Dylan in her fundraising efforts for the Lung Association. There have been several very very generous gifts to Dylan that have really ‘Wow’d’ us. So thank you to everyone for your kindness and love!

And $15.00 more dollars till she hits the $500 donation mark!

Can you believe that?

I have never done that. It would take me 3 years to raise that much for the ALA. She currently is the 4^th highest fundraiser (follow her goal HERE or you can add to it HERE) of all the participating climbers this year. As a team, I Can Beat My Daddy is currently in 6th place, thanks largely to the love shown to Dylan.

Not bad for her first year.

And if you haven’t been following along closely, she actually did that promo spot on the local country music station,

http://www.kickin925.com/

…along with Margaret, the station DJ Garrett Doll and me. It was quite an experience and a lot of fun.

If you are interested you can listen to it here.

But her first radio experience didn’t end there. She was given a tour of the radio station, shown how a radio station actually runs its music on air (very interesting I thought) and then given some radio swag like a Taylor Swift concert t-shirt….

…and the promise to go out on the radio’s customer appreciation catamaran that Sunday.

Again, pretty cool for a little 7 year old.

What Is next for this girl?

Thanks to Garrett and Margaret Ann for getting Dylan on the air! A few of you have suggested, with her fun smile and charm, she would actually be better suited for TV. Hmmmmmmm….

Wish her, I mean, us well on Saturday. And thanks again for all your generosity and the love!

YOU are awesome!

If you are interested on where all the donations go to for our Lung Association Stairclimb you can check here for the good news it brings to lung cancer suffers, clean air lovers and kids with asthma.