The Beagley's... & our fight with cancer!: Wasatch Adventure

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Wasatch Adventure

Way to go Raylee's team!! We had 9 team members and raised $150 to donate to HopeKids! Several team members were able to attend the Wasatch Adventure with us. We would like to give a heart felt thanks to all Raylee's team members. The Wasatch Adventure was at Fort Douglas in Salt Lake City. It was a beautiful sunny cool day. Jerry and I did not know what to expect from the Wasatch Adventure since this was our first experience. We have never participated in any type of cancer walks before. Next year we plan on marketing this better since we know what to expect and know what it is about. So anyone interested in participating with us next year...get ready! :)

The Wasatch Adventure was like a carnival for kids. They had several giant bouncy houses, music, snowcones, cotton candy, popcorn, pizza, and games for kids to play. They had several team mascots such as the lion form Real Salt Lake soccer team and the Hawk from the University of Utah. They also had Miss Utah and Miss Arizona. There were characters walking around such as Disney Princesses, Tinkerbell, and Batman. It was amazing! It was amazing to hear my girls just laugh and laugh. Raylee would not leave the bouncy house. She was so happy and having so my fun, even though she was really tired she kept jumping and going down the slide in the bouncy house. She was an animal!! My nephew also joined us and him and Jorja were buddies as they bounced away and tired themselves out.

It was such a peaceful feeling inside to hear Raylee laughing like she was....I am grateful the Wasatch Adventure was able to bring this out.

The Wasatch Adventure is designed for the kid, but really we are all kids so everyone can have fun. They have a 5K race, 5K walk, and Adventure Walk (1 mile). Next year I want to be conditioned to participate in the 5K race!!

There was a giant poster to place a picture of your HopeKid on it....I definately placed a picture of Raylee on it! She definately is an inspiration of HOPE!

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Neuroblastoma

Neuroblastoma is cancer of the sympathetic nervous system--a network of nerves that carries messages from the brain to all parts of the body. Primary neuroblastoma is a solid, malignant tumor that usually first appears as a mass in the abdomen (most often in the adrenal gland) or near the spine.

About 650 children are diagnosed with neuroblastoma each year in the United States. Two-thirds of children diagnosed with neuroblastom are 5 years old or younger.

(Educating The Child With Cancer: A Guide for Parents and Teachers, Second Edition, 2011, Edited by Ruth I Hoffman, MPH, page 5)

The Native American Legend of the Butterfly

As a gift to His human children, the Great Spirit created butterflies. He took black from the maiden's hair, yellow from the warm sun, and blues from the lake and sky. Once he gathered the most beautiful of colors, He made them into butterflies.

If you want a special wish to come true, whispher your heart's desire to a butterfly. Since butterflies make no sound, they cannot tell the wish to anyone but Him. Being so colorful, the butterflies will easily be seen as they fly to heaven. The wish will be taken by the wings of love to heaven to be granted.