MONSTER JAM

We were privileged to be able to participate in the JDRF Pit Stop kick off for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, walk to cure diabetes. We had a yummy, free dinner and listened to some motivating stories. Then they gave us free tickets to MONSTER JAM! The boys were SO excited and had a blast. It was a little scary for Isaac and very loud but fun. A very nice security guard saw us standing outside, covering Isaac's ears and gave him a set of earplugs so we could enjoy the rest of the show.

One quick story...I'm sure you can all understand. It is very stressful to get everyone ready, especially their special diets and meds, get downtown and then find where you are supposed to be. It was raining and cold and we probably walked about a mile so Matthew wasn't handling it very well. We finally found the heated tent for the dinner and they had already started the speeches. We had to check in, load up everyone's plate and work our way through tables and chairs to the very back of the tent. As soon as we sat down, an advocate came and tried to get us to be advocates as well...meet with politicians to help continue to receive funding for research for a cure. Anyway, the kids started digging in so when I was done talking and saw that everyone was settled, I dug in too. Here we are at a diabetes dinner and we forgot to test Isaac and give him his Insulin before he ate. Oops!









This speaker is actually the driver of the Maximum Destruction truck who also won!

Thank you JDRF for a wonderful night!
And, thank you all who have donated to our walk! There still is time to help us reach our goals.