Mixed Nuts: Massachusetts Event Logo

Quotes

"There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark." - Helen Keller
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck
You may never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.- Unknown
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow' ~Helen Keller
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."- Dr. Seuss
"Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it."
"God doesn't give children with disabilities to strong people: He gives them to ordinary, everyday people, then He helps the parents to grow stronger through the journey. Raising a child with special needs doesn't TAKE a special family, it MAKES a special family."Author Unknown
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go – Abraham Lincoln
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. ~ Benjamin Franklin
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is a miracle - Albert Einstein
The journey of a 1000 miles starts with a single step
Sometimes in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives you a fairy tale
Where there is great love, there are always miracles - Willa Cather
The Difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness
There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.
Be the change you want to see in the world
Don't tell God how big the storm is, tell the storm how big Your God is..........
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it
Fall down seven times - get up eight - unknown
Despite our differences, we sink or swim together
Life may not be the party we expected, but while we are here, we might as well dance
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." -Confucius

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Massachusetts Event Logo

I am still mad over all this IEP garbage, but today I am moving on. I am so busy preparing for our Massachusetts event and Pennsylvania event for Finley that I don't have time to fixate on stupid people right now.

So since it is the weekend, I have been working on event stuff today. We have gotten a lot of nice donations and the baskets for this event are going to be HUGE! If you read our blog and live near us in Massachusetts, we would love for you to come to our event!

If you follow this link:
http://www.finleyfighters.com/MAFinleyFighter5K.html

You can read about our event and it will take you to our online registration. We are very modern.

This past week we received the entries for our t-shirt design contest for our Massachusetts race. Every year for our Pennsylvania race we have had a student at one of the local schools design the logo. We always get amazing entries and have a hard time deciding.

Here is this year's Massachusetts event logo:

Great, right? We loved it.

Tonight was the daddy/daughter dance for our local girl scouts. Finley and Arlington and Mat went to that until 9pm and Cainan and I hung here and watched Ningago. It is so peaceful in the house right now.....I wonder why.......

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: April 4Th, 2013

I am glad to hear that Finley's donations are coming in so fast!
I truely LOVE the new t-shirt disign, ssssoooo ccccoooollll!!!!

I am glad that the girls were able to spend time with their dad, nice ending to the post.

Also, I will check out the finley's fighters link too.

~such a sweet picture together~
have a nice day!

Shayla; April 6, 2013 at 10:12 PM
Anonymous said...: April 7th, 2013

Happy sunday guys,

I hope you are all having a good Sunday, this is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it! I love that song. Also this little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine song. I am so thankful God guided me to your blog, to meet you and interact with your family. I am thankful I have my sight this day from my advanced stage of retinopathy of prematurity. I am happy you and other families with kids of RDH12 are taking a stand against blindness. What a great cause!
Today, in our local newspaper, there was a man named (dan Bigley) who was a "survivor" of a grizzly attack, which took his sight, but gave him a whole new outlook on life with his family. Pretty insperational too.

"Here are some other neat insperational blind people and their stories:"

music prodigies:

(RACHEL FLOWERS-ROP
BRITTANY MEIARE-ROP
REX-ROP
DEREK-ROP)

"also, cool sites to visit:"
abcd-vision.org
alaskacampabilities (facebook)
longliverachelflowersfanpage
dan bigley blog
it's a happy story

have a fantastic day~friends!

Shayla Kay; April 7, 2013 at 6:16 PM