I don't even have words to express the power of the evening. It was amazing, powerful, heartfelt, fun, joyous, crazy, overwhelming, and a HUGE SUCCESS!!! The organizers, of which there were several, were absolutely amazing. It started with a few friends off facebook, who had not even seen my brother in 10 plus years, organizing, then my go getter SIL, Tiffany, got involved. It exploded into this huge event with probably 300 people and they raised nearly $25,000. It was remarkable. It was also a mini high school reunion, with probably 50 plus Judson alums. Then we had family from all over come in, so it was just a great weekend. My brother and I are truly blessed with some of the greatest friends and family in this world.
Shane and Myann stayed home with Tina, 3 kids for a 3 day weekend in Texas is just not something we wanted to subject ourselves to. So thankfully we have Tina who could take care of them, and we just took Anders. It was so simple flying with just one and a baby at that. It took me back to the good ol' days with Shane, he and I flew every single month his first year of life. Shane was the easiest flyer, even easier than Anders.
My brother in law, Shane, played with his band - The Haymakers. They were quite impressive. It was the first time I have seen him play with his band.
Another mom had this great idea to plug his ears since the music was so loud. I am not a big fan of babies in bars, but this was an exception and he left early.
Anders then passed out on Papa
My niece, Lexi, and I
My husband paid money that resulted in my singing, don't ask. It was actually Charles who was meant to sing and then Alex and I ended up there somehow. We were singing Journey's "Don't Stop Believing"
My people
I got me some stories about many of these boys. All Alex's friends/teammates
Alex telling his story and thanking everyone
Brian and Danielle, my sister in law
The organizers who made it all possible
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