DENNIS THIS IS FOR YOU & TO READ TO MARE

Hey, it is me :)

The relay was yesterday!!!!! Myself, Patrick, My mom, GiGi, Michelle, her new boy toy, Melissa and all of the kids and kids friends, as they recruited back up were there in honor of you and Mare. My mom made all of the volunteers aware of where Mary and you are and why and how much you are loved by our family and thought of as well.... Gigi sends her love and please don't forget I told you that and tell Mare, cuz you know I will be in HUGE trouble if she thinks I did not pass it along.

We did the Kentucky Derby theme in honor of you 2 this year, since you could not be there, we had horse races with horses on sticks and full grown adults and kids riding them, Mary would have been hysterical, My mom and I sang our hearts out and made complete fools of ourselves!!

Morgan donated 10 inches of her hair to locks of love for a child who has been thru chemo and lost their hair, ooooh another child with the spunk of Morgy will surely beat the battle they are fighting...... she made Aunt Mary a beautiful little luminary.

Brittany hopped in the dunk tank at 1:30 this morning to help raise money!!! I think she is JUST now warming up!!

ALLLLL had on their pins, but you need to know, myself, mom, gigi melissa, michelle and the kids wear them everyday anyway, but man was it nice to see everyone there honoring Mary and some of their loved ones as well.

YOU would have been so proud JC walked 1/2 mile in the dark lit only by the thousands of luminaries that were lit in honor of his aunt mare, all of the kids, including melissa's and michelle's did too, but little JC stayed quiet the whole time, and told me he misses you both and wants his Uncle D and his Aunt Mary to come home NOW.... we try to explain to him, Mare has to get just a little stronger and then maybe he can tell her himself again soon that he loves her.

You need to tell Mare, that JC prays for her EVERY night, I cannot lie, there are times, I forget to say my prayers but your little dude NEVER EVER forgets either of you and he wraps his arms around himself occasionally to give Aunt Mary a hug, cuz he says she is in his heart and he knows she feels it...... please tell her for me.

I got you a shirt with that little guy that pisses on chevy and dodge, you know the little guy on the bumper stickers..... anyway your shirt, has him pissing on cancer!!! I am going to have MMB put on the back of it and send that to ya, you will get a laugh out of it, we all did!!!

Anyway, I wanted you to know, lots of people were thinking of you and Mare all day yesterday, we know you are going to do ok, you are in all of our thoughts and prayers, and we alllll love you both soooo much. I will talk to you this week!!!!!!!!! hugs and kisses!!!

xxoo