Last Friday (June 24) was the 3rd annual Addison Garner golf tournament! This year we had it at Ole Monterey which everybody loved because it was in town and a lot closer! We had a great turnout and the weather was PERFECT!! Addy actually stayed outside from about 11-12:30 because it was cool and there was a breeze which was great because we never get to take her outside for long periods of time due to the heat and humidity. This year was the first time James actually played in the tournament and I know he had a great time. His team consisted of him, Randy, Matt and one of Randy’s friends Brandon….the TROUBLE team..haha! Linday, Aubrey and I drove around for a while and when we made it to them we could tell they were having a lot of fun!! This year I think we may have irritated a few of the golfers with are great driving skills and unknown rules of the game…opps!! We would apologize and keep on driving and usually get a smile out of the ones we didn’t know!
Aubrey saying Hi to Smokey and Donnie Wayne
James teeing off!
Matt, Randy and Brandon
ready to go for a ride!!
"lets go mommy and Jenn, I'm driving"
Grandpa Smokey and Uncle Jeramie's team
At this point we had to stop and wait for golfers to play (which they were taking FOREVER) so Aubrey decided to play with the golf tee's and the BIG golf balls!
After searching for a while we finally found James and the guys!!
After fighting a nap ALL DAY she finally passed out...when we found the guys!!!
She's awake...I think they were watching Cars for the 5th time that day...haha!
Their shirts say "Don;t you wish your Daddy could golf like mine" Pretty much the ONLY picture we got of them together that day!
Tired and ready to go home!
After the tournament James ended up driving down to Orlanda, FL with one of his friends for the SMA conference (I really think they both lost their mind doing that drive)!! They left Roanoke about 7pm Friday night and drove all through the night and arrived in Orlando around 6:30 am, raced to their room to shower and get ready for the conference, talked to a TON of people and then left Orlando around 4:30pm! They plan had been to drive home Sunday but David (the guy driving) felt it might be better to leave Saturday night to beat the traffic! James had a great time down at the conference meeting lots of new families and visiting with ones we already know. He had lunch with the Gooden’s (if you remember we met them back in December when we went to Gatlinburg for the weekend). The main purpose in the trip was to team up with Exomotion who sells the strollers our kids use and advertise the “Addy Tray” that James and David make. It was a huge success!! If your interested in checking out the tray the website is www.theaddytray.com
Now back to us in Roanoke…Saturday morning we had an Addy Grace Foundation fundraiser at the Salem Applebee’s. Each Applebee’s does a Pancake breakfast on Saturday mornings for any group trying to raise money. When we called Applebee’s a while ago to pick a date the only location available was the one in Salem and of course they only had one date! We weren’t crazy about it being the same weekend as the golf tournament but we decided to go ahead and do it and it was a HUGE success!! Applebee’s already said they want us to come back again
she has her ticket and she's ready to eat pancakes!!!
Sunday morning when Addy woke up James was there waiting on her. He brought her back a Princess Minnie and it has been by her side since. She was so excited and happy to see her Daddy! We spent the day at my Grandma’s house for more relaxing. Allison friend, Tori came down and I had the best time watching Tori play with Addy. You could just see how happy Addy was by the look on her face and the excitement in her eyes.
Addy and her Princess Minnie from Daddy
playing with Tori
This picture cracks me up!!! This is Addy right before pool therapy...look how long she is!!! I've decided I'm no longer changing her there!!
I thought this was so sweet. Wednesday Addy had OT and she had her holding her baby. Seeing those little hands hold her baby just melted my heart!
Wednesday afternoon the Make of Wish volunteer's came to ask Addy what her wish was. She had just woke up from a 2.5 hour nap so it took her a little while to wake up but she was very excited to see that they had brought her a "Make A Wish" Barbie doll!! I was pretty excited about it because that was her first Barbie!! The two ladies that came were so sweet and it turns out that one of them works with a friend of mine and has been following Addy's story since we received her daignosis. Her husband played in the golf tournament the first year and the past two years they have donated money...such a small world! As you can imagine Addy's wish was to go to Disney World and meet Cinderella! We had to pick three dates that worked great for us and the first we choose was her Birthday. So we are hoping that all will be approved and Addy will get to meet Cinderella on her Birthday in November!! We definitely wanted to go when it wasn't too hot so Addy could enjoy her trip! From what I've heard from other families it can take up to a month to find out all the details so as soon as we hear something I will let you all know!! We are so excited!!!!
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