5K Transplant Run--June 3, 2012

Jay's been running for a couple years now.  He's only done one official 5K race two summers ago.  He's been wanting to do another race, so when I saw a flyer for the Gift of Life Transplant 5K race, I told him he had to sign up.  We signed up as a family.  I walked with the boys and Jay ran.  We also invited Jim and Sandy down for the event.  He did great and it was a nice event, but he wasn't thrilled with the up hill start!

At the start of the race, the announcer asked transplant recipients to raise their hands.  Jay was only one of maybe 2-3 runners.  Many recipients walked, but only a few ran!

Grandpa Jim helped take a turn pulling the wagon with 80 lbs of kid in it!

Jack wanted to run across the finish line!

Jay's 15th Heart Transplant Anniversary!

Jay celebrated his 15th Heart Transplant Anniversary August 2, 2011. We just celebrated as a family. The boys and I made him a cake and cupcakes for work! We celebrate the anniversary like a birthday! It's so hard for Jay and me to even believe that it's been 15 years. It seems like yesterday yet it doesn't. Usually Jay has his "annual exam" near his anniversary in late July or August. This year he's pushed it back to October because things at work have been so busy. I always like to have that behind us so we can say "another clean bill of health!" This year we'll have to wait a bit longer. I'm sure things are going well as he feels great and he's running 5-6 times per week. He's in great shape and his lost his 15 "baby pounds"!!!

My boys....