Donations needed (Please!)

My wife and I will be running an "amazing race" in Denver to raise money for Down Syndrome awareness, and to benefit those with Down Syndrome. We need to raise $2000 to run the race. But the more we raise, the more head start we get over teams that stop at $2000. So please forward this on to co-workers, family and friends, any mailing list you have, that you won't get in trouble for sending it to!

You can see more information about the non-profit organization on their website: http://www.savannahsrace.org/. (Click About Us, and then Company to see their Tax-Exempt ID number. Even $20 helps, and if we can get a few of you to throw down $100, we'll win for sure!

To donate:
1. Simply go to the website link http://www.savannahsrace.org/
2. Click the donate link in the upper right corner of the site
3. On that page you'll click the PayPal donate now button
4. When the Paypal site comes up, enter the dollar amount you wish to donate
5. If you have a Paypal account, login, OR if you don't, in the lower left corner you'll click continue link for those wanting to pay via credit card
6. Now the KEY to TEAM STANWORTH getting credit for your donation is that you click the special instructions link, and type in TEAM STANWORTH.
7. Finish your transaction, and thank you for your support!

Why do I care? My little brother Kris has Down Syndrome. When he was born I remember sitting in science class talking about Down Syndrome, and the life expectancy was 8! That was a long time ago, Kris is about to celebrate his 24th birthday! Without programs like this, it's very possible that people born with Down Syndrome would be put in the corner and forgotten about, or aborted without a chance to live. But these people can have a life! Kris goes to "college" a work school program where he works in different industries while learning life skills. He's had a lot of great opportunities. And these programs desperately need funding to continue, especially in this economy.

So please donate. You need a tax deduction anyway right? Give back to those in need.

Go now, donate please. http://www.savannahsrace.org/

Thanks,
Jamey

The Wedding...

OK I know that so many family and friends have been WAITING for me to finally post about my little brother's wedding. Can I just say that the last 2 1/2 weeks have been just surviving and moving from one thing to another. There is way too much that has happened in these last couple of weeks. Everett's birthday, my birthday, the wedding, the reception, and then Mother's Day. I hope now that I can catch my breath and get back to enjoying and not just surviving!!

The wedding was AMAZING!! We were able to do an endowment session before the sealing- in which my entire family was at. All of my siblings and my parents were in there. Then we walked into the sealing where Elder Jeffrey R. Holland sealed Devin and Amanda for time and all eternity. It was absolutely awesome. All of us were able to go to Utah without any children, and that was one of the best parts. We were really able to talk and enjoy each other with any distractions. I am so thankful for the wonderful friends I have that were willing to watch my boys for me!! We made some wonderful memories that weekend!

Amanda and Devin asked me to take their pictures after the sealing- can I just say how much I appreciate the time and effort that goes into editing pictures after a photographer has taken them. I spent almost 2 days playing with these pictures and I have to say, I am really happy with how they turned out! I am not a professional, but I think they look really good! I picked a few of my favorites to show off.

Everett is ONE!

Again I am so darn late on my posting to this blog!! If you read my scrapbooking blog then you have already seen some these pictures in a layout I did. Everett turned one on Friday the 23rd of April. We celebrated with a small brunch at our house on Saturday morning and of course cake. He like his older brothers, wasn't sure what to thing about the cake. He was very interested in the candle and the flame. We all sang happy birthday to him and then placed the cake in front of him and watched for about 20 minutes as he tried to eat some of it.

Dad did help a little, but I do think he managed to taste some of the cake on his own too. :)

After the cake before we sat to open presents I snapped a few shots of him walking to dad. He still crawls sometimes, but he getting to the point where he would prefer to walk. YEA!! Just in time for summer and shorts, now those little knees won't be all scraped up like Jamison's were.