Today I drove 3 hours to Sioux Center to see a bunch of family & participate in The Buddy Walk. The Buddy Walk brings awareness to Down Syndrome by bringing family & friends together to walk, eat, play games and visit with one another & the public about these awesome kids.
It was a fun day celebrating Keelan and just great to see these 3 cuties. We miss having Riley, Keelan, Kavan, Janna & Andrew in Arizona.
But it's so fantastic to see how happy they are in their community of Sioux Center. This is Andrew's 2nd year of teaching art, Kavan is in Pre-K and Janna has made many mom friends. On top of that Janna's brothers, Jerod & Jerome with their families live only 30 minutes away. Jaime & her family is 2 hours away. Janna's folks and her youngest brother, Jacey & Whitney are back on the farm (3 hours away).
Jaime, Lisa, me, Sonja, Janna
My brother Brent along with some of his kids & grandkids came too...
Owen, Leah (+ their 4 girls) and Lisa (+ her 2 kids) came from Byron, MN & Sioux Falls, SD. Great to see everyone.
Photo: Ada, Nora, Clara, Miles, Elsie, Greta & Aubyn
Monte & 4 of his grandkids during the Buddy Walk. I would guess about 300 adults & children turned out for this nice event.
Roman Hoegh Van Kley. #13 grandchild for Monte & Emily. #4 boy for Jaime & Chad.
33 Hoeghs turned out for this fun day!
So glad I picked up Aunt Sonja to ride along with me to Sioux Center. On our way home we stopped in Le Mars to visit my Aunt Mary and Uncle Roger. #sisters #love #family #greatday
So wonderful that you could take part in this awesome walk...love seeing pics of your family.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Karen. It was a great coincidence that The Buddy Walk was happening the same weekend I flew to Iowa. It was a very nice event. A big turnout and well organized.
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