Turning four!

So this past January 8th 2015 Lauren hit a milestone that I couldn’t have imagined when we began this journey a little over 3 years ago…she turned four!

It has been another amazing year, a gift of experiences and memories that I am so thankful for. This year we took Lauren to Disneyland in California, to see the Las Vegas lights and to witness the amazement that the Grand Canyon in Arizona has to offer.

At each stop we visited with friends who have walked similar paths, having a terminally ill child. Each of these parents are incredible, warm and loving people.

I promise to post some great pictures and updates of all the fun that we had in 2014 soon. We’ve just been so busy with life lately that finding time to post has really been a problem.

Along with the good, there was some bad – this past year Lauren’s biggest struggle with her health has been a line up of UTI’s with one following the next. Her muscle tone has weakened and with it her bladder does not empty as often as it should. This week we started Lauren on another round of antibiotics for a new infection, this is our 4th round in less than 6 months. The good news is that I’ve become much better at spotting the warning signs and caught this one early.

We are currently in Party Planning mode in our house as we are preparing for Lauren’s 4th Birthday Party, a carnival themed fundraiser benefiting our family and Lauren’s rehab centre’s foundation, The MAB Mackay foundation.

Rouge Event Design has done a wonderful job in helping us to plan another wonderful event this year. Last year’s event was amazing and we’re hoping for an even better one this year!

If you would like to attend the event, it is happening this Sunday, February 8th from 11-4 at the Dollard-des-Ormeax Banquet Hall, 12001 De Sallaberry. The event costs $5 for adult entry and includes a raffle ticket, kids entry is $10 and includes a loot bag (first 100 kids), and 4 tickets that can be used on activities at the event.

This year we have even more amazing sponsors and fun things to do, we will have a bouncy castle, face painting, carnival games, arts and crafts, a magician, balloon animals, clowns, and more!

You can check out of Facebook event page for more information by clicking here.

We also have some of the most amazing raffle prizes, including hockey tickets, event tickets, photography certificates and a bunch more!

This list is just a sample of what we have to raffle off.

 

 

If you can’t attend the event but would still like to buy some raffle tickets you can do so by clicking here, and entering the appropriate dollar amount for the number of tickets that you would like. The only catch is that you are responsible for shipping if you are not located in or near Montreal, Qc. Unfortunatly unless you can attend, if you are pulled for an event prize (hockey tickets, concerts, etc) we will have to re-draw a new winner.

Don’t want raffle tickets but would still like to support the event? You can chose to donate any amount by clicking here instead.

Here are some picture from last years event!

If you are on Facebook, I encourage you to like our page, we’re a little bit better on posting updates there.

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