Taylor's very belated birthday celebration consisted of 6 school friends and 24 hours of total girly madness!!! After being scooped up from school on Friday afternoon, the girls came back to the house and enjoyed swimming in the pool, games of giant twister and connect 4, an impromptu fashion show and dance competition, and a boat ride over to Camana Bay. After a full day of excitement, Daddy's super special homemade pizza was the icing on the cake (or maybe the cupcakes were the icing - who knows). Quiet was finally finally achieved at 11:30pm.
On Saturday morning, by 7am the giggles and chatter of the girls finally woke us up. While waiting for Daddy's pancakes, the conversation that took place was priceless. They started discussing nationalities. Between these 7 girls the following countries were represented : Barbados, England, Australia, South Africa, Portugal, England, Spain, France, Scotland, Cayman, Colombia, Nicaragua and Jamaica! What a wonderful little melting pot we live in.
A field trip to the "magical pond" in Barkers, more pool time and general girly fun (nails, hair, fashion shows), the excitement finally came to an end at 1pm on Saturday afternoon.
Next week we're off! After months of training and logging over 35 miles in some weeks, The Caymanites are heading to Tampa, FL October 29 - 31 to walk for the cure. http://ww5.komen.org/ .
Thousands of women and men are going to walk 60 miles over the course of three days in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure to raise money for breast cancer research and community programs.We will be walking with thousands of men and women and sleeping in tents during this 3 day journey. As a team, we have raised almost $60,000 and are currently listed in the top 10 fundraising teams for this event.
Because every woman is at risk for breast cancer - a disease that strikes at random and for which the causes and cures are still unknown - I know that every moment counts. One person is diagnosed with breast cancer every three minutes in the United States. We can't wait to make a difference.
I love that a team from our small Island can make such a difference; I love these women that I am honoured to walk with; and I love that I can teach ,y kids that charity is about "doing" as much as it is about "giving". The journey has been hard, but well worth every blister and sore muscle.
