5K Fun Run (October 29th)

With our two unexpected hospital stays I didn’t have to time to post about the 5k that was held at Spanish Fork High over a week ago. The 5K fell between the two ER visits, and that was a blessing—it was a nice boost to our spirits to see so many friends and family come run in the cold for our boy. Seriously, nothing says, “I love you” like running in the freezing cold (except maybe shaving your head…and that’s coming in a future post!)

The race began at 8am, so it was an early morning at our house. Jacob was not pleased at the prospect—remember he had stayed up past 2 am putting together Legos.

Once we got there we positioned Jacob at the end of the race to “greet” the runners as they came across the finish line. Of course, he is wearing a mask to protect him from any possible germs that might be floating about.

There were over 300 people who participated. We were so amazed! And we had so many friends and family come to support us. It was wonderful. I don’t have pictures of all of our friends and family, but I’ve got a few. Thank you so much everyone!

Please note that a good many of these people drove an hour to participate. That is an early morning! Thank you SO much.

It was so great to see our friends and family, but it was equally wonderful to meet all of these WONDERFUL teenagers who put this event together. These guys are amazing, we are so grateful for them!

When we very first started talking about the possibility of fundraising, Scott’s brother said to us, “be sure you get teenagers involved.” I remember thinking, “yeah, yeah, they’ll be great man-power.” Little did I know what great organizers they would be! Truly, I have been so amazed at these incredible young people and all that they have done for our family. I hope that my kids grow up to be like them.

From the Woodward family, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!