the brent event

Well, this last weekend, Oct. 23rd, we had the Brent Event! It was a 5K/family fun run/fundraiser for one of our very best friends, Brent Weaver...aka Big Breezy! (if you knew Houst you would know he comes up with the most random nick names!! and I love it. Can't wait to see what he comes up with for our kids!) Brent has been fighting cancer for a few years now, has had a leg amputated, and this last Monday went in for surgery to remove part of his lung. He has another surgery in a few weeks to go in a remove part of the other lung as well. We love Brent and Kelly so much!! They are such fighters and always so optimistic and positive and genuinely happy. I know it has to be hard and I know behind closed doors it's probably not always as optimistic and positive as how they seem around all of us. But they are so strong and it was a great pleasure to be able to be a part of something that will benefit them. I can't tell you how many times I teared up while at the Brent Event! I was just so overwhelmed with all the people who came to participate and support the Weaver family. If you would like to read more about Brent and Kelly or would like to donate a little something the website for the Brent Event is www.brentevent.org! Here are a few (and by a few I mean a lot!) of pictures from the big day. Hopefully these will get you excited for NEXT year and we can have even more people attend!

The actual event was held at Memorial Park in Sugar Land.

my hubs getting ready for the run with a few of our friends. he ran the 5K in 23 minutes. not too shabby!

After the 5K they had a family 1 mile walk, a carnival for the kiddies, a silent auction, and a bbq lunch! It was quite the busy day!!

Kelly's dad is the drummer in a band and they came and played while everyone was eating lunch/having a good time. They were REALLY good! I wish I remembered the name of the band because then I would give them a little plug ;) but ... I don't.

this kid had a great time!! Such a boy with his cookie in one hand, dirty chocolate face, and scratch by his eye! I just love my nephew!

Now if these don't bring back childhood memories!! These little Blue Bell cups were part of the lunch. I remember my mom buying these for our birthday parties when we were little! Except back then there wasn't a plastic lid, it was paper :)

We love you Brent and Kel!! So glad we could be a part of this!!

And on a different note... Stina's Not-So-Genius Moment of the Day:

This is a storm drain.

This is Victor and Janet staring down the storm drain.

This is Houston climbing down into the storm drain.

This is Houston having retrieved his keys from the storm drain.

Well...we arrived at the park super early in the morning to help set up. We are the unofficial DJ's at church for the high school dances, so since we are in charge of all the dance/audio equipment, we were asked to help out at the Brent Event by supplying music and a microphone, etc. Well while we are setting up I needed to grab something from my car. I nicely ask Houston for the keys. I walk about halfway to the car and the remote starts working and unlocks the car, so rather than walk all the way back to give him the keys, I decide to throw the keys to Houston. Bad idea. The keys landed nicely at the bottom of a stinky storm drain. We both heard the CLINK as they fell through the hole! Let's just say Houston was less than pleased :) But he drove over to his parents house, grabbed a ladder, and at least was able to get the keys back!! Good thing it hasn't rained in a little while!!