Food, Laughter and Walking

We went down south to Hurrican where my parents live this past weekend. My brother who also lives there invited us to participate in the Relay For Life Cancer Walk. His wife has a young nephew that beat cancer so they have done this walk for the past few years. It is a two day event that is at the high school in Hurricane.The only rule is you must have someone from your team walking around the track at all times. It started at 6:00 on Friday and ended at noon the next day.People brought tents, sleeping bags, couches etc.Each campsite has a theme and ours was Survivor.There was a DJ playing for the entire time. It was a party atmosphere and of course the cousins had a lot of fun!We never forgot why we were there though.They had luminaries that you could purchase and they were lit up at night. Wayne and Marlene, Clay's parents and one for my Grandma Dietderich were each place around the track. During the ceremony each name was read out loud.The luminaries went clear around the track which is quite amazing since this is a local event and Hurricane is a very small town.It goes to show you how many people are affected by cancer.It was very inspirational two days.The weather was beautiful the whole weekend in the 80's.Of course my Mom out did herself again and spoiled us with yummy meals and sweets.Hope we get to do it next year!