GABE'S GANG: Easter Seals "Walk with Me" 5k

We are running the Easter Seals "Walk With Me" 5k again!! This year Gabe has his own team!

If you are in the area and want to join our team, PLEASE DO!! It is going to be a great race and a really fun day down by the Art museum in Philadelphia.

If you can't join, maybe take a moment and see if you can support our team with a small donation. Every dollar counts, we're about halfway to our goal and we appreciate every single donation- literally every single dollar goes to a great and worthy cause.

To learn more about Easter Seals, to join or team or to make a donation to Gabe's Gang just follow this link.

No pressure- we know how tough times are right now, that's why we're stressing that we don't want big donations, we're just trying to get enough small donations to reach our goal.

Thanks so much for stopping in and supporting us!!

Go Team Gabe's Gang!!

Comming up.. Our next 5k!!

This weeks 5k race is a special one! We are doing the Easter Seals, "Walk with Me" 5k run in Philadelphia. For those who don't know, the Easter Seals is an organization that benefits children and adults with disabilities. We're really excited to participate this coming Saturday.

If you have a dollar or two you can spare, please take a moment to visit Gabriel's fundraising page and make a small donation. Please do NOT feel obligated to give, in these economic times we do not expect any donations, we just wanted to post the link in case people would like to have the opportunity to give a little something.

Be sure to check back in Saturday evening for our post race photos!!

Our second 5k run!

We did our second 5k this past weekend. The Delaware Valley Stroke Council, "Strides for Stroke", most of you know my father had a stroke when I was in the 8th grade, so this was a special charity for us. The proceeds benefit stroke education and awareness programs and also programs to help those who have medical needs do to stroke.

Right after we finished- I think Gabe still wanted to "GO!"

Gabe and Daddy by the "Rocky" steps at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

One last family picture just after we finished our post race snacks!

We finished in 42 minutes (together we're 3 minutes faster this week!!)

Our first 5k

We ran our first 5k on June 6, 2009. It was the "Badges of Honor" run to benefit the Survivors Fund. The Survivors fund benefits the families of Police, Fire, and Correction officers who are killed in the line of duty. Nicole, one of my friends, and her family are very close to this charity as it touched their lives when her father, a Philadelphia mounted police officer, was killed in the line of duty in 1987. It was an honor to be involved and to help raise money for such a worthy cause. Thanks so much to Nicole for inviting (and encouraging) us to participate!

Gabe making sure I know what I'm doing before we get started.


Gabe is excited and ready to "GO!"

Nicole and her sister, just before the race started. Thanks again Nicole for the invite and the inspiration!

Jeremy ran with Nicole and her family and finished in around 37 minutes!!

Gabe and I worked really hard doing our first 5K run together and finished in around 46 minutes!

I know this video will seem random- we were just getting started with the run and I wanted to snap a quick picture of Swoop (the eagles mascott) however I didn't realize my camera had switched to video mode on the dial. ( I think from how I had it stored in under the stroller) Anyway, here's a quick (really quick) look at our pal Swoop at the begining of the Badges of honor run!!