Walk Now for Autism

This past Sunday was a special event for Autism. As we are pretty new to all of this we thought it was a great opportunity to go out and show some support. It is called Walk Now for Autism Speaks.

It was just family and we met up with a friend of mine and her family but then lost them in the crowd. There were SO MANY people there. Our team was called "Brody's Bunch". We raised some money (I think it was a lot but compared to others I guess it wasn't).

It was a simple little walk at Tempe Beach Park. But there were lots of activities and booths set up. Brody didn't seem to want to participate in any of the activities so he and Ryan got a little restless in the stroller. But everything considering it went pretty well.

Here are the pictures:

I was reluctant to participate in this walk cause it was for Autism Speaks. They are a bit of a controversial organization but this event was in association with SARRC (Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center) and that organization is local and has great programs and training seminars that parents and therapists take parent in and there are numerous programs and research studies for children who have Autism. So because of that I decided to join in the walk. Besides, despite some faults of Autism Speaks, I truly believe there intention is good - even if they go about it in a way I wish was different.

Our boys!

Becky and Trevor came out to support. Becky was responsible for the awesome shirts. She was sort of team co-captain in all of this!

We so love our Brody!

Ryan and Brody were being really bad at looking at the camera but this is as close as we can get to a "family" picture

Brody's Grandma who has been our help and support at home through all of this!!

We even got to met the Sun's Gorilla!! (Too bad Brody wasn't interested)

This is to give you an idea of the crowd and this was only a small section of the area I took a picture of - again such a huge crowd

Then we were on the walk

There was this big group of boys from some school in the Valley and they all had these matching jerseys - it was neat to see them

Brody loves his uncle Trevor

Evan and Ryan hanging - okay Evan hanging and Ryan sleeping!

Here is out team - not including Sarah who is taking this picture. Oh and in the background is the rest of the team

More of the walk. It was a little warm but a beautiful day for a walk

This is all about you Brody and helping you become the boy you were meant to be!! You are very loved and hopefully someday you will know that