A big St. Jude THANK YOU!

Back in June, to help celebrate Father's Day AND raise money for an incredible organization, Lily's school put on a charitable trike-a-thon to benefit St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN.

The timing was especially good as we attended a family meeting in Charlottesville, VA mere days before. Lily, always the entrepreneur, packed her pledge sheet and did her best to hit her fundraising goal. Which she did. Thanks to my VERY generous family members -- Lois Anne, Loise, Lake, Rebecca, Marilyn, Peggy and Nettie (aka my mother). Noah and I topped her off. Who can say no to a charming four year old asking for money to help "sick children?"

Since this was a Father's Day function, the official family photographer (um, yours truly) wasn't in attendance. And it seems as if Noah was more focused on Lily than on the Flip camera. Which he probably should have been. You can sort of see her here.



Lily, I think, was more focused on the camera than she was on actually biking. Which she shouldn't have been. But she's four, so I'll cut her some slack.

The school raised over $3000 to support this incredible medical facility, which is doing cutting edge research and which never turns down a patient irregardless of their ability to pay. If anyone ever needs a charity to donate to, I'd highly recommend St. Jude's.

Of course, none of this would have been possible without the generous contributions from our cousins, aunts, uncle and grandmother. So, without further ado, here's Lily with her LONG overdue thank you!