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We all woke up and were moving around by 7:30 this morning. We had breakfast and packed everyone for the day. Benjamin stayed at Shawn and Jessica’s to play with the kids…Brad, Shawn, Allyson and I headed to Helen Fitzgerald’s for the St. Baldrick’s event. Allyson lasted all of about five minutes. We got in the doorway and it wayyy to loud for her (she cannot take amplified noise at all), and there were LOTS of people. She freaked out a bit, so Shawn was nice enough to take her back to the house and then come back to be with us for a while. — Six men from Rodgers Townsend (Brad’s work), shaved their head’s for Allyson. We got there just as the six of them went up to the stage to get shaved. It was so touching for me to know that these men were there to honor Allyson, and that so many of his co-workers there were there as well. We thank the men for their sacrifice;-) and for the almost $5,000 they helped raise for children’s cancer research. It was really cool to see all the people gathered there for the event. I believe the total amount raised for St. Baldrick’s at Helen’s alone was somewhere around $150,000. TOO COOL!  (Be sure to check out the pictures below…remember to click on each on to enlarge.)

Allyson and Benjamin had a great time playing with Ollie and Bella. Both kids were worn out by 6:30. I gave Benjamin a bath over there…we left around 7:00 and both were asleep by the time we got home.

Oh…Dex, the lovely drug that makes Allyson crazy does rear its ugly head throughout the day. For the most part, Allyson is pretty happy, but when she melts down, she melts all the way down…there’s no calming her until she’s finished. Two days down…five to go…

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