UNC vs Boston College Basketball

Last Sunday(4th) , we had the fantastic opportunity to go up to UNC for the mens basketball game vs Boston college. 

We were with a special program called Carolina Dreams, which is for kids who have spent time at UNC Childrens hospital.  

Before the game we got to eat pizza with the UNC womens 

basketball team.

Then we got to go to the arena and go out on the court and wave 

to 20,000 people like we were royalty. we were waiting to go out, our current NC Governor, Mike Easley, walked by.

THEN a few minutes later our newly elected Governor, Bev Perdue, 

walked past. She smiled and waved at us and said hello. 

So that was kind of exciting, even though I didnt vote for her.

We sat and watched the game,appropriately cheering UNC and booing BC, clapping to the music, and when the board said "jump around...jump jump jump around" we did as we were told. Finn especially loved all the lights and music and excitement. 

The boys got to pose with the UNC cheerleaders.  

It was a fun night. We left at halftime to get home, as it is a long drive and the boys had to start school the next day. We missed the second half of a really great game, and were disappointed to discover our team had lost to BC by 4 points. 

But all in all we had a great time and are hoping to go to some more basketball games up there.

It made me really miss college and really miss when I was that age and went to the basketball games at USU and the school spirit and the joy and fun of being young. I hope my kids will always remember these little things we do and realize they are pretty lucky to be able to go and do things that not many others get to do.

GO UNC!!

The King is on TV

My son Peter is part of the UNC childrens Promise telethon to raise money for
UNC childrens hospital.
News14 came and did a story on him, and is being broadcast every few hours today.

You can view the video here

Ignore the fat lady in the background...

On the cover of a Magazine

The Promise Pages Newsletter came out, featuring Peter and the other Patient Ambassador, Shiquoa. This is the UNC Childrens hospital magazine/newsletter that comes out every few months and this is the one announcing the Patient ambassadors of the year.

On the inside cover is a little blurb about Shiquoa andPeter with a condensed version of their stories and their likes and dislikes.

In case the scan didnt turn out, here is what it says:
"Shortly after birth, Peter McBride, was diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart, a congenital condition where the left side of the heart-including the aorta, aortic valve,left ventricle and mitral valve-is underdeveloped. Despite three corrective surgeries at a hospital in Charlotte, Peter had a heart transplant at N.C. Childrens hospital on September 26, 2005.
Now an active first grader, Peter is a natural ham and a favorite with all the nurses. He remains under the care of Pediatric Cardiologist Blair Robinson, and loves to play chutes and ladders with his mom while staying at the hospital."

Of course on the inside is the picture of "Peter with his parents" and they picked THE WORST picture to put in there. They sent me a disk with all the pictures from our photo shoot. There were PLENTY of perfectly NICE pictures of me to choose from. Charles looked good in all of them, as did Peter, so WHY oh WHY did they have to pick the ONE PICTURE that makes me look like a big fat weenie?? Oh well. I M not the star of this show I guess. Only the mother who has had to endure 8 years of anguish and torment. Why should they be nice to me??

(I am guilt tripping the editor)

I will get the other pictures uploaded and post some down the road.

Happy Hump Day!

Promises of Laughter Gala 2008

I will upload pictures and stuff later.
My in laws are in town for a few days so I am kind of swamped right now.

We had a great time, Peter was a hit in his little tuxedo!
Lots of pictures and fun things to talk about!!

But I will leave you with a quick blurb, nothing serious:

To the left is Kelly osbourne(daughter of ozzy and star?? of the MTV reality Hit the Osbournes)

Doesn't she know the rule?/ No white shoes after labor day!

tsk tsk tsk

my mother wold kill me if I showed up to a party with white shoes!! But my mom is a sticker for that kind of thing.

trivial and meaningless, I know. sorry to waste some of your brain cells on something so silly...

Picture is from yahoo week in photos OMG.