Bowling and Burgers

For Valentine's we went

Bowling.

Granted it was on Thursday

and not

on Valentine's Day,

but it's all the same...

right?

Well, the bowling alley here

has a small grill,

which normally in most

bowling allies...

it's not amazing.

However,

This one had one special burger the

chef makes from scratch.

(or at least he said he did).

12 different chiles,

ground up,

with homemade pickle slices,

and pepper.

The result:

The Pepper Burger.

It was

AMAZING!

To give credit where it is due...

it was my idea.

As for the total on the points

from 3 games:

To give credit where it is due...

I won.

It's a Boy!

An ultrasound was done

Friday,

and it's a BOY!

He was laying down on the placenta,

head on it's side and arm along the placenta.

Like a body pillow for him.

He did not feel like moving at all

during the ultrasound.

Sound asleep.

We are so excited for this 3rd baby of ours.

Jake Haircut

Jake finally got a haircut.

Here he is with his long curly-curly hair.

He did really good for his first time.

The final hair-do...

The next day he sported his new hair cut at church,

and

he found a new way to worship at church...

The kids continue to grow

at a rapid pace, 

and

they always bring smiles

to our growing family.

March of Dimes - 5th year

Every year we share this story

for a number of reasons

which we will share later.

Ali was born

October 27th, 2010...

She was born
11 weeks premature.

She weighed 2 lbs 6 oz.

The hospital was not able to confirm
what caused her premature birth.
They suspected a possible infection

She started off with help breathing for 24 hours
and then was quickly able to take her own breaths
She then used a nasal cannula
to get increased oxygen.

She was tiny and fragile.

We went to see her every day

for the next 2 months while

she was in the NICU.

Jodi holding Ali's hand one of the many times visiting her.

This was a hard time for us

and a time for prayer.

Looking at these pictures

bring back difficult memories and feelings;

however, it reminds us of the

humility,

faith,

and trust in God

that helped us through the time.

Since Ali's birth

we have honored Ali's fight to survive

through the March of Dimes.

We walk for her

and

we walk for the future children yet to be born.

Every day, thousands of babies are born too soon, too small and often very sick.

We ask
families,
individuals,
caring parents,
hopeful parents,
and others
to donate at least $1.00
in honor of Ali.

To date, we have raise
$2,004.00

The March of Dimes
helps moms have full-term pregnancies
and research the problems that threaten the health of babies
like in Ali's case,
prematurity.


Our 5th anniversary of
raising money...
we will be doing a 5k.

The Insane Inflatable 5k
in Lubbock, TX.

Our goal is to raise
$500

If that goal is met
Adam will wear a captain american shirt

with...
matching tutu for the race.

ALSO,

This year we will be giving out a prize
as a thank you to the many
that donate to our team each year.

For every $1.00
we will put in 1 entry for a

FREE photo session -

for family, couple, senior pictures, or individual

by Adam Westenhofer.
Enhanced/Edited photos on CD to make prints to your desire.
**Must be in Clovis, NM and surrounding area to be eligible for this.**
Only participants in this area will be entered to win.

So help us raise money for the many children in need,
and see Adam run in a Tutu.

DONATE HERE AT THIS LINK: March of Dimes

Share this blog page and story on Facebook
and help us raise money for the cause.

Come join us for the 5k in Lubbock as well.

Read more about Ali's story and the day she was born: 

http://us-ineveryfootstep.blogspot.com/2010/10/our-miracle-baby.html

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