Raising money for breast cancer research

Sorry for our lack of posts lately...we've both been really busy with work. I traveled to South Dakota last week (Watertown) while Brad has been on call...so our life has been fairly uneventful the last few weeks. But now we're headed out of town to see Karen, Walid, and kids in Beirut, Lebanon and a short visit to Cairo, Egypt. We are taking off in 5.5 hours with a long layover in NYC...definitely a needed vacation with our work schedules!

Tonight, we attended and helped volunteer at a Charity Golf Tournament and Dinner sponsored by KATU Channel 2 and the Northwestern University Club of Portland. The turnout was phenomenal - we sold out of the golf portion of the event with about 150 players and the dinner had about 300 people in attendance. This event took months to plan with just a small committee of really 7 members, but it was worth it in the end. It was a stressful night of running around, but we were able to raise $55,000 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Our goal was to raise $50,000, and we surpassed it. What a great feeling. Below are the pictures from the event. We had 175 auction items ranging from private pilates lessons to a private jet to take you and your friends to play golf, to a round of golf at some exclusive golf course in Scotland.

What made this event really mean something to me was as we were planning the event, I found out that my aunt was diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer. She's currently going through chemo treatments. From this experience, I've learned that what I really want to strive to do in life is make a difference in this world and in the lives of others.



A few weeks ago, we had another party at our house, which we're hoping to make an annual shindig. We called it the 1st Annual Fjord Fest in honor of (Brad) making the trip along the Oregon Trail and now us living on Oregon Trail Lane. If you all recall the old school game of Oregon Trail, there were times when one had to fjord the river in their wagon. Well...we don't necessarily have a wagon now, but who knows when you may need to hunt for oxen or when your family may suffer from dysentery or typhoid.