Weekend in Pictures: Birthday Celebration, Walk to End Alzheimer's & Showering Sydney

Yes it is Thursday and I am a little late in my post :) But better late than never.
Last weekend was so much fun, I had a wonderful birthday get-together with some of my closest friends. We had dinner at the new Cantina Laredo and then ended the night karaoking!! Nicole did funky cold medina (she rocked it) and then her and I did Nelly's "Country Grammar". It was AWESOME! Saturday I got to participate in the Walk to End Alzheimer's in Memory of my best friend Trina's father Jim. It has been 1 year since he passed and it was such a beautiful day to honor him. Glad I was able to be a part of it with my mother and Sawyer. Sunday I attended a shower for my friend Anna and her soon to arrive little lady Sydney. It was the cutest little High Tea brunch that her sister-in-law Logan and best friend Katy planned. It was a beautiful afternoon and Anna got so many adorable little things!

Flaming Apple Pie, yes please!!

My happy birthday dance!

Cheers!

Elliot helped me celebrate too!! Only 5 weeks left!

Krissy and me

my love!

Team Appelquist

Flower for Jim

Me and Trina

He wouldn't pose with me :(

Mom and me

Playing with Grace

cuties!

coming in for the hug

Besties!

a few of the Appelquist Foundation Committee members representing!

Anna with Megan, due dates are only 1 week apart!

so cute & delicious!

Adorable "Bow" tree

JuliRose and me

2nd Annual Appelquist Foundation Golf Tournament

This last saturday (Sept. 29) we had our 2nd Annual Appelquist Foundation Golf tournament at Deer Lake Golf Course. I don't think any of us would have imagined when we started the Foundation almost 3 years ago that our 2nd tournament would be a memorial tournament. While it was a huge success it was bittersweet to say the least to not have Jim there to see how much support and love was shown. We almost doubled our registration with 18 Teams of 4, had a huge increase in monetary & raffle donations and the weather couldn't have been more perfect! 

We will continue to honor & remember Jim with our 3rd Annual Tournament in the fall of 2013 and are already talking about ways to make it bigger and better. If you are or know a golfer please pass on our website & facebook page and sign up to play next year. We are already super excited.
Here is our website: http://appelquistfoundation.com/

Our wonderful committee member Angela took a bunch of photos at the tournament that we will be sharing on our facebook page soon. Here are some that I snapped and ones Megan sent me mostly of the Beer Cart girls and Sawyer (of course)...

Beer Cart

Godfather Tim

We had too much fun

Enjoying the beautiful weather

Nixon & Lindstrom Plug

Sawyer really enjoyed the large dice for the Casino Game

Lots of tips

Sawyer with his Godmother Megan

In the Golf Cart with Megan

And he's out

Loved geting to spend the day with my little man

In Memory: Jim Appelquist

Last night I got the dreaded message from my best friend Trina that her father lost his fight with Alzheimer's. Her father, Jim, was diagnosed 4 years ago at the young age of 56 and the disease quickly progressed. Trina, her mother Darlene and two sisters, have cared for him tirelessly! They have been amazing advocates for finding a cure for this devastating disease. Words cannot express the sadness I feel for them.
I struggled with whether to blog about this but while looking through some old photos, I found a couple I really wanted to share to honor the wonderful, smart, funny and talented, Jim Appelquist.

Darlene - your unconditional love for Jim is an inspiration, you stood by him through sickness and health and I am in awe of your strength and compassion.

Trina - your father would be so proud of you! You've developed the Appelquist foundation in his honor and for other Alzheimer's patients to help their families. If nothing else, know that you are making a difference every day because of him.

If you want to help, the 2nd Annual Appelquist Foundation Golf Tournament is Sept. 29, 2012 at Deerlake Golf Course. We would love for you to sign up to play or even if you would just like to donate. You can sign up online at appelquistfoundation.com


God bless & lots of love!!

My favorite photo of Jim & Darlene dancing at our Wedding Jan. 22,  2011

My dad found this photo of their coed softball league for Redeemer in 2008 (Jim is in the middle back row)

Here is an beautiful song Trina's sister Stephanie wrote for her father.