On Saturday Devin, Jaxin and I did a 3KM walk for Ups and Downs. It turned out to be a very lovely sunny day for it too! Thank goodness because our weather has been pretty crappy thus far this spring!
This is a great association for people with Down Syndrome that we support and are a part of. Lots of families turned out for the walk. Team Jaxin managed to raise $6,710.00 in total for Ups and Downs and was the top fundraising team! 
We were thrilled to say the least! In total about $40,000 dollars was raised by this event.
The walk was held at Fish Creek Park in the south side of the city. We got to the park at 9am for the registration. Then we hung out a little bit and chatted with a few other families before the walk started at 10:15am.
While we waited we listened to some music. They had a girl singing some cute catchy tunes and they also had a clown for the kids who was making some animal balloons.
Jaxin sat in his stroller and watched.
After a little bit we took him out and let him stretch out his legs a little. He went for a walk with Mommy!
Then it was time to get lined up at the start for the walk.
There was also a 10Km run as well. The runners started first. There was just a few of them.
Then it was our turn…
We started off in a huge pack then we spaced out a little once everyone set their pace.
It was such a warm and beautiful day for a walk.
When we finished the walk it was time for a little BBQ lunch!
They gave out hamburgers, hotdogs, all the fixins, chips, water and juice. It was very yummy…we were a hungry bunch!
We got our lunch and sat down and enjoyed it in the warm sunshine.
After lunch it was starting to get warmer and Jaxin needed a little stretch again so we went for another little stroll.
He was so funny…he kept wanting to walk towards the bushes and play with them. He was very fascinated by it all!
He was very happy after doing some big boy walking!
We hung around for a little bit after all the festivities to see if we won anything from the raffle tickets that we had bought. There were some great prizes. I was VERY excited when she called my number!! I had won a $100.00 dollars in gift cards to spend at one of our malls in the city. I practically sprinted up to get my prize I was so excited!! The hubs unfortunately did not get any pictures of it…boo!
After the numbers were called we packed it up and headed home. It had been a long day!
Next up….a celebration!
Great pics- looks like you had a fun day- bonus with winning the gift card!!