Pre-Registration ends July 31st

Remember to guarantee your Little Miracles 5K t-shirt you need to

pre-register by July 31st.

Registration will remain open online through August 19th and t-shirts will be given based on availability.

The Celebration is going to be great! We have a bounce slide and house, cotton candy, snow cones, candy cart, darling boutique items with some great vendors. We will also be selling cookbooks at the boutique too as long as we are not sold out - they are hot items.

Come have a fun morning with the family - August 20th!!

A Friend We Didn't Dream Of...

Emylie started going to horse therapy in April. It was our hope that it would help strengthen the muscles in her trunk.

Week 1. It is obvious by her darling little crying face, that she didn't love it or like it, but at least she got ON the horse and went around the arena once. Her sisters enjoyed the extra time Emylie didn't take to get a ride in themselves. Even though the lessons were for Emylie our family enjoyed going together.

Week 2. The second session was a little better than the first. I think she went around the arena a few times. She was more calm until the horse sneezed and sneezed and sneezed! Then the tears came and she signed "all done - all done". Once she was off she was happy to tell Daddy she rode a BIG horse.

Gradually from week to week she became more and more comfortable. She got excited when we told her she was going to horse therapy. She even asked to go see the horses. She rode for the entire session. She got more and more familiar with the sounds the horses made. She grew to love the volunteers, especially Valerie and Cindy. The last few weeks she would get so excited to go show them her painted fingernails. She got stronger.

The last week Emylie went right to Valerie to get on the horse. She was comfortable and relaxed. She even rode on the horse by herself with two volunteers holding her legs. She didn't enjoy touching the horse but did really well. It is so amazing to see all she gained from horse therapy. To learn how amazing these horses are and how they help people. What an amazing program. We feel so fortunate that she has grown to enjoy it and that it is helping her.

Thank you to Cindy for running an amazing program and to Valerie, Andrea and all the other volunteers who have helped Emylie and so many others!

Happy Birthday America!!

We love the 4th of July and all the celebrations.

And what would the 4th be without a parade?

We love to see the jets (or helicopter for this year) as they fly over the parade route, the American flag, the military, the floats, the candy, and being with family.

Emylie wasn't very fond of the sirens on the fire trucks at the beginning of the parade. She covered her ears and got Grandma to help. She enjoyed all the other bands and bagpipes. She even did a little dancing.

Emylie loves temples and got excited as she saw this float coming with a temple on it.

Emylie saying, "temple, temple"

It's the yogotogo float. A family favorite. :) If you haven't been to yogotogo you need to stop by one of their locations (Centerville and Kaysville). Yummy - cake batter yogurt with snickers and raspberries. My mouth is watering. You can make your own creation - you don't have to get what I do ;)
All the kids enjoyed getting the candy. Emylie even got in on it. "I want one," she would say. Or if one came by her, "get it, get it." She had a good collection and was happy just to hang onto the bag. I wish the other kids didn't want to eat their candy collection. :)
The evening of the 4th we went to the fireworks. Emylie wasn't sure of those either. She started out covering her ears and saying, "wow", "beautiful", "wow", then I think it got to be to much and she said, "go home now, go..go." My brother asked her after if she liked the fireworks and wanted to go see some more. She turned away from him and wouldn't talk to him anymore. lol.

This little BIG bear needs a home....

This 53" Plush Teddy Bear needs a home! Will it be going home with you?

Be sure to come to the Little Miracles 5K, Silent Auction, Boutique and Celebration on Saturday August 20th to get your chance to take him home. Isn't he (and she) so cute!

Some "beary" good news...Emylie is enjoying playing with water! She has had a phobia of water and since watching her sisters go to swim lessons she is branching out. She has put her feet in a hot tub, her bath water, filled up her bottle with water and loves rinsing her binky off.