My reason for running

I had a talk this weekend while training for my half marathon with TNT, they asked me why I was running which for me running is no fun it is not how I want to spend my time but when my sister in law Cassie Rose talked about how much she enjoyed training with them and how much they helped her threw her event, I knew that if I did decide to run a long distance that I should join TNT. TNT which  raises money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society I had not really talked about it to anyone outside of my house which mean my wife is the only one who know that I am running for my Grandfather who passed away from lymphoma after fighting it for many year an knowing how strong he fought to see his family for a thanksgiving it has alway stuck with me and made me proud that I always try to finish what I start so I am going to finish this event.  I have also read all the information about the honor patient who is three year old and fighting ALL which stand for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and to hear how she is show stiller,that inspires me to fight as hard as I can to fight and finish my event to help any future kids and adults that have this illness.  So if anyone out side of my family and friend is reading this and can help me I am attaching the link to my fundraising page so please help me and every person that is suffering from a blood cancer.

My Grandpa Jack is the one in the sunglasses I miss him so much.

http://pages.teamintraining.org/mid/kc11/jgiesg

Morning Glories

It has been so hot here the last few days I was surprised to see anything new blooming, but when I walked outside last Saturday before my TNT run and saw that our morning glories had bloomed I was very happy.  They gave me something nice to think about while I ran that day in silence to remember why I am running a half marathon to raise money for LLS and how important that is to raise money for them to find a cure.

Second trip to the arboretum/ with Phillip Jackson

I went out with Phillip and let him take some film photos for the first time. It was fun to see how much of a change it was for him to go film he keep looking at the back of the camera trying to see what he just shoot.  I really hope he got some good shots, I really enjoy film and digital makes it easy to get these kind of shots. I shot my digital here are the results hope you enjoy them, there are a lot.