Walk-a-Thon

At some point while living in Ogden, I participated in a March of Dimes Walk-a-Thon. I went door to door, because you could do that back then, and got people to pledge so much money per mile, and then when the big day came, I walked. I'm sure the rest of my family was in on it, too. I really don't know how or why it came about that we got involved in that, but we did and it was pretty cool. I got a lot of pledges, and I walked, and walked, and walked! It went all through downtown Ogden. I think I remember that there were rest stations along the way where we could get water and snacks, but don't quote me on that. The walk-a-thon took all day long, and it was exhausting. And then when it was over, I got to go back to those who had pledged, collect the money, and turn it in to the March of Dimes. I'm pretty glad I did that!

Blue Ribbon Cakes

As part of our 4H group, we learned how to decorate cakes, and decided we should enter some cakes in the county fair. There were different skill levels, and we stuck with the bottom level--decorating with candy. I made a house out of an upside down heart shape. Karie also made a cake, and so did our friend Jacqueline. Probably some of the other girls did, too, I just really don't remember. My cake and Karie's cake got blue ribbons! Sam made a triangle cake look like a slice of pizza, and his cake made it to state. I'm not sure what award he got at state, it's just really cool that it went! Fun, fun with cakes.