My Sister Megan is Awesome!!

This weekend my sister Meg completed the Breast cancer Avon walk. We are all really proud of her and I wanted to post a few pics of it. We watched my niece Lauren on Saturday and on Sunday we went to support Meg as she crossed the finished line. We made a sign and cheered her on. It was such an inspiring event to witness all these amazing people do such an awesome thing. My mom and I were really bummed that we forgot to wear pink.

The first picture is Meg w/ her hubby and two of her three kids. My mom is to her left. My mother's sister died of breast cancer at age 37 so my mom was very proud of her daughter for doing this. My nephew's sign says," My mom is awesome." How adorable is that? The sign Lauren, Kyle & I made says, " Hip Hip Hooray."

On Saturday night we took Lauren to a Japanese Steak House for her 10th b-day. We allowed her to pick the restaurant and she absolutely Loves the place we went to. It was our first time there and what an amazing experience it was. Below are a few shots.

How cool is this shot below? In case you've never been to a Japanese Steak house, they cook the food right in front of you. Not only was this an amazing cultural experience it was also extremely entertaining and our chef was SO hilarious!

Lauren with her Virgin Strawberry Daiquiri

Here is the 4 of us. Can you tell how happy little Lauren is? She was so happy to share her favorite meal w/ her grandma, and Kyle & I.

I love this shot. I have such a soft spot in my heart for this little munchkin. She's a disability advocate in the making! She's always looking out for me!

Take care Ya'll

Can you Believe this?

No your eyes are not decieving you! This is a state police vehicle parked in a disabled parking space. My friend Megan took this picture because she was so outraged. I got so furious that I emailed it to the state police and a few others. My email read as follws:

To Whom It May Concern,

I’ve attached a picture of a State Police Vehicle Illegally parked in Quincy, MA. From what I hear, this officer illegally parks here all the time. As a person with a physical disability, I am appalled by this behavior. I struggle everyday to find parking spots and it would not be so difficult if people like this officer didn’t illegally park. This is completely unacceptable and this officer should be immediately reprimanded. Please keep me posted on this issue. Thank you.
Concerned Citizen,
Caitlin Reilly

781-555-xxxx

Ok, it gets better :) I sent the email to one of my work buddies and he then sent it to his cousin who has this awesome website. My issue made it to the website!! Cool, huh? Check it out.

http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2008/05/12/letter-to-the-editor-get-that-cop-out-of-my-handicap-parking-space.aspx

For those of you who don't know, illegally parking in disabled spots is a MAJOR pet peeve of mine. It absolutely infuriates me!!! More later-hope all is well.