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through the eyes of a 4 year old

A few weeks ago we got the chance to go to our first Rockies game! We were SO excited. They played the Marlins and won in the 9th inning! It was a surprising ending, that is for sure.

We also had the pleasure of meeting some great kids who attend our church. Of course I was hanging out and talking with them and when I pulled out my camera to take some pictures, well, you know what happened next. So, yes, I spent a good portion of that game letting children under 5 use my camera. I was sure to keep them near me and tried to keep my hand under the camera at all times!

One special girl we met was Alexandra Jonte. She is 4 years old and has leukemia. She has been battling it for about 2 1/2 years now and is back in the hospital with a bone marrow transplant scheduled in a few weeks. She is amazing and took some amazing pictures! She was super friendly, outgoing and loved having the camera around her neck. Here are the pics from the evening. Some are mine, but most are hers. Enjoy!






Meet Alexandra!!






 

Her awesome big brother, Daniel





Visit http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/princessjonte to follow Alexandra's progress or donate to help her family while her mom takes care of her in the hospital over the next 2 months!

Comments

  1. Heather NelsenSeptember 10, 2011 at 11:00 PM

    Love you, Katie. And love that these are mostly her pictures. What great memories y'all made!

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  2. Cat GirlNovember 9, 2011 at 4:18 PM

    One of my friends at school is in Alexandra's family, we pray for her every tuesday and friday!

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  3. TammyApril 26, 2012 at 12:11 AM

    Thank you so much for sharing and keeping these pictures here. Alexandra was my beautiful, precious granddaughter who I miss so very much.

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