Hi There!

Thanks for visting our fundraising page.  It is hard to believe a year has already gone by!  We are gettting ready for our annual walk to raise money for the Down Syndrome Association of Minnesota.  As some of you may remember the money raised from this walk provides the Association with about one half of their yearly operating budget. Just a little background on the Walk, it was developed by the National Down Syndrome Society in 1995 to promote awareness and advocacy for people with Down syndrome.  This year the walk is on Sunday, September 20th and we would love for you to come out and join us! Last year we had a larger group walking with us and we would love it if even more people could come and join us.  It is really a fun day!  Let us know if you can make it by emailing us at anathe@frontiernet.net.

Now for an update on Andrew...  He has had a busy year.  He turned 4 in July.  He loves going to preschool and playing with all the kids in our neighborhood.  He really lets nothing slow him down.  He always wants to be part of the action!  As you can see by his guitar he still loves the Wiggles and he loves music (I think some day he may be a guitar player)!

Mark and I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their support and generosity the past couple of years as we raise money for the Association.  We could never express how grateful we feel (actually, it is really hard to put into words how blessed we feel by everyone's support)!  We sure do have the most amazing family and friends! 

Thanks for visiting our page and hope you can join us for the walk!

Love,

The Nathes

Mark, Ann, Kate and Andrew