Today was such an exciting day I can't begin to describe how much fun we had! We all went to the Kops 'N Kids Event today in the park. It was put on by our town's police department to educate the community about safety. There was lots of fun activities for the kiddos like games, prizes, free hot dogs, chips & ice cream. Lots of booths set up offering educational info about child safety etc. The fire department was there with all their fire trucks and ambulances. The police also had several different police cars. Liam was in heaven! He LOVES police cars and the police officers so this was such a special day for him. He had a blast meeting the fire fighters and police officers and looking at the fire trucks and police cars. They also had a police dog demonstration which was really cool. Blake enjoyed it too! He loves cars and trucks and he loved playing the games and winning prizes and of course he loved eating the ice cream.
The big finale of the event is the police department & Walmart have a raffle and give away 90 kids bicycles. When we heard about this we thought this was awesome because Liam just started to enjoy riding his tricycle recently when it broke on him a week ago. He cried when It happened and was so devastated. We were sad too because we just don't have the money to buy him a new one right now with the way our finances have been. It's been rough. I've been trying to find a job and have had no luck and we have had such a hard time trying to make ends meet. I thought it would be great if either of the boys won a bike but I knew the chances were slim since there were thousands of people there and we never have any luck with raffles. But we thought It was worth a shot so we stayed for
the day and waiting around for the raffle.
They went in order starting with the younger kids Blake's age. We waited for a while then we heard the man call out numbers and looked at our tickets. Nothing matched. Poor Blake didn't win. We were disappointed but we knew he was young. We began to wait and see if Liam would be next. We waited for what seemed like forever. Reading the numbers and nothing matched. Just when we thought well it was a good try we heard the man call out Liam's number on his ticket!!! Liam WON a BIKE!!!! It was so amazing!!!! Chris jumped up and picked up Liam and they ran up to the front and the wheeled a beautiful Spiderman bike to Liam. He was so happy!! He didn't know what to think at first. Chris explained to him he won the bike it's his to take home and Liam just had the biggest smile and said " I won I won I won a bike!" Tears began to stream down my face I just couldn't believe it. God had provided for us and loved us and wanted Liam to have that bike. It amazes me every time when I see the work of God in my life. Liam deserved to win that bike. No boy is more deserving. He is such a sweet, loving boy who deserves the very best. Chris and I were speechless leaving the park that day. We had no idea how we were going to fit this bike in our little car but that was a problem we felt blessed to have! While walking to the car Liam rode his bike and was yelling to everyone " I won a Spiderman bike I won it!" Everyone was so sweet and congratulated him and made him feel so special.
What a special moment it was and I can't begin to thank the police and fire department in our town for putting on such a wonderful event for the children in our community! So blessed!
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