Dear Friends and Family,

Mike and I will be participating in the Half Ironman on April 4th to help support Team Operation Rebound Ironman 70.3 California which is devoted to helping soldiers wounded in the �Wars on Terror�.

By donating to our fundraising effort and helping us reach our goal, you will help people with physical challenges realize their dreams. Your donation will go to the Challenged Athletes Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that provides funding and inspiration to hundreds of physically challenged athletes each year so they can participate, compete and live life to the fullest.

The money we�re raising � and the funds you are donating � will support athletes who can�t always get to the starting line: swimmers missing limbs, paraplegics who use hand-cycles to bike and runners who race using artificial limbs. Just like us, these challenged athletes want to participate in athletics and feel the rush of competition, but they face a major obstacle. They don�t lack fitness, desire or skill. It is only a lack of funding that stands in the way of their dreams.

Prosthetics are very expensive. Learning to swim when you lack a limb (or limbs) requires special coaching. Hand-cycles can cost upwards of $2,500. But with our help, athletes who are challenged due to their service to our nation can bridge the financial gap and overcome funding obstacles blocking their path to athletic achievement.

Please partner with us by making a donation through our web site link below. Join us in making dreams come true for challenged athletes. Give the gift of sports and help get challenged athletes off the sidelines � and into the game.

Thank you for your support,

Mike & Kristen

To donate, please click HERE

Mullfoto of the Day

At the park near Mullings Central in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia on Monday morning - a snow day.

This is why God made snow. And why God made Children.

Catchy Caption of the Day

Actual Caption:

Spanish Prime Minister Jose luis Rodriguez Zapatero, seen here looking at the sky, inadvertently used the F word while expounding on a tourism agreement with Moscow in the presence of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Nobody - NObody inadvertently drops an F-bomb. And, anyway, what's the F word in Spanish?

(AFP/Pierre-Philippe Marcou)