Now that the on-season is picking up here at the beach, my cow mascots are also out in force at various events.  I hope to have some pics of the cows at the Myrtle Beach Pelicans’ games up shortly, but I figured I would start with the Relay For Life.  The Myrtle Beach Relay’s theme for this year was “Come For the Party, Stay for the Cure”.  The Relay For Life, sponsored by the American Cancer Society, holds a special place in my heart.  Both of my grandmothers were diagnosed with cancer.  One had lung cancer and eventually succombed to it along with the complications from it.  The other was a breast cancer survivor, she passed away a couple years ago from an extended illness unrelated to the cancer.  I’ve walked to honor them at many a Relay, so I was excited to take the Chick-fil-A cows out to this year’s Relay.

Getting ready!!

Visiting with some of our smallest fans.

Hanging out with the band pre-relay

Mingling with the survivors…one person had been a cancer for over 19 years, another for less than 2 weeks.  There were also several children that were cancer survivors as well.  Made me both sad and full of joy.

Dancing to the song being sung by the ladies.  People found it exremely funny.

This is my wonderful husband making stupid faces with the cow.

Sorry for the poor quality of this picture but I couldn’t not share it.  Because of the theme, each sponsoring team had a guy dress in drag to earn money for their team.  All the “ladies” you see in this picture are guys.  They were dancing to a Lady Gaga song and the cow decided to jump in and dance with them.  It was truly hysterical.

Anyway, I love being able to take the Chick-fil-A cows out to fun events like these….it helps that I have some fantastic cow mascots that really enjoy doing it too.  Hope you’ve enjoyed my break from work today.  Now I must get back at it…