Fundraiser for Garrett

As I have said before, Phoebe is quite a little athlete. For the last year, she has been in 3 hours of dance and 4 hours of gymnastics a week. When she first started at Desert Devils Gym at age 5, she had a wonderful coach by the name of Garrett Tanner. At first glance, however, I was a little nervous. Here's this teenage boy with my little girl. I was picturing an older woman as Phoebe's first gymnastics coach. But, it was almost immediate that I noticed how sweet he was with the girls and how Phoebe took to him.

Garrett was Phoebe's coach for a few months before she moved on, but I'd still see him at the gym when I would take or pick her up during the week.

That was until November of 2007. Garrett had the accident that we all know is possible in sports, but don't like to think about. Garrett broke his C5 while attempting to throw a double front flip and is currently a quadriplegic.

He was such a cute, active young guy. To see him now is truely tragic. But, word on the street is, he is full of hope and has an amazing outlook and attitude about the trial that he now faces. Please, go to his website and get inspired to help. http://www.gogarret.org/

Yesterday, Desert Devils had a fundraiser to help pay for Garrett to go to one of the best rehabilitation centers in the country. He fully believes he will walk again and just needs some financial help to do it. So, we took the kids and had a great time. Here are the pics;