Make A Wish - AZ Concours D'Elegance

Mia had such a FUN time at the Biltmore in Scottsdale 

to help judge cars as a fundraiser for Make A Wish Arizona.

All the wish kids had a blast...and even got to walk the red carpet.

What cute wish kids!

Mia with her new friends Priscilla and Ivy - so sweet!

One of Mia's favorite cars was this Ferrari!!

Here she is judging it earlier in the day...

The owners let her sit in it...

There's Luke showing her how to drive it...

Be Careful now because she will take this car on a road trip!

This Ferrari won a double award and Mia was asked if she could ride in it

down the red carpet...yes please!

She rode with the owners son Connor.

You can just see her curls sitting shotgun, how FUN!

What a great memory for Miss Mia!

Accepting the award...Mia and Connor.

Connor is the son of Kevin, see below.

There's a reason we met them.

Here is a neat story, so of ALL the cars and people there...

Mia loved Kevin's Ferrari, he is the owner of the car. 

It turns out, he is a bone marrow donor!

He donated his stem cells to his sister about 10 years ago

as she went under a transplant.

She is doing great now!!

What hope that gives us for Miss Mia.

(We are still waiting by the way to see if she has a match!)

Mia and all the wish kids had a fun morning judging the cars.

Below are just fun pics from throughout the day.

This car was made in 1909!

The owner drives it to the grocery store all the time.

This is the only time I'll let you drive Mia!

For you Grannie!

Moms color!

Mia loved the red interior of this car.

This was a unique fun car to look at:

Mclaren P1

It goes 217 MPH.

Mia said she could be in Cali in 2 hours...to go to the Beach!

This Bugatti was insured for 31 million...yikes!

Don't scratch it.

We found a GB flag!

Thank you Make A Wish ... it was a fun day and we are so happy

that you raised $100,000. for future wishes for kids like me!

Redemption Tempe / Be the Match

Mia was able to briefly share her story in front

of Redemption Church Tempe this morning...about

the need for a bone marrow transplant to cure her.

Chris Bean, a Be The Match advocate, and Veronica, who went

on to donate bone marrow stood with her and shared their passion

for saving lives as well.

Way to go Mia!

Mia is a pro at sharing her story and asking strangers

to either donate their blood or bone marrow...

and people happily accept.

Listen to Mia...

After the 9AM church service, we had 91 people sign up!!

We couldn't believe it, praise the Lord!

It was packed...and we were happy to do it!

Way to go Mia...helping out.

People filling out paper work and cheek swabbin!

After the 11am service we had more people sign up...

the total: 188 new people registered to the bone marrow registry!

Ahhhhhhhh yeah!

Nice Job guys!!

Thank you to all these awesome volunteers helping to

save lives...we hope people find their match.

Mia's 150th Transfusion

Sweet Mia...you will feel better soon.

She slept all morning...and then had a wonderful surprise!

McKenna from Blanket Hugs handmade a custom

blanket especially for Mia.

It has one of her favorite bible verses on it...

Psalm 139:14

'I am fearfully and wonderfully made.'

LOVE it, McKenna is sick herself and finds therapy 

making blankets for others.

SO sweet!

If there is one thing in this life...

#NeverGIVEupHOPE

Mia watching a movie snuggling with her special blanket.

It was a good 150th and I am so thankful she feels so much

better!! It was a long wait over New Year's but she's good, 

for the next 3 weeks. Thank you Lord & blood donors!

Christmas 2016

Thanks to blood donors, Mia was able to celebrate Christmas with 

her family and sisters in California at Uncle Paul's house.

She had a great time!

Hanging out in the tiki room is one of Mia's favorite things to 

do at her Uncle's house...

Especially if her sisters are with her...on Christmas!

Mia loves the beach...if we could somehow move her there, it would be

so good for her spirit.

Even with low blood counts, she enjoys it so much and seems

to last longer between transfusions.

May God help us to find a match for her in the new year...

join us in praying for Mia.

Be The Match - PTAChandler

Mia braved the cold on Saturday from 9-2pm to help

with the Be The Match booth at a flag football game.

We were hoping to get a lot of people to sign 

up to help potentially save lives this Christmas season.

We had a handful...and were really hoping for at least 10 people

to join the marrow registry.

Thank you  to Pastor Tyler Johnson for signing up...

and to his wife Hayley for signing up below!

Awesome job to the volunteers who sat in the cold to get a 

few cheeks swabs.

We were hoping for 10, and we got it!!

Thank you so much for being our 10th person to 

register for Be The Match!!

You could potentially save a life just like Mia's.

The tournament collected all these toys for Mia's hospital...there were so many, 

what a great problem to have!!

Mia's 149th Blood Transfusion

Mia is feeling better thanks to 2 different generous

blood donors...as she received 2 units of red blood cells to live 

for the next  3 weeks.

We had some visitors...lots of news crews to hear about Mia's story.

There's always a shortage of blood in the month of December,

and it's critical that patients like Mia gt the blood they need to survive. 

The best gift you can give this Christmas:

-Donate your Blood so others can live.-

Click link to see what Mia had to say to Bryan West at 12 News!

Click HERE to see the interview

Click here to see a small story that was written: 

Mia told Anita from Fox 10 that people should 'suck it up' and donate blood!!

Haha

Click HERE to see Anita's interview

3TV came as well as CBS5

Click HERE to see Mia's interview

Cardon Children's had a lovely visit from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

who brought MAJOR toys and gifts for all the kids currently in the hospital.

We went up to the 7th floor and Mia picked out a game and a nerf blaster

to get her sisters and uncle's good!! haha

The day got BETTER. Who knew you could go outside and see

horses when you're in the hospital! 

Mia actually rides horses so this was perfect for her.

Awwwwwwww

Merry Christmas!!

Mia is surely blessed to be able to have another Christmas

with her family thanks to blood donors!

Thank you SO much.

After Mia's doctor appointment, we stopped by

Highland High School to say thanks to the students,

parents, and teachers for taking the time to donate blood.

Mia's blood counts were actually very low (8.4 hgb)

so we didn't stay long.

The theme was surfing...to cute!

Mia loves surfing in California.

Hang 10 and Save 3 Lives!