Be the Match - Comicon

Mia and I both were really excited for our first Comicon

experience at the Phoenix Convention Center - for Be The Match!

Little did we know, that Mia would be IN a comic book.

How cool is that?!! It looks just like her too.

The story is really neat, about how Mia needs a match 

for a bone marrow transplant.

The Be The Match booth was right next to the blood drive...which is exactly

what 'Mia's Marrow' is all about. We point people towards 2 things that are

'FREE' - Donating Blood & Donating Bone Marrow - to

help save lives.

Thanks UBSAZ - We sure love all your awesome workers!

Mia saying thank you to blood donors, she is so sweet!

Mia's #156 Blood Transfusion

Wow was Mia tired! She slept all morning.

We love her new tank the Ravel Brand girls sent to her!

It says, Spark Your Soul, meaning find someone

or people and help them. - Who inspires you?!

We inspired them to donate blood...

It's the only thing keeping Mia alive.

Mia's 155 Blood Transfusion

Never Stop Giving...

That's what Mia's shirt says.

(She designed it thru Paperclouds Apparel)

Never stop giving...of your time, blood, and bone marrow!

All these things help keep Mia alive.

"Never Stop Giving"

Can't forget about the homework either...

way to go Mia, even in the hospital she gets it done!

Loving the both our shirts Mia designed...

Always nice to see a sister when in the hospital. 

Mia took a trip up to Sophie's Place and jammed out

on the ukulele...with dad. All in all it was a good day!

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May 1st, Mia's School Blood Drive

in honor of her.

The goal: 26 blood donations

Received: 31 donations & 2 power red = 33 units!

33 People will go on living thanks to this blood drive.

Thanks DAD for donating!! 

Banner Children's Golf Tournament - Mia The Emcee

Mia was asked to help be the Junior Emcee along side of 

Mathew Blades from the Radio...to benefit the Banner Children's

Hopsital School Program...where no kids are left behind!

It was a great day, no too hot, up in Scottsdale at the JW Mariott

Wildfire Golf Club.

Mia and her school hospital teacher, Miss Virginia <3

Mia actually drove around the golf course and thanked 

everyone for participating and donating to such a great cause!

She's actually a really good driver!

We had fun together :) 

GO Mia...

We caught up with Tyson Nash from the AZ Coyotes...

he would like to have a Be The Match Drive at the 

Coyotes to help get more cheek swabs into the registry.

Mia is a star everywhere she goes!!

We need to find these photos!

It really was a great event.

We love the JW Marriott!!

Mia and Mathew Blades doing their thing!

Working the crowd for sure...

All the teams played great!

It was hard to miss these guys out on the course...

you could see them a mile away!!

Haha!

Mia got to meet Randall McDaniel NFL hall of fame football

player turned teacher...SO cool. What a very nice guy!

Thank you to Banner Children's for allowing us to help with

fundraising efforts at the hospital we've been at for over 14 years.

We love you so much for keeping Mia alive all these years!!

VERY THANKFUL for all that you do!

Be The Match - Be The Guy @ GCU

We were invited by Be The Match to attend the 

College 3 point shoot out & slam dunk contest

at GCU University ... we had so much fun!

Mia Representing Be the Match!!

It was very neat to see all the Be The Match signs everywhere

around the arena...so cool!

Be the Match everywhere! 

Mia and Dad had so much fun watching the dunks ...ok and 

 taking a quick selfie for snapchat! Haha, what a fun memory.

If you would like to see if you qualify to potentially save a life,

Please CLICK HERE.

Sophie's Place - Grand Opening

Mia has grown up with the Music Therapy Program 

in the hospital since she was very little.

She would request they come so she could play music

and have fun while escaping what was going on

during hospital days.

Mia and Layla jamming out...

Taking turns playing the guitar.

Drums are fun too!

The guitar got more popular thanks to 

Taylor Swift!

Mia was invited to speak a little bit about her journey

here at Cardon Children's Medical Center in the

Forever Young Zone with Steve & Barb Young.

(You might recognize him as the former QB for the 49ers)

She spoke about creating Mia's Marrow -

and her experience with music therapy.

This video is from our Instagram story...

Thanks Steve Young for helping with Sophie's Place  and 

for being so nice to Mia!

So fun!

If you haven't heard of Sophie's Place...you need to 

CLICK HERE and read about WHY it was created.

The Barton Family is absolutely amazing and breathtaking...

I truly have no words to describe their amazing work

and what they do to keep Sophie's legacy going while

helping others. No words.

Be sure to watch this video:

http://azc.cc/2nGYtSK

and read the story of this amazing family.

Sophie passed away suddenly and was a beautiful singer who sang

to children in the hospital. Sophie's brother and sister

keep her legacy going by opening Music Therapy rooms in hospitals

and Cardon Children's is the 3rd music room that has opened.

It is absolutely amazing and beyond what you can even imagine!

This is the recording studio!!

What?!?!?!?!

AMAZING

Mia jamming out...

Rockin...

Mia got to meet David O'Leary who was on the 

Amazing Race with his son, whom both

are cancer survivors. and won the all stars race in 2014!

So awesome...he said that meeting Mia

was more amazing than wining the race.

So sweet!

You can see a picture of Sophie behind Mia...

she still is there helping patients have a better treatment

in hospitals. Thank you so much to eh Barton Family who is amazing

for everything that you do for patients like Mia.

We are blessed because of you.

Mia was honored to be a part of this...

after it was over Mia said:

'I wish I could have met Sophie.'