So much to tell...

...that I have been putting it off. But, we have had people asking how Friday went, so I will do my best to put all the awesomeness into one blog post: We arrived at the Cherokee Trail High School assembly on Friday afternoon in our "Team Logan" shirts, and were whisked away to an office so we would not get mobbed. And that is not much of an exaggeration. Logan is pretty much a huge celebrity at this school, and everyone was excited to get a glimpse of him and of course wanted to get a picture with him (more on that later). It was "Dress like a Superhero" day at the school and many kids really went all out. The leadership teacher, Tammy, introduced Logan to a new friend named Harley, though his nickname is Superman since he wears Superman stuff all the time. At first, Logan was a little scared of Harley because he looked a little crazy with a bunch of Superman things on, a cape, and a blue mohawk. But, after a couple of minutes, they were fast friends. We were briefed on how the assembly would run, and we met the Make a Wish representative, Lauren and a film crew who would be capturing it all to use in a national Kids for Wish Kids campaign. Then we had some down time to wait for the assembly to begin, and they gave Alexis a nice gift and the kids just played around with Nick, Kaela and Harley.

Once the  normal business of a high school assembly was over, they introduced Harley, Kaela and Nick (telling the story of how Nick had leukemia when he was Logan's age) and then it was our turn to be introduced. The gym was going crazy, and Logan was just looking around but then he started waving and eating up all the attention. They did a little more talking, and then it was Logan's turn to talk. First, Harley asked him who his favorite superhero was, to which Logan replied "Iron Man and Thor." Next, Kaela asked what his favorite color was, to which Logan replied "blue." Then, Nick asked him what he was most excited about seeing at Disney, to which Logan replied "seeing Iron Man, Thor, Hulk,...(and he listed all the superheros he could think of at the time)" Then they asked if there was anything else he wanted to say, and he said "Thank you for making my wish come true." He did a great job, and he even kept trying to take back the microphone! Then, we were moved over to a couch at the end of the gym, and they talked a little more about Logan and the Wish Week events at the school, including doing another "Miracle minute" where they collected even more donations. Then they started a parade of donors and clubs who donated over $100. Next, Lauren from Make a Wish spoke, and the school presented her with a big check. All in all, the high school raised over $15,000! Very impressive.

After the assembly, we met many of the students as other filed out of the gym. We met a couple of other cancer survivors that go to the school, and they are doing well which is great to see. Lots of kids wanted their picture with Logan, and he was a pretty good sport about it (though I am not sure he is smiling in all of them). We went to their Celebration of Wishes which was just a little after party for students who had organized the wish week and others who had helped out with certain donations. Again, students just kept coming up to us and asking for pictures with Logan. He did well, but did reach his limit so we decided to leave to give him a break before the next event in the evening. We grabbed a bite to eat, and took some much needed down time. Time for the final event of the day: Swish for a Wish. This was a students and teachers basketball tournament between 4 schools in the district that had Wish Weeks. All proceeds from attendance, food sales, etc went to Make a Wish. I have to say, our school was the best at really making it "Team Logan" and they had a huge turnout! Logan even got to stand on the court and "coach" for the second half of our team's game. This was good, because Logan kept wanting to go hang out with Nick and Harley who were playing for our team.

We even got to meet another Wish Kid at the game, Nate. He and his family were really nice, though he was a little shy about all the attention. We got to meet firefighters and they gave us a Colorado Firefighter calendar. Logan even got to pose with one of their helmets on, which he loved. We met Ms Colorado, and even got to meet Miles, the Broncos mascot and take pictures. It was a crazy, wonderful, overwhelming, amazing day/evening, and we could  not be more fortunate.