A year ago today Erin and I set out on our Lit Lab adventure from Seattle to Winter Park. For the last 5 days, I have been creating spreadsheets that help summarize what we have accomplished since the Lit Lab beginning in May, 2011. Though I found it a headache to work with numbers all day instead of kids, it was exciting to see how far we have come. We traveled 14,489 miles, collected about 9,000 books, gave away 5,388 books and interacted with 4,739 kids. I have to tell you that it was worth every penny and every second of time we spent. Thank you to all our friends and family members who have supported us in so many ways. A special thanks to Hoya for being our first sponsor. Together we have started to make a difference in the lives of kids who need books to become lovers of reading.