Some families keep track of their kids' progression with pencil marks on a door frame.

Shawn and Shawna Engberg of Casper use a larger experience.

When the 2006 Relay for Life to benefit American Cancer Society research kicks off Friday afternoon at Harry Geldien Stadium, the five Engbergs - Zacharie, 10, Austen, 6, and Marissa, 3, and their parents - will be there for the celebratory Survivors' Lap.

This year, it's a very big deal.

"It's like a stepping stone for us to see how far he has come since his last Relay," Shawn Engberg said of son Austen.

Read more Tuesday in the Star-Tribune.