It's Fun to Run - 2012

Today the kids ran in the "It's Fun to Run" run at Buttermilk Creek Park.  This is the first year we've gone to this event and it was a lot of fun!  Very well done and free... which I still can't believe.  The kids even got a t-shirt for participating.  I hope to be able to do this a lot more in the future.  A huge thank you to all the sponsors (hope I didn't miss anyone - these were on the certificates we got):

• FDL Evening Optimist Club
• Baker Cheese
• Excel Engineering
• Hopper's
• Agnesian Center for Bone & Joint Health
• FDL Running Club

Here are some pictures of all the fun!!  It was a great day for running... lower 50s and sunny.  But, the park was VERY wet!!  The kids had to run through puddles and mud - which just added to the fun.  It really was a blast!

[pre-race]

[here is Eli in the lead on the home stretch]

[he took 1st in his group: 1/8 mile for pre-K boys... great job buddy!]

[very proud boy]

[i'm AWAKE!]

[Eli watching other runners with mud-splattered on his legs and back : )]

[you can see Rachel way out there - blue sweatshirt and green pants]

[Rachel giving it her all...]

[and then some!]

[she took 11th place in her group: 1/3 mile for 1st grade girls... great job Rachel!]

[Nate watching the runners]

[and, Kate doing the same]

[Rachel with mud-splattered face...]

[and back... so much fun though!]

The Hoffmans also had us over this afternoon for a cookout.  Other than the kids being super crazy it was fun!  They were pretty much nuts.  The more I tried to calm them down the worse it seemed to get.  Thankfully Mike suggested we get a movie for them to watch.  We got Happy Feet Two and they watched that after supper.  Helped a ton!  Then a yummy ice cream treat and time to head home.  Didn't get any pictures... bummer.  But, thanks Hoffmans for a GREAT time!  Pretty soon Nate and Evie will get to play together.  That time will be here before we know it.  : )

Keep smiling!