A Day at the Races!

On Sunday afternoon, Michael and the boys ran in the "Fall Back 5K". Michael entered the 5K, Isaac and Ezra ran in the 1 mile fun run, and Joel and Nathan joined in the tot trot. Judah and I were the cheerleaders! It was a really enjoyable family affair. I took a ton of pictures, so here's a little picture documentary of the day:

These are the "King and Queen" Buildings - we've passed them on the highway before, so it was really neat to be AT them!

Before the race - I apologize for the bad lighting. I don't have any cool photo editing software to fix pictures like this!

Just some pretty trees :-)

Michael's in the line-up... can you find him?

Waiting for Daddy!

Isaac

Ezra

Joel

Me and Judah!

There he goes!

His official time. His goal was to get in under 23 minutes! He finished 7th overall, and 1st in his age group.

Receiving his award

Isaac and Ezra's turn

Isaac surprised us! We thought we'd see him around 10 minutes... he finished second, with a time of 8:35!

Ezra came is right behind Isaac at 8:48!

Ezra's award

Its good sportsmanship to cheer on your competitors ;-)

Joel and Nathan's turn. See how well they're paying attention to Daddy telling them where to go? ...Or not?

They're off! Joel, is, anyway. Nate was confused by all of the commotion! I love the look of excitement on all of the children's faces.

There goes Nate!

Joel coming in to the finish. He came in second!

Joel's ribbon!

Nathan got scared and started crying. :-(

Still crying, even after getting a ribbon

Still crying...
but no worries... after a few post-race cookies, he felt much better!

On the ride home ;-)

We really had so much fun (well, except for Nathan toward the end). Perhaps a Tot Trot when it should be nap time isn't the best idea!

We're so thankful that running is an activity that we can all enjoy as a family, and even share some success in, too! We met a dad there who had 6 children - he was there with 4 of them, and they all run, too (the mom and the other children were at a half marathon!). It was neat to meet another large family parent, and to see how much running has been enjoyed in their family as well.