We stayed at my brother's house, and my folks came up for the weekend, too! Sydney and Olivia (her 4 year-old cousin) were SO excited to see each other. They made up for lost time rather quickly. Taylor tagged right along. They stayed up until 10 PM Central Time (eek!) Friday night, and finally crashed hard on their sleeping bags.
Saturday morning was race day... and it was POURING down rain! Stephen got up about 4 something to get ready, eat breakfast, and head in for his 7 AM start time. I headed down around 8:15 to get a spot at the finish line. This is what I saw:
And it was COLD! I felt so bad for the runners, although, to give them credit, they were quite chipper at the end. It didn't seem to phase them. I had my phone out to try to snap shots of Stephen, but, alas, the water crept into my 3 day-old iphone and it completely shut off. This was the last picture I took:
Bam. It was done. 24 hours in a bag of rice seemed to help, some. Grrr.
Back to the race. Stephen did AWESOME!!! I am SO proud of him! His goal was to beat 2 hours, and he came in at 1:53 something. In the rain! He rocked it.
We went back home, warmed up, dried off, and hung out. We all went to a kid play place-kind of like a Chuck E Cheese- to have fun and run off some energy. There was no playing-outside that would be happening this weekend.
After that, we headed to Cracker Barrel for some grub. Parker sat in a restaurant-style high chair for the first time!
Uncle/nephew bonding.
What to eat?
We then headed home for the night. It started storming later, so we hung out, watched TV, and just chilled. The girls crashed earlier- no nap + late night the night before = three sleepy girls.
WWF Wrestling.
Sunday morning, we ate breakfast and then made the 5 hour trek home. It was a great trip!! Can't wait to do it again (only next time, with sunshine!).
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