Our Week...

We had a wonderful visit last week with Oma.  We went on long walks, worked in the garden, and ate delicious Indian and German food (Mommy's favorites).  Dad had to go out of town to work in California for a few days, so it was nice to have her with us.  The kids love her and really missed her when she had to go.  Lily kept asking where Oma was after she left.  Here are some pictures of our time with her.

Sarah also did a research project on Jim Thorpe for her 4th grade class.  They had all of the research boards on display in the gym at her school one afternoon.  We got some cute pictures of her showing it to us.

Saturday Sarah and her fellow Jefferson Joggers finished the last 1.2 miles of 26.2 for the Kids Med City Marathon.  She ran 25 miles over the past 2 months and then fished it by running the last 1.2 with around 500 kids from Rochester area schools.  It was awesome.  She got a medal and some cute pictures with her fellow runners and Mrs. Holcomb the coach.

It was a fun week. 

Dave breaks 3 hours!!!

Dave broke a three hour marathon this past weekend.  He ran a 2:52:27 marathon.  He came in 2nd place overall.  This was his best marathon so far and we were really proud of him.  Mommy likes the smaller marathons because Daddy actually has a chance of winning them.  His big prize for winning 2nd place was.......a MUG!!! Wooo Hoooo!!!  No cash prizes here just nice mugs. 

We all drove up to St. Cloud, Mn and stayed in a nice hotel over night.  Lily actually went right to bed and slept really good.  That meant that Dad got a good nights rest this time.  We met up with him and cheered him on in the morning along the route and stopped to take pictures.  It was a beautiful race on the Lake Wobegon Trail.  It went through the countryside and along some beautiful lakes.  The trail was an old train track and was nice and flat and paved all the way.    We had a fun time and were so happy for Dave that he beat his goal and did so good.  He works really hard training for his races.

Mommy took the above picture 10 seconds after daddy finished.  She was so caught up in the moment she forgot (again) to take any video or pictures of the actual finish.  With tears in her eyes, she remembered to take this one after he finished.

Dave is still deciding what his new goal will be.  He is planning to run a 50k trail run in about a month, but just for fun not for time.
What do you think his next goal should be?

A. Beat Lance Armstrong's time of a 2:46 marathon.

B. Save up to take the family to watch him run the Boston Marathon.

C. 50 marathons in all 50 states.

D. Other (Post your idea in the comments)

Alex's first race and other stuff.

Alex and Sarah ran a one mile race here in town for fun Saturday morning.  Sarah ran on her own and Alex the whole time holding his dad's hand.  They both did great and got some treats and a medal.

Holding Daddy's hand.

Alex and Sarah with their medals. 

Alex, Sarah, and their friend Sophie.

Alex and his Dad after the race.

Sarah also had a soccer game on Saturday.  It was beautiful weather.  Here are some pictures. (Sarah is number 7)

The kids also presented me with a wonderful poem that they wrote for Mother's Day. It was very sweet.  Alex and Sarah wrote it together...I am not sure how much Lily helped, but Sarah says she did.  It was my favorite Mother's Day gift.   Enjoy.

Mommy's 10k

This past weekend was Mommy's turn to race.  We went to Minneapolis on Friday and spent the night up there then got up early in the morning to go to the race.  It was pouring rain, but warmish.  It slowed down to a light sprinkle/mist during the race.  Mom did great and enjoyed every minute.  She was surprised at how good she felt the whole time.  It was a beautiful race course along the Mississippi river.  She crossed the river twice and enjoyed looking a the beautiful mansions that lined the race course.  The kids and Dave got a little cold waiting in the rain.  Mom crossed the finish line just as the 3rd place half marathon finisher came across.  He stole a little of her thunder, but it was okay in the end because she beat her best time by one minute.  She was very happy!!

 Before the race.

 Watching for Mommy at the start.

 Minnehaha Falls at the park where the race started.

 After the race. (Mommy got some nice new shoes as a present from Daddy for her race.)

Ready to go home!!!!!!