Race Report: Mercer Island Half

The other weekend I ran the Mercer Island Half Marathon, and the boys did the kid's race.  The boys were so nervous building up to the race, but SO proud at the end.  I love seeing that happiness - don't care about the time or place, the smile is what it's all about.

Pics of the start ...  and post finish.

 Ribbons!

 I ran a 1:34:38 chip time and landed 5th in my age group and 104th overall (out of nearly 5K people).  I realized, though, I have a lot of work to do before the Big Sur Marathon.

Weekend roundup: ABCs

This weekend we had an Auction, (t-)Ball, and Carkeek park (aka, beach in Ballard).  At the end of the weekend we needed another weekend - you know those? 

The auction was for our boys' Kindergarten (for the entire school actually) and was quite a scene.  I felt like we were at a frat party with people we didn't know for a lot of it, but all in it was a good time.  Here's Matt and I with a creepy light picture on the way home from the auction:


T-ball started up Saturday and I can't believe what we're in for. The boys were so happy - they were reunited with all their buddies from pre-school and got to run all morning.  What could be better?!

Both Saturday and Sunday we hit up the beach.  Cole and I have given ourselves a challenge to fill up a jar with seaglass so Cole is always on quite the mission at the beach.  Wilson just wants to climb and play in the waves.  Always a great time.

 

Weekend write-up: Kurios!

It has been a BUSY few months, and things aren't slowing down.  The boys are in karate, kicking it in Kindergarten, and have more energy than ever.  This past weekend we went to karate then rock climbing Saturday.  After climbing, we went to Georgetown for hipster dinner with friends.  The wait for dinner was a big long, so we explored a mall made of RV campers - pretty cool!  The boys even got to test hoola hoops in the "hang" zone at the mall.

Sunday we woke and we went to the circus ... Cirque du Soleil Kurios to be exact.  Kurios is likely a bit old for the boys, but Wilson LOVED it and Cole ... well he just wanted to play legos the entire time.  After the event, both boys started pretending to be in the circus which continues to give me heart attacks.  Cole is the "amazing climbing boy" and Wilson is just fearless.