Hog Jog For Dad's Day

The weekend started off with a BANG! These not too pretty turkey vultures were banging around our woods! They are way too big for our little woods; therefore, they just kept hitting everything! Ya, I'm an animal lover, but these guys can keep away. Ick!

Pizza takeout on Friday night...even got Henry his own personalized pizza...gluten free crust and no cheese. I taste test everything before he eats it, and you know....it was just as good as a "regular" pizza. I might order the Henry special next time. It was that good!

Saturday morning....everyone was up and at 'em...early! We were all ready to participate in our local Hog Jog! Up first, Emily and I ran the 2 mile! It was Emily's first time ever running in an organized race (with shoe chips and all). She was pretty excited! So many of our friends were running as well! Emily was thrilled that her good friends Morgan and Jenna were running! My friend Lacey ran with them! Even though everyone took off pretty fast, I kept Emily back with me...wanted to pace her. We had a great little run! A few blocks from the finish, I told Emily to go ahead and pass her friend's older brother...and away my girlie ran! She passed him and didn't look back! Oh, ya...that's my girl! Hubs only had the zoom lens and couldn't get a shot because our speedy was so close!

Our local grocery store cuts up some yum watermelon for racers! MMMMM!

And Emily's official 2011 2 mile finish photo. So proud of my girl!

Up next, the 10K. Jon and his dad ran this one. Jon has pushed one of our children every year since Emily was 7 months old! Here are the boys taking off with Henry! While the boys were out running, I had some fun with the girls! Here they are with Sunny from our local radio station! And the finish...again, darn zoom lens!

And, of course, they save the best for last...the children's run...the runt jog. Laney is the 2010 champ, and we were excited for her to try to keep her title! Talking out the course with her cute friend Elah! After the whistle, Laney shot out like a Derby race horse...or greyhound...must have gotten tips from our dog, Sacco! Ha! Laney was out in front, then missed her first turn. Backtracked and still was in the lead. Took another wrong turn and then got embarrassed, frustrated...and then tears came. She finished the race, poor girl. We were all so proud of her. Next year, we will plant people along her course, telling her where to go! Ha!

Love my little sprinter! But...what makes it all better? Ice cream! Each runt jog participant received a FREE ice cream cone! The race crew actually gave Laney 2 FREE coupons...maybe they felt sorry for her. My girl turned around and gave it to her big sis. Overall, it was a great morning race! Everyone came home with a ribbon, ice cream and more. My parents, Jon's parents, grandma, aunt/uncle, cousins....they all came out to run and cheer each other on..so awesome!

Saturday afternoon, our family of 5 went shopping! We made our Trader Joe's/Whole Foods runs. Ate at Chipotle...a first...and LOVED! And while in Anthro, heard the best little song! Told hubs that I would pay him $5 if he asked who sang it. After I checked out (got a fun skirt), hubs already had it downloaded onto my phone! Whatta man...Check it at the bottom of my blog...playlist #1!!!!!

And today...

After an early morning 45 mile bike ride with his dad, Jon came home to greet his three favorite little people!

And Henry tried driving the gator...which made his daddy's day a wee bit more special. But, hey, what's wrong with this picture?! So maybe he's not ready to drive yet. Glad big sis was there to help him out, since his hands were full of toys!

Happy Father's Day!