Last weekend we went to St. George to support our daughter Jennifer who was running in the marathon there. So for the 1st year we did not hold our missionary reunion. As we hiked for 15 minutes up hill in the rain and cold to get to where you could see the runners come by I felt like I was participating in the marathon myself. (Am I that out of shape?)Then as we stood in the rain and cold for another hour and 15 minutes before Jenny came by I was asking myself what I was doing there. At one point Kim even felt like we should leave because we were soaked to the bone and he thought we would all be sick. (We were not prepared for the rain!) Then I remembered why we were there. We love our daughter and sister and we were there for her, and she had been out in the cold and rain a lot longer than we had been. There was a group of girls next to us who were great cheerleaders- cheering for everyone who came by and constantly singing "You Are the Champions". It was infecious and soon I was cheering for everyone too! (And as the runners ran by they cheered for us being there to cheer them on!) I don't understand the kind of nut that would subject themselves to a marathon but there were a lot of them. 7000 of them. And the crazy thing is after being there Kim says he wants to run it next year with Jennifer. So I have a couple of nuts in my family, and I want to be there again to cheer them on. It was my grandson Mckay's birthday and he was such a good sport standing out in the rain to support his mom on his birthday. That night we all (including the many inlaws of my daughter that were there) celebrated Mckays 11th birthday. Monday night for famiy night we celebrated it again with all our family. So Happy Birthday Mckay and Good Job Jennifer! We are proud of you! (We might have to hold our missionary reunions in the Spring.)
Hunter sitting in the rain telling the runners to run faster!
The spectators-Kim, Annie ,Alyse ,Jenn's nephew River,Mckay,and Joel
Awesome Jennifer
Jennifer and her coach/friend Janice
Luckily we had a plastic bag in the car so I didn't have to get my hair wet.
Kim and Alyse.
Birthday boy Mckay and Annie.
Mckay
Birthday party for Mckay with the family. In the group picture he is wearing our famous Birthday Hat.
Hunter sitting in the rain telling the runners to run faster!
The spectators-Kim, Annie ,Alyse ,Jenn's nephew River,Mckay,and Joel
Awesome Jennifer
Jennifer and her coach/friend Janice
Luckily we had a plastic bag in the car so I didn't have to get my hair wet.
Kim and Alyse.
Birthday boy Mckay and Annie.
Mckay
Birthday party for Mckay with the family. In the group picture he is wearing our famous Birthday Hat.
3 comments:
I just want to thank you for stickig around! It would have been a bummer for you not to be there!
A marathon! I am impressed. I was feeling pretty good about my mile and a half walk everyday until now. I don't think I will get competitive though. You guys are amazing!
I am glad you got some pictures of McKay's B-day. He sort of gets over-run by the marathon every year!
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