Summer is Here

Garage sales, yard work, neighbors kids playing in the backyard and dinner outside...a great start to the weekend.  Tomorrow we will take some pictures of all the events since I predict it will be very similar to today.  Sunday morning the boys are testing the boat at 6AM, its going to be a windy day and I just want to make sure its ready to go when everyone is with.

Parker's First Race

May 1, 2010. Parker's first race. Today we ran the ACS Fun Run in Downtown Green Bay with about 25 other kids.

Ready. Set. Go.

Right out of the gate Parker sprinted hard so I told him to slow down a little as he tried to keep up with the older kids. Mom was at the 100m mark cheering us on. He made the turn at 200m and he was doing well. At 300m he looked at me and said "Dad, I'm getting tired." Naturally I told him to keep pushing, keep running, we are almost to the finish line. He did it, he kept running as hard as he could and we crossed the finish line together. No pictures of the actual race but I will never forget it and mom could see the determination in his face the whole time. Words cannot describe how proud we were as Parker ran his heart out on the quarter mile course. He was so excited after his bath tonight that he put his medal on and we got this picture.