Super Saturday

Our day began very early as we drove an hour away for a 5K race. Jimmy actually left one hour before the rest of us...he needed to get in more than 3.1 miles today as part of his marathon training. So he arrived early and ran over 6 miles before the race began. Then he ran the actual race with Olivia. Clay decided to sit this race out, and he helped my friend, Liesa, watch Leah and Sam while the rest of us ran. I tried one more time to beat 25 minutes.....and fell short again. I ran the 5K in 25:15. I will try again in a few months. I am just going to focus on my half-marathon training.
After the race, we joined the George family for breakfast at the Nibble Nook. We had three of Olivia and Julie's friends with us, and Clay had gone home with another family for the day.

the young people's table

Jimmy and Sam

Scot and Liesa

Leah and Me

When we arrived home, the girls and their friends crocheted, knitted, baked brownies from scratch, and generally had a fun time! I spent over an hour retrieving about a million leaves from our pool. Jimmy spent most of the afternoon using some sort of all-terrain mower clearing out our woods, and Leah and Sam played outside for hours, and hours. Literally, they stayed out there, playing in and around Jimmy's truck from noon until dark!

playing in the back of the truck--that is a stuffed dog!

When I first saw it, I thought it was real!

Sweet!

Even sweeter!

still playing in the truck!

Clay and I posing in the woods.

We were out there checking out the work Jimmy had done.

Doesn't it look great?

Sam didn't take a nap, so soon after supper both he and Leah were ready for bed.

We are all tired, but it was a super Saturday!