Born to run

The Alex Hoag Run for Sunshine was this past Saturday and it was an excellent event. A lot of money was raised for The Proteus Syndrome Foundation and there were more people participating this year than there was last year. Cortney's aunt started the Foundation and the Run so we were glad to participate and donate to the cause. I, Makenzie, Ashlynn and my mom ran the 5k run/walk in about 45-50 minutes. While we like to tell people we ran the whole way, I think our time kind of gives us away. We started walking for a good while, than we ran for a little bit, taking in this beautiful state or ours (oh look, roadkill!). Then we decided to walk until we came over the last hill down to the finish line so we could make like we ran the whole way and look all professional and whatnot. The girls did ok in the jogging stroller we had, fussing every once in again. It was fun to actually finish the race. They had a lot of people cheering for us at the end along with Cort and everyone else we knew. The girls loved that part. I'll put up the pics we took of the kids race too...

Update:
Just wanted to post (since we're having a hard time finding pics) that Ashlynn was awsome at the kids race. The kids had to make a complete trip around a professional (it's where our minor league Sky Sox play) baseball diamond. All the kids lined up and about home plate ready to go . There were a lot of kids so the crowd crept up in front of the dugout. As soon as "Go!" was shouted thay all took off, Ashlynn started off with a sprint, sure she was going to win the race. As I saw the kids round the first corner way off near the wall of the back of the stadium, I realized how long they had to go. I thought Ashie would slow down or stop or something, no way she could run that far. Man did she prove me wrong. She never even slowed down. She kept up her pace the whole way. Those little legs were moving! As she rounded the last corner our cheering got louder, as she passed third base I ran up to give her some more last minutes encouragement. We were roaring for her as she crossed the finish line. She did awsome and once again proved to me, she can't be underestimated. Good Job Ashie!