TC 10 - 2023

Aunt Tracey and Hugh were nice enough to get Mason a new pair of gloves, he LOVED them!! We had called Hugh because Addison had a pair of purple gloves from Costco. She lost one of them. We looked harder than anyone has probably ever looked for a glove before. She asked multiple times on the bus and at school. So we called Hugh and asked if he could buy her another pair next time he was at Costco (Tracey makes fun of them that he is there so much people think he works there!). So he bought Addison a pair and then didn't want Mason to feel left out, so he got a pair too. 

Later that week, Mason said "Why didn't I get a cake for my birthday?" We told him he did, and then talked all about his last birthday, which had been 5 months earlier. He said "No, my birthday last week". Found out he thought he had a birthday because Tracey brought him a present - ha! Apparently 1 present is sufficient for him :) 

Just another day of Kelly with a 40 :) 

We went to MN so Kelly and I could run our race, but of course the day before we went to lunch, drank beer, and watched the cyclones! 

We went to Como Park Zoo and the kids wanted all the pictures with the statues. 

Mason's giraffe pictures for Tracey. 

This was before we left for MN, Mason was ready to go! 

Well, it was an interesting year for the TC10. Kelly and I were on our way to downtown at 5:15am and got a message from her friend that they had cancelled the race due to heat. We were shocked. There are around 20,000 runners for the 10 mile and marathon. We decided to go downtown anyways, you know, to see what was going on. Ha! 

We took the picture above for Mason, since he loves tunnels. We ran through this tunnel on our route. 

We didn't know the route, plus it's a one way route, but we ran the 10 miles and ended at the Capitol anyways!! I was actually chilly when we got out of the car, so it was ironic it was cancelled because of heat. Ha! 

It was weird, running that far being relaxed and not stressed out about how far we were running. We didn't actually start running planning to do the whole thing, it just sort of happened. Kelly and I actually ran a little over 11 miles so that our friend Monica could get her miles in. Then we stopped for donuts on the way home :) We had a few different women we ran with, it was fun. 

I was quite worried we did all that work and ran all those miles and weren't going to get a medal. But later that week they handed out medals or would mail them. That made me happy!! Not doing the race this year, but maybe I will be back next year. 

Making cookies for Grandpa Ron to take to the field. They were putting in extra peanut butter chips for him :) 

When the cats away, the mice will play! We took these pictures for Ryan. Ha! Mason loved to have Addy do his hair. Ryan demands a hair cut after he gets pictures like these!