Turkey Trot

Last Saturday we spent the morning at our annual Turkey Trot.  It is one of our highlights of the year that we do as a family.  The weather cooperated and it didn't rain but it was VERY cold!  I was a little worried about how Lucy and I would do at the event not having left the house much since she was born.  We did good but boy was I tired by the time we got home.  Lucy was such a good girl and slept the entire time we were there and she sure was cute.
 

The girls ran in the kids 1k.  Julia ran by herself this year and Natalie ran for the very first time with Mitch.  They were so cute.  Julia is going to have some wheels when she gets older, you can already see it.  Julia is very competitive and at times it is hard to be the younger sibling of Cameron.  She told me before the race that she hoped she would win the 1k now that Cam wasn't running in it this year.

Cameron and Mitch ran the 5k this year.  Cam was a little worried about running it by himself and knowing where to go but he did AWESOME. Cameron was in the 7-8 year old boy division and placed 1st in his division.  He ran a 23:02 which is 7:26 a mile.  I am glad that I wasn't running because he would have beat me!  For kids under the age of 12 he had the 3rd fastest time only to be beat by two 12 year olds.  The top 3 in each division earned a trophy.  Cameron was SO excited that he got one.  Also for coming in 1st in his division he received a gift certificate to Game Works with an all day pass. Fun. Earlier we tried to help him understand that he might not get a trophy and running was about having fun and doing your best.  He told us "It doesn't matter if I win or lose running as long as I have fun and get a trophy."  Okay so he doesn't get it quite yet.

Mitch also did awesome.  He got 5th in his age division and ran a 20:34.  We had a good laugh that Cameron was only 2 minutes behind him.  It is only a matter of time that Cameron will beat both of us!

Until next year!  I might be able to run again by then...