Two weekends ago, we traveled 7 hours up to Minneapolis and back to join my parents and grandparents at Chris and Sarah’s house for our nephew Elijah’s first birthday! After a full day of work for me and an incredibly hard cross country workout for Kody, we gobbled down BBQ beef sandwiches, packed the car and headed out. We passed the time by singly loudly to the “Wicked” soundtrack and listening to “Deception Point” by Dan Brown. Books on tape/CD have been our road trip lifesavers. We got in around 1 a.m. and Kod instantly fell asleep after we greeted my half-asleep parents.
Saturday was birthday day and we got to see Elijah open up all his presents (he liked the toy we got him!) and try birthday cake for the first time. We determined that he ate a little too much when we woke up the next morning to a sick little baby boy.
After the party, we went out to the Old Spaghetti Factory in downtown Minneapolis for some spaghetti, in hopes of carbo-loading my oldest brother Chris for his marathon he ran on Sunday. I think he ate the perfect amount (unlike Elijah) because when Sunday came Chris felt great through almost the entire marathon! He never stopped to walk and finished under 5 hours, which was faster than his goal pace!
Kod and I, along with my dad and sister-in-law Sarah, chased Chris around Minneapolis and St. Paul and got to see him running about 4-5 times. For the first seven miles, it poured rain which didn’t make it very fun for the runners or sideline cheerleaders. We cheered him in to the finish and heard his name announced over the intercom as a Twin Cities Marathon finisher!
Kod and I headed out for Chicago soon after the marathon, only to drive right back (well, only two hours back) the next weekend. To explain that, on our drive to MN, we drove right by Kody’s parents house, which is where we went last weekend ... which will be the next post because this one is already too long.
wow a marathon! incredible! love the westside tshirt :)
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, singing loudly to Wicked in the car may be one of the best things in life.
ReplyDeleteAlso, so much fun!! Don't you love being an aunt?? My sister just had a baby, bring my grand nephew/niece count to... 9! (will be 11 by January). It's the best!