4th of July

Happy 4th of July. We are thankful for all our freedoms and love this country!

Capital Classic

Connor ran in his first race in June. The Capital Classic is a one mile race down main street to the capital building. Connor loved it. Rich ran along the course taking pictures like any good doting father would.

Connor and Blake before the race

GO!!!!

Ahh the finish line. The best part for Connor was being able to get a medal like mom and dad.

Who wouldn't want their picture with Darth Vador and the gang?

Nashville Half and Full Marathon

In April (yeah I know that was a while ago) Rich and I went to Nashville. We ran in the Nashville Rock n Roll Marathon. Rich ran in the full marathon (26.2 miles) and I ran in the half marathon (13.1 miles). It was also a great time to visit Cristiana, who I grew up with. We had a blast on our mini vacation.

My view of downtown Nashville while I got to relax and wait for Rich and Cristi to finish.

We did a zip-line tour. Totally worth it and a major thrill. I highly recommend doing one sometime.

Thanks to Cristi, who had connections, we stayed at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel. This was the view from our room into one of the three Garden Atriums. There were waterfalls and shooting water fountains that light up at night.

We did your normal touristy things. Nashville is a pretty cool place to visit. They even have their very own full-scale Greek Parthenon.