A Good Weekend

Eze checking out one of the huge kitty cats

Eze, Dave and M by the seals

Checking out giraffes and snuggling with Auntie Fast

Riding the giraffe

Eze giving G a foot rub - he'll be a great husband someday

I love this shot I got of Eze playing in a "nunnel"

Cool contrast - a very tanned Eze giving his very pale mama some pebbles.

Eze cheesin' for the camera while Gus pouts in the back seat b/c he has to wear his seatbelt again.

Reading the paper like Daddy

Cousin K and me before the 8K race

Kel coming down the chute (and you can see me finishing the race in the background in the blue shirt/black shorts)

Eze picking up some candy at the parade

Eze with Snow White and Princess G (yelling loudly HERE for the candy throwers)

Eze the Viking (sorry Uncle Nate) using the girlies' princess umbrella

Eze and his new little girlfriend who wanted to hold his hand all evening and drag him around. So cute.

Playing on the beach with some new little friends

 *Saturday morning’s race made us all happy campers as we had either personal bests, or were happy with our first-evers (Cousin Kel and I both ran our first 8Ks ever, and were happy with our times), even though it was crazy humid during the run and rainy toward the end. My goal was to not be last in the race, and my even bigger goal was to run the 8K (4.97 miles) in under 52 minutes. I finished in 50:26, while Kel finished in 50:21. WAHOO!!!! Dave kicked my 5K time’s patootie by running it in a 29:44, while my mom had another personal best at 36:36. My dad and Eze walked the 5K course with the stroller and Dad got to listen to Eze sing (to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle), “Mommy mommy mommy mom, daddy daddy daddy dad…” Pretty funny little boy, and you don’t have to wonder who his favorite people in this world are. *warm fuzzies*

*Eze loved loved loved his first ever parade. He came out with loads and loads of candy (the cuckers (suckers) were his fave), and he thought the fire trucks were incredible. He wasn’t scared by the noise or anything. Nieces M and G were in the parade dressed as princesses, and one little girl truly thought M was Snow White and wanted a picture with her. Cracked me up.

*We had the most delicious Mexican food at our friends’ cabin last night. Jon and Suze and her family had a huge bash this year, and some of their family friends own one of the Mexican places nearby. They cooked enough food to feed a nation and it was so so so awesome. I had ceviche (which I murdered the pronounciation of, whoops) for the first time ever and am in love with it now. Eze played on the beach with some new friends, and even when the rain started coming down again, we couldn’t get him to stand under the tarp with us. That boy doesn’t care if it’s hot or cold, wet or dry, he is going to play outside as much as possible!

*We got to play games, eat good food and enjoy the fireworks with my family this weekend. My uncle and aunt flew back to MN from Hong Kong where they are missionaries, so it was nice to catch up with them and see their daughters who stayed at my parents’ house to get some good visiting time in with their parents too.

*We’re happy to be home today, and had a really nice relaxing day and nice supper with Aaron Nik and Sam. We giggled upstairs as we listened to Sam and Eze sing their own little songs down in our basement. They are learning to play together more and more every time we get together, and that’s really fun to see.

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