the big race

I can't believe I forgot to post about this! Whitney ran her first race on Memorial Day morning at the Stake Fun Run. It was a 1-miler for kids which looped once and a half around a big pond. Unfortunately, she grew tired of waiting for the big kid race to finish, so I told her she could play on the playground till they called for the little kids. And as soon as she reached the playground, they called for the little kids. 

Typical.

Here she is at the starting line, looking longingly at the playground. 

Look at that stride!

This is us feeding our dust to some lesser competitors. They had no idea what was coming. (Except when I was all "track!" and Whitney was like "meep meep!" And then we high-fived as we cut in front of them and sent them flying into the pond.

Na. That didn't happen.)

This is where the playground came back into sight and suddenly Whitney's legs felt tired, so we cut it short after one loop of the pond.

Here is "Cuncle" Mark helping my little winner rehydrate as she crossed her finish line, after which we toweled her off and massaged those aching hammies and shoulder blades.  Na, that didn't happen either. But if there'd been an available picnic table, I totally would have done it just because I think its a really funny idea.

QUILT POST SCRIPT:

Amelia reminded me of an important note I forgot to make in my quilt post. I did not use an embroidery machine. I used the mom machine. That was, in fact, my first quilt. And my good mother, who happened to be in town to take care of me for my tonsillectomy, taught me how to cut, piece, embroider, bind, and everything in between. I would never have been brave enough to dig in without her there to hold my hand those pivotal first few days. Mom, you are a master enabler! (The good kind.)