weekend recap

i ran my first official race on saturday. the mayfest in shipshewana. i definitely started out too fast and had to slow down after the first 1/2 block and numerous of times i had to ask myself why was i doing this to myself. i found it to be harder to run on the grassy trails and got passed by a few runners. i'm happy to report that i did end up passing a few of those few runners once we went back to the concrete road. i did not stop or walk at all though there were times when i wished to be ran over by a horse + buggy but i'm glad that didn't happen and that i did finish the race. i just found out that my time was 36.11. that's 9 minute miles. i also came in 6th place in my age group out of 17 and i also came in 67th place over all. there were 107 runners this year. last year, if i would of ran it and gotten the same time, i would of placed 2nd in my age group!! it was sort of fun and very painful and i plan on doing it again next year. keep on runnin'

saturday evening we got mikes folks to take us out to dinner. went to hacienda and had a good time. of course they came to see their grand daughter but the grand daughter decided to sleep the whole time till we got into the car to go home. figures. and yes, she is that way.

sunday i went to donda's baby shower. she is married to my cousin jim on my female parental side. they have a beautiful house, one i wouldn't mind moving into but its in the wrong school district. their baby girl will be one well dressed baby + she will not have to wear the same thing twice even if she spits up!! i'm very happy for my cousin jim. {he picked out her name: allison kathryn ralston} beign at the baby shower kinda made me want to throw a party. love entertaining and coming up with all the little stuff but don't know what kind of party to throw. guess i'm waiting to move into the new house so we can throw a pool/housewarming party....*sigh* hopefully soon!

after coming home from the baby shower i guess mike didn't want to do anything more around the house. kaylee helped him edge, sweep + do some other stuff around the house. we headed down to syracuse even with the gas prices the way they are today, ($3.72 a gallon) to eat at the frog. i've never been there but mike has for lunch. it was a cute little place along the channel of lake wawasee. after dinner, we headed to the "public" beach access + park. kaylee had a great time going playing on the playground.
she was afraid to go down this "big+ dark" slide so she spread her legs open to help her go down slowly. it was a pretty funny sight to see.

the 3 of us cheesing the camera. yes i am that short {5'2"} kaylee cried as we headed home around 8ish. she didn't want to leave. i love being around the water and didn't blame her. the cost of houses to live on the water is outrageous- who would of ever known that you must have at least a million dollars!