5k and 1 mile RUN

On Saturday April 30th, Dad ran the 5K race at the Thanksgiving point Tulip Festival.  He ran it in 23 minutes and won 1st place in his age division.

It was time for your first ever 1 mile run and you did it with daddy. You are all geared up and ready for your race. (Dad filled up the water bottles so you ran a very heavy pack)

Off you went with daddy running by your side. You crossed the finish line in 12 minutes 36 seconds. You did an amazing job!  Dad  said you stopped once at the half way point to get a drink at the aid station. You ran the whole mile! Way to go!

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Tulip Festival

On Friday April 29th, we picked up Dave from work and headed to Thanksgiving point to pick up running packets for both you and Dave. We got three free tickets to the Tulip Festival.
It was a beautiful day. We walked around looking and looking and smelling all the fragrant flowers while taking lots of brakes.

We stopped at one point and let you roll down the hill. Then afterword's we stopped at a food truck and got a sucker for you and cold hot chocolate to share.

In the middle of the Festival they have bounce houses and slides. You  had a blast going down the slide a few times. You even wer an artiest and water colored a picture of a flower.

This is our favorite spot in the garden. The Secret Garden.

I spy with my little eye a Ryker boy.

I told Dad as we walked around I need at least 2 good pictures to hang on the wall. I was getting a little bummed because the sunny and I didn’t want the sun in our faces. Then a perfect opportunity came the sun went behind a cloud and there was no one around or behind us. We quickly took pictures some picture. I loved how they turned out. Oh your no teeth smiling phase.

The Tulip Festival was absolutely beautiful. It was so nice to walk around as a family and enjoy each others company. There is something about walking around nature that bring peace to our souls and rejuvenates us. It was just what all of us needed.
We finished the day off  with food at  Cubby’s to eat hamburgers, fries and you got sweet potato fries, and milk shake.
We can’t wait to do it again next year.

Half Birthday

With only having one child we can really spoil him. Ryker will only be 5 1/2 once and we decided to make it a day about him.
We began the day by attending his Soccer Game. We came home and ate lunch and measured him on the measuring board. He grew 2 inches since October. No wonder I had to go buy him pants, underwear and shirts. At 2 p.m. we were off to the movie theater to see Zootopia. He sat between us so we could listen to his commentaries and giggles while passing the kettle corn and root beer back and forth.

Afterword's we went out to dinner at Applebee’s, then came home and sang half of a birthday song with his half a birthday vanilla cake with Hank the octopus on top.  He was smiling all day long.
Happy Half Birthday Ryker, We love to the bottom of the sea and back.