I'm A Lean, Mean Running Machine

Happy 4th of July.  We celebrated Emberlie's first 4th with lots of fun activities.  We started the day by participating in the annual Firecracker 4K.  Jon and I ran this in 2006 (where he totally beat an 11 year-old girl) and this year we raced with Emberlie and her speedy stroller.

It was a hot day and there were a large number of participants (over 1,000).  Jon wants to install  wheel spikes like a chariot for the next race.  The Handleys came to cheer us on and Elin wanted to run with us each time we passed her.

 
Our time was somewhere are 24 minutes; we are still waiting for the official results.  We then hit up the Waffle Shop for some delicious breakfast followed by a family naptime.   

  
Afterwards we parked on the top floor of a garage downtown to watch the fireworks.  Of course, we had to have dinner first and then walk around 4thFest.  Jon consumed a 600 calorie cinnamon roll with extra frosting and I found some cotton candy.  All in all it was a great holiday!