The Running Wild Race!!!

This past Saturday was the Running Wild race at Maplewood State Park. 

We girls loved being volunteers!!  :-)

 There were a LOT of people there of all ages, and a few dogs as well....like this Great Dane!

Father and son ready to go!

 The children's race was fun - they were all excited and eager to run!

 And they are off!!!!

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Meanwhile, the adults got ready for the 1 mile race and the 7K race.

Waiting for the races to start....

..and once they were off I headed out on the trail for my main "job": photographing the runners of the 7K as 

they ran by.

 Most people were quite tired by the time they got to where I was, but a few had the energy for a smile!

 These are the water break guys who gave me a ride to and from my "post" along the trail. (I'm very thankful I didn't have to walk all the way out there!)

 They also kindly pointed out that I had set up my camera right next to a bunch of Poison Ivy.  Oops! 

What a beautiful day we had, it was not too hot, there were no storms....it was perfect!  Thank you Lord!! 

"Running Wild" Volunteer Meeting

Erin signing the volunteers in.

 This evening we went to a meeting/supper for volunteers helping at the Running Wild trail run this weekend at a nearby state park. (It it is a fund raiser for the Health Resources Center.)  We girls are excited to help out!!

Serving the supper before the meeting. :)

Dad's Birthday!

 We hiked up Inspiration Peak - and had the whole place to ourselves! :-)  It was a beautiful day!

 View from the top.

 I find this picture rather funny.  The two tallest members of the family are standing on the bench to get a better view! =D

 Smile!

 When we got home Ana made Enchiladas and Coleslaw - what Dad requested for his birthday meal.

I made Coconut Cake, which is one of his favorites! Full of coconut and walnuts and covered with cream cheese frosting.  Yum!

Memorial Day Picnic!

A fun afternoon of games at the Oliver family farm!

They stock the freezer with a variety of frozen treats and everyone can have as many as they want! :-)

 It's always fun to see what they think up for games each year.  There were two teams and various things they had to do to collect points. First game was the picnic table barrel race!

The game planners!

Then Andy got out his laptop and they played Jeopardy.  Here he is explaining the game.

There were several cute little children there!

The arm wresting match...which lasted about 5 seconds. 

Then on to the ladder obstacle course.

Build a Graham cracker house with your partner - each person can only use one hand.

Rope climbing

Flower bouquet judging.

:-)

Playing a version of Freeze Tag.

After supper, Mr. Firezar shared his perspective on things that are going on here from having grown up in Romania under communism. 

It was a fun day!

Courtney's Graduation

 Our friend from church graduated this spring from high school!  Congratulations Courtney!!

Peaceful

"It’s vital to understand that waiting isn’t an interruption of God's plan. It is His plan. And you can know this as well: the Lord who’s called you to wait is with you in your wait." - Paul Tripp

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