Sunday was a great day. That morning I ran the Delano 5k and ran a PR in 16:33. The Orono track club also made their debut and had great results. After the race we watched the parade with the kids. The kids loved the parade and the people in the parade loved giving them candy. We came home and I did more tree clean up (We cut down 2 huge trees last we; don’t worry we planted 10 conifers to replace them). We then went and had dinner with my family. My brother Jason was in town and it was nice to see him. We finished the night by biking to fire works and seeing the Minnesota Orchestra play (Grant loved the music). After fireworks Marybeth and I biked back with the kids in tow with only the light of fireflies…it was a memorable birthday.

Samantha in her 4th of july dress

running the Delano 5K

With members of the Orono track club. Great guys and some work at Gear West with me.

Grant enoying a freezy he got at the parade

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While the weather did not even get that bad here it still did some damage. Marybeth and the kids were on the couch and the tree almost came through the window onto them. The pictures do not do justice…to the mess.

Now, who has a chainsaw I can borrow?

Today Samantha is one and she is sick:( She was up all night with a fever .She went to the doctor this morning and they are not sure what she has. Poor thing, all she has wants is to be held. We had a very fun day planned and it has turned into a not so fun day. I hope she feels better soon!

She still looked cute in her cupcake birthday dress despite not feeling well.