Kirsten introduced me to a blog (www.mattlogelin.com) when I was pregnant and for those of you who haven't heard of it, it is quite compelling. It's about a guy from the Mpls. area whose wife dies the day after giving birth to their first daughter. Not necessarily the best thing to start reading when you're pregnant with your first child, such a sad story. Definitely have the tissues nearby if you're going to read it. You'll also be able to read the significance of the robot in the picture above.
Anyway, this guy (Matt) started a foundation for people in similar situations and today there was a 5K fundraiser. The walk was around Lake Calhoun which is 3.1 miles. Kirsten and I decided to do it a couple of weeks ago. This weekend is Esme's baptism so Grandma Jackie joined us since she was in town. All we knew was that it started at 10 am at Thomas beach, which I (we?) assumed was on the north end of Lake Calhoun. So we got there about quarter to 10 and no one was at the beach on the north side of the Lake. We quickly found out that beach is called North Beach by the way. So we kept walking around the lake figuring that eventually we would run into everyone. We ended up being just exactly across the lake from the real walkers. The start of the walk was on the south side of the lake! So we kind of did our own 5K. Look at Grandma Jackie vying for 1st place!
It ended up being perfect because we got to the Start Line about 30 minutes after everyone left. There was no line and we got our t-shirts right away. Plus Matt and Maddy were there!
Esme was tired of being in her stroller so she got to get out and eat.
Jack and Charlie got to play in the coolers with Maddy!
Then they made her cry... they clearly need to work on their flirting skills!
So we started back on the trail for the second half of our private 5K and Esme was out.
She woke up just in time to get her diaper changed in the trunk before we headed out. I think Matt would be proud!
Thanks Kirsten, Charlie, Jack and Grandma for a great day!
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