bridge 5k

saturday eddie had signed up for a 5k in our community.

recently they completed a pedestrian overpass

and to celebrate it's completion they had a ribbon cutting and 5k.

the kids and i tagged along to cheer eddie on.

bright eye'd and bushy tailed for his race.

all the kids cared about was food. we left before breakfast.

pretty sure they are breakfast eating people.

i wasn't exactly sure where to stand to cheer him on. 

so before the race started we headed over the overpass

and found a nice little grassy area along the trail.

i love that emi gets so excited to see him running by.

i said: there he is! in the yellow!!

and then she turns and yells...there he is!! in the yellow!!

as if she didn't hear i just said the exact thing.

eddie was so nice to wave for the camera.

they had about 1,000 registered to run the 5k.

but i highly doubt more than 300 people showed up.

we had a rain storm the night before and eddie even thought of not going.

 

makai was a little confused by the whole thing.

i think eddie running by confused him a bit.

he just kind of stood there and watched until he couldn't see him anymore.

then kind of fussed cause he couldn't see eddie anymore.

so we packed up the stroller and waiting for the rest of the runners to run by.

emi wanted me to take her picture on this rock.

when she realized it was mossy she got a little grossed out.

on our way back to the overpass we walked by a little beaver dam.

someone...an old person said: oh look there is a beaver.

so i have contacts i should be wearing for far away

but i never wear them. like ever. anyways...so i had to squint to see it.

i was like oh cool! a beaver...and i thought, that doesn't look like a beaver.

so i had to get my zoom lens out just to see the dang thing. i'm getting old.

lo and behold. it was a duck with her ducklings. there was also a turtle at one point.

no beaver! i could see just as well as the old lady. ha!

oh man i was so grateful i walked over when i did.

one we walked at a snails pace ...

since i had no clue how long we were gonna have to wait for eddie.

the lady being interviewed was walking just behind me.

so i got out of being on the news. phew!

and second eddie came up over the overpass before we were even out of snacks.

much faster than i had anticipated.

they didn't have an official finish line which i thought was lame.

but he finished and i'm so proud of him.