Fun Run

This will be the first year in a long time that our family won't be participating in the Myrtle Beach Fun Run, a part of the Myrtle Beach Marathon. The schools here compete for the most participants, and win money for their PE departments. I have fond memories of the Fun Run, which also includes dinner and a "free" trip to Ripley's Aquarium, where the run begins and ends. Well, the kids are at a new school this year, and we haven't heard a thing about the run, which is okay, because I had already decided it had gotten too expensive for our family: it would have been 75 dollars this year. (And the dinner is only a chick fil a kids meal; it used to be pizza).

I have pictures of our whole family for at least the last three Fun Runs, which is a rarity. In '08, I looked happy because I had just started a new job, lost a little weight and got my hair done. In '09, I was 8 months pregnant with Beatrice. My Ob was also at the run with her kids, they ran the whole time. And last year, of course, Beatrice was almost 11 months old. She had just taken her first steps earlier in the day, and it was SNOWING. Not a day to forget easily.
I will miss it.