10K and Camping in Tyler

The beautiful
park where the race is held.



































Watching for Dad.

























There he is; Matt ran a 10K in 38:23.














Nathan loved to hold the dog and then let her go.















We camped on Friday night and then went to the Tyler 10K the next morning. We have done this the last three years with the Kratz family. It has been a fun tradtion that we all enjoy. Nathan loved to play with the other kids and really like to tease and rough house with Christine (almost 12 years old). Jared loved the dog, but couldn't quite get the guts to go pet her. He would just stand really close to her and marvel at her beauty, since we have no pets.

Nathan looks exhausted in this picture.

What a great idea mom: to bring their buckets, shovels, and dump trucks.

This is the screen shelter that we slept in. It is nice not to have to take a tent down with needing to get to the race by 8AM. Nathan kept saying that he wanted to go home and sleep in his bed. I love camping, but I can definitely say that I know why not to many moms like to camp. I don't even know if I got any sleep that night. Jared was teething and ran a fever all night. Some of the night I had to just sit up and hold him, so that he would sleep. It was good times, and hopefully next year Jared will sleep better. Nathan did awesome and slept through the entire night.