Reindeer Fun Run 2012

First weekend of December Uncle Bubba, Aunt Joanie and Jackson came to stay the night.

 

Jackson ran the egg nog jog race with Bradley.  Rather, I should say he left Bradley in the dust and Bradley ended up crying trying to keep up with him.  He did keep up with him and I think that was the problem.  His little legs weren't used to running as fast as his cousin who is 4 years older than him.

Santa wishing all the kids good luck.

   

Waiting for our egg nog joggers!

Jackson coming in to take second.

He won second place and got a trophy which he ended up giving to Bradley because he did so good.  Technically if Bradley ran the way he did in his age group he would have got first place.  It was mommy’s mistake for putting him in with the 9 year olds for his first race without me.

 

Bradley rounding the corner to the finish.  He saw me and Uncle Bubba and started crying.

He was like “I’m done!”  Ha-ha! I wonder where he gets that from? hmmm! I jumped in and ran with him to the finish.  I am so proud of him.  I think Mommy failed that day and not him.

The after party had tons of food and games so that made it all better.

 

Gavin is double handed with a Panera candy cane shaped bread and Ritas Italian Ice.

 

 

The awards announcements.

 

 

Santa, I would like a JET please! Says Bradley.

 

Can I pet you Santa?

Santa, can I have a toy cheetah and a jet?

gamers.

Mellow Mushroom has a mascot.  Who knew?! The kids were friendlier with him than Santa.

 

We ate pizza in the grassy area and played.  It was a wonderful morning.

 

After that we came back to the house and moved half of my home decor a mile back into the woods behind my house. For this….

    

 

  

The location was beautiful with open tall pines. However, we had to fight with shadows and the sun. It was moving every minute.

I think they will have a beautiful Christmas card.  Our weekend was so much fun having them here.  Daddy was away for work and came home that Saturday afternoon and they got to hang out with him for a  few hours before they left to head home.