whaling days 2011.

saturday morning heidi and i ran in the whaling days "whale of a race". i didn't PR, i ran it faster last year by over 2 minutes but at least this year i didn't feel like i was going to hurl when i ran it. i still did okay, coming in at 33:39. then heidi and i booked it over to the new Y in silverdale to clean up before the parade. our families met up with us to watch the parade, and i made it just in time to see austin marching with his scout troop as he does every year.


the only pic of me and heidi that we both looked good in.


high-tailed it back to the parade just in time to see austin marching with his boy scout troop.


troop 1539's "camping" themed float.


katie, soph-ball, and sammy.


thought this was pretty cool.


pretty horses.


baby goat!


i tried to chase this guy down and lick him but he was too fast.


having fun watching the parade....


me and my boomer-boy.

sunday morning a bunch of friends and i took part in the Hui Hei Hei Wa'a Dye's Inlet Dash. it was cold and rainy, but we persevered. after we lost our first heat, we were a little discouraged, but we tried to stay positive. we went on to win the second, and third, and FOURTH race, to take home the WINNER'S trophy! we were SO stoked.


right before the first race, note the apprehensive look on my face.


my little tree-frog.


once jeff was there (our original steersman that we had during practice), we were ALL smiles.


hanging out between races with quincy.


right after we WON! me and my biggest fan.


L to R: jeff, rhonda, me, heidi, tricia, hollie.


that means we're winners :)


not to BRAG or anything.....but look at the size of our trophy!

afterwards, we had a celebratory beer at the beer garden with all of our supporters. thanks SO much to everyone who came out to cheer us on: my husband and kids, my mom, the watson family, mitch, wendy, the brown's.....i appreciate all of you!

whaling days 2010.

some pics from this weekend.....my mom came down to help with the kids because nathan was out of town. i ran in the "whale of a race" saturday morning and set a new personal record....4 miles in 31:17 (for those of you keeping track that is a 7.82 minute mile, UNHEARD of for me, i'm usually a 9.5 minute miler on a good day :)



then i met up with my mom, katie and sam to watch the parade. austin marched in it as he does every year with his scout troop.





i love the whaling days parade....they always have lots of fun entries, and they're one of the only parades around that actually throw out candy and goodies (hence, making it my kids favorite parade as well.)




i love this guy, i always want to hug him!


cool hearse for the "haunted fairgrounds" entry


purty!!


the roller derby chicks scare me just a little....


this cute little number kept winking at me ;) (the car, not the girl)


and sparky the fire dog was waving at me.....score! a cute firefighter flirting with me! LOL


how sam viewed much of the parade. whenever someone would honk their really loud horn, or rev their engines, he'd cover his ears.


this was supposed to be me and my mom, but sam weaseled in. note: random sticker on my arm placed there by one of my kids.

after the parade we went down to the street fair. we found a shady grassy spot to sit and take in the views and listen to the band that was playing.


our gorgeous view.


sam, enjoying the afternoon.

thanks for looking!