Never Quit 5K and Riannah's Baptism

We had a pretty busy weekend last weekend. Saturday morning Matt's mom and grandparents drove up. That evening was a 5K that we were running and they offered to watch Robbie. There were plenty of people that did the race pushing strollers, but I'm glad we didn't have to do that. The race was on the beach, which sounds worse than it was! It was at low tide, so we were running on packed sand. I think it was easier to run on the packed sand than when I run outside with my trainer and workout partner. Matt had been sick last week, so we didn't go as fast as we probably could have. I finished in 47 1/2 minutes and Matt wasn't far behind me. I'm still happy with that time because it's about 10 minutes faster than the 5K we did in February. Matt got a t-shirt and a sports watch for doing the race. I got a tank top and a sea turtle necklace. We also enjoyed free smoothies from Tropical Smoothie and I got a chocolate covered strawberry from Peterbrook. It was delicious, even with the melted chocolate because it was so hot.

Our swag:



Sea turtle necklace:



Barbara brought up the toy box that she painted for Robbie. It was built by Gramps a long time ago and used to belong to Matt's aunt. We told Barbara that we wanted it to look like building blocks and she took it from there. I think it turned out pretty well! :)

We had to get up pretty early Sunday morning to get ready to head to Chiefland for Matt's cousin's baby's baptism. Before we got to the church we pulled in to a McDonald's to change Robbie and stretch a little bit (we were pretty early). We weren't there long before we saw Jim and Jean walk in. Jean surprised Brittany (who was waiting in the car) by walking out with Robbie. The church was just a couple of miles down the road. The pastor was smart and did the baptism at the beginning of the service. Robbie was quite impressed by the pastor's robes. He didn't last too long and then I took him in the nursery. I didn't realize that Heather had already brought Riannah back, and the two of us sat and talked while the kids played.

After church we headed to Matt's aunt's parents' house for lunch. They had a nice spread for all of us. We got back on the road around 2, which was perfect for Robbie. He slept all the way home.