Ryan Turns 4

4 Year Stats he is 38 inches tall and 32 pounds. He is in the 20th percentile for height and 30th percentile for weight!Ryan's birthday was so much fun this year, it started with balloons and his favorite breakfast. Then he got to open his presents from us and Daniel's family before Christian went to school.He opened his gift from Auntie Erin as soon as it came in the mail which was a week or two before his birthday that is why he is in different clothes.We were so happy Nana Rogers sent church clothes since I hadn't gotten him anything to wear for Easter.After he played with his new toys for a while we went and took Christian out of school at lunchtime and went to Red Robin for lunch. After lunch we took the kids to Chuck E Cheese to play with Ryan's free Birthday tokens. My Mom was nice and stayed home so Megan could get a good nap before our big night!After Chuck E Cheese we went home got the food ready and headed out to the Baseball Game. When the Angels Schedule came out in February we noticed that they were playing the Red Sox on Ryan's birthday. We decided it would be fun to do a tail gate party for him. So we got 25 tickets to the game and invited friends and family and headed out to the ball game. It was Firework Friday so we got to enjoy the Firework show after the game. The Red Sox won which made the boys very happy!The view from our seats.All 25 of usThe Birthday Boy really had an amazing day!

Family Time

Cris and his family decided to stay after Ragnar till Easter, so Dan took the week off so we could have some fun. Christian and the other kids still had school so most days we just went out in the afternoons which was really perfect since we were still recuperating from the race. On Monday we went to Scandia which is a little amusement park not far from our house. We spilt up the big kids and the little ones so they all had a blast! Christian got a bloody nose on the roller coaster cause he hit his head on the bar in front of him. He thought it was so cool and asked me to take his picture.After playing we took them golfing.My sister Anna came out on Monday and brought her Dog which is always a big hit with the kids.Tuesday Dan, Johnny, Cris and Anna went golfing in the morning and then when the kids got out of school we went bowling. There was 18 of us bowling it was a little crazy and we thought we had lost Ryan at one point but he had just gone to the bathroom by himself since "he is a big boy now". We had a nice long talk about how he can't do that. It was really scary for me for about two minutes!Jessica was Super Mom, Claudia had fallen asleep so she held her while she bowled!Wednesday all the girls went shopping and to lunch I didn't take any pictures but trust me we had a blast. On Thursday we hung out in the morning and then went to the park in the afternoon. We took pizza and snacks and spent about three hours there it was so much fun. After we had played Ryan and Nathan had soccer practice so Cris and Trent joined them while us girls walked about 2 miles around the park.Dan and Cris went and played basketball with the kids, they all had a great time.

Friday was Ryan's birthday I will post about that later!

Finishing

Our last legs were so great, Dan started before the sun came up at 5:18 in the morning so it was really cool and he got to run along the coast line which was so incredible. After we finished our legs we were able to go to a hotel in Torrey Pines and shower which felt so amazing. Then Dan, Kenna and I jumped right back into the van to go and see Cris run his last leg. Seeing him on the course was so fun and then we got to hang out with his van while we waited for him to finish. After we saw him we quickly grabbed some lunch and then headed to the finish line. We finished our race on a little Island south of San Diego called Coronado. It was beautiful and so fun to finish on the beach. During the race I felt every emotion possible from complete joy to total anger. I kept saying to myself during the race why are you doing this, it is so crazy, this is not FUN! I was surprised to find that after all was said and done I really did enjoy it. The pride I felt in myself for completely something so hard was so immense that it is hard for me to describe. It was truly a weekend I will not forget. After the race ( I think because I had so many hard hills) I lost three toe nails and my feet peeled and looked disgusting. But I am now currently in training again to run in September for my birthday. It is the Napa Valley Ragnar and we will start in San Francisco and finish in Napa. I am really looking forward, which I never would have thought!

Dan ran 7.37 miles in 1 hour and 16 mins, his time was totally amazing since it was his third leg. I ran 3.07 miles in 49 mins, I was trying to get under 45 mins but I had a couple of hills that surprised me so I was happy with my time.Kenna giving Dan a big sweaty hug he had just finished his last leg.They were hanging out waiting for me to run in.The picture below is my last exchange. It was literally 5 steps from the water, totally amazing!Here I am running to hand off to Tom.Tom and I hugging as I just finished and he is about to start his last leg. It was really emotional for me I had just run 12.5 miles in two days and felt so incredible!We were done and so happy about it!Here we are crossing the finish line. It was so beautiful.This was our van, I had such an amazing time with them. Tom, Yvonne and Baylea are really friends for life now!Our whole team after we crossed the finish line, we were so happy to be done!My Mom and Sister Leah brought the kids to the finish line so they could see us cross. It was nice for them to experience it but after being up for almost two days straight having to watch a four and two year old in all the craziness was not really fun. Here Ryan is dancing to the music and playing in the sand. He really had such a good time. Here is Cris' team crossing the finish line, he had a great time as well and will be on our team for the Napa race which will be so much fun!Leah got a picture at the finish line with the biggest loser blue team!