Cole is 4!

My little Cole is 4 YEARS OLD!! We had a little Mother's Day dinner at our place on Sunday with Shayne's sisters (and families), my brother (and his wife), and my parents. After dinner we fulfilled the only request Cole had for this birthday -- a Spiderman pinata. I think he was inspired by his little cousin's pinata at her birthday - but it had to be Spiderman. Luckily, mommy found one! And yes, Cole got a costume for his birthday. He is constantly dressing up to be a super-hero. I'm not sure how he really feels about being a "bad" Spiderman - but he did put on the costume and ran to his room to put the "good" one right on top of the black one. I know that I'm really going to look back at these years and miss the things that Cole says and does - he is a one-man show!

I had to throw this one in - just love to see the "laugh" even in a picture. I should have video taped it!

5K with 18,000

I'm not even kidding about the 18,000 participants! I did my 2nd official race with my workout buddies in SLC's "Race for the Cure." It was surreal. The people, the MASSES, the sponsors (and all the free stuff ROCKED!), and the whole experience was really unforgettable. Everyone had the same number, "2009" and on our backs we could pin a sign to honor or celebrate someone we knew with breast cancer. I ran thinking of Deidre (my cousin who passed away last year). She was an AMAZING person and inspiration to all who knew her.
When they did the "shot gun" to start the race, we just stood there! We couldn't move because there were so many people! When we started moving - there was no room to move. We had to walk and sort of pretend we would start running/jogging soon. It was funny. It was just shoulder to shoulder people and more people. After a couple blocks, we started to jog a little on the side of the mass of people. I could see ahead and it looked like 10 blocks of people - and the race had just started! And there were still blocks of people behind me. There were great outfits all around us - men in pink sports bras, shirts stating "bookin' for boobies" and all sorts of untraditional attire around us. I loved seeing the men with comments such as "in celebration of my hot wife" on their backs. I wish I had just carried my camera with me for the event. We took a few pics before the race started and they do not do justice to the experience! Thank you C and K for keeping me running! (I'm never sure if I should type peoples names in my blog).