Chicago Marathon

Last weekend we went to Chicago and my amazing husband ran the marathon. I know he'll be embarrassed that I say these things about him but he really is amazing so I have to brag for a second. He not only manages ortho residency while being an incredible husband and father but for the past couple of months he's been training for this marathon. The training paid off though because he finished in 3:45. He was on track to run it in 3:15, averaging 7:23 miles until about mile 21 when he started to cramp. I didn't even recognize him running through the finish line as he was limping but he made it! He said he may never run one again in his life but it was fun to check it off the bucket list. Here's some pics.













On our way on the train at 6am

Merry Not Scary

Jett and I went to the Detroit Zoo last night to their Halloween event...zoo boo. Kerisi couldn't come because he had to work. :(. We met up with a bunch if friends and then went to Heather and Brandon's house and ate pizza and watched the kids run around. Here's some pics.







Jett and Ashton







Trying to get all the kids to smile

Cheese

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Flume Trail

 So here is a funny story about my sister Julia.  She decided to take us on a mountain bike ride when we were in Tahoe.  I have always wanted to take Kerisi on the Flume trail which was part of the ride she wanted to take us on so we thought...perfect.  She had done the ride before and thought it would take us about 3.5 hours.  We both thought this was on the long side considering we don't bike much these days but thought it would still be fun.  Well Julia's interpretation of time while exercising is a little off.  First of all we ended up starting a little late to begin with because of traffic and then it took us almost 6 hours.  It didn't help that we stopped to look at the view every 10 minutes because of the unbelievable views...and that the last hour we were biking it pitch black with our iphones for flashlights.  All-in-all it was a lot of fun and we would do it again, just start earlier next time maybe.  Oh and bring more water. 

Oh I forgot to mention that we only brought 16oz water bottles each and ran out of water after the first 1.5 hours.  Lucky for us we found a water well at the top of the mountain.

Cousin wrestling time

Video of Jett wrestling with his cousins
We got to go visit McKay and Kai last week on our west coast tour.  This is a cute video of them all wrestling.  So funny.  Viva is the one laughing in the background if you can't tell. 

Dancing

Video of Jett Dancing

This is a really funny video of Jett dancing at the Arts, Beats, and Eats festival in Royal Oak last weekend. He has a funny robot dance that he does when the music is on. I think he gets it from his dad. :)

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Play date

We went to our friends this weekend that have kids that Jett loves to play with. They have all the best toys so they had the best time. Here are some pics and videos.




Yes they have real slot machines








Video of Jett Climbing

Another video of Jett climbing to see his friend Parker

Jett and Daddy

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Gymnastics

Video from gymnastics




Pre-gymnastics snack








Here are some pics and videos from Gymnastics today. Jett and I started going today. It's Thursday nights in Toledo which is perfect since I usually take call Thursday nights and have to stay down in Toledo near the hospital.
Video of Jett

Video of Jett at Gymnastics

Viva's Visit

Family pic at the bean in Chicago

 Viva came to visit us last month for two weeks.  We were so blessed.  We had a great time.  We took a mini vacation and went to Chicago for three days which was great.  We got to go to the beach and biking and Viva and Jett got to hang out at Navy Pier one of the days.  Then we came back to Detroit and Jett got to spend a lot of time with his Mamacita "Cita" while Kerisi and I worked.  They had such a great time and of course Jett keeps asking for her now that she is gone.  Luckily we get to see her again soon around the middle of September in Seattle along with the rest of the family.  We just wish Jimmy could have come                                                               here with her...hopefully next time.   

Viva's first bike ride in 30 years...she did great, and loved it!

Biking lakeshore in Chicago

Jett eating sand, yuck, we couldn't stop him so we just let him

Jett and his Mamacita

Swimming in the lake after dad got done with his run

Lunch, lakeshore, Chicago

Family love

Biking home from Eastern Market in Detroit

Getting ready for our boat ride

Jett loved his life jacket...surprisingly

Jett was pretty cute....sang row row row your boat the whole time