The River Bank Run, Mother's Day, 50th Anniversary, Family Gathering in Michigan Weekend!

Whew!  That is a Huge title!   And we tried our best to cram in as much junk into two days as we could.   Which means that we pretty much had no time for ourselves and did not achieve everything we had wanted.   But we survived!   And I have something to blog about at the very least.

And it is late.... so I should try to limit the 700 pictures and all the details to just the bare memories that we will be able to recall...  So let's get started

I was fortunate enough to have Friday off from Work....  A Z day!  ( That's "Z"  for Zebra... Not "Zombie"...   Which would still be cool.  Just sayin'.)  Cheryl and I spent that day traveling to Michigan and picking up our packets for the Grand Rapids River Bank Run!  I signed up for the 10 K and Cheryl went for the Big 25K. ( about 15 miles... for those of us who only live in the US and are not Military....) She was part of the "two Hour Club" from last year and wanted to get in the special bib and special room set aside for the snobs that can run faster than everyone else.  Snobs!

How did it go?   Well, I finished my 10 k in under an hour.   That is fairly consistent for me.  ( Just under a 10 minute per mile pace... for those who are not runners...  Living only in the US and do not know the Metric System conversion rate.) I was pretty pleased with that.  

Cheryl, on the other hand....  Finished 14 seconds over the 2 hour mark.   Meaning... She got kicked out of the two hour club the very year she was allowed into it!   What a loser!   ( First loser.... to be exact!  Her words.. not mine!)   But..... She was still able to climb the golden stairs and join the uber elites in the special "two Hour Club" room.   And what did she find? 

Wait for it....

Bagels.   That's it.   No wine,  no cheese, no special beer or cigars.  No dancing women.... just bagels.  That was a lot of work to get something rather "ho humm."    Somehow, that made her feel a little less bitter about failing to crack the two hour time  for two years in a row.  

But the celebration could not last forever...  And eventually we had to go to the Fam's for some additional celebrating.   Namely,   The folks were having their 50th Wedding anniversary.  They wanted it to be small, so we just invited Andy and Tanya.     

Mike and Julie's new cat.

But then Julie and Mike heard about it and decided to crash the party.    

Are we boring?

It didn't take them long to get bored, but we managed to have a good time despite their constant yawning and stretching.  It was almost as if they had run a 10k run that morning.  ( That is a little over 6 miles... for those folks who were educated in the US public School system, are  not military, or have ever run a race in the early morning.) 

Finished take.

Outake #1

One of the highlights was when we got the folks to pose with their cake.  Andy made them take several dozen takes to get the right ones.   Just like Mom makes us do every time  the entire family gathers up.  

 

Finished Take

Outtake #2

What a long weekend!   And there is MORE!  But it is getting late and I will have to blog about the rest tomorrow.    Monday is supposed to be a big day at the Zebra.... So I will definitely need some beauty sleep tonight. 

Outtake #1

Outtake #2 But Cats are Family!

Hope everyone had a great Mother's day weekend this weekend.   Cheryl and I managed to kill 4 "birds" with one weekend visit to Michigan... so I think that is pretty impressive.  Perhaps next time we will be able to spend some time with each other.... just the two of us.   Maybe....  

Thanks for stopping in!  And I hope everyone has a wonderful week this coming week.  Until then.