I Probably Should Make My Blog Public again

I just typed a big long entry and then accidentally pressed the back button.  So here's the short version.

Tried to run on Thursday.  Couldn't.  Weird weather event.  Looked like tornado at first, but turned out to be a cloud of dirt brought up by the winds.  Kids got to see a tree fall while they were riding out the storm at the Knights of Columbus hall.  No run.

Chuck came back Saturday.  Drove up to Chicago and dropped the kids off with their parents, only to get them again 3 hours later for the night.  So finally got my relief on Sunday morning.

Sunday was my goddaughter's baptism.  Beautiful day. 

First run in a while today.  Felt good even though I ran in the late afternoon.  It's been cooler round here for the past few days, but it was still plenty hot. 

An easy 4.  My last run in town for a while.  It was nice and cool today.

Getting excited to meet April G, Carolyn and Burt in the next week!

The first leg of our journey was to St. Louis.  Here we are at the arch.  No running, but lots of walking.

Here are some pics.

Got to my hotel and had my choice of a faulty treadmill, halting ellipitcal and a recumbent bike that sorta worked.  Chose the bike.  Biked for a while then swam.

Then got to meet APRIL! 

Had a nice dinner, followed by some play time at the park, and then ice cream! 

 Here's our cute kids

And our even cuter us!

Then April had to drive right into a storm (sorry April) to get home.  And Chuck and I won Parents of the Year (to steal April's term) because Eli tried to open the emergency door at Walmart and set off the alarm.

Good times!

After a long drive from Kansas and a few hours at the Garden of the Gods,

I got to meet Carolyn!  We met up and had a nice dinner at Chili's.  Carolyn and her family are great, and I'm glad we were able to get together.  

Here's our awesome kids:

One strange picture of Eli (I didn't take it, as those are my legs in the pic):

Our two Calebs:

And awesome us:

Next time we'll run together I hope!