Marathon

We went to see Laura and my dad run the Chicago Marathon this weekend. The girls' favorite part was the hotel pool. :)

We definitely need to join the Y. They liked the water so much!

Every kid needs a picture of her mischief like this one. Little stinker knows she's being naughty.

The runners on Spaghetti night- when everyone "carbo loads"- even those who don't need to. :)

Runners: Bry started the race with them, but always intended to just jog and not marathon this year. He's been a teensy bit busy- like, being a new dad and all. :)

Chasers. We did a lot of chasing! The kids were little troopers.

There was a very tasty mint coffee drink that we all enjoyed sampling at the Caribou Coffee. Nora spilled her share all over herself and then had a tantrum about it before deciding to enjoy it.

The worst part of the whole day was crossing this street in the midst of the runners so we could be on the correct side of the road to see Dad and Laura. If you look closely you'll see my mom in pink in the middle of the street. There are no pictures of my sister and I trying to push our strollers through without knocking anyone down. It was totally rude, and we knew it... but we only did it once.

The girls (and Elliot) took a break for a snack after the Crossing.

Elliot was totally adorable the entire time, of course. And his mom and dad are very happy new parents- especially since he has already started to sleep through the night! Lucky...

After getting up at around 4am, the girls held on for a very long time- but they finally crashed.

And we made it home all in one piece. The end. Already looking forward to next year's Chase- fun family tradition!