The Adventures of Kelli & Joey: June 2009

Mom turned 50 on the 19th of June so on the 20th we celebrated with a 10K and a party!

To draw as much attention to her Birthday as possible Mom wore a tiara I borrowed from Mollie's girls and a sign on her back to let everyone know!

We all ran in party hats with noise makers
Thank you so much for the idea Heather - this really made it special!

and wore signs on our backs that said "Helping Jan run over the hill - Happy 50th Birthday"

BIG THANK YOU to Dad for helping to make these signs we all wore! They were AWESOME!~

Heather, Mom & Marge walking towards the starting line

We saw this turtle mascot guy so of course we HAD to get our picture taken with him!

The race begins...

Some of the people in the race... You can see the signs and party hats in front of me, LOL!

This is about where I lost them, LOL! They all ran the 10K while Aunt Jeanne and I ran the 5K to beat our personal best times!

Congrats Aunt Jeanne for beating your time!!

Brooklyn pouting b/c I busted her putting this down her dress - I just wanted a picture - she was so cute!!

Mollie & her girls showed up to meet Mom at the finish line! It was so awesome to have the 4 of you here - Thank you for coming!

Madison giving it her all to make the noise maker work!

Here they come...

Almost there Mom WooHoo You can do it!!!

Finishing strong!!!

Awesome job everyone!!! It was HOT out so we all did an awesome job by finishing!!!!

She sweat her sign off but the tiara stayed!!

A-Frame sweaty hugs, LOL!

Family!

Two beautiful sisters!

Walking to the pool to see where we finished

The girls and I went and put our feet in the water to cool off a bit - it was so refreshing!

Mom & her friends that came for the run! Marge, Mom, Heather, & Mike!

Thank you all for coming out - this was a blast and I was so happy to get to meet you!

Singing Happy Birthday to Mom! Since it was 11am we had a berry cobbler for dessert!

Andy watching Mom attempt to blow out her candles

Yes, I realize there are only 18 candles on the cake... I didn't want the house to burn down, LOL!

They were trick candles so she didn't even get one blown out on her first try, lol!

Mom is looking a little defeated and after a 10K I can't blame her - so Aunt Jeanne is trying to help out! What a good Sister!

Here are the banners we made for Mom & Grandpa! Mom turned 50 on the 19th and Grandpa's Birthday is the 22nd so we were going to celebrate both!

We missed you Grandpa - get well and we can throw you a proper 80th Birthday Party!!!!!