Kari and her babes visit!

As most of you know, my sister Kari had twins in the beginning of April.  We were there for their birth, and then visited again 6 weeks later for the weekend, but haven't seen them since mid-May.  So when Kari asked about coming down to run a 10 mile race (hello, superstar!!) and bringing the babies with them, of course we were ecstatic!!  Josh was off to a bachelor party for the weekend, so Kari drove through the night leaving at 11pm and arriving around 4:30am, to ensure her babies sleep as much as possible in the car.  They are not happy campers right now in the car - a flashback for me for sure! - so driving at night seemed like the best time.  Being the older sister, I was a bit cautious and nervous, but she made it safely and the babies did indeed sleep most of the trip.

It was a short turnaround for the crew, but we were so happy to spend time with them while they were here.  Kari and I headed out Saturday morning to run the Waterfall Glen Xtreme 10 miler and, if I may brag for a moment, both of us did a great job.  Kari is 3 months postpartum with twins no less, and completed the 10 miles in her goal time without walking!!  I'm so so proud of her!  I ran the fastest time in my 3 years of running the race (a 7:42min/mile pace according to my watch) and was the 24th women out of 816, and also ended up getting 2nd in my age group and a $10 gift card!  I was super excited about my time, as I have run this race every other year for the past 4 years (when Micah was 1, Reid was 1 and now Gemma is 1), to be able to see improvements in my speed is encouraging! 

In addition to the race we just hung out and enjoyed the chaos that is 5 kids 5 and under in our house :)  And Kari will be arriving back with the babies in just 2 short weeks before they head back to Africa August 4th. 

We love you Kari and Nolan and Quin.  Thanks for visiting and we will see you soon!