I haven't had too many Mother's Days as a Mommy (3 to be exact!), but this was probably the best one so far! It was a beautiful, sunshine-y day that was spent with my husband, my kids, and my family (except for Ben and Anna - we missed you guys!) - what more could I ask for? When Samuel woke up, Daryl whispered in his ear and told him to tell me Happy Mother's Day. He came over to me, gave me a hug, and said "Happy Birthday Mommy!" Close enough - I'll take it. :)
We started the day out by cheering on my younger brother, Tim, at the first ever Kalamazoo Marathon. We first went to the Winchell neighborhood where we were able to cheer him on at the halfway mark. We then drove to about the 20 mile mark to encourage him and cheer him there. At that point his knee was really hurting him so he asked us to pray hard for it to start feeling better. He told us later that he was very close to quitting at that point. We are so proud of him that he didn't and that he kept pushing forward! We cheered him across the finish line and saw him finish with an awesome time of 3:12:23, 33rd place overall and 9th place in his age group. Nothing to be ashamed of, that's for sure! It was fun to see the city of Kalamazoo out supporting the runners. The weather was perfect and it was fun to be out there to encourage Tim and all of the other athletes as well.
The kids were done with the marathon excitement after seeing Tim cross the finish line so we headed over to my parent's house to hang out until Tim and the rest of them made it back home. They weren't far behind us. The rest of the day was spent enjoying family and enjoying the spring weather (finally!).
We started the day out by cheering on my younger brother, Tim, at the first ever Kalamazoo Marathon. We first went to the Winchell neighborhood where we were able to cheer him on at the halfway mark. We then drove to about the 20 mile mark to encourage him and cheer him there. At that point his knee was really hurting him so he asked us to pray hard for it to start feeling better. He told us later that he was very close to quitting at that point. We are so proud of him that he didn't and that he kept pushing forward! We cheered him across the finish line and saw him finish with an awesome time of 3:12:23, 33rd place overall and 9th place in his age group. Nothing to be ashamed of, that's for sure! It was fun to see the city of Kalamazoo out supporting the runners. The weather was perfect and it was fun to be out there to encourage Tim and all of the other athletes as well.
The kids were done with the marathon excitement after seeing Tim cross the finish line so we headed over to my parent's house to hang out until Tim and the rest of them made it back home. They weren't far behind us. The rest of the day was spent enjoying family and enjoying the spring weather (finally!).
Tim's cheering section in the Winchell neighborhood: Dad, Mom, Savannah, Anna, Aaron and Mandy (Tim's good friends), and Daryl, myself, and the kids.
Aliyah and I watching for Tim at the finish line.
And there he is rounding the final corner and heading for the finish!
Tim runs for Jacksonville Running Company. He brought us all shirts to help us cheer him on!!
Me with my 3 beautiful blessings on Mother's Day. 
The game for my parents that Daryl worked really hard to make. He did an awesome job and my parents were really surprised!!
Two of Uncle Tim's biggest fans. Hope is wearing Tim's marathon medal and holding some of his energy drink and Samuel is wearing a Jacksonville Running Company hat. They sure do love their Uncle!!
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