Tulip Time

The kids and I journeyed to Pella for the infamous Tulip Time. We actually went down last night with my sister-in-law, Jen, so Jen and I could run in the Klompen Classic. After a winter of running on the treadmill, I decided to see if I could run in real life. Sadly, my winter workout was running a mile as fast as I could...mostly because I wanted to get home and eat some ice cream. So I called up Jen and asked her to suffer through a 5K with me. I'm sure you are imagining the hours of training I put in prior to my big race. I mean, I hadn't run over a mile and a half in uhhh..ten years??? I had great intentions. However, in the two weeks up to the day we decided to sign up, I ran a mile twice. Yep...I was ready. I am proud to say that I did not walk at all.

The kids stayed with my mom during the race and got to go to Pella with us today for some Dutch food and tulip smelling. A good time was had by all.

Liam had a great time eating donuts and poffertjes. He was a messy, sleepy boy.Mayah cheesed it up with Aunt Caitlyn. This girl loves her novelty sunglasses.

Mayah kept running up to the tulips and posing. She's a m-model if you know what I mean.

This is my new favorite picture of Liam. I adore him.

Judah was not jazzed about getting his picture taken. He was struggling all day to enjoy Pella.

'I want to eat that one, Mama.'

Oh, Mayah, if you only knew how much money you hold in that aggressive little hand...

The kids were crabby way before we left, but we got some great food. I even got to see a ton of people from my past. Well done, Tulip Time 2010...well done.