It was a busy weekend around here. On Saturday we had Alex’s big birthday party and on Sunday Jen and Amanda ran their Half Marathon.

We decided to have Alex’s party this weekend since Jen’s parents were going to be in town and Amanda was also going to be here for the Half Marathon. Since Alex is so into dinosaurs Jen found out that the Dallas Museum of Natural History does “Dino” parties so we thought what a perfect fit. We invited all the kids in his class and then a couple of other close friends and I pretty sure everyone had a good time. They started off with a small dino arts and crafts activity, then they got a tour of some of the exhibits at the museum including a T. Rex skeleton, (one of the highlights), and it all culminated with a “dino dig”.

Wade was our official birthday photographer and took some great pictures which I’m currently working on getting up on the web site. I have all the picture parts done and now I just need to add the write up and then it will be complete.

Then on Sunday morning Jen and Amanda ran in the Half Marathon race. The race started at eight in the morning and even at that hour it was pretty hot out. I would guess by the time they finished it would have been in the mid 70’s, close to 80, and humid on top of that. Since I wasn’t running I brought my bike down and after they had started the race I rode backwards up the course and met them just past mile eight. Kelly and Wade also drove down and we all stood together to cheer them on. After they past us I rode the course back to the finish to meet them there. I got some pretty good pictures and I’m working on getting those posted so look for them in next couple of days as well.