Monday, October 10, 2011

Busy, Busy Weekend - Saloon Party and Twin Cities Marathon

We had a very busy weekend the first weekend in October. We got invited to go to Jason's mom's cousin and his wifes saloon party and had the Twin Cities Marathon the very same weekend. So, being the people we are...we didn't just pick one to go to...we opted to do both!

Saturday afternoon was the saloon party. You may have heard us talk about this in the past. We have been to it a few times. Jason's relatives live just outside of Brandon, SD on an acreage and have built this incredible saloon and shed next to it. See below. And that's not all...they have horses, buffalo, etc. It's a really neat place!







This is the start of the inside of the saloon.






We took some nice pictures outside of the saloon with Mary and Darwin, them with our girls, them with all their grandkids and then all of us.





They had a dj in the red building so we spent some time listening to the singers! Here is Jason, his dad, and brother.


The girls loved the animals.



Just chilling!


The girls had the best time on the haybails at the end of the night.







And, if that wasn't enough fun for one day...what the heck...let's drive up to the cities for the marathon! We left the saloon party in Brandon at 7:30 p.m. and got to the cities at 11 p.m. No big deal! LOL! The girls slept from 9:30 on. We crashed with my mom and Paul in their room. Amber and Kevin stayed in a room with a good friend of theirs.


The marathon started at 7:15 for Amber and Kevin and 8:15 for Paul. Amber and Kevin were running the 10 mile and Paul was running the full 26.2 miles.




This is the start for Amber and Kevin.





And they are off...now to get back to the starting line to see Paul take off.

Here is grandma with our girls.


The start for Paul.





And he's off too...


We got to the finish line just as Amber and Kevin were crossing! They made it!


Now to wait for Paul.



This is the scene at the end of the race. It is so neat!


This person (not sure if it was a guy or gal) ran with a pig suit costume on the whole time.


And here comes Paul...he finished right around 4 hours.



Way to go you 3!!! We are so proud of you!


It turned out to be a fun weekend! Busy, busy...but fun!

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