Jason's Trail Run in Indiana

I forgot to post about Jason's trail marathon last weekend. He finished! It wasn't the finish he was hoping for but, when he arrived to the race and it was blizzard conditions the goal was to just finish. We had heard that the Tecumseh trail marathon in Bloomingtion, IN was a challenge from many local runners. But, we thought how hard can it be? We are used to the trail runs of Colorado and this is Indiana a flat state with no mountains. Well Jason found out on Saturday that there are big rolling hills in Southern Indiana and that the Tecumseh trail marathon is very challenging. I don't know if it was the combination of Snow and freezing cold temperatures making the trail very slippery or the constant up hill and then down hill that made Jason's thighs really sore. I reminded him that this was his idea. I wasn't dumb enough to sign up for a trail marathon in December and I don't think he will do it again next year. But, we will see?? His time wasn't spectacular in marathon times but he did finish 80th out of about 500 runners.

While Jason was suffering through a grueling 26.2 miles in the snow, I was back home cleaning up throw up. Beckham had the flu over the weekend and of course a little two year old has a hard time making it to the toilet. I did a couple loads of wash that day. One positive, we all had clean sheets on Saturday night. I had to take Beckham to Mckay's basketball game and Mckinley snapped a few pictures. He looks really sick and slept the entire game. I look a little wild in that picture as well. Not the best picture Mckinley!!!
Because we were home bound over the weekend, I let the kids make Christmas cookies. McKay and Mckinley enjoyed rolling out the dough, using the christmas cookie cutters, and of course decorating with frosting.
I think McKay and Mckinley had more flour on their clothes than on the cookies. When Beckham started feeling better he joined in on the action. Don't worry we used a lot of hand sanitizer and lots of clorox bleach around the house so that none of us would catch Beckham's flu bug. We will see, so far no one has gotten it.