Henry Mayo 5k

Today the family did a 5k in Valencia. Well, some of us. I woke everyone up at 7am. Brigham was furious. He kept saying, “I want one more nap.”

We got everyone down to Henry Mayo hospital. First came the 1k kiddy run. Brigham took this very seriously. Basically the kids ran around a long center island in the parking lot twice. Brigham was nervous about what to do so we told him that all he had to do was follow the big clown (he was the pace setter).

The race started and they were off. Brigham went running off with all of the kids.

We waited for them to come around the curve - camera ready. First cam then clown with the fastest kids. And then some more kids. And some more. And then the announce said, “Here comes the end of the pack,” but still no Brigham.

We looked on the other side of the loop and there was Brigham jogging along looking a little confused. I went up to him and grabbed his hand and helped him make it to the finish line.

After the race Brigham said to me, “I was a little lost, but you rescued me daddy.”

Next came the 5k. Jacob wore our number and had a great time. The course went through the paseos of Valencia and was really fun. Jacob kept clapping and said, “Is Jacob having fun in the stroller?” We didn’t break any speed records but we did all right.

Holly got to go through a Baby Expo the hospital was having and we came home with more free baby stuff than you can imagine.