Niska-Day 2005

We had an action packed Niska-Day this year. We pretty much kept busy from sunrise to sunset.

The day started out with the Fun Run. This year, Nolan ran the 1.2-mile course with us for the first time.

Nolan and I practiced the route last week, just to see if he could do it. However, last week it was just me, him and Chester.

This week there was a whole crowd of people (including his friend Brendan, pictured above). He got caught up with the excitement and tried to keep up with all of the people. As a result, he was burned out pretty fast and we wound up walking most of the route.

We wound up finishing last, but that's ok. The point is we finished, and everyone cheered for Nolan as crossed the finish line.

We missed the parade, but we did get a chance to go up to the high school and wander around. They had something new this year. There was a petting zoo and pony rides. Thomas enjoyed petting the goats, sheep and bunnies. Nolan got to ride one of the ponies.

Nolan had a baseball game this afternoon and then we went to a backyard barbecue at the home of one of the women in Kris' running group.

It was a very full day. There will be fireworks starting in about 20-30 minutes. But the kids are sound asleep and we won't be far behind.