Happy Dance

Most of you received an email last week from my sneaky friend Bernie, announcing I would be running my 1st marathon.  If I was successful, I promised to do a happy dance as I crossed the finish line.  

Well here it is, my HAPPY DANCE.

The good news is I will do it again. 

Yes, you read that correctly.

Oh where, oh where will the next marathon be?

Here's my BFF Kerri, standing by my side at 4am, just before we left to catch the bus that would take us to the starting line. Yes, we planned on wearing the same shirt, which her son Dusty designed for us. A quote on the back read,

"Let us run with perseverance the race marked out before us"

My kathy's bag was not with me on the 26.2 miles 

but it was with me after the run, filled with plenty of replacement fluids.

Here I am with one of my running companions, Don Greggain, from Clarkston, Washington.  Don has several marathons under his belt.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY USA

Independence Day and New York City seem to go hand in hand.

I've blogged about this before.  

One of Kathy's dreams was to go to New York City 

for her 60th birthday with her girlfriends.

Kathy didn't make it to New York City, but her dear friends 

made it all happen in honor of her.

They made sure they had their kathy's bags 

with them wherever they went.  

And Kathy's spirit was along for the adventure, 

guiding them through the BIG APPLE.

Time to replenish our energy with a little chocolate.

I hope they stuffed their kathy's bags 

with some of their finds at the Hershey Store!

 Now we're exhausted. This is a much bigger city 

to get around than Neenah.

If you're from Wisconsin 

you never leave the state without your 

Packer gear!

Good Job, Ladies!

Back at the hotel, after a long day of site seeing 

Surprise, Surprise! No, this good looking young man is not a celebrity.  He is Kathy's son, Brian, who just so happened to be in New York City for business the same time these ladies were in the big city for fun.

A coincidence, maybe, but we would rather think 

Kathy had it all planned out.

If you happen to run into Brian this week give him a BIG birthday shout-out! It's his birthday July 5, one of the happiest days of Kathy's life--the day she became a mother.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, USA!

and

Happy Birthday, Brian!

You make your mother proud!