Aurora and I just got back from a great weekend trip to Seattle. It’s never easy traveling with a toddler, but it was such a wonderful opportunity to spend time with family while experiencing the first LIVESTRONG Challenge in my hometown.
We stayed the first two nights with Julian and his family, and headed out to Seattle both days to spend time at the LIVESTRONG Village – Saturday for packet pick up, and Sunday for the whole day. We arrived at 6:30am, Julian took off on his bike, and Aurora & I rode in the pedicabs for the 5K walk/run. Our pedicab driver was a father of 5 who was donating his time on Father’s Day morning to give back to his great city and a great organization – what a role model for his kids. One of the other kids riding a pedicab was a 12-year old who just finished cancer treatment 6 months ago. And all day long we saw families cheering for their dad at the finish line, volunteering in memory of their dad, and enjoying everything the event had to offer.
Of course, the dad we spent Father’s Day with was my brother – a dedicated father of three who spent the entire day completing his first century! Julian started at 7am and finished at exactly 4pm. Yes, that’s 9 hours of riding 100 miles through the brutal hills and weather of Seattle and surrounding areas. Talk about commitment!
Sunday night we headed over to Mel & Court’s and spend some time with Jack & Avery. It was toddler central for sure! They live in a beautiful area and were so welcoming to us. If you’ve been keeping up with everybody else’s blog (which I have yet to do), you’ve probably already seen pics and heard stories from Melanie, Julian, and you can read about it on the LIVESTRONG blog… all in all, Aurora and I had a great time. She was a trooper – staying up late, waking up early, spending the whole time over-tired and over-stimulated, but never melting down. Here’s hoping she just bounces back into her normal routine like nothing happened!!!
Of course, the pictures probably tell the story better than I can… click here to see them all. Thanks to Julian, Maren, Lillie, Hansen, Mel, Court, and the Lance Armstrong Foundation for a great weekend. I’m so fortunate to be part of such a great organization and family! Oh, and Happy Father's Day to my dad, and to Chuck - we love you both!!!
We stayed the first two nights with Julian and his family, and headed out to Seattle both days to spend time at the LIVESTRONG Village – Saturday for packet pick up, and Sunday for the whole day. We arrived at 6:30am, Julian took off on his bike, and Aurora & I rode in the pedicabs for the 5K walk/run. Our pedicab driver was a father of 5 who was donating his time on Father’s Day morning to give back to his great city and a great organization – what a role model for his kids. One of the other kids riding a pedicab was a 12-year old who just finished cancer treatment 6 months ago. And all day long we saw families cheering for their dad at the finish line, volunteering in memory of their dad, and enjoying everything the event had to offer.
Of course, the dad we spent Father’s Day with was my brother – a dedicated father of three who spent the entire day completing his first century! Julian started at 7am and finished at exactly 4pm. Yes, that’s 9 hours of riding 100 miles through the brutal hills and weather of Seattle and surrounding areas. Talk about commitment!
Sunday night we headed over to Mel & Court’s and spend some time with Jack & Avery. It was toddler central for sure! They live in a beautiful area and were so welcoming to us. If you’ve been keeping up with everybody else’s blog (which I have yet to do), you’ve probably already seen pics and heard stories from Melanie, Julian, and you can read about it on the LIVESTRONG blog… all in all, Aurora and I had a great time. She was a trooper – staying up late, waking up early, spending the whole time over-tired and over-stimulated, but never melting down. Here’s hoping she just bounces back into her normal routine like nothing happened!!!
Of course, the pictures probably tell the story better than I can… click here to see them all. Thanks to Julian, Maren, Lillie, Hansen, Mel, Court, and the Lance Armstrong Foundation for a great weekend. I’m so fortunate to be part of such a great organization and family! Oh, and Happy Father's Day to my dad, and to Chuck - we love you both!!!
4 comments:
Congrats to your brother on his endurance & participation in the LAF event! Glad to hear Aurora had a good time & is building up her travel skills. How did Daddy Chuck spend his day?
Nice pics! How do you find the LiveSTRONG blog? Glad you got home no problem.
http://livestrongblog.org/
Sue wrote the blog post, but she used one of my pictures :)
Robin, Chuck just slept in, worked, relaxed.... who knows? He said it was nice to have a weekend to himself.
Chuck also called his mother on Father's Day and we had a good chat. From our conversation it sounded like he was having a relaxing week end. However, he wasn't sure what to do about dinner. He also got to wish Steve a Happy Father's Day.
Sounds like everyone had a good week end. Like the pictures taken in Seattle.
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