Run or Dye!!!

A few of Tatum's Daisy troop girls and moms decided to sign up for the Run or Dye.  This is a run to raise money for local fundraisers and since there was a running badge we wanted to acquire, we thought Run or Dye would be a great way to earn that.  The girls decorated their own shirts for the occasion and on the morning of the run, we met at Joy's house, ready for some fun!

This is Ellie, Tatum, Kaitlin and Sarah.  We were meeting another troop member Sam at the race.  These silly girls are ready to run!

The race was held in the parking lot of our football stadium. 

Here we all are, ready to get this show on the road!

The girls couldn't wait to get to the starting line!

The Run or Dye is about throwing dye packets around and coloring yourself while you run.  Everyone was dressed in white, whether it was the shirt they received for signing up, or an ingenious outfit they created.  Some were in white tutus and tube socks, some in white jumpsuits, etc.  So fun to see all the crazy outfits.

And before we even got past the finish line, we started getting hit with dye.  The dye was organic and safe so no harm in getting it all over everything.  We each received a packet of dye with our registration so a few people were pulling out their packets and spraying the crowd.  Here's Tatum and Kaitlin ready to run!

And Sarah and Ellie already looking colorful!

The girls loved throwing the dye on everyone, especially the moms. :) 

Look at this excited face!

All our little hands ready to throw some more dye!

And it turned out that the line to get going was a much longer wait than we thought.  They only let a few hundred go at a time so that we didn't hit the color patches all at once.  So here's a face of a very impatient girl. :)

But thank goodness for loud music!  Here are the girls dancing it up!

And slowly but surely we crept towards the starting line...

and closer to these two djs who kept throwing out prizes and keeping the crowd pumped up. 

And we're off!

And right out of the gates we were hit with pink dye!

This is just to show you how thick the dye would get when they would run and throw it at you!  You could barely see!

Here's after the first two color stations.  The girls loved it.

Here comes orange!

And after green we were all looking pretty colorful!

Here's Joy, Deborah and I enjoying all the fun.

Tatum throwing some dye at me! :)

Here comes yellow!

We were pretty late in the race so some of the volunteers had gone home and a lot of the dye was already on the ground.  No worries, the girls would just pick it up off the floor and cover themselves. :)

At the end of the race, every few minutes, you could stand in the color pit and on the count of three, everyone would throw their dye up in the air and get doused!  Looked fun but we were long from the finish line.

Look at how colorful Joy's cheek looks!

Splat!

Tamara and Ellie

Deborah and Kaitlin

Tatum and I.  This picture makes me want to get in the shower. :)

Look at this hair!

And here we are at the finish line!

Hurray!!!  We made it!!

What a fun day and memorable experience.

Here we all are, nice and colorful!

When we finally made it home and Tatum jumped in the bath, this is what her bathwater looked like!  I had to run fresh water three times!  We all loved the run and can't wait to do it again next year!

Happy Easter!!!

We started our Easter celebration on Saturday but going to the pancake breakfast and Easter egg hunt in the Poway Community park.  We went to this last year and had a blast.  Same yummy pancakes!

And lots of community businesses out to celebrate as well.  Like this bunny at the soccer camp booth.  I remember when Tatum freaked out getting this close to the bunny when she was just over 2.  Now, no problem!

They put on an Easter egg hunt for each age group and the 3 year olds were up first.  We said Ty definitely had a good chance of getting lots of eggs since he's a big and strong 3 year old.  And he was ready!

And they're off!  He shot out and went straight to the middle to grab as many eggs as he could!

And he just kept on gathering.  I have to say, he was lucky this year since this age group was pretty tame.  Next year he might have a run for his money. :)

And look at all those eggs! 

Then we had some time to kill before Tatum's event so we went over to the bounce house area and ran into Ty's very good friend and classmate Colin.  They enjoyed the obstacle course together...

and held hands while they decided what to go on next.  These two are just so cute!

And after making a decision on a bounce house, in they go and it's all smiles.

Tatum was tired of the bounce houses so we headed over to get her face painted...

and also ran into friends!  Here's Emily and CJ, both girls go to Tatum's school.  Look at how tall my little girl is!  She's almost the tallest in her class!

Grandma and I had to grab a quick photo with the Easter bunny of course. :)

And then it was the 6 year old event.  We told Tatum she definitely had to jump out there right away and run to the middle...

but everyone else had the same idea!  And she's just such a sweet girl, running around people, letting others take eggs.  I think I even saw her pick up an egg and hand it to a little girl who was reaching for the same one.  Such a good heart Tatum has. 

And either way, she came out with plenty of eggs and candy!  Such a fun event, even though it was pretty hot, we had a blast and will definitely be back again next year!

The the real Easter came and who was up at 6 am dressed in her church dress?  Tatum!  She even slept on the top bunk so she could look out her window and see if she could see any Easter eggs left in the yard by the Easter bunny. :)  We waited for Daddy to get up but then it was time to head out and see what the Easter bunny brought! 

And then Easter egg hunt time!

Here you can see our new garden that we worked hard to put together.  It's growing in very nicely!

Tatum and I headed to church to meet Grandma, and then the boys met us over at Grandma's house for Easter brunch and more treats!

Then we headed to Carlsbad to be with the Beastons.  I brought a bunch of stuffed eggs and we hid them out in the parking area.  The kids had a blast running around looking for them.

Thanks for the lift Caty!

And here are all the munchkins.  Shauna's very close friend Katie Hendrickson and her family came out to stay in Carlsbad while her husband participated in the Carlsbad triathlon.  Here are their beautiful children Hillary, Lindsey, Kimberly and Brayden.  Such sweet children and they all got along so well!

Bubble time!

Katie, Shauna and I.  So fun getting together with these wonderful, loving people on such a happy holiday.  Happy Easter!!!