Garrett, Kyle, and Kelsey decided to run the Tacoma Half Marathon this year. We could't find Kelsey at the starting line.
But they found each other after a few miles.
Where's Kyle?
Here I AM!
But they found each other after a few miles.
Where's Kyle? 
Here I AM! Looks like he still has a lot of energy!
Let's see what he looks like at the end of 13.1 miles!
YAH! All smiles at the end after they finished!
Trisha and I got our exercise in too! We had to walk 3 blocks uphill to the starting line, then walk 3 blocks back downhill to the car. It was tiring driving 9 blocks to the finish line, waiting in a warm cafe for an hour, then walking a block to the finish line. Even though the weather wasn't as nice and sunny as it could've been, we all enjoyed ourselves!
Trisha and I got our exercise in too! We had to walk 3 blocks uphill to the starting line, then walk 3 blocks back downhill to the car. It was tiring driving 9 blocks to the finish line, waiting in a warm cafe for an hour, then walking a block to the finish line. Even though the weather wasn't as nice and sunny as it could've been, we all enjoyed ourselves! We were blessed by our WA/Hawaii family with a couple's shower. Here's just some of our cute decorations! Zoe made the very creative diaper cake! Cute huh!
Our favorite kind of cake! Chocolate with cream cheese frosting! YUMMY! 
One of the games we played was boys vs girls drinking sparkling apple cider from a bottle. It was hilarious! 
I beat Garrett and we didn't cheat by cutting our bottle nipples, so it took us awhile. 
But everyone after us was smarter, so they sucked the juice out in a very short time! It practically just drained out into their mouths! Here's Joy and Kyle racing each other. By the way, the girls beat the boys. :) 
Garrett is demonstrating the portagee way of swaddling a baby. Nah, he's getting ready for another game. 
The girls were blind folded and had to feed the boys pudding. We had a good method of shoveling, but I guess I missed Garrett's mouth a little. :)
The boys were all good sport; they didn't even ask questions or grumble...just played along with the girls and all our silly and fun games!
Words can't express how truly blessed we are to have friends up here that have become our family. Our nursery is now overstocked with gifts and love from them all. Thank you Marina and Chester for hosting our shower! Thank you also to Ranelle, Mark, Joy, Trisha, Kyle, Zoe, Deb, and Kelsey who helped plan a fantastic, memorable day. Baby Yamada is already so spoiled! 