Phoenix Botanical garden

We went for the butterfly exhibit, but the entire place was fabulous. Can't wait to get back there again for a longer visit.





































































They had a glass sculpture exhibit that was amazing as well.

Heather's First Race

We went to "Anthem Days" at a town an hour away (and about 20 degrees warmer) so Heather could run her first 5K. I about fell down when she said she wanted to run one a few months ago. She needed some motivation to keep exercising, so this was a fun goal.

I am very proud of the work it took her to prepare for this.



Pre-race, it was cold and windy.



Where's Waldo?





Go:



The Crowd goes wild!



On the Home stretch looking good.







Finishing time 29:43 for a 9:35/mile pace. Better than the 10 min miles she has been doing. Must be the high altitude training in Prescott.

There was also a kids 1K that everyone ran:



Happy Runner Ethan:



Drama Queen:



Joel thought this run was very serious and ran his heart out.









Then it was off to Anthem Days for a picnic and bouncy castle fun.













Lots of fun was had. We might make it an annual thing for the family. Ethan wants to run the 5K next year.