Danielle LOVED the bike portion of the event and rode really fast. When she got to the running portion through the obstacle course, her excitement wore off and she quickly became the World's slowest triathlete ever! One of my staff, Randianne, had to hold her hand and basically drag her through the course. It was hysterical, not just for Danielle's lack of interest, but for the fact that Randianne is 7 months pregnant and was jumping up and down and running with enough energy for the both of them. She did finally get Danielle to run through the sprinklers at the end. Even though Danielle refused to run through the ribbon at the finish line and let the lady put a medal around her neck -mom was able to drag her across the finish line and accepted her medal on her behalf. She was all lucky go happy when she realized they had a snack tent sponsored by McDonalds. She ran over to ask for apples, a sausage biscuit and orange juice. Then we got winner's circle pictures with her and our neighbors who also participated!
John Tanner's first year of "kid-pitch" baseball. He is on the Tampa Bay Devil Rays team this season. He has a great group of coaches and players - most of whom attend our church too. John Tanner has struggled with batting this season, mostly due to a fear of run away balls from new pitchers - but he is trying to be brave and stay in the batter's box. He is an incredibly acurate thrower for the potential to pitch himself if he ups his "game" to be more aware of all that is going on in the in-field. He just LOVES baseball.
