Cherry Creek Sneak

   Two weekends ago, we spent part of the weekend in Denver.  I decided to run in a race kind of at the last minute.  The race, The Cherry Creek Sneak, was promised to be a great one by my brother.  I also talked my sister into doing it with me.  The race started bright and early Sunday morning.  So, we decided to stay the night up in Denver and run the race the next day.
    It was a nice little get away for the night.  We stopped at Park Meadows mall and they were having an awesome Lego exhibit.  They had Legos for kids to build with.  They also had all sorts of national monuments built out of Legos.  They were incredible.  I can only imagine the time that went into constructing these things.  After the mall, we stopped for yogurt at our favorite place.
    Our hotel was right by where the race was.  It was really nice and the kids were so excited to stay in a hotel.  Bryan and Katy got a room at the same hotel and their room was right across the hall.  Once we got settled in, we headed out for dinner.  Joey found a really good burger place right across the street.  The food was very fresh and they had phenomenal poutine (french fries covered in gravy and cheese curds).  My mom and I had authentic poutine in Montreal years ago, and this came pretty close.
  After we ate, we headed back to the hotel for some swimming.  The kids had fun swimming, but the pool was a little cold.  We were all ready for bed early that night!
    When we awoke the next morning, it was really cold and rainy.  I chose to do this particular race because my brother said it had a really fun after party with lots of kids to do.  Like bounce houses, kids runs, etc.  Once we saw the weather, we knew the kids weren't coming.  Bryan dropped Katy and I off near the start line.  As we stood there waiting for the race to start the rain picked up and it was raining pretty good once the race started.  I have never ran in rain that hard before.  It was pretty wet and miserable.  But, we finished and had fun . While we were running, the kids went to breakfast with their dads.  After the race, Katy and I ran back to the hotel and we all headed home.  After taking a hot bath, I spent a lot of time in my warmest clothes curled up on the couch.
     Despite the bad weather, we still had a great time and it was nice to get away if even for a night.  I would like to do this race again next year.

Dawson having a great time with the Legos

So much to build

Testing out his car he built

Ashlyn building

There is goes

The Statue of Liberty made of Legos

Playing outside of the restaurant

Yum! Dinner time

The boys, and one girl

Swimming time!

They had heaters in the ceiling and Ashlyn was laying out soaking up the heat

Gracie checking out the view

So silly!

Hotels are the perfect place for jumping on beds

Look at that tongue

Enjoying breakfast while we braved it in the cold rain