Tiny Thunder Running

I am so terribly at blogging lately, it is a shame. I think I am at the computer typing so much for work, that I often have no steam left for much else. Maybe I just start talking to the computer and it can type for me.. that's a thing, right? Anyway... A few weeks ago, I did my third year in a row of doing  The Color Run Hershey  in the morning and  Rock N Glow 5k  in the evening. It never fails to be a fun (but tiring) day. This year, my ENTIRE family got to join us + a friend of my mom's who joined us last year too. To say I was thrilled that we got to do this is easily the understatement of the year. From my dad down to my not-quite 1 year old nephew, I think I can say we all had a nice time. We were supposed to do this last year.. however, the not-quite 1 year old, was not quite.. well. born yet!!! TCR Hershey  had some sweet props this year.. including this HUGE pineapple.. you know I had to get my picture Yea.. Needless to say.. fu...

With a 7 year old. Yes. You read that correctly. And let me give you the back story. Back when my family was all together at Christmas, we found out that The Color Run was coming to Hershey, PA (25 minutes from us- YAY!!). I had previously mentioned this to my nephew so we discussed whether he was still interested- he was! I told him I would pay for his entry as part of his birthday gift since the race was about a week and a half after he turned 7. So much excitement. Fast forward a few weeks- I find out that another race that I really enjoyed and my nephew liked the sound of, Manheim Rock N Glow, was going to be that same day but in the evening. I told my nephew the news thinking he would be bummed that we couldn’t do both… nope!! What does he say? “So that means we could do one in the morning and one at night?” I laughed but told him if he really wanted to, we would. I even made him a nifty countdown calendar so he wouldn't have to keep asking and coul...