Go, Granddaddy, Go!

Last Saturday morning my dad participated in a 10K run put on by the city of Lakewood. The route went right down the street by our house so he invited up to some cheer him on. Knowing that I could not just simply cheer for him, Kyler and I made some signs the night before to encourage him (btw - the "Keep Up" sign was totally Kyler's idea!). We ended up getting to the corner before the fist runner even came by, so we started clapping and cheering for all the people who passed us by. The front runners were much to serious to care about us, but the rest of the runners appreciated our encouragement. In fact after granddaddy passed us by (after a hug and kiss from each of the kids), we decided to stay until the last runner came by. Kyler had the "Lookin' Good" sign and many a lady gave him a big thanks and a smile for the compliment - he was eating it up! One guy commented to Kyler that he hadn't been called that in years which made us all smile. It only took about 40 minutes for them all to pass by us and it was a great, unplanned, heart-warming way to start our day. We will for sure next year be hanging out on the corner again - but next time we are going to have bigger signs!!