Grace Austin

For the 4th Day in a row, Dad and Grace were up very early getting ready for the day and out of the house by 6:30am. Grace is leading, getting up by herself, dressing herself and even making her own lunch. Today was day three of treating ourselves to Starbucks on the way to before-school-program.

Grace was an early riser. Got dressed by herself. Made her own lunch, got ready for school, then dad did the magical hair. Then to Starbucks for bagel …and then first one to before school care.
**All before 6:45am

Mondays are a big day, but last night Grace asked Dad to wake her up early so that there would be time to do something fun before school. Well a compromise was reached and woke up Grace at 6am (instead of 6:15’ish) to allow time for a stop at Starbucks on the way to the before school program.
OH, and the Grace’s patented Dad-Pony-Tail is a big hit. Grace is such a great person.
 

Grace went down to Fizio this morning. The great folks from Desert Sky Adventures were putting on a run and brunch. We didn’t know what to expect, but figured how could we go wrong heading to downtown Reno on a nice brisk day! Even though most of yesterday’s snow was gone, we could still have fun outside.
We got there just as the informal event instructions were happening. Many runners were doing 11 miles, but you could turn around anytime if you wanted less miles and of course you could set your own pace.
 
Without question, the highlight of the morning was meeting Kym from Desert Sky Adventures. She was an event coordinator and walked/ran with Grace and was delightful in all ways. Together they went FOUR miles. Their MPH pace was not overly impressive, but their WPM from constant dialogue and giggling was for the record books.
Grace and the Austin clan are very eager to reciprocate Kym’s kindness and we’ve signed up for “The Biggest Little Half Marathon” ..in the weeks ahead Grace will be training for 5K at this event. That will be her 3rd competitive 5K. Dad raised his hand to volunteer.

After the run we played at a downtown park with Zoey.

Winter wonderland and fun this morning.
More pics later…..

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