Watermelon 5k and 4th fun

Wow.  As I sit to type my blog about yesterday's 4th of July fun, I am surrounded by the Casey Anthony mayhem.  Living here in Orlando it is hard to ignore.  To be honest I am not thrilled about the verdict, however it is not my place to judge someone else.  I only hope that someday, in someway justice is served for Caylee.


Now onto a 4th of July recap! 

I started my morning bright and early with over 3200 runners for Track Shack's 20th annual Watermelon 5k.

Sam Maxwell, 86 years young.  Running and rocking R,W,&B!

Kids Races

Track Shack is a fantastic group that I really enjoy working for.  For those of you who don't know, I work as a race announcer.  So I'm basically the one who says, "Go!" and tells you other important things like where the port-o-potty's are.  


It was fun to see so many people out in their festive red, white, and blue!  Yeah America!


My favorite part of the am is the watermelon eating contest.  10 contestants, 3 minutes, 1/8 of a watermelon, no hands. Messy, sticky fun.  I even nibbled some watermelon.  It was so sweet and wonderful.  DYK- watermelon is about 92% water.  Hence the name "water" melon.  Wow- I'm quick.

After the race and a quick trip to Publix I whipped up some pasta salad and walnut brownies.  We were headed to Kyle's cousin's home for a good ole American 4th of July BBQ!  We had burgers, turkey burgers, corn, delicious baked beans, pasta salad, and sangria!  Yum! I think I enjoyed the beans and sangria the most.

The boys griling.

It was fun hanging out and spending time with family.  That's what holidays are all about right?


At night I was shocked by the massive volume of fireworks set off.  As I type it's 3:31pm on July 5th and I STILL  hear fireworks being set off!  My neighbors had some real deal fireworks too.  The big ones with the pretty colors!  Ohhhhh!  The cats were not fans.  


I hope you had a great holiday and are back on the "healthy horse" now!


Here's a few posts you might have missed over the weekend:

• Greek Yogurt Oatmeal Cookies
• Busy blogger....
• July's goal- Stomp Out Stress

Love and Yankee Doodle, 

Carissa & Kyle