So this past weekend my mom was walking the Salt Lake City Half Marathon as kind of celebratory way of saying that she has made it back from fighting cancer. This marathon was a pretty big deal to her and all of her children were going to be there except for me. Kelli and Scott live in town and Maren had flown in from California so that she could run it as well. I wouldn't have missed it for the world, but i wanted to surprise her. I drove up and spent Friday with Scott and even gave my mom a phone call while I was at Scott's to wish her good luck and let her know that I'd be thinking about her. Saturday morning Kelli dropped Maren and my mom off at the finish line and then I met her, Ryan and Leah at my mom's house and we drove downtown to get set up at the finish line. Scott and family met us there. when it was time for my mom to finish she had given Kelli a call to let her know that she was getting close. Kelli asked her if she could walk the final part of it with her. She met her at a brake in the fence up the path from me and Scott, Maren and their families went a little further down the course. I was planning on getting video of the whole thing and then really surprising her after she had totally finished but she recognized me out of the crowd. The video is a short low quality (the only kind I could get to load on the blog) of that exchange- Pretty cool. Then there are some pics from after she finished. Congrats Shmoj!!!
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