We made our trip to Memphis for the St. Jude Marathon weekend and had a great time! At the St. Jude Heroes Pasta Dinner on Friday night, our team was awarded 5th place in fundraising with about $38,000!!! Amazing!! The teams come from all around the US!! And while we were fifth in fundraising, we were definitely first in spirit. No one else could Who Dat like Team MacAttack!!! (The picture above shows most of the team members on the stage receiving our plaque. The lady in green was the keynote speaker and the man in the suit is the president of ALSAC.)

The cold front held off and we woke up to partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the 50's. For those of us doing the 5K it was perfect. For the longer distance runners, it was almost too hot!! Today I'm just going to put a couple of pictures up, with a promise of many more to come. I didn't always have my camera ready, but between all of us, we have tons of pictures to share. So here's a picture of some of the kids on our team who ran the 5K.

Kids running for kids!!

And after the 5K, we could cheer for the 1/2 and whole marathoners. Hmm, that picture looks familiar. Same boy, same coat, a lot less puffiness, and a bigger smile!!! What a difference a year makes!

And after all the runners finished (everyone crossed the finish line in some shape or form), we gathered at Gail & Eric's house for a post race BBQ dinner Saturday night. By then the cold front had come in but casa Berntson was warm and glowing with the team members and lots of food and wine!! Thanks for opening up your home to us so we could relax and visit with old friends and meet new ones. We're very lucky to have some locals on our team! And while this year's race is over, we are already thinking about the next one. It's December 3, 2011, so mark your calendar and consider joining our team. Run for a reason. I promise you'll have fun!!! More pics soon. Stay tuned!