The Tuininga Family Adventures: 12 Kilometers, Ice Cream, Novida and a Waterfall

Monday, April 6, 2015

12 Kilometers, Ice Cream, Novida and a Waterfall

What started out as a small amount of all-in-fun trash talking over running times between Eric and some of the young men that come to our church, ended up as a 12 K race between Eric and this crew. If they beat Eric, Eric would buy them some ice cream. If Eric beat them, they had to buy Eric a Novida (soda).

Considering some of the world's fastest runners come from this part of the world, I was a bit nervous for my husband...haha!

The guy that placed first in our little race did the full 12.2 Kilometers in under an hour. But I'm happy to say that both Ice cream and Novidas were exchanged by the end.

Afterwards, we went up to a local waterfall to play in the water for a bit.

Well this looks safe and secure... haha!

Talitha and Sarah...

Geoffrey, Shalom and Matthew...

William deep in conversation with some friends...

The whole gang...

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EmilyApril 6, 2015 at 10:00 AM
I love it. :)) Who got the prize for fastest runner?
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dktApril 6, 2015 at 9:01 PM
Big Brian was the fastest...by a long shot... haha! He came in at around 58 minutes. Mr. Charles gave him a soda for winning. :) He and 5 other guys got ice cream...Big Emma, Adrian and Emma, Junior (Daniel and Ivan's brother) and Anton. Eric got 5 Novidas...from Daniel, Ivan, Tony, Carol and another newer guy. :D
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Monday, April 6, 2015

12 Kilometers, Ice Cream, Novida and a Waterfall

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